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you might want to have a mip min size in your texture group so you don't accidently load it with smaller mips of like mip9 when you want to have between mip 0-4 but yeah give it a try and see if it works for you :D

Hah, I probably can't since I'm not sure I still have the actual UE files anymore but I'll maybe keep posting more of the materials I am uncovering by digging through my older stuff dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/WWGX/unreal-engine-smorgasbord-of-ui-materials in this (hopefully) growing list of old materials I made.

@@joyrok5582 You are a true gem. I have been obsessing over these videos, because it was exactly what I was looking for. Thank you for creating some cool stuff.

@@joyrok5582 Also did you use vector for the vhs slip covers? I am working with them in PS and PS curious.

I don't believe it does, but you'd have to see what the GPU is doing on device specifically, it could be dependent on what GPU does what.

Yeah for now it's just the retainer box method

Often scaling UI materials to fit any screen size or resolution

You can find the texture here: dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/6GjP/unreal-engine-ui-useful-materials#uvs-3slice It's not a brush this is a custom material set on the image widget.

A good tutorial on 9slice for UE can be found here: dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/Y4Kb/unreal-engine-using-uvs-for-tech-art-and-ui#nineslice As for best practices: th-cam.com/video/dSTdAToJ7Gg/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZHVrKzQ-WK2EjgcR th-cam.com/video/-qo3ix-qqAE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=x18xzno0WiSOk33x th-cam.com/video/u06GAVxyIag/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Z5hhmT83Za__wvbz It's not to say Canvases are bad but they don't consolidate z order without a setting in projects enabled, they are a real pain when it comes to canvases nested in canvases for layouts. But the problem with anything that is UI related... it's so dependent on what your game needs and requires. Best practices really entail, keep it as simple as possible so you can modify it later as needed -- the more complex widgets and layouts you use... the harder it is to keep that rule.

You can also check out this video I did of the persona 3 reload layout: th-cam.com/video/nTDm_-qctIw/w-d-xo.html It's how I would approach that kind of layout and why, again understanding what you need to make and how to simplify it often the best practice you can perform

Epic just released a Tech Art UI course about UVs, this is using polar coordinates and UVs to get there: dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/Y4Kb/unreal-engine-using-uvs-for-tech-art-and-ui

I find the Common UI docs are a good start, the content examples actually have a lot of Common UI -- start at 5.4 www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/content-examples?sessionInvalidated=true Of course Ben UI's discord and website are very useful if you have questions benui.ca/ There's also Cody's input Unrealfest talk that is a good resource if you want to know what input is doing under the hood with Unreal and where Common UI comes into place: dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/talks-and-demos/oDox/demystifying-input-in-unreal-engine-unreal-fest-2023 And then there are examples like Cropout and Lyra to study www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/cropout-casual-rts-game-sample-project www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/lyra

@@joyrok5582 Thanks a lot! There is a lot of useful info indeed. Sorry if my question will seem a bit brazen, but do you happen to have a discrod channel yourself? I could use some help with my materials)

@@gatOlegat I'm usually chilling in the WeCanFixItInUI discord, Ben UI's discord benui.ca/unreal/ui-discord/, and the UI Peeps discord. None of my own but even if I'm not around lots of folks there are happy to help answer questions on materials :D and collaborate solutions

@@joyrok5582 Perfect, I really appreciate all of your contribution, help and support, thanks a lot. You are a real pro!

The sword texture in the video is not a square texture, it's a 2:1 ratio, that's why it grabs the texture size and scales to the x/y of the texture coordinate. Does that help answer the question?

yes totally! I love looking at my old stuff here and seeing where the math could be cleaner, I absolutely (har har) like to see the growth I've learned with my comfort on math

I would triple check the the texture and make sure there's no black or white near those areas, the bleeding I found was reduced by making a thicker glow line and a thinner crop, and also making sure it's exactly 0 and 1 at the edges of the glow layer

Just the main documentation :D

It's pretty critical to the feature but there is a checkbox to just sample the game scene if that's all you are doing

@@joyrok5582 thank you!

Haha imagine game engines are more a direct access to the graphic card ;) so it's not necessarily the most user friendly but what you can do is quite incredible and more than just after effects. But sadly that means math xD which I'm slowly getting better at but always learning.

Should be found here you can grab it: dev.epicgames.com/community/learning/tutorials/6GjP/unreal-engine-ui-useful-materials Or you can check out the UI material lab that has an example: www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ui-material-lab

@@joyrok5582 Oh, Thanks)