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LifestyleLighting in Unity (Udemy.com)
Professional lighting for Built in renderer, URP and HDRP
Created by: Pete Jepson
Last updated June 2025
What you will learn
- Lighting techniques for games
- Baking lightmaps
- Using light probe groups
- Creating volumetric lights for HDRP
- Post processing for that AAA look
- Realistic lighting setups for your project
How it compares
Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Unity on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 36% of them
- Reviews768#52 of 184 by number of reviews
- Length13 hourslonger than 63% of them
- Last updatedJune 2025more recently than 85% of them
Course Description
Welcome to Lighting in Unity where we are going to cover lighting theory for games created in the built in renderer, Universal render pipeline and the high definition render pipeline
We will start with lighting basics, covering color theory, lighting characters and objects, color harmonies for creating great game aesthetics, baking real time global illumination and baking static light maps and using lighting probes for dynamically moving objects
In the built in renderer we will be lighting an interior bar room scene, using available light sources such as windows and wall lights. We will be matching color temperatures to real world values to make the scene look authentic
In the Universal render pipeline we will be lighting a cartoony style horror environment using saturated colour mixes. This could be useful for mobile style games as well as games that feature hand painted stylized graphics
In the High definition render pipeline we will be lighting a realistic scene using different times of day and looking at using fog volumes for volumetric lighting to create impressive visuals for games. We will look in detail at post processing to create AAA visuals for games. HDRP is used for top game titles and so mastering lighting in this render pipeline can be very useful for making your games compete with other top titles
So why not enrol today and I look forward to seeing you in my course
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Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
768 Reviews
Pete Jepson
I am a qualified teacher and I have been teaching game design for over 12 years. I have been using Unity since 2013 and I have produced a series of courses showing people how to create games and animations using this game engine.
With over 64,000 students from over 157 Countries around the world, my courses are helping people learn and create at the same time.
I am completely dedicated to helping you on your learning journey. If you have any questions or require any help I am always available and will respond quickly.
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Reviews
By Anton Semchenko on 2/27/2026
The course is fine for the most part. I find the color theory especially useful. However, I was expecting more technical details for the features.
By Wojciech Majgier on 9/26/2025
Pretty basic course but you obviously can learn a few things as a beginner
By Anonymized User on 9/25/2025
good concepts, learned new things I was unaware of. Good for a proper introduction for a newbie as well as for someone revising the main points
By Nico Diefenbacher on 1/3/2025
I really liked the course. I now know what options there are for configuring lights and effects and what the differences between the rendering pipelines are. I would have liked more information about the decisions you make when designing a scene. How do you actually go about configuring the lights? Are there any best practices or is it done by feel?
By Alperen Çattık on 9/24/2024
The course was a long journey. I learned a lot about light, color and light settings. The instructor answers questions immediately. The course gives you a new perspective. 5/5
By jeremy burt on 7/30/2024
Illuminate your projects with 'Lighting in Unity!' Master techniques for stunning visual effects. Thank you for enhancing your skills with us!
By Thomas Suchecki on 5/9/2024
Great course. Learned quite a bit. URP and HDRP is not really my target since I'm on mobile but BIRP was really good. URP and HDRP are also good if you're interested in how to approach lighting a scene. I think the videos could be shorter but you can run them at increased speed. Especially the ones that might not be applicable to your use case.
By Miguel Muñoz on 2/22/2024
Excellent course really useful to clarify some issues, al helpful theme was the fill light across the scene (found in masion- urp), and the color theory applied in the light, the only troubble i had was with the volumetric fog looks like unity 2022 does not support graphic cards 900 and lower
By William Scott Ducar on 5/22/2023
Lighting is (was) a major weak point for me. This course was extremely helpful in understanding the basics. My main focus right now is URP. I found the URP to be informative and useful. The HDRP section has me thinking about developing using this pipeline.
By Tolunay Akyol on 5/21/2023
It was really quite a beneficial course. i'm glad I bought it. The instructor's diction and intonation were very good. I recommend it.
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- Provider: Udemy
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