SSAO

Setup

In the project window, right click and select Create/Toon RP/Extensions/SSAO.
Go to your pipeline asset and add the newly created asset to the Extensions list.

📝 Note: SSAO requires Depth Normals Pre-Pass.

SSAO

SSAO (Screen-Space Ambient Occlusion) simulates light not being able to pass into highly occluded areas of geometry.

Parameters:

Radius: high radius makes the effect cover more area around geometry intersections, but decreases general accuracy.
Power: intensity of the effect.
Kernel Size: the number of rays shot per-pixel. Higher values improve accuracy but greatly reduce performance.
Resolution Factor: internal SSAO texture's resolution in relation with the rendering resolution. Not recommended to have it as 1 (native resolution).
Threshold, Smoothness: parameters of the ramp applied to the result.
Pattern: pattern texture applied on top of the result that allows making more stylized lighting.
- Example pattern texture:
Pattern Scale: UV used to sample the pattern is based on world-space position of a given pixel. Scale allows controlling the tiling of the pattern per-axis.