Category: Rendering

Gradient Fresnel Shading for Rim Lighting

Background During the Unreal 4 Beta I experimented a lot with materials, one of these experiments was inspired by Star Wars: The Old Republic’s cinematic character lighting presentation. I wondered how their ambient fresnel shading...

Custom Depth in Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine 4 introduced a new depth buffer along with its PBR rendering system. It’s called “Custom Depth” and can be used for effects like the selection outline that is built-in in the Editor, rendering...

Blockout Material (Auto-UV & Color)

To assist in rapid prototyping I’ve created a material that automatically aligns UVs based on world position and applies Color based on surface normal. How does it work? The material consists of two main components. The...

Unreal Engine Hologram Material

Inspired by Star Wars: The Old Republic, I attempted to re-create the hologram shader that is frequently used during their conversation system. To re-create this shader I built a transparent material with a pattern mask...