How To Make a Bullet Hole in Substance Designer
A step-by-step guide to making your own bullet impact textures in Substance Designer.
Materials & Shaders
Ring Pulse Effect in Unreal Engine 5 | Bubble Shield #4
How to create a particle-based Ring Pulse effect, one of the most versatile components in your VFX toolkit.
Volumetric Pulse Effect in Unreal Engine 5 | Bubble Shield #3
In this tutorial we use one of Unreal Engine’s default textures and some volumetric fog to create a 3D energy pulse effect.
Making a Procedural Grid Shader in Unity
A versatile grid shader is a vital part of any level designer’s toolkit. Here is an in-depth look at how I made mine.
Force Field Material in Unreal Engine 5 | Bubble Shield #2
The internet doesn’t really have a shortage of force field effect tutorials, but this one is special because its mine.
8 Tips for Creating Practical Master Materials
A list of engine-agnostic best practices to shape your approach when developing your own Master Materials.
The Anatomy of an Unreal Engine Master Material
A headfirst dive into the makeup of an Unreal Engine Master Material, with practical examples.
Creating a TV Lighting Effect with Unreal Engine 4
Reproduce a dynamically lit TV screen effect in Unreal Engine 4 using light functions.
Making a Procedural Grid Material in Unreal Engine 4
In this tutorial we’re going to be creating a procedural material that will project a customizable grid in world-space onto any surface.
Seven Tricks to Speed Up Shader Compilation in Unreal Engine 4
Seven different techniques you can try that will significantly lessen the amount of time it will take to compile your shaders.
