Material Study: Glass
Glass Material Instance With Rain Drops Showcase
Initial glass material exploration using various setups to understand various techniques and processes
Shader complexity and instruction count are not perfect, but easy way to catch expensive shader methods in the engine
Simple Fresnel-based glass material with adjustable parameters
Fresnel-based Glass Material Graph
Dithered-Alpha Masking Glass is a relatively cheaper way to create a glass effect
Alpha Masking Shader Complexity View and Material Graph
Advanced Glass Master Material Showcase with adjustable parameters allowing control over fogginess, surface imperfections, refraction and raindrop filter along with basic PBR configurations
Translucency And Textured Glass Exploration for the Master Material
Advanced Glass Master Material Graph
Glass Master Material Instance Variations
Glass Material Showcase in Outdoor Environment
Glass Blowing Material Showcase
Glass Blowing Material Graph
I undertook the task of studying a material with the following objectives 1. To achieve a better understanding of material properties and test it for gameplay usage, and 2. To get more familiar with the shader creation workflow inside Unreal Engine. This project allowed me to study and create glass inside Unreal Engine using the material graph, and come up with visual outcomes that demonstrate that capability of a glass master material and its application.
I also wrote a blog that covers some more detail about the process: https://www.artstation.com/blogs/diffthought/zQnr/looking-through-glass-a-material-study