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Ludovico Palmeri
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Ludovico Palmeri

Ludovico Palmeri started his career as an architectural engineer, soon specializing in architectural visualization by attending the master of digital architecture in Venice (M.A.D.I.) in 2017 and further refining his real-time skills with the Unreal Masterclass at the State of art academy (SoA), both internationally recognized institutions, top players when it comes to training for archviz. He has worked for renovated architectural firms worldwide as a 3d visualizer and soon after started a freelance career, where he worked with different real time companies (Brud and Dapperlabs, Purple, Why, Goldsmith university of London), where he learned alternative workflows to real-time visualization, improving standard approaches to archviz in UE5.
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The Unreal Material system may appear unfamiliar to those accustomed to offline renderers, but its immense flexibility and power become highly appreciated over time. Similar to node-based systems such as Cycles and V-Ray, Materials in Unreal are programmed in a simple yet advanced way that goes beyond traditional limitations, enabling the realization of any desired effect, whether it’s animated water, flowing lava, or shiny metals. Although further explanation will be provided later in this chapter, we’ll introduce two key concepts here: Master Materials and Material Instances.

Master Materials

In Unreal Engine, a Master Material serves as the foundation for creating various Material Instances: it consists of various nodes and functions connected in a visual scripting interface known as the Material Editor...

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Ludovico Palmeri

Ludovico Palmeri started his career as an architectural engineer, soon specializing in architectural visualization by attending the master of digital architecture in Venice (M.A.D.I.) in 2017 and further refining his real-time skills with the Unreal Masterclass at the State of art academy (SoA), both internationally recognized institutions, top players when it comes to training for archviz. He has worked for renovated architectural firms worldwide as a 3d visualizer and soon after started a freelance career, where he worked with different real time companies (Brud and Dapperlabs, Purple, Why, Goldsmith university of London), where he learned alternative workflows to real-time visualization, improving standard approaches to archviz in UE5.
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