Unity UI canvas modes and canvas scaler explained

Learn all you need about the differend canvas modes and the canvas scaler in this Unity UI deep dive tutorial. We are going to cover: - Basics of how to structure UI into multiple Canvases and why - How to check if your cursor is over UI - Sorting Canvases - Each of the three different Canvas Modes (Overlay mode, Camera mode, World Space mode) - Taking screenshots without the UI showing and why you probably want Camera Mode for that - Placing UI into the world with World Space canvas and understanding how its scaling works - Billboarding UI in World Space - The three Canvas Scaling modes: Constant Pixel Size, Scale with Screensize and Constant Physical size 🔗 Links I mentioned in the video 🧱 KayKit 3D Dungeon assets: https://kaylousberg.itch.io/kaykit-dungeon-remastered 🖥️ Steam Hardware & Software Survey: https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/?platform=combined 🔍 Unity Profiler Walkthrough video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjsqv8nj0cw 📖 Free Unity Profiling eBook: https://unity.com/de/resources/ultimate-guide-to-profiling-unity-games 🌟UI Particle Image Asset: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/gui/ui-particle-image-235001?aid=1101lr4hF [affiliate] ⚓My tutorial on UI Anchors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf8gbfEHgcI 💬 Discord 💛 You are very welcome to join! https://discord.gg/Gy7a9h3APK 🛍️ Affiliate links 🛍️ If you'd like to support my channel, please use my affiliate links when buying cool stuff: My favourite assets I install by default into every project: https://assetstore.unity.com/lists/highly-recommended-9071944798250?aid=1101lr4hF [affiliate] Unity Asset Store: https://assetstore.unity.com/?aid=1101lr4hF [affiliate] Synty Store: https://syntystore.com/christinacreatesgames [affiliate] 🌟 Need help with your project's UI?🧠 I have been a designer for more than 15 years, a teacher for three and I offer paid consulting for your project! You can find all the information here: https://www.vennegerts.com/gamedevelopment-consulting/ I am looking forward to hearing from you 💛 🎮 Play my games on Itch.io 🎮 https://christinacreatesgames.itch.io ✍️ Github https://github.com/Maraakis/ChristinaCreatesGames/tree/main/Canvas%20Tutorial%20Related%20scripts 📖 Chapters 🔖 00:00 Overview 00:34 The Canvas Component in Unity 01:34 Working with multiple Canvas objects - UI performance 04:01 How to check if cursor is over UI element 05:07 Sorting UI Canvas in Unity 05:49 Canvas Mode: ScreenSpace Overlay 07:41 Canvas Mode: ScreenSpace Camera 09:20 How to take screenshots without UI example 10:35 Canvas Mode: World Space UI 11:38 World Space Scaling explained 12:36 UI Billboarding in World Space example 13:31 World Space signs with TextMesh Pro 14:14 Canvas Scaling 14:47 Which resolution should you use for your UI 15:31 Canvas Scaling: Constant Pixel Size explained 17:20 How to create a scaling UI for multiple screen resolutions: Scale with Screensize 19:01 Canvas Scaling mode: Constant Physical Size 20:36 Recap #unitytutorial