{"id":1245,"date":"2012-10-16T17:30:49","date_gmt":"2012-10-16T14:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/?p=1245"},"modified":"2012-10-30T21:18:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T18:18:55","slug":"fake-blur-ideas-for-unity-indie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitycoder.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/16\/fake-blur-ideas-for-unity-indie\/","title":{"rendered":"Fake Blur Ideas for Unity Indie"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lets say we have a single colored mesh like in the image above and we want to blur it (with unity indie..)..<\/p>\n

Ideas to try:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Glow effect shader? (no glow in indie..but can have something similar<\/a>, doesnt work with planes yet..)<\/li>\n
  2. Take screenshot of the mesh, blur that image, use it as a texture on a plane..?<\/li>\n
  3. Create special border geometry to the mesh & use vertex alpha?<\/li>\n
  4. Duplicate the mesh few times, scale the copies bit bigger each, use particle or transparent shader?<\/li>\n
  5. Texture map the mesh with blurred texture (that fades to transparent), might need to add “padding” on borders first to match the original size?<\/li>\n
  6. Trail renderer?\u00a0 http:\/\/wiki.unity3d.com\/index.php?title=Trail_Arc_Renderer<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Use fake motion blur or modify from it? http:\/\/forum.unity3d.com\/threads\/96487-Motion-Blur-on-the-non-pro-v-of-unity<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Draw GL.lines on mesh borders? (set some fading colors..kind of an extrude..?)<\/li>\n
  9. Try this from asset store? If it works, then this would be easy solution! http:\/\/forum.unity3d.com\/threads\/109139-Image-Effects-for-Unity-FREE<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Use fake godrays shader? (your mesh would be plane, with the U shape as a texture..actually then it would be the same just to blur the texture)<\/li>\n
  11. Use modified Fur shader?<\/li>\n
  12. ..<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (Only few of those would work, if we need to adjust the blur on the fly.. )<\/p>\n


    \nDetails:
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    (1)<\/strong> : Glow effect shader<\/span><\/p>\n