CGMA – Shading and Material Creation in Unreal Engine

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July 25, 2024July 31, 2024

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July 31, 2024July 25, 2024

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Create master materials in Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine, Substance Designer/Painter or any other Program to create textures

The objective of this course is to teach students how to learn the basics and get accustomed to Node Based shader systems, whether in Unreal Engine or in other Texture Authoring Programs or Engines. They will create materials and textures for video games in Unreal Engine. Students will learn to create materials on a modular basis and learn about various advanced materials used through Video Game productions in the Industry such as Vertex Painting, Foliage Shading, Landscape Material systems and other complex shaders. By the end of the course, students will have knowledge on how to create various types of Master Materials used across many teams in Production like; Props, Environment, Characters, FX and Lighting/Cinematics.

Week 1 | Introduction and Overview of Textures and Unreal Engine Material Editor

Week 2 | Master Materials & Material Functions & Math

Week 3 | Complex Materials and Details Maps

Week 4 | Advanced Materials Shaders I (Landscapes, Vertex Painting, Tri-Planar & Position Maps)

Week 5 | Advanced Materials Shaders II (Parallax, Tesselation & Decals)

Week 6 | Advanced Material Shaders III (Foliage, Mesh Distance Fields, Virtual Textures)