A customizable animated glitch effect for Unity UI, with scanline jitter, RGB drift, screen shake, and Built-in, URP, and HDRP support.UI Glitch Effect is a lightweight and customizable visual effect package designed for Unity uGUI elements.It allows you to apply an animated digital glitch effect directly to UI Images without creating or managing separate materials manually. All effect settings are exposed in the Inspector and can also be controlled through scripts or Unity's Animation system.The effect combines multiple adjustable glitch techniques:• Scanline jitter• Adjustable jitter block size• Vertical image jumping• Horizontal shaking• RGB color channel drift• Customizable scanline color• Adjustable scanline size• Adjustable color intensityThe included runtime component automatically creates and updates the required UI material. Each affected UI element receives its own runtime material instance, allowing different settings to be used on multiple UI objects simultaneously.UI Glitch Effect is suitable for:• Sci-fi interfaces• Cyberpunk menus• Horror game UI• Damaged screen effects• Holographic interfaces• Warning and alert animations• Digital distortion transitions• Retro monitor effectsThe shader package is designed to support Unity's Built-in Render Pipeline, Universal Render Pipeline, and High Definition Render Pipeline.Sprite Atlas handling, UI tinting, stencil masking, UI Mask, RectMask2D, and alpha clipping support are included for integration with standard Unity UI workflows.The package also includes a vertex scaling component that can enlarge the generated UI mesh when stronger distortion settings would otherwise extend beyond the original image boundaries.No third-party runtime dependencies are required.Render Pipeline Compatibility:• Built-in Render Pipeline• Universal Render Pipeline (URP)• High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)Supported UI System:• Unity uGUI• UI Image components• UI Graphic-based components• Screen Space Overlay Canvas• Screen Space Camera Canvas• World Space CanvasList of VFXs included:• Animated UI Glitch Effect• Scanline jitter• Vertical jump distortion• Horizontal shake distortion• RGB color drift• Adjustable scanline overlayNumber of main VFXs:• 1 configurable UI glitch effectCustom shaders:• UI Glitch Effect/Glitch• Legacy shader compatibility wrapperShader and effect controls:• Scan Line Jitter• Jitter Size• Vertical Jump• Horizontal Shake• Color Drift• Scanline Color• Scanline Size• Color StrengthUI compatibility:• UI tint color support• Sprite Atlas support• UI Mask support• RectMask2D support• Stencil masking support• Alpha clipping support• Individual runtime material instancesIncluded scripts:• Glitch effect component• Runtime UI material handler• UI vertex position scaling componentTexture sizes:• No additional VFX textures are required• The shader processes the assigned UI sprite or texture directlyAnimation:• Inspector-adjustable parameters• Unity Animation system compatible• Runtime script control supported• Animated vertical glitch timingDependencies:• Requires Unity UI (uGUI)• No third-party runtime dependenciesPlatform suitability:• Desktop• Mobile• Console• WebGLThe package should be tested in the target Unity version, render pipeline, and build platform before production release.AI was used only to generate the sample character sprite included in the package. All shaders, scripts, effects, and technical implementation were created manually.
