UE4 - Creating Master Materials

In this video tutorial, we'll step through the process of setting up a complex Master Material in UE4. We'll also cover embedding material functions for repeatability and cleaner material setups.

00:00 - Intro
01:17 - Basic Setup
04:24 - Nesting Material Functions
10:48 - Advanced Master Material Setup
15:41 - Base Color Setup
22:09 - Specular Setup
27:24 - Roughness/Metallic Setup
30:40 - Detail Normal Setup
33:00 - Dirt Overlay Setup
52:48 - Creating Duplicated Instances from Master Materials

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