How to make a Landscape Auto Material : UE4

In this tutorial you will learn how to make a Landscape Auto-Material which is a shader that will procedurally generate how your landscape will look so you don't have to do all that manual labor of painting it yourself, but you can still paint on this shader if you're so inclined. Let me know if you have any questions and if there's enough interest in a project file download, I will look into it. Have a radical day!
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[@NoahIlberyChannel]

If anyone is having issues with the tutorial, I will be posting the working resource file in the description for you to download.

[@divyabaranwal6825]

Hey Noah, great video. Thank you. However, do you know of any particular place where I can learn about this more comprehensively? I need more details and a compact knowledge of the materials.

[@NoahIlberyChannel]

@@divyabaranwal6825 sorry I don't know of any resources specifically, I would look to see if there's any forums on auto-materials. This is just what I was able to come up with trying to figure out how to do it.

[@divyabaranwal6825]

@@NoahIlberyChannel thank you for replying. The course I chose in udemy was outdated to state the least. I finally have found courses in unreal Engine itself. Quite knowledgeable and free... I would try my hand there...

[@skd0074]

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[@Lordkillerus]

Hi loved the video and it helped me a lot, but I can't seem to get the grass working for some reason

[@gedibeckers3613]

The moment u realize, this video is not all about entertainment.. It contains really specific and valuable information under 60 minutes! Really nicely done man, u should stream right from unreal HQ :D

[@NoahIlberyChannel]

Stoked that I could help, thanks so much!

[@Otacsom]

As someone who is also just starting to learn Unreal, I cannot thank you enough for this tutorial. You're amazing.

[@pikey3690]

I am beyond happy I found this because I'm in the same shoes as you xd

[@c.illisible4090]

Same here. Thanks for your job, Noah, please keep giving us light ! :)

[@isays]

_thank you!_ this is the only tutorial I could find that actually showed how to add foliage to certain parts of an automaterial. all the rest either skipped over foliage, or were like "just download _my_ material and use it"

[@Potatopotatopotatopotato716]

Noah, Dude. Thank you for making this and not skipping over important steps like a lot of other videos. I'm new to UE4 as well and this tutorial is awesome.

[@reedfish99]

Thanks Noah, your tutorial is great, easy to follow and action! There are a lot of tutorials, but you explained just what i needed!

[@jacobslaughter7198]

This is probably one of the best follow along's I've ever watched. awesome man

[@jaredsimmons5583]

*Shows gorgeous, AAA quality landscape rendered live in UE* "And I think it looks pretty alright."

[@mokunz3084]

Man your tutorial is amazing, and was extremely light with your humor and sarcasm lol thank you so much bro !

[@TsThings]

I got to say that this was probably one of the best and most entertaining unreal engine tutorials on landscape materials, I've seen so far (and I've seen a lot!)! THANK YOU very much for this amazing content!!

[@Gojira_Wins]

This video walkthrough was absolutely excellent. I loved how you talked about everything and demonstrated WHY that needed to be that way. Thank you a ton.

[@praveencrypty7902]

This is exactly what i was looking for. Thanks a lots. Loved how to made both Procedural and painting method. Became of the fan of this method. Thanks to you. :)

[@seanmcintyre7753]

mate fair play, so many tutorials and they just rush through everything or skip. really appreciate your pace, your wit and the coherence. great tutorials

[@harleyburton8731]

Thanks a lot. This is my go-to material for landscapes now. You managed to tick all the boxes without complicating the material beyond what I can understand and tweak, and you explained every part. I appreciate it.

[@nakedsingularity]

Thank you so much. One of the best Landscape Auto material tutorial on KZbin.

[@MarkKhoury77]

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you very much for a valuable resource!

[@michaelarby]

best tutorial ive seen. only one that combines landscape layer blends and auto materials, and also shows how auto foliage integrates into it. brilliant.

[@willdiegamingnetwork4592]

Very good tutorials. You covered a lot of good stuff here. Been trying to figure out how to make auto landscape materials for ages and after watching your video, 1 evening and it's all working. This tutorial was very well explained and easy to follow, much appreciated.

