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Home TipsCamera Based Masking

Camera Based Masking

Utilize the cameras world position as a mask for your materials.

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Tezenari@Tezenari

Nov 13, 2022•Updated 3 years ago

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This masking method is helpful for adjusting the World Position Offset of foliage, fading out walls when the character is behind them, etc.

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Here are a few examples that show this mask in use.

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