Swizzle & Channel Manipulation - Shader Graph Basics

Uploaded December 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

In this shader tutorial, I show how to swap, rearrange, drop, and append channels in Unreal Engine and Unity. I compare and contrast methods between the two engines and show the strengths and weaknesses of each with regards to channel manipulation.

Here's last week's video that explains Reflection and Refraction Vectors:
youtu.be/TNGNtVhCGvs

And here's the playlist for the whole series:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lEBWa2Hpzg2SRC5njCcKydl

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=aoc9v_TRBqc

#UnrealEngine #shadergraph #Unity

$Swizzle & Channel Manipulation - Shader Graph Basics - Episode 25 In this shader tutorial, I show how to swap, rearrange, drop, and append channels in Unreal Engine and Unity. I compare and contrast methods between the two engines and show the strengths and weaknesses of each with regards to channel manipulation. Heres last weeks video that explains Reflection and Refraction Vectors: https://youtu.be/TNGNtVhCGvs And heres the playlist for the whole series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL78XDi0TS4lEBWa2Hpzg2SRC5njCcKydl Shader Book Recommendations https://www.bencloward.com/resources_books.shtml Theme Music Peace in the Circuitry - Glitch Hop http://teknoaxe.com/Link_Code_3.php?q=1526 Background Music Speo - The Little Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoc9v_TRBqc #UnrealEngine #shadergraph #Unity$

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