Visual Tech Art | HYPER-REALISTIC Grass Wind Animation [UE4, valid for UE5] @VisualTechArt | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 2 hours ago
[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 I'm 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: jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/HyperRealGrassWind
Discord: discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: 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
[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 I'm 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: jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/HyperRealGrassWind
Discord: discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: 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
![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")
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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")
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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
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It this video we go through a tech art experiment: can I texture an asset by using just one texture?
How that would look like and what how the shader should be to make it into a fully fledged material?
This is essentially an unconventional incipit to discover few tips and tricks to do cool stuff like deriving a Normal map from an Height map, learn how Colour Picking is done and how to manipulate gradients with math, to some extent.
Discord: https://discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/VisualTechArt")
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This video is the continuation of my previous one, in which we go through a correct implementation of the triplanar projection mapping technique for locally map textures in our shaders.
Previous Video: https://youtu.be/Cq5H59G-DHI
Download: https://jumpeter.gumroad.com/l/tri-penta-enna-planar
Discord: https://discord.gg/YvXq3t675Q
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/VisualTechArt")
