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# Example Custom Render Texture with Shader Graph
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This example demonstrates how to set up a Shader Graph for Custom Render Texture shaders to create a self-healing deformation effect that could be used for snow, sand, etc.
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For this effect, we need a Render Texture that contains the pixels we want to displace. This Render Texture is displayed at the top left corner of the preceding image. It was directly assigned to a camera that renders the objects in red above the UV plane.
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1. Create a **Custom Render Texture** Shader Graph as follows:
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- Right-click in the Project window.
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- Select **Create** > **Shader Graph** > **Custom Render Texture** and name your shader.
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2. Create a new **Custom Render Texture** as follows:
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- Select **Create** > **Rendering** > **Custom Render Texture**.
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- Configure the parameters to match the following image.
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**Note**: The material in the **Material** field was created.
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This Shader Graph reads the output of the Camera Render Texture, as well as the Self texture, then adds them and lerps the result so that it tends towards 0 over time. You should end up with something similar to the following:
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4. Finally you need to assign the **Custom Render Texture** to a material that can deform the geometry (tessellation or pixel displacement).
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## New ShaderGraph Nodes for Custom Render Textures
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Three new ShaderGraph nodes have been introduced to facilitate working with Custom Render Textures:
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1. [Custom Render Texture Self](Custom-Texture-Self)
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- Outputs the double-buffered texture from the previous update.
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- It provides three outputs for different types of textures: 2D, 3D, and Cube textures.
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2. [Custom Render Texture Size](Custom-Texture-Size)
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- Outputs the width, height, and volume depth of the current Custom Render Texture.
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- Use this node to determine the size of the texture being worked with.
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3. [Custom Render Texture Slice](Custom-Texture-Slice)
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- Outputs the current slice for 2D Texture Arrays or the Cubemap face index being updated.
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## Known Limitations
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When working with Custom Render Texture shaders, be aware of the following limitations:
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* Rendering Order
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- The Custom Render Texture update loop runs before any rendering operations. This means:
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- You cannot access any render pipeline-specific information in the shader, such as depth, normal, or scene color.
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- Despite this, you can rely on the content of the Custom Render Texture being ready for use in the scene when the camera renders.
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## Additional resources
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- [Custom Render Textures](https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-CustomRenderTexture.html)
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- [Custom Render Texture Nodes](Custom-Render-Texture-Nodes.md)
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