Create a Lens Flare in Unity 2021 using HDRP

Richard Morgan
3 min readJun 18, 2022

There are plenty of lens flare tools in the asset store, but building one from scratch is not so difficult.

Unity ver 2021 has a Lens Flare (SRP) component that makes this a snap.

On the light source, add the Lens Flare (SRP) component:

Now we need a Lens Flare Data file, so in the Project tab, right-click the Assets folder and select Create, Lens Flare (SRP):

Add the Lens Flare Data file to the Lens Flare (SRP) on the light source:

Edit the Lens Flare Data file by adding elements. Here, I’ve added the Circle, Polygons, and three images for shimmer, rainbow-ring and half-ring:

Circle:

Polygons:

Shimmer:

Rainbow Ring:

Half Ring:

Feel free to use the above images I created for the Lens Flare (SRP). I created them with PhotoShop using Legacy Gradients for the rings and a free lens flare brush for the shimmer found here:
https://www.brusheezy.com/brushes/57378-free-lens-flares-photoshop-brushes-2

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