PANORA|make: A Landscape Texturing Plug-In for Unreal Engine

The plug-in was created by a Technical Artist, Sylvain Lebeau, it's a single-person project aiming to be the most accessible and complete landscape texturing solution for Unreal Engine. This landscape auto-material creator uses a non-destructive mask-based workflow to automatically paint its materials as well as allowing you to paint them manually. These masks are made by you, by using filters and noises that you can add, subtract, and multiply by each other to create the result you want.

The core feature of the plug-in

• Easy-to-understand Layered Workflow
  PANORA|make uses a simple layered materials workflow, which is then applied to the landscape with masks created by the user. The masks can also be applied manually with the default Landscape painting tools. The creative can apply advanced effects to the materials like Triplanar Mapping, UV Breaking, Parallax Occlusion Mapping, and Distance-Based UV Scaling.
• Custom Interface
  The Interface is a core component, which allows using the extensive features of the plug-in without having to scroll through hundreds of Instance lines. It also provides a comprehensive layout along with extra features like the Auto-Converting of the imported textures, the ability to import from other materials, guiding the user through the creation of an Instance, etc. 
• Mask Builder & Linking
  The Mask Builder allows creating the masks based on Filter or Noise, which can be added/multiplied/subtracted. There is also the possibility of breaking the Vertex Masking with a normal map to get a more natural result.
• Hybrid Caching System
  The landscape supports Runtime Virtual Caching, increasing the performance of the final landscape. 

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