Ep5 - Working in the Material Editor - Learn with Us: First Playable Grenade Explosion | BFX-U

Dive into the Material Editor to enhance your VFX skills: - Understand the importance of materials in effect creation - Navigate complex material graphs - Learn about lighting in materials - Create a basic material and connect it to the Niagara system - Import and process assets through texture tools - Apply materials to particles for added realism Gain a deeper understanding of how materials impact your effects and learn to make real-time adjustments in the Material Editor. This episode equips you with lasting knowledge applicable to a wide range of VFX projects. If you have any questions, please leave them in the comments below, and if you try our course, tag us on Twitter @Beyond_FX and show us your final VFX! Download Unreal Engine: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US Download the assets we use in this course here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18kV_X6ZSqt3lExL8oLK0TyIsshc42OEC?usp=drive_link 00:00 - Intro 01:14 - Opening the Material Editor 04:09 - Creating New Material 05:57 - Connecting Material to Effect 06:30 - Adding a Particle Color Node 07:52 - Adding a Texture 09:49 - Creating a Texture Sample 11:21 - Adding a Flash Emitter 13:02 - Multiplying Nodes 16:00 - Randomizing Rotations 16:50 - Scale Sprite Size 17:55 - Adding Color to Flash 19:00 - Adjusting Flash Duration #BFXULearnWithUs #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #ue5 #unrealtutorial #unrealenginetutorial #unrealenginevfxtutorials #realtimeeffect #realtimeeffects #realtimevfx #vfxartist #vfxartists #vfxtutorial #niagaratutorial Credits: - Created by Beyond-FX - 1st AC & Editor: Christian Bretz - Social Media Manager: Hunter Wolfe ––– Beyond-FX is a new type of studio focused on crafting immersive, interactive experiences using the latest in visual effects technology. Through our team of talented artists, we have a combined 80+ years of industry production experience. Follow Beyond-FX: Website - https://www.beyond-fx.com/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/Beyond_FX Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/beyond.fx/ Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/BeyondFX/