Mastering technical art in Unreal Engine : materials and VFX /

This book covers how to build materials and VFX that bring your projects to life inUnreal Engine. Each chapter will provide you with the necessary underpinning theory as well as activities to test your learning inside of Unreal Engine. You'll learn about Material Graphs, Parameters, Instances,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Penninck, Greg (Author), Butler, Stuart (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL ; Abingdon Oxon : CRC Press, 2025.
Subjects:	Video games > Programming. Video games > Design. UnrealScript (Computer program language) Computer graphics. Jeux vidéo > Programmation. Jeux vidéo > Conception. UnrealScript (Langage de programmation)

Table of Contents:

01. What Is Technical Art02. An Artist⁰́₉s Guide to the Rendering Pipeline03. What Are Materials?04. Creating Your First Material05. Material Instances06. Master Materials07. Mesh Painting and Materials08. Introductory Materials for VFX9. Introduction to Niagara and VFX in the Unreal Engine10. Creating The Energy Orb11. Creating Our Sparking Cauldron12. The Dawn of Fire13. Magical Spells and Fireworks14. The Waterfall15. The Fire Tornado