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Brais Brenlla Ramos
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Brais Brenlla Ramos

Brais Brenlla Ramos is a passionate Architect, 3D artist, Unreal Engine 4 developer and first-time author based between A Corua and his place of work in London, UK. His passion for all things 3D-related dates back to when he was playing games as a child, experiences that fuelled his later studies in architecture and computer animation. His entrance into the professional 3D world happened at the same time as his studies were finishing, with initial projects undertaken in the field of architectural visualization for different studios. Since then, he's worked on many different 3D modeling and app development projects, first as a team member, and later as the Unreal Engine 4 lead developer at a company called AccuCities, based in London.
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Adding decals to our scenes

Decals are a great thing, as they allow us to project certain materials into the world. This opens up multiple possibilities, such as having greater control over where we place certain textures or the ability to add variety to multiple surfaces without complicating our material graphs. They are also useful in a visual way, as they allow us to see certain changes without the need to move back and forth between the Material Editor and the main scene.

Furthermore, Unreal has recently introduced a new type of decal that allows not only for planar projections but also mesh-based ones, which can be useful whenever we want to project something into a non-planar surface (as we are about to see).

So, without further ado, let’s jump right into this recipe and see what decals are all about!

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Just like we mentioned at the beginning of this recipe, we are about to explore both the standard decals that Unreal has included since it launched...

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Brais Brenlla Ramos

Brais Brenlla Ramos is a passionate Architect, 3D artist, Unreal Engine 4 developer and first-time author based between A Corua and his place of work in London, UK. His passion for all things 3D-related dates back to when he was playing games as a child, experiences that fuelled his later studies in architecture and computer animation. His entrance into the professional 3D world happened at the same time as his studies were finishing, with initial projects undertaken in the field of architectural visualization for different studios. Since then, he's worked on many different 3D modeling and app development projects, first as a team member, and later as the Unreal Engine 4 lead developer at a company called AccuCities, based in London.
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