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Use this guide when your Unity project uses Universal Render Pipeline.

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Set up URP

1

Install URP

In Window > Package Manager, install Universal Render Pipeline if it is not already installed.
2

Assign a URP asset

In Project Settings > Graphics, assign a URP asset.
3

Use a 2D Renderer

For Sprite-Lit materials, make sure the URP asset uses a 2D Renderer.
4

Set the Pixelate profile

In the capture manager’s local profile settings, or in an assigned PixelateProfile, open Normal Map and set Material Pipeline to URP.
5

Set Light Render Textures

Open the 2D Renderer asset, expand Light Render Textures, and set Render Scale to 1.

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Capture

Follow Capture your first sprite, Image capture, or Animation capture. When Normal Map is enabled, Pixelate creates a matching _N.png for each static capture or animation clip, then assigns it as the diffuse sprite sheet’s _NormalMap secondary texture.

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Use a lit sprite material

1

Create a material

Create a new material.
2

Choose the shader

Set the shader to Universal Render Pipeline/2D/Sprite-Lit-Default.
3

Assign the sprite

Use the generated diffuse sprite sheet or its sliced sprites. The generated normal map is already linked as a secondary texture.
4

Assign the material

Set the material on your Sprite Renderer.
5

Add a 2D light

Add a 2D light, then turn on Normal Maps in the Light 2D component so the sprite reacts to the normal map.
Open Assets/Pixelate/DEMO/Scenes/Visualize.unity to see the lighting setup in context. The render assets in Assets/Pixelate/DEMO/URP are included as a pre-configured starting point.
A URP project using a 3D renderer will not light Sprite-Lit sprites the same way as a 2D Renderer. Use a 2D Renderer for normal-map sprite lighting.