how to make Smooth stencil

[desert current]

i used UI/default shader to make stencil so player could be see but it seems wrong i use image that is like alpha gradient but how can make it look not so rough

[teal thorn]

Sprite shaders already support stencil masking: https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/Manual/sprite/mask/mask-landing.html
But stencil buffers fundamentally cannot be soft / semitransparent

But if you make a custom sprite shader graph you can mask the alpha by anything technically

[desert current]

Ye i was thinking about that but i have no clue how to do it