Editions

Feature comparison

Feature	Essentials	Pro	Ultimate
Post-Process Cel Shading
Color band quantization (2–16 bands)	✔	✔	✔
Custom ramp textures · palette quantization	✔	✔	✔
Outline Detection (5 methods)
Sobel · Roberts · Canny · DoG	✔	✔	✔
JFA cinematic outlines (to 64 px) + glow	✔	✔	✔
Artistic Filters
Kuwahara (4 variants)	✔	✔	✔
XDoG ink (Tangent Flow / ETF)	✔	✔	✔
Hatching (procedural · TAM · triplanar)	✔	✔	✔
Halftone (dots · lines · CMYK)	✔	✔	✔
Dithering (Bayer · blue noise · STBN)	✔	✔	✔
Watercolor · Painterly	✔	✔	✔
ASCII Art · Pixelate	✔	✔	✔
Color Correction (11 grades + LUT)	✔	✔	✔
Motion-vector temporal stabilization	✔	✔	✔
Pipeline Support
Built-In · URP · HDRP	✔	✔	✔
Native URP 17 RenderGraph (Unity 6.3+)	✔	✔	✔
Verified Unity 2021.3 → 6.4	✔	✔	✔
Editor Tools
Visual inspector with per-module foldouts	✔	✔	✔
37 built-in presets with thumbnails	✔	✔	✔
Preset Browser · Setup wizard · Preview window	✔	✔	✔
GPU Cost Meter · texture generators	✔	✔	✔
Object Exclusion
Layer · component · stencil-mask exclusion	✔	✔	✔
Per-Object Cel Shading
ObjectCelShading component	—	✔	✔
Normal · rim · MatCap · PBR specular	—	✔	✔
Face SDF shadow · hair shading	—	✔	✔
Multi-light · SSS · baked GI	—	✔	✔
Per-object hatching · pixelation · stencil outline	—	✔	✔
GPU instancing (MaterialPropertyBlock)	—	✔	✔
Runtime Scripting (Ultimate)
CelShaderAPI facade	—	—	✔
Module enable/disable · intensity fades	—	—	✔
Preset apply / capture / crossfade	—	—	✔
Trigger-volume & distance blending components	—	—	✔
Code examples + API reference	—	—	✔
Documentation
Quick Start · User Manual · Troubleshooting	✔	✔	✔
Preset catalog · Animation · Face SDF guides	✔	✔	✔
API reference	—	—	✔
Sample scenes	✔	✔	✔

At a glance

Pro and Ultimate: three Object Cel Shading setups in one frame, while the stage runs the Comic Book preset.

Ultimate: Neon blending into Anime Bold across the frame, one strip per blend weight.

	Essentials	Pro	Ultimate
Focus	Post-process NPR	+ Per-object control	+ Runtime API
Best For	Quick stylization, prototyping	Character-driven games	Tools, procedural art, dynamic style
Effects	12 modules	12 + object shader	12 + object shader + API
Outline Methods	5	5	5
Presets	37	37	37
Pipelines	3 (+ native RG)	3 (+ native RG)	3 (+ native RG)
Source Code	Full	Full	Full