Visual Tech Art | 4K textures are USELESS! @VisualTechArt | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 12 minutes ago
In this video we take a look at how textures are optimized inside game engines, what MIP Maps are and, most importantly, how we can customize them.
Even though I bring the example of DDS files and Unreal Engine, this tech is used in every real time engine and videogame.
The texture I show in this video is extremely useful for every environment and character artist who wants to be sure the content they create is performant.
You can get the MagicTexture™ here: jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/TextureSizeChecker
Link to the NVidia plug-in for Photoshop: developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-exporter
Discord: discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: patreon.com/VisualTechArt
In this video we take a look at how textures are optimized inside game engines, what MIP Maps are and, most importantly, how we can customize them.
Even though I bring the example of DDS files and Unreal Engine, this tech is used in every real time engine and videogame.
The texture I show in this video is extremely useful for every environment and character artist who wants to be sure the content they create is performant.
You can get the MagicTexture™ here: jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/TextureSizeChecker
Link to the NVidia plug-in for Photoshop: developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-texture-tools-exporter
Discord: discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: patreon.com/VisualTechArt
![Outline Stylized Material - part 1 [UE5, valid for UE4]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ptuw9mxekh0/hqdefault.jpg "Outline Stylized Material - part 1 [UE5, valid for UE4]
This is the first video of a series I want to make about transforming 3D renders in hand-drawn images.
Its a topic that always fascinated me quite a lot and I had the opportunity to work quite intensively on in the past year.
Here we go through the standard practice for making an outline art stylized Post Process Material. A perfect match for a Studio Ghibli, Toon or Cel Shading style type of rendering!
Gimli and Legolas models have been made from Gianluca Squillace: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/d0kyNx
Want to download the Custom Node?
There you go: https://jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/VTA_LaplacianFilter
Discord: https://discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/VisualTechArt")
![How Naughty Dog does puddles [UE4, valid for UE5]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TwPYqOQLStk/hqdefault.jpg "How Naughty Dog does puddles [UE4, valid for UE5]
In this video I apply the concepts explained in my previous videos to a real work case scenario.
I go through the building of a weather reacting material, starting from a dry condition and procedurally calculating the wet one.
This approach takes inspiration from how Naughty Dog approached the same problem when developing the Uncharted games.
Discord: https://discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/VisualTechArt")
![Outline Stylized Material - part 1.5 [UE5, valid for UE4]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UWQonxtG10g/hqdefault.jpg "Outline Stylized Material - part 1.5 [UE5, valid for UE4]
Previous video of the serie: https://youtu.be/Ptuw9mxekh0
This is a follow up of the first video of a series I want to make about transforming 3D renders in hand-drawn images.
Its a topic that always fascinated me quite a lot and I had the opportunity to work quite intensively on in the past year.
Here we go through the standard practice for making an outline art stylized Post Process Material. A perfect match for a Studio Ghibli, Toon or Cel Shading style type of rendering!
Gimli and Legolas models have been made from Gianluca Squillace: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/d0kyNx
Want to download the Custom Node?
There you go: https://jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/VTA_LaplacianFilter
Discord: https://discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/VisualTechArt")
![HYPER-REALISTIC Grass Wind Animation [UE4, valid for UE5]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gfQNjC69PCM/hqdefault.jpg "HYPER-REALISTIC Grass Wind Animation [UE4, valid for UE5]
[DISCLAIMER] I know, this video is not very easy to follow, it requires some more than basic knowledge of the subject, but I think everyone should be able to wrap up his head around it eventually.
Here I illustrate my personal take on getting a realistic and good looking wind animation for the grass. As always Im more than open to any feedback and discussion, so feel free to express your thoughts in the comment section :)
This scene can be downloaded here: https://jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/HyperRealGrassWind
Discord: https://discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/VisualTechArt
00:00 - Intro
00:10 - Listing out the rules to my approach
01:22 - Explaining the basic idea
04:55 - Working out the math for the bending deformation
15:40 - Giving a thickness to the segment
21:25 - Moving to Unreal (?) ... adding the 3rd dimension
25:00 - Wrapping up the final formulas and copying them to UE
27:46 - Improving the visual quality
36:45 - Animating the wind
44:55 - Adding randomness
48:45 - Final thoughts and a challenge for you")
![Height Blending Material Layers [UE4, valid for UE5]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/hdjRNT3DGTM/hqdefault.jpg "Height Blending Material Layers [UE4, valid for UE5]
In this video I show an algorithm useful to blend two or more materials using heightmaps data.
This video is a follow-up of my older one: https://youtu.be/qvTL6Brfkpc
Check it if youre missing something I dont explain here.
You can use this to obtain a better quality on your landscape material, especially if youre using Megascans textures, since they always come with an heightmap.
Discord: https://discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/VisualTechArt")
![Comic Book PostProcess [UE5, valid for UE4]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ldv94GUzTOA/hqdefault.jpg "Comic Book PostProcess [UE5, valid for UE4]
In this video we go through the realization of an analogic offset print dotted pattern post process material, for a printed comic stylized look. This tutorials covers the creation of the grid of dots, the reproduction of an image through discrete shapes, the conversion from RGB to four colour process (CMYK) and viceversa, plus a bonus.
Gimli and Legolas models have been made from Gianluca Squillace: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/d0kyNx
Become a Patreon for a discount ;)
Comic Dots Filter Sample Project: https://jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/InkPrintDots
Cross-Hatching Sample Project: https://jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/VTA_CrossHatching
Outline Post Process: https://jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/VTA_LaplacianFilter
Discord: https://discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/VisualTechArt
Related Videos:
Outline Post Process - Part 1: https://youtu.be/Ptuw9mxekh0
Outline Post Process - Part 1.5: https://youtu.be/UWQonxtG10g
Cross-Hatching Post Process: https://youtu.be/3Q6Ik1V75I8")
