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LooMeenin
LooMeenin

Reputation: 818

How to access gradient editor in Unity3D?

I was searching through the Unity manual to see what they had for gradient effects and I found this:

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Here is the link:

http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/EditingValueProperties.html

However, I can't find this editor anywhere inside of Unity. I want to use this to apply a gradient to my background for a game. Does it exist!?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 10462

Answers (2)

Barış Çırıka
Barış Çırıka

Reputation: 1570

Maybe this script shows how you can use Gradients. You need to add this script to one of your GameObject in your scene. And your Camera's tag is MainCamera .

This code based on this.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class GradientHandler : MonoBehaviour {

    public Camera camera;
    public Gradient gradient;
    // Use this for initialization
    void Start () {
        camera = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("MainCamera").GetComponent<Camera>() as Camera; //Gets Camera script from MainCamera object(Object's tag is MainCamera).
        GradientColorKey[] colorKey = new GradientColorKey[2];
        GradientAlphaKey[] alphaKey = new GradientAlphaKey[2];
        // Populate the color keys at the relative time 0 and 1 (0 and 100%)
        colorKey[0].color = Color.red;
        colorKey[0].time = 0.0f;
        colorKey[1].color = Color.blue;
        colorKey[1].time = 1.0f;
        // Populate the alpha  keys at relative time 0 and 1  (0 and 100%)
        alphaKey[0].alpha = 1.0f;
        alphaKey[0].time = 0.0f;
        alphaKey[1].alpha = 0.0f;
        alphaKey[1].time = 1.0f;
        gradient.SetKeys(colorKey, alphaKey);
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update () {
        Debug.Log ("Time: "+Time.deltaTime);
        camera.backgroundColor = gradient.Evaluate(Time.time%1);
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Dinal24
Dinal24

Reputation: 3192

You do not have access to arbitrarily use color picker or gradient editor. For your purpose of making the background you have several options,

  1. Change the Camera background color from the editor.
  2. Use a Skybox, you can make your own skybox too.
  3. If your game has a limited view, use a plane with a custom material.

Upvotes: 2

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