Introduction to Materials in Unreal Engine
In this series of tutorials we will discuss how materials are created and manipulated in Unreal Engine 4. Software required: Unreal Engine 4.1.1.
What you'll learn
In this series of tutorials we will discuss how materials are created and manipulated in Unreal Engine 4. We'll start out by getting an overview of the material creation process. Then we'll dive into the theory of creating physically based materials. Here we'll discuss the key properties of a material that will determine how your material will look in the engine. Then we'll dive deeper into these critical properties by discussing the different Blend modes and Lighting Models. Then we'll discuss each Material Input and how they affect the material and their possible uses. After that, we'll learn about material expressions and functions, the building blocks to creating incredible looking materials. Finally, we'll take what we've learned and create a set of materials for a game prop in Unreal Engine 4. Software required: Unreal Engine 4.1.1.
Table of contents
- Material Creation Workflow 8m
- Material Creation Concepts 8m
- Material Properties Overview 6m
- Using Blend Modes 10m
- Using Lighting Models 9m
- Material Inputs 7m
- Continuing to Discuss the Material Inputs 6m
- Finishing the Material Inputs 11m
- Material Expressions and Functions 6m
- Using Textures for Props 8m
- Using the Metallic Input 7m
- Modifying the Roughness 10m
- Commenting and Organizing Materials 5m
- Creating the Wicker Material 6m
- Creating Material Instances 10m
About the author
Joshua is a devoted games author at Pluralsight. For years Joshua has been a key author behind Digital-Tutors' (now a Pluralsight company) popular game engine training. As a kid, he had a passion for playing video games, which eventually developed into a fascination with the process of game creation. The question of "How'd they do that?" led Joshua on a quest to learn to make these games himself. Ever since then, Joshua has devoted his life to creating games, as well as teaching others to build ... more