Vertex Animated Water - Advanced Materials

Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

In this shader tutorial for Unreal and Unity, I show how to use the Gerstner wave formula to animate the vertices on the surface of the water. We create a Gerstner subgraph/material function and then repeat it multiple times with different settings to achieve a convincing animated water surface.

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Here's last week's tutorial on vertex displacement:
youtu.be/sYLbdO3VB8c

Here's the playlist for all of the videos in the series:
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Shader Book Recommendations
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