UE4 Tutorials by tharlevfx

https://youtu.be/G8LAZTi1S-k

Today we have a look at Eye Adaption in the Post Process Volume and how we can set our Unlit materials to adjust to the world with the Eye Adaption material node.

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https://youtu.be/W5rPD4XRpPM

Today we build a quick blueprint tool to override our materials with a Texel Density check material - super useful for making sure our Texel Density is correct!

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Today we look at how we can create Random numbers in a material, based on the Object Position node

https://youtu.be/KyjlrKwbXCw

Today we talk a bit about the difference between the Vertex and Pixel shader and how we can sometimes use this for specific effects or optimisation.

If anyone has any more examples of when they’ve used the Vertex Interpolator let me know - I’d love to include more examples!

https://youtu.be/bAwD5wLRxbw

Today we have a look at how we can change the speed of a Panner during gameplay, and why this needs a special setup.

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Today we cover some of the basics of UVs - what they are, why they’re called UVs and how and why we use them!

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two videos this week because i forget to share last weeks :slight_smile:

more UVs and Grey in Metalness maps in PBR workflow!

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Today we have a look at some different techniques to add depth to our materials - WPO, Displacement and POM.

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This week we have a look at how we can recalculate our Normals in our Shader, for when we’re using WPO or displacement to alter the mesh shape.

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https://youtu.be/6SCgWC3jztY

Today we have a look at a couple of Material Functions built in to Unreal that can help us debug our Materials.

https://youtu.be/OPHnxGb6KHA

Today we have a look at how we can use Vertex Painting to create Material Blending and how we can add detail with Noise and Heightmaps.

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Thanks man! I’ve been watching your videos. Super informative! :slight_smile:

This is great stuff! Thank you so much for spending time on this!

https://youtu.be/h_XjDJwn_Jc

Today we have a look at how we can sample the landscape layers and build up our own landscape material that uses Height map blending and layer order.

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https://youtu.be/KCVyf6LrFFk

Apparently I missed posting about last weeks video on introduction to landscapes :slight_smile:

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https://youtu.be/I3KVIslfZgM

Today we talk a bit about Lightmap UVs and how Unreal uses your existing Lightmap unwrap to generate these, and how we can adjust our texturing unwrap to try and ensure a good lightmap unwrap.

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https://youtu.be/CdXICgrgBz4

Today we have a look at how to set up automatic layers in our landscape materials to take into account things like height and facing angle.

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https://youtu.be/PRHAxZpLlIg

Today we have a look at how to use Noise and Distance to break up the repetition of Tiling Materials.

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https://youtu.be/Y7tt_zW1n3E

Today we have a look at how we can save overdraw once we’ve faded out our particles by collapsing the vertices.

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