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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In collaboration with Riot Games, we crafted many of... the environmental impacts and breakables for #VALORANT adding a layer of interactivity and reactivity to the map and weapons #ValorantArt #realtimevfx #VFX #gamedevshow more

Join us in this two-part series to discover how... to craft a gas giant using just UVs and noise! 🌌 First up, learn to generate spherical UVs and unlock endless creative possibilities #gamedev #VFX #realtimeVFX #UnrealEngineshow more

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

Hey guys! I'm writing an e-book about VFX and... shader development for games, together with a Unity 6 project. It’s currently in progress. If you’re interested, please subscribe on Game Slave here: #shadergraph #shader #madewithunity Unity for Games #gamedevshow more

i often use 2-sided geometry, and the cell shading... is pretty subtle. that leads to interiors looking a bit bright i could create new textures with hand-paint "baked lighting" on the inside, but instead i wrote a little 'fake AO' shader applied to a volume #indiedev #gamedevshow more

A little hidden feature of Niagara is the ability... to mesh particles as blobs. With a bit of work you can fake a liquid sim, make blood or mud splatters and other liquid FX which would otherwise be hard to simulate. This is a bonus lessons inside Niagara Liquids.show more

Created on seedance 2.0 Prompt: Create a 15-second cinematic... sci-fi action sequence in a modern city during an overcast day. A fearless young woman in a sleek black futuristic combat suit sprints through empty streets as a massive explosion erupts behind her, sending smoke, debris, and sparks into the air. The handheld camera follows with dynamic tracking shots, dramatic slow motion, and fast action cuts. As she runs, glowing red mechanical wings deploy from her back, unfolding with illuminated energy lines and metallic detail. She accelerates toward a towering alien monster invading the city. The two collide in an intense mid-street battle with powerful punches, aerial dodges, shockwaves, flying debris, and cinematic camera movements. End with the winged warrior landing in a powerful hero pose in the middle of the destroyed road, wings fully extended, smoke drifting around her. Ultra-realistic, blockbuster VFX, volumetric lighting, HDR, realistic physics, motion blur, shallow depth of field, Unreal Engine 5 quality, 4K cinematic, no text, no watermark, 16:9.show more

Echoes of Nature is a forest scene made in... Unreal Engine 5 by VFX Artist Avinash Kumar 🌲 Avinash used this project to explore lighting in UE5. The scene is fully made and rendered in UE with Megascans assets for foliage and the surrounding environment.show more

Shaders in Unity are an entire world! Our book... will help you to understand this topic linearly, starting with simple concepts and ending with advanced ones. ⭐️Take a look at it here, #Unity #madewithunity #indiedev #IndieGameDev #gamedev #pcgaming #gamedevelopment #VFXshow more

Unreal Engine's built-in VFX system, Niagara, can be used... to create cinematic effects that run completely in real-time. In this example focused on Automotive visualization, Jesse Pitela(Jesse Pitela) is layering thousands of GPU particles for snow flakes, meshes for ice chunks, and a Niagara Fluids smoke simulation on top, to show the car interacting with its environment❄️show more

I just released a new 2D/3D Hybrid Top Down... Template for Unreal Engine 5! It comes with Multi-Directional animations set up, an emissive texture and a normal texture for edge lighting, showcasing how all of that works! It’s FREE for a limited time through the link belowshow more