UE4 Material Library

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Ok, this is a short post just about materials in the Unreal Engine.

Materials are fantastic and one of my favorite things about the engine. Sometimes when working on a project and I want to use a previously created material it can be annoying to find the right one.

There are some fantastic free material packs online and in the marketplace, I have made a point of copying them into my materials project so that I can quickly find and organize them. This is something that will be ongoing as long as I'm using Unreal.


I can't take credit for most of these materials as they come from a wide range of sources (Starter content, Automotive material pack, Stylized Rendering, Content examples and more) but a few of them are mine too.

Feel free to download and give them a try. The project is built in 4.15.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B8pWtb1JXjrYdGdUcUFWYW8zcGc?usp=sharing


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