Unreal Shader - Procedural Automatic Landscape

Name: ArtStation - Unreal Shader - Procedural Automatic Landscape | Tutorials
Brand: Michael Gerard
SKU: JpNG7
Price: 14.99 USD
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.9 (10 reviews)

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If you have always wanted to create an organic and procedural texture variation on your terrain, this is the course you have been waiting for!

One automatic layer entirely generated by values, up to 4 different masks, fully customizable, automatic foliage on each layers, far distant variation, texture bombing, RVT, Parallax Occlusion Mapping and Nanite Tessellation. Here are all the features covered by the course.

What I will learn?

V1.0 - In Unreal Engine 5.3.2:

Create serval material functions
Create an optimized shader
Implement a Procedural layer thanks to serval masks
Implement Parallax Occlusion Mapping with Shadows
Implement Nanite Tessellation
Implement Automatic Vegetation
Get Rock texture on slopes automatically

V1.1 - In Unreal Engine 5.4.2

Update a project to a new version
Create two paint layers with dedicated foliage

What I will get?

6h30 of step-by-step video tutorial
1080/30fps resolution

Software Used:

Unreal Engine 5.3.2

Level:

Anyone who wants to learn, improve or fix their skills in environment creation.

Prerequisite:

Owning a computer with Windows 10 (64Bits) / Not tested on Windows 11
Winrar or 7zip to decompress files
The basics on Unreal Engine (Camera movements, create Materials, Import assets...)

Join the server:
Discord server

Important note :
This course was created in version 5.3.2 and it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to use THE SAME version! If you choose to use another version, be aware that you may encounter possible errors not covered in this course.

Refund conditions:

As I am unable to check whether you have downloaded any files - No refunds will be accepted.
The course goes on sale after my purchase - This is not a valid reason for a refund.

About copyrights:
All you can find in this course are for personal usage only. You cannot share it, sell it or make it available for free on any platform.

Release Notes

The Painting Layers update is finally here!

Addition:

Two new layers for painting only with dedicated automatic foliage
- Under the name "16.UPDATE_ProcAutoLand_PaintLayers"

Thanks for your patience and support!

If you have downloaded the project already, please, re-download it

Ratings & Reviews

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Reviews (10)

Maciej Stok-Stokowiec

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials Only (Personal Use) | 2 months ago

Great tutorial. Work Fine with version UE5.5.1, of course some issues need to be polished but it is work for epic. Anyway great tutorials, complex shader with a lot of variety, great job! One thing that is missing in my opinion in this course is vegetation mask for automatic landscape, but still 5*

Michael Gerard

2 months ago

Thanks for taking the time to post this review Maciej. Glad to read that the course was useful to you and yes Epic still has some work to do on UE5 aha

Lukasz Zmijewski

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials Only (Personal Use) | 5 months ago

One of the greatest tutorials creators on artstation!

Michael Gerard

5 months ago

Thank you very much for this review Lukasz! :D

Damien Ramirez (CG)

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials + Unreal Project (Personal Use) | 8 months ago

Good Tutorial, Everything explained in detail per step. TBH I knew all steps to making a landscape material like this already, there was still few tips on things I was struggling with which has really helped! I can see Texture size (or lack of) has been my largest issue. Also I hope you Finally Got Gaea 2 working!

Michael Gerard

8 months ago

Thank you for your review Damien. I'm glad you learned something from this course. Aha yeah I finally managed to make it work. Damn Windows Defender option!

Dmytro Vakh

10Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials Only (Personal Use) | 8 months ago

I just finished the course, and I have to say it's simply amazing. The best information on landscape material I've ever encountered. I can't stop myself and need to get a few more courses, Michael! )))

Michael Gerard

8 months ago

Thank you very much for you review and comment Dima. I am glad to read you liked the course. Good luck with your next learning experience then aha

Cecile Roux

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials + Unreal Project (Personal Use) | 10 months ago

I just completed the tutorial following the latest update — it's the best landscape tutorial I've encountered so far. All the included features, such as Distance Blending, Texture Bombing, RVT, Parallax Occlusion, and the Nanite Tessellation option, are great. The update also allows for more precise control over our layers, achieving a perfect balance between procedural and manual methods. This series of tutorials is fantastic; not only does Michael explain things well and step-by-step, but he is also quick to respond and always eager to assist with any issues. Considering the quality of the tutorials, the upcoming updates, and the excellent support, I highly recommend this course. I’m eagerly anticipating the next updates, especially the one on tessellation for Unreal 5.4.

Michael Gerard

9 months ago

Thank you very much for taking the time to write a review Cecile. Glad to know you enjoyed the course and to have been able to help you

Jon

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials Only (Personal Use) | 10 months ago

Great help to get started on env setups.

Michael Gerard

10 months ago

Thanks for the review Jon

Yura Bronsky

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials Only (Personal Use) | 10 months ago

Very conflicted about the quality of the product... On one side, the material is really good. But on the other side, there are features that do not work together, there is no explanation about how to exclude foliage from spawning somewhere manually. Small things like that add up...

Michael Gerard

10 months ago

Thank you for taking the time to write a review Yura. There are some missing features on the shader, I agree, but they should be included in the next update.

M. Hunain Ayaz

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials Only (Personal Use) | 11 months ago

Detailed, intuitive and beautiful looking results, absolutely love this

Michael Gerard

11 months ago

Thank you very much for your review. Happy to read it

Houssem Mrabet

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials Only (Personal Use) | about 1 year ago

I have been using ue since 2014 (mostly in Archviz), this is the most useful auto landscape tutorial i did buy, finished in 2 days . And i hope that you can update it with another video showing the Nanite Tessellation technique used in Marvel 1943 Demo when the Ue 5.4 will be lauched Merci Beaucoup Michael, Houssem Mrabet Paris.

Michael Gerard

about 1 year ago

Thank you very much for taking the time to write a review Houssem. I really appreciate it and I'm glad to read that you liked the course. I will update the shader with the 5.4 tessellation when is available in stable version.

Nikita

00Report| Release v.1.0 | Video Tutorials Only (Personal Use) | about 1 year ago

Just finished up the tutorial. That was awesome! And I'd like to say that it contains incredibly usefull tips and tricks for landscape shader creation workflow. Especially, tricks like Distance Blending & Texture Bombing features which avoid noticeable repetiton in Texture Tilling. The shader result is differs from other Landscape shaders I did on Michael's Ultimate Scene Creation courses, Landscape is looking more realistic right now without noticeable texture repetition. Nanite Tessellation is a great feature also, liked that Michael showed how to integrate it in a project. Hope to use it once out of beta, without tessellation Landscape looks flat and Parallax Occlusion, unfortunately, has visual artifacts on slopes. I also liked that we used Material Functions and named rerouts to make less "noodles" in Material Graphs. There are a lot of tutorials about Landscape shaders on YouTube, but for me it's better to be explained from scratch by Michael.

Michael Gerard

about 1 year ago

Thank you very much for this first review of this course Nikita. I'm really happy to read it and to know that this shader has met your expectations.