Depth Fade & Camera Depth Fade Nodes EXPLAINED! Unreal Engine Materials

A deep dive into the depth fade nodes in Unreal Engine materials. Tutorial Project File: https://www.patreon.com/posts/112727240?pr=true Free assets on my website: https://www.hojdee.com/courses-details/free-downloads Subscribe for more! ------------------------------ RELATED VIDEOS: Material Nodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_mSt05L44rKr7ahEpB3I0FWolbTC7tH World Creation playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLd_mSt05L44p3_d7M5uNMzG-BLf0aCiZJ Lerp: https://youtu.be/tBib8qQxd1M?si=26oj7icugk0oM6Ic Fresnel: https://youtu.be/UPKpFbx1-D8?si=iRb8o-CUJrcJsiat Basic Math: https://youtu.be/cJlLrlMQRTI?si=3y0cY-Ilqkjiza_G OneMinus: https://youtu.be/f_o9vbY1dC4?si=7n2CI0LUjv-Hft4P Power: https://youtu.be/KnWuFfnjH8Q?si=MfkoYIFFRT3doyBN ------------------------------ JOIN THE FAMILY! Telegram channel: https://t.me/HojDee Discord community: https://discord.gg/BZBqF9P3Bs Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/683313043159699 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/HojDee ------------------------------ LINKS & STUFF: Depth Fade documentation: https://dev.epicgames.com/documentation/en-us/unreal-engine/depth-material-expressions-in-unreal-engine?application_version=5.4&utm_source=editor&utm_medium=docs&utm_campaign=rich_tooltips#depthfade Fade Depth example article: https://heyyocg.link/depth-fade/ Code for the custom node: IsShadowDepthShader() Stylized Water article: https://jesshiderue4.wordpress.com/materials/stylized-water-material/ ------------------------------ FOLLOW ME! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unreal_hojjat/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hoj-dee-344095245/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/JustHoj Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hoj.dee/ ------------------------------ TIME STAMPS: 00:00 | intro 00:27 | depth fade node 03:57 | camera depth fade node 05:08 | considerations 07:47 | fade mesh when camera is close 08:35 | fixing the shadow issue when using camera depth fade 10:41 | exmaple 1: water material 14:31 | example 2: emissive intersection material 17:38 | example 3: dark entrance material 19:31 | example 4: use with particle systems 21:14 | example 5: z depth effect 22:31 | example 6: fog material 23:30 | outro ------------------------------ HASHTAGS: #3d #cgi #unrealengine #ue5 #unrealengine5 ------------------------------ MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS: Adrift Among Infinite Stars by Scott Buckley | https://soundcloud.com/scottbuckley Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Mechanolith by Kevin MacLeod | http://incompetech.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Sound Effect from Pixabay