[@kimi59]

I love you dude bro. This works amazing and I like your touch of humor. You made all of this 1000x easier

[@joseabboud2223]

I built a very complex landscape material which led into really heavy stuff on graphic memory using slope functions, tessellation and other things. With this video, thanks to you, it becomes much less complex with the world aligned blend. And in fact it gives perfect result without having to go deeper into the rabbit hole. Thanks again.

[@SoundsOfLimbo]

Man, this is the most funny and the most informative landscape auto material tutorial I've ever seen on KZbin

[@ghassanmuammar]

One of the best tutorials I ever saw. Many Thanks Noah

[@sacrificedproductions2629]

Thanks for this bro. Out of 6 other people on KZbin, this is the only method that worked for me.

[@RodneyKimbangu]

Dude, your tutorial is the best on this subject. Thank you!

[@olivercarins9147]

This tutorial was absolutely fantastic! Thank you so much for this. The only difference I found was with the last step concerning the camera depth fade I had to flip the landscape coordinates... Strange one. I really hope to see more tutorials from you. I was never left in the dark wondering how you did something at all!

[@mwjvideos]

Great Video. I am a beginner and i learnt very quickly after watching this video. Thank you for your time and effort. Love from India.

[@chrisletsinger1724]

Not many auto material tutorials out there, thanks for the information. Even looked through 3 years worth of unreal's videos and none of them are a tutorial on auto materials.

[@CarbideGames]

Super helpful, I’m stoked to try your technique.

[@Neburia]

man i've been watching less than 10 minutes and i love you already.

[@PropheticGamesProductions]

Thank you so much, I watche a lot of tutorial for materiel landscape, but your way is very simple and effective !

[@user-se5be3wz3t]

It's a real help, great tutorial indeed. Thank you Noah.

[@mrconcept]

Awesome tutorial man. Really like the way you explain the Blueprints. Hope for more like it.

[@folksyme]

Knowledge in a nutshell that's what this is . Hats off bro and thanks a lot .

[@comp.electro737]

The best tutorial for beginners!!! Thank you bro for your awesome tutorial!!! Thank you from the bottom of my heart!!! Love from India!!!!!

[@BorZification]

Great tutorial! I am glad that you mentioned the target layers issue.Somehow even your method didn't solve the problem for me.I had to reset the landscape material to default and then assigned landscape automaterial and then instance material. Thanks again.

[@samwilsoncg]

This is just amazing. Thank you for creating this video.

[@ahmedalsalameen5898]

this was very very useful, amazing tutorial .. thank you very much I did my first good looking landscape

[@Mike-di9ez]

This is GOLD!!!!!! Absolute Madness Thank you so much!!!

[@StogerStudios]

A gentleman and a scholar. Great tutorial

[@dwathree7475]

Thank you so much, man. Your tutorial is really help me, i saw another ones, but only yours is really helpfull

[@ArcaneTurbulence]

Thanks, man. I've made some landscapes previously (couple years ago) and COMPLETELY forgot most of it. Needed a refresher that didn't move too fast, or too slow. It fit perfectly.. wasn't so fast that I didn't catch it, and wasn't so slow and OVERLY-explanative that I end up screaming "NO SHIT! GET ON WITH IT ALREADY!" I think you did great.

[@NameIsEQ]

best tutorial for auto material. Straight to subscribe button. can't wait for another tutorial. thx mate.

[@brendanmclennan5021]

Thanks legend. It was refreshing to see a KZbin video that actually had useful info about this complex software. Initially the 40 minute length was a bit daunting (using that term very loosely) but a it was useful the whole way through. Cheers for learning and sharing. BTW the camera was fine for 95% of the tutorial, it covered the material panel for a few moments but no biggy. Was kinda funny to watch you dance you face out of the way :P

[@AmranSidek]

the best landscape material so far..thx man

[@LeVietanhAdrianMagic]

This is my first comment in 20 years on KZbin, after 2 days of searching an easy and fast way to do automaterials ... boom 10/10 thanks mate

[@ceedee857]

Brother, you just made a tutorial for something people charge for on the store, make 23 parts for on KZbin, and did it all in under 30min. Bless your heart and thank you hahahahaha

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This is amazing and super helpful! Thank you!

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[@RockG.o.d]

Perfect tutorial. Thanks.

