Intro To Procedural Shapes and Patterns

Uploaded June 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

Today, we're starting a brand new series of tutorial videos. In this series we'll be discussing procedural shapes and patterns. We'll be creating signed distance fields, tiling patterns, compound shapes, user interface elements, and more - all using shader math. We'll also be creating a library of nodes - Subgraphs in Shader Graph and Material Functions in Unreal - to help with the creation process. In today's video, we go over the creation of a Linear Gradient node and an Anti-Aliasing node. The Anti-Aliasing node uses derivatives to resolve a gradient or signed distance field into a perfectly sharp and anti-aliased line, regardless of resolution or camera distance.

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Here's last week's tutorial that shows how to create particle billboards for VR.
youtu.be/YakFi61LZcs

Here's the playlist for the whole series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lF5ASo3vpUFKenMkhMVeZ5y

Shader Book Recommendations
bencloward.com/resources_books.shtml

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Theme Music
Peace in the Circuitry - Glitch Hop
teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=1526

Background Music
Speo - The Little Things
youtube.com/watch?v=kvCYuyyLgC0

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Intro To Procedural Shapes and Patterns - Episode 1

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