Tutorial: Vertex Painting in UE4

Jack Beven has recently shared a new guide to working on materials with the help of vertex painting.

Jack Beven has recently shared a new guide to working on materials with the help of vertex painting. The tutorial will show you a way you can mix different effects and textures to generate a complex surface. The thing is that the video is easy-to-understand, while still managing to show some essential tricks.

How to create AAA quality surface materials using vertex painting. This tutorial demonstrates how to combine several textures in one material and blend them onto a surface. Topics covered: Vertex color, vertex painting, world displacement, material instances.

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Anonymous user
Yes! Have been looking for something like this for a while.

Thanks for sharing! :)
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