Texture Coordinate Nodes in Unreal Engine 5: UV Tiling, Panning, and Triplanar Mapping
Master UV tiling, panning, and triplanar projection in UE5's Material Editor to eliminate seams, animate surfaces, and build reusable game materials.
Materials — 3D Modeling Articles
7 articles tagged materials. Tutorials and workflow notes for 3D artists shipping game-ready assets to Unity, Unreal Engine 5, Godot 4, and Blender.
Material Instancing in Unreal Engine 5: Build, Parameterize, and Swap Shader Variants at Runtime
Stop duplicating materials in UE5. Learn how to build Master Materials, create instances, and swap parameters at runtime using Dynamic Material Instances and Blueprint.
Metallic vs. Specular Workflow in PBR: The Complete Guide for Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine 5, and Godot 4
Choosing the wrong PBR workflow kills asset portability. Learn when to use Metallic vs Specular in Blender, Unity URP, Unreal Engine 5, and Godot 4.
Emissive Materials in Blender, Unity, and Unreal Engine 5: Glow, Neon, and Energy FX for Game Assets
Build convincing emissive materials from scratch: bake emissive maps in Blender, configure bloom in Unity URP, and tune HDR glow in Unreal Engine 5.
Godot 4 VisualShader Editor: Build PBR-Style Materials Without Writing GLSL
Master Godot 4's VisualShader node graph to create metallic surfaces, UV scroll animations, Fresnel glows, and dissolve effects—zero GLSL required.
PBR Metallic vs. Specular Workflow: When to Use Each in Unity, Unreal Engine 5, and Godot 4
Metallic vs. specular PBR: understand the difference, avoid the common mistakes, and ship correct materials in Unity, Unreal Engine 5, and Godot 4.
Godot 4 Shaders: Write Custom PBR Materials from Scratch
Skip the Surface material and write Godot 4 spatial shaders by hand. Albedo, metallic, roughness, normals, emission, and rim lighting—covered in full.