How do I create a shader that looks like the SkinShade4 from Zbrush in Unreal?

jeffxfcVA · May 2023

I'm creating an Anime looking character right now and I'm debating on keeping it unlit or allowing detailed lighting. I don't know why but SkinShade4 is so much better at making anime models look pleasing than any other materials. Unfortunately, I can't replicate this on Unreal.

poopipe · May 2023

I'm not familiar with this specific material at all
but
zbrush used to just use matcaps for everything so if that's still the case just look for a matcap material tutorial, copy that and feed it the appropriate matcap LUT

jeffxfcVA · May 2023

poopipe said:

I'm not familiar with this specific material at all
but
zbrush used to just use matcaps for everything so if that's still the case just look for a matcap material tutorial, copy that and feed it the appropriate matcap LUT

Any tutorials that you recommend? I just use Unreal for rendering by plugging in my maps. Haven't really messed with the shaders at all really.

poopipe · May 2023

https://youtu.be/osgMB0mf23w

Haven't watched it but ben cloward is generally very good

pxgeek · Jun 2023

SkinShade4 is a "standard" material inside zbrush. If you open up the materials palette and expand the modifiers section you can check out all it's shader settings. It doesn't look like anything too complicated (just a slight increase in ambient contribution and blue tint in the specular from what I can tell). You could probably mimic something fairly close in UE by playing around.

You can also turn it into matcap texture from zbrush and then use the tutorial above if you wanted to. Just apply the shader to a sphere, adjust the lighting how you want, then just GrabDoc (or screencap) for the texture.

How do I create a shader that looks like the SkinShade4 from Zbrush in Unreal?

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