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🎓 Learn how to create a powerful Dynamic Snow gradient Map in a matter of seconds in my latest video series (AAA) Pro Tips! This special Map can be used to adjust the amount of snow coverage on any 3D asset straight inside a game engine or during in-game... run time. In this video, the steps are as follows: 1. Bake out the following maps: World Space, AO, Curvature, and Position. 2. Create a fill layer and apply a dust generator to it. 3. Apply a histogram scan above the dust generator to preview the transition effect. 4. Add a Dirt 3 grunge just above the dust generator set to overlay. (This can be used to add small snowflakes around the pile of snow) 5. A blur slope filter can also be applied to the mask to help add randomness to it. 6. Apply the snow gradient information in a User Channel, that way the mask can be exported out of Painter. (Be sure the histogram scan is disabled before doing so) 7. You are finished and the mask is now ready to be utilized inside a Game Engine such as Unreal Engine or Unity. More AAA Game Dev Tips\Tutorials can be found on my YouTube channel here: Stay tuned for more weekly Tips. Happy Texturing! 💚 #gamedev #gameart #tutorial #3dmodeling #hardsurface #texturing #substancepainter #art #ue4 #ue5show more

Cohen Brawley

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MANOR LORDS2 years ago

I see you tagged unreal and I wonder why not just height lerp from the Z component of the pixel normal instead? You can also remove inverse AO to subtract the crevices. This way you can save a lot of time and VRAM making custom masks for each and every asset.

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Buschenrieder Alain2 years ago

Oh this would be useful someday, thanks. Followed.

Cohen Brawley2 years ago

Great to hear! Thanks for the support! :)

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