Align Mesh to the Camera - Unreal Material Node
Channel: Rodrigo Villani
Date: 2023-02-02

Learn how to use the confusing Align Mesh to the Camera material node in Unreal Engine and how to deal with its issues.

The video is in UE5, but it works for UE4 as well.

00:00 - See here if on a rush
01:34 - Intro
02:03 - Material and basic nodes
04:42 - The 3 Object Basis
05:36 - Camera space XYZ
08:39 - Align plane
12:34 - Align cone
13:20 - Find mesh axes
14:21 - Perspective effect
15:23 - Arbitrary alignment
17:32 - Rotation issue
21:32 - Rotation fix
22:56 - Lighting issue
24:54 - Lighting fix
26:21 - Normals issue
28:30 - Normals fixes
33:18 - Mix with normal map
35:10 - Shadows issue
38:16 - Shadows fix
42:48 - Another shadow issue
44:51 - Shadows "fix" 2
45:51 - Complete material demo
47:24 - Outro

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