PRISM – Realistic Post-Processing: An Overview

Introduction

PRISM, a high-performance post-processing system, has been setting the standard in Unity since 2015. With over 15 stacked effects and full integration with PRISM – Realistic Post-Processing, it offers an unparalleled experience.

Key Features

• Ultra HD Colour Correction: An all-new colour pipeline based on CIELAB colour space aligns PRISM with the world’s best colour correction tools.
• Chromatic Aberration & Barrel Distortion: Physically correct CA & Barrel distortion mimics vintage camera lenses.
• Neural Network AO (NNAO): PRISM.NNAO delivers near ground-truth AO at a low performance cost.
• Cinematic Depth of Field With Bokeh: PRISM.Bokeh delivers AAA-quality cutscenes across all devices.
• Additional Effects: Includes Bloom, lens dust, tonemapping, LUTs, godrays, noise & sharpen.

User Testimonials

End users of games made with PRISM have praised its visual quality:

• “Frankly, this is one of the most gorgeous game environments I’ve seen in many years of gaming”
• “Detailed environments and mostly subtle graphical effects create the best looking game of its type”
• “The game is visually really great looking”
• “The visuals were great, coupled with utterly flawless performance”
• “The graphics are beautiful”
• “The sound and graphics are epic within the context of what it is”
• “Looks like the Frostbite engine combined with Arma”

Technical Details

PRISM features a stacked, high-performance post-processing pipeline with custom written shaders in HLSL for maximum performance. It has been used in production since 2015 on many highly successful titles and supports the following effects:

• Bloom
• Lens Dirt
• Depth of Field
• Ambient Obscurance
• Chromatic Aberration
• Vignette
• Filmic Noise
• Tonemap
• Exposure Adaptation
• Color Correction LUT
• Brightness
• Gamma Correction
• Color Enhance
• Sharpen
• Color Correction
• DLAA

Conclusion

PRISM is a comprehensive post-processing system that brings your Unity projects to life. With its wide range of features and effects, it offers endless possibilities for creating immersive and visually stunning games. Whether you’re designing a detailed environment or aiming for flawless performance, PRISM has everything you need to make your project a success.