UE4: Step-by-Step to Your First Landscape Material for Beginners (Day 2/3: 3-Day Tutorial Series)

Landscape Materials are very different than any other material you have to create because you have to be able to paint textures on the terrain such as grass, dirt, rock or sand. This is done by a single material expression - Landscape Layer Blend. Let me show you how to create your very first, basic landscape material that you can use to paint landscape textures.

3-Day Tutorial Series: UE4 Step-by-Step Landscapes for Complete Beginner

Day 2: Step-by-Step to Your First Landscape Material (2 Texture Paint Layers): (CURRENT TUTORIAL)

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[ianwoodley]

PSA for those using UE 4.26 or higher: To display the "Edit Layers" section in the Paint Menu, I had to select my Landscape in the World Outliner and click the "Enable Edit Layers" checkbox. I was unable to paint the landscape until I did this.

[mihovilmikulec]

Of all the videos on the subject, this is the only tutorial series that actually showed me how to do the terrain brushing. I feel like every other tutorial is just overcomplicating things. Some just talk without showing anything, some start from the half-baked scene and some start by shoving plugins down your throat. This is exactly what I needed as a beginner, thank you!

[michaelharris]

Thank you so much for this. What I thought was going to be a headache turned out to be much easier than I had worried about!

[NahThanksImGood]

Basic and fantastic. Had to do this on a 4.23 but was easy enough and followed along 99% the same.
Thank you.

[DRAWKCABLLA]

This video saved me from not being able to continue a tutorial series. THANK YOU. SUBSCRIBED*

[David.]

Thank you I was struggling for painting my terrain and i can't find any thing but u helped me a lot.

[Greenman]

Pretty quick way of setting up a solid landscape material thanks mate

[avihs]

Thank you, this tutorial was just the right blend of in depth and hands on. It took me a while to find a tutorial that I could actually hang onto, but at the end I wonder why it's such a 'task, ' to paint textures. It seems like a thing that would almost be a default paint option, seeing as it was in the Farcry Editors and most other drag and drop building systems. Either way, worked like a charm, much appreciated!

[minchit]

You are my best teacher ❤️ in UE 4 .Thanks for your video. Always remember to you.

[cthecheese]

To anyone here wondering how well this translates to UE5 EA, it's essentially the same with UI placement changes.

Ian Woodley's comment on enabling Edit Layers still applies.

[nmcnemis]

Thank you so much for sharing the tutorial! I'm total beginner to Unreal Engine yet it was quite understandable.

[GaryParkin]

Thank you. That was really helpful. I just found your channel. Subscribed!

[saintrackula]

thank you thank you thank you and... thank you !! you just saved my school average ! I watched many tutos but none like yours ! the best !!

[primitivepatterns]

Awesome tutorial and excellent teaching style :)

[cherrymeg]

Thank you so much! This was a life saver!!

[thegreazysloth]

Dude you are freakin badass! This is the best tutorial I’ve watched so far. Definitely earned a sub from me

[alexaz]

Thank you! Your tutorial was very educational for me.

[Historymotion]

very easy to understand from your tutorial. Thankx bro

[maddenthemiller]

I am very confused How you got to the edit layers tab towards the end to fix the black landscape whenever i click shift 3 it opens foliage but i cant see any of that stuff im so confused

[williamhoolahan]

Say I wanted to add more than 2 textures, perhaps 6 onto one landscape, How would you go about setting that up? I tried following this tutorial, and it works fine for 2, but it exceeds the Sampler limit if I add over 3