Unreal Engine – Materials for Architectural Visualization
Release date:2019, March 14
Duration:01 h 34 m
Author:Joel Bradley
Skill level:Intermediate
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Learn how to create and optimize materials for architectural visualization in Unreal Engine. In this course, join instructor Joel Bradley as he explores the benefits and drawbacks of some of the most popular visualization workflows, sharing techniques that can help you make your projects look their best. Learn all about the Unreal Material Editor, including how and when to use it. See how to build a base material with the Material Editor that you can reuse on your projects when needed. Plus, discover how to save time by leveraging resources in Substance Source and Substance Share; how to put the Bitmap2Material (B2M) application to good use; and how to create textures procedurally.
Topics include:
Geometry detail vs. texture detail
Advantages of bitmaps in Unreal
Building materials inside Unreal
How and when to use the Material Editor
Building flexibility into materials
Using Substance Source and Share
Using B2M inside Unreal Engine
Benefits of procedural texturing
00. Introduction
01 – Create materials that look as real as possible in Unreal Engine
01. Important Workflow Considerations
02 – Why is UVW mapping important
03 – Geometry detail vs. Texture detail
04 – Why texture procedurally
05 – The advantage of bitmaps in Unreal
06 – Understanding scale and resolution
07 – Environment vs. asset texturing
08 – Our choice of texturing application
02. Building Materials Inside Unreal
09 – How and when to use Unreals Material Editor
10 – Creating a new Material
11 – Setting up the base colour
12 – Adding the roughness
13 – Blending the normal maps
14 – Exposing parameters for reusability
15 – Build flexibility into materials
03. Using Substance Source and Share with Unreal
16 – Downloading the Substance plugin
17 – Using Substance Share
18 – Accessing and navigating Substance Source
19 – Using downloaded .sbs files in Designer
20 – Taking .sbsar files into Unreal
04. Putting Bitmap 2 Material to Good Use
21 – What makes a good starting photo
22 – Using the B2M standalone application
23 – Utilizing B2M inside Substance Designer
24 – Using B2M inside the Unreal Engine
25 – Working with patterns in B2M
05. Benifits of Procedural Texturing
26 – Understanding the Relative to Parent option
27 – Creating tileability
28 – Adding flexibility to our materials
29 – Simplifying materials for game engine use
06. Conclusion
30 – Next steps
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