[@philippeheritier9364]

A big thanks to share your knowledge with us. I learned a lot on this one

[@DenBlackburn]

Thank you so much for your time and effort, that tut has helped me so much, im finally getting landscapes that look real for a change.... Defo had to subscribe ;)

[@danielwatson6015]

Such a Great video Noah, Thank you 10x over

[@alexmcparties1532]

one of the best tutorials

[@hervesliwa695]

Awesome tutorial man!

[@manoharannair819]

Dear Noah Fantastic

[@gracielabaldini1653]

It's great !!! You are a genius, the video does not have a second of loss, it is useful! Thank you !!!!

[@nitingupta4747]

you are amazing dude! Your sense of humor is simply ..........! (sorry I have no word, haha)

[@slip899]

Hey man - big thanks for this awesome 2in1 tutorial! I know this was a while ago but I jus found it recently and its been really helpful. One thing that could help future viewers out is if you set a chapter for the texture creation tutorial at the end so ppl can skip there easily without having to search it. Thanks again!

[@pullsar7449]

Thank you for this great tutorial.

[@dreamzdziner8484]

Wonderful tutorial brother. Thank you so much. I feel Quixel should put a link to this video everytime they come up with a landscape tutorial😁

[@JackedDelta]

dude u just helped me alot dude your freaking awsome ty for this video i love it cant wait to see more dude

[@akb595]

Wow! This is a really nice tutorial. Everything is explained perfectly. It really helped me a lot. Keep making these videos. You are really awesome BTW! Please move the webcam to the right corner in future videos & increase the video quality

[@shanemiller5679]

Great tutorial, just what I needed, thanks. Would love to see you do more Unreal Engine Tutorials

[@samohickey]

Very nice! I often have issues with the layers that you address at 24:55; nice to know it's a material instance bug! Thank you! :D

[@InterplanetarySound]

You killed it! Great Vid!

[@ArjanWagensveld]

Thanks bro. Helped me!

[@RR-kn1tg]

Dis tutorial is shiny gem for me :))) thank you

[@NoahIlberyChannel]

Glad I could help! Have fun making radical landscapes!

[@liviosemeraro2951]

Thanks dude really good tutorial 👌

[@davidtaylor8195]

Ya this has helped me so much. Since you have made this I have seen some amazing auto materials that people have made that are on some next level quality. An updated video would be greatly appreciated if you have learned anything new in regards to automaterials. TYTY !

[@franklinclinton6919]

thank you so much for your work.

[@user-gn2qk8jm8l]

感謝有你的教學，使我學習到自動混合地形材質

[@trackMythoughts]

Thank you for sharing the video.

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Dude, awesome tut! Thanks :)

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Very good lesson! Thank you!

[@asbointeractive]

This was great, cheers

[@JoDuke713]

Great Tutorial!!

[@ransommagar1859]

really very useful and meaningful Thank you bro.

[@levirose5360]

bro this is amazing ty so very much

[@robertthompson728]

Those chair-ie trees are the tops!

[@emirunalan1287]

This helped a lot. Thank you.

[@sergiogonzalez2611]

thank you man excelent tutorial

[@gaffertappeexo2281]

This guy is so amazing thanky uo all love and one love i hope you are all well, stay safe, happy days love you!

[@CapnCrunchESO]

Dude, you’re a legend

[@over8124]

Best tutorial on this subject 🤟🤟

[@SorcererStudios]

Amazing video!

[@stevenbrown1718]

Perfect Video learned a lot

[@proflooney]

Thanks again for this Noah Im going off some of my meds tomorrow from surgery and hopefully with a clear head I can make this and get it to work finally. I tried before but had a lot of problems probably because all the meds I was on I missed something

[@wilismatrix9847]

Best tutorial for landscaping in UE4, you are one of a heck smart and funny ass 😆

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great stuff!

[@Sway55]

i appreciate this so much thank you!!

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Thank you so much for this gem

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Amazing video

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Thank you man 💓

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Good job mate you cant call yourself the messy coder its allready taken, but you got the job done as it should be, thx u

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Thank you 3000

[@Band2fucko]

Amazing dude, i lke the way you drive your tuto it was very fun and instrutive. give me some more