Cheap Light Alternative💡 Using a modulate blend material you... can multiply screen colors and use depth masking to fake a light radius, make sure you clamp the result in a range above 1, Cheap and can work surprisingly well #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow more

A great way to cheaply fake lighting on particles... is using a sphere mask in world space. If you add a Vector3 to the Object Position node, it can be offset to any desired position #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow more

A handy way to cheaply fake lighting on particles... in UE5: Use a sphere mask in world space. Add a Vector3 to the Object Position node to offset it wherever you need #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #UnrealEngine5show more

Gradient masking for smooth swipes! This material setup creates... a full-range gradient sweep, perfect for effects like wipes, transitions, or directional reveals. Driven by a sine wave for continuous motion. #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow more

Clamp to the floor! This shader setup uses world... position offset with height-based masking to drive procedural vertex displacement. Ideal for dynamic surface effects #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5 #UnrealEngineshow more

Terrain Scan Shader 🔎 This material adapts to a... sphere mesh using Object Position and Radius making the scan effect seamlessly appear over other objects in your scene #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngineshow more

This improved depth fade uses a dedicated depth texture... map to offset values with RemapValueRange, PixelDepth, and SceneDepth, for a more volumetric result #UnrealEngine5 #VFX #realtimeVFX #gamedevshow more

Terrain Scan Shader can adapt to any sphere mesh... using object position + radius, making it a seamless scan overlay across scene objects #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngineshow more

Custom parallax UVs 🔧 We can calculate the view... direction in tangent space and offset UVs accordingly. This Layered parallax method gives you precise control over blending and depth #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5show more

🔥Burning Shell🔥 Enhance effects with depth and complexity! By... using Pre-skinned local pos instead of LocalPosition, you can attach to your mesh before any animation is applied. Full breakdown: #GameDev #VFX #RealTimeVFX #UnrealEngineshow more

One way to remap data and influence visuals is... through value erosion. Here is how you can erode a texture controlled with a softness parameter #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #gamedev #VFX #UE5show more

You can smoothly mix gradients using Distance, Noise, and... Power nodes to create a dynamically controllable falloff with texture variation. Replace the Noise node with any texture sample for more customization #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #gamedev #UE5show more

Using this Quantize shader will help limit the number... of discrete values from a full 0-1 range. Extremely useful when it comes to achieving a toon effect #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #gamedev #VFX #UE5show more

Distorting UVs can be a great way to add... variation and achieve certain effects. For example, this shader pushes and pulls the UVs for a bulging or pinching effect. A quick way to add depth to panning textures #gamedev #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #indiegames #VFXshow more

Fake volumetric smoke using a camera-facing mesh deformed in... world space, with an Unlit shader and no particles or SubUVs. Directional lighting faked with a dot product between a normalized direction and a normal map #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngineshow more

Stylized Electricity Breakdown ⚡ By using vertex colors, you... can animate meshes like a "3D flipbook," giving you precise control over trail behavior. This technique is both flexible and saves performance, perfect for stylized effects. #realtimevfx #UE5 #VFX #gamedevshow more

Animated Organic Material is now on sale on FAB:... #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine #gamedev #VFX #shadershow more

Rain Drops Shader Series, Part 1: Streaks 🌧 Lerping... 2 Noise texture along with Texture Coordinates allows you to control tiling, distortion, and rain streak distortion. This texture can further be packed into one texture for optimal use #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngine5show more

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By baking data directly into a texture, through different... channels, you can drive position, scale, and rotation of other elements, unlocking flexible, procedural control for unique effects with optimized performance #UnrealEngine #GameDev #VFX #RealtimeVFXshow more

Unreal Engine 5 - FX102 student work - Dark... Magic skill VFX Couse Info : Foreign students can also take the course. English subtitles provided discord tag - fx102#3886 If you add us as a friend, we will send you a message. The basic course is a 6-month course of over 120 hours, and Korean subtitles are provided. Lecture consultation QNA Discord group room: This work is a personal work created after taking a course at fx102, and has permission to be uploaded from the creator. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited. #Gamedev #Effect #realtimevfx #VFXFriday #VFX #gamefx #Unrealengine5 #unreal #UE5 #UE5Study #UnrealEngine #rinban #Niagara #VFX #gameeffect #UE4 #madewithunreal #UE4Study #GameEffects #GameEffectshow more