Creating Materials & Material Instances in Unreal Engine 5
In this Unreal Engine 5 beginner tutorial, you’ll learn how to create materials, understand the Material Editor interface, and use material instances to efficiently control surface appearance in your projects.
This lesson introduces Unreal Engine’s node-based material system, showing how to create simple materials using color, roughness, and metallic values. You’ll also learn how material instances work, why they’re important, and how to assign materials to actors in your scene.
This video is designed for beginners and requires no prior experience with materials or shaders.
🔹 What you’ll learn:
How the Unreal Engine Material Editor works
Creating basic materials using color, roughness, and metallic
What material instances are and why they’re used
Creating and editing material instances
Assigning materials to actors in a level
This video is part of the Unreal Engine 5 Fundamentals beginner course.