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Materials How-To's

A How To Guide for using different aspects of the Material Editor in Unreal Engine 4.

Unreal Engine 4.15

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Starting Out
Doing More with Materials
Putting It All Together

The following step-by-step guides walk you through a wide range of topics designed to help you create and use Materials in your projects.

Starting Out

Using the Main Material Node 4.9

Previewing and Applying your Materials 4.9

Doing More with Materials

Animating UV Coordinates 4.9

Using Bump Offset 4.9

Using Dual Normals with Clear Coat 4.26

Using Colored Translucent Shadows 4.9

Creating Layered Materials 4.26

Adding Detail Textures 4.9

Using the Emissive Material Input 4.26

Creating and Using Material Instances 4.25

Creating Material Functions 4.9

Making Material Parameters 4.9

Using Texture Masks 4.9

Using Mesh Decals 4.15

Placing Material Expression and Functions 4.9

Using Refraction 4.9

Creating Shiny Materials 4.9

Using a Subsurface Profile in your Materials 4.9

Using Subsurface Scattering in Your Materials 4.9

Putting It All Together

Using Fresnel in your Materials 4.9

Creating Human Skin 4.9

Radial Motion Blur 4.22

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