How to access gradient editor in Unity3D? - colors

Question

I was searching through the Unity manual to see what they had for gradient effects and I found this:
Here is the link:
http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/EditingValueProperties.html
However, I can't find this editor anywhere inside of Unity. I want to use this to apply a gradient to my background for a game. Does it exist!?

Answer 1

You do not have access to arbitrarily use color picker or gradient editor. For your purpose of making the background you have several options,
Change the Camera background color from the editor.
Use a Skybox, you can make your own skybox too.
If your game has a limited view, use a plane with a custom material.

Answer 2

Maybe this script shows how you can use Gradients. You need to add this script to one of your GameObject in your scene. And your Camera's tag is MainCamera .
This code based on this.
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class GradientHandler : MonoBehaviour {
public Camera camera;
public Gradient gradient;
// Use this for initialization
void Start () {
camera = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag("MainCamera").GetComponent<Camera>() as Camera; //Gets Camera script from MainCamera object(Object's tag is MainCamera).
GradientColorKey[] colorKey = new GradientColorKey[2];
GradientAlphaKey[] alphaKey = new GradientAlphaKey[2];
// Populate the color keys at the relative time 0 and 1 (0 and 100%)
colorKey[0].color = Color.red;
colorKey[0].time = 0.0f;
colorKey[1].color = Color.blue;
colorKey[1].time = 1.0f;
// Populate the alpha keys at relative time 0 and 1 (0 and 100%)
alphaKey[0].alpha = 1.0f;
alphaKey[0].time = 0.0f;
alphaKey[1].alpha = 0.0f;
alphaKey[1].time = 1.0f;
gradient.SetKeys(colorKey, alphaKey);
}
// Update is called once per frame
void Update () {
Debug.Log ("Time: "+Time.deltaTime);
camera.backgroundColor = gradient.Evaluate(Time.time%1);
}
}