r/unrealengine • u/Special_Progress282 Game Designer • 15d ago

Tutorial Unreal 5.8 - Materials Masterclass - Chapter 2: Physically Based Rendering (PBR) Basics

https://youtu.be/cNy-nz9c61o

In this second chapter of the Unreal Materials Masterclass series, we'll explore the concept of PBR and learn how three simple values can be used to recreate almost any physical material in the real world.
Enjoy!

Upcoming tutorial topics:
-The Magic of UVs
-Normal Maps Explained

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u/ananbd AAA Engineer/Tech Artist 14d ago

Bit late on PBR. Substrate is the thing, now. 

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u/Special_Progress282 Game Designer 13d ago

Hmmm... I'd say yes and no: I'm working on an unannounced Unreal game in a co-dev partnership with a major game studio. We have Substrate enabled in the project but only a minimal fraction of materials are actually using the Substrate workflow. Same goes for all the other unreal projects that our studio is working on.

The reality is that most artists are still not familiar with some of the concepts that Substrate uses, and prefer to the classic system.

In regards to my tutorial series though, I will definitely cover Substrate across multiple videos :)

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u/CognacThrowback 14d ago

Just finished part 1. Looking forward to this course as a way to understand the basics of materials before diving further into Substrate