The VFX Sandbox
@thevfxsandbox.bsky.social
I'm a VFX artist and I started this project for the purpose of creating Educational content for VFX creation in Unreal Engine.
Hello Everyone, Big news: I’m finally revealing more about The VFX Sandbox project 🚀💥
I've posted a detailed explanation on artstation blog about my motivations and the goal of the project ✨
Here is the link:
www.artstation.com/blogs/tl_f/o...
#TheVFXSandbox #RealtimeVFX #UE5
I've posted a detailed explanation on artstation blog about my motivations and the goal of the project ✨
Here is the link:
www.artstation.com/blogs/tl_f/o...
#TheVFXSandbox #RealtimeVFX #UE5
September 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hello Everyone, Big news: I’m finally revealing more about The VFX Sandbox project 🚀💥
I've posted a detailed explanation on artstation blog about my motivations and the goal of the project ✨
Here is the link:
www.artstation.com/blogs/tl_f/o...
#TheVFXSandbox #RealtimeVFX #UE5
I've posted a detailed explanation on artstation blog about my motivations and the goal of the project ✨
Here is the link:
www.artstation.com/blogs/tl_f/o...
#TheVFXSandbox #RealtimeVFX #UE5
I used Houdini to get a very clean fracture geometry and it's easier than in Blender. Essentially you displace vertices outward and apply Voronoi Fracture to restore their position.
Sohey explored this technique. I had to do a couple of adjustments to my use case vimeo.com/233305131
Sohey explored this technique. I had to do a couple of adjustments to my use case vimeo.com/233305131
September 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I used Houdini to get a very clean fracture geometry and it's easier than in Blender. Essentially you displace vertices outward and apply Voronoi Fracture to restore their position.
Sohey explored this technique. I had to do a couple of adjustments to my use case vimeo.com/233305131
Sohey explored this technique. I had to do a couple of adjustments to my use case vimeo.com/233305131
On the other hand, for more artistic control, you can paint an impact frame. I actually made one in Substance designer using Impact Textures as a base...
But I felt like having an engine solution instead of using a overlay faked frame as it is also the case in Honkai Star Rail.🤓
But I felt like having an engine solution instead of using a overlay faked frame as it is also the case in Honkai Star Rail.🤓
September 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
On the other hand, for more artistic control, you can paint an impact frame. I actually made one in Substance designer using Impact Textures as a base...
But I felt like having an engine solution instead of using a overlay faked frame as it is also the case in Honkai Star Rail.🤓
But I felt like having an engine solution instead of using a overlay faked frame as it is also the case in Honkai Star Rail.🤓
Here is my shader setup to work with impact frames. You have to be extra careful with values as the artistic control here can get very limited and add several constraints.
If your scene gets overwhelmed by effects and emissive values you might have to setup extra steps to mask out undesired parts.
If your scene gets overwhelmed by effects and emissive values you might have to setup extra steps to mask out undesired parts.
September 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Here is my shader setup to work with impact frames. You have to be extra careful with values as the artistic control here can get very limited and add several constraints.
If your scene gets overwhelmed by effects and emissive values you might have to setup extra steps to mask out undesired parts.
If your scene gets overwhelmed by effects and emissive values you might have to setup extra steps to mask out undesired parts.
Hello fellow VFX Artists👋
I hope you had a very productive weekend!🌞
I was reverse engineering a famous effect this weekend. learning new techniques.🛠️
It's been a lot of P̵a̵i̵n̵ Fun to work with Houdini again!
Here's the breakdown 👇
#RealtimeVFX #VFX #UE5
I hope you had a very productive weekend!🌞
I was reverse engineering a famous effect this weekend. learning new techniques.🛠️
It's been a lot of P̵a̵i̵n̵ Fun to work with Houdini again!
Here's the breakdown 👇
#RealtimeVFX #VFX #UE5
September 8, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Hello fellow VFX Artists👋
I hope you had a very productive weekend!🌞
I was reverse engineering a famous effect this weekend. learning new techniques.🛠️
It's been a lot of P̵a̵i̵n̵ Fun to work with Houdini again!
Here's the breakdown 👇
#RealtimeVFX #VFX #UE5
I hope you had a very productive weekend!🌞
I was reverse engineering a famous effect this weekend. learning new techniques.🛠️
It's been a lot of P̵a̵i̵n̵ Fun to work with Houdini again!
Here's the breakdown 👇
#RealtimeVFX #VFX #UE5
- Material Breakdown for the glitch effect using substance 3D Designer.This example is for one frame, you can repeat it 3 times with different noise input and seed variations.
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
- Material Breakdown for the glitch effect using substance 3D Designer.This example is for one frame, you can repeat it 3 times with different noise input and seed variations.
- One trick that I liked using is done in Substance designer to make this glitch animation,Here is the animated version of the skull I used and the Material breakdown on how to achieve it. 🛠️ - Breakdown below -
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
- One trick that I liked using is done in Substance designer to make this glitch animation,Here is the animated version of the skull I used and the Material breakdown on how to achieve it. 🛠️ - Breakdown below -
Last repost before revealing brand new content! 😎
This effect was based on working with splitting color channels, 🔴🟢🔵 a.k.a chromatic aberration. I learnt a lot of tricks around this thematic and I'm planning to show all of them in the future!
#RealtimeVFX #UE5
This effect was based on working with splitting color channels, 🔴🟢🔵 a.k.a chromatic aberration. I learnt a lot of tricks around this thematic and I'm planning to show all of them in the future!
#RealtimeVFX #UE5
August 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Last repost before revealing brand new content! 😎
This effect was based on working with splitting color channels, 🔴🟢🔵 a.k.a chromatic aberration. I learnt a lot of tricks around this thematic and I'm planning to show all of them in the future!
#RealtimeVFX #UE5
This effect was based on working with splitting color channels, 🔴🟢🔵 a.k.a chromatic aberration. I learnt a lot of tricks around this thematic and I'm planning to show all of them in the future!
#RealtimeVFX #UE5
Extra: Originally I wanted this project to go bigger and have some French team references 🇫🇷✨, but in the end I didn't find anyone among my friends who had the time to work on it with me.
Thanks for reading and Cocorico! 🐓
Thanks for reading and Cocorico! 🐓
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Extra: Originally I wanted this project to go bigger and have some French team references 🇫🇷✨, but in the end I didn't find anyone among my friends who had the time to work on it with me.
Thanks for reading and Cocorico! 🐓
Thanks for reading and Cocorico! 🐓
5: Then in the detail panel, you should not render this in the main pass, but render it in the custom depth pass (3rd screenshot). With these settings, you should be ready to go! 💪
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
5: Then in the detail panel, you should not render this in the main pass, but render it in the custom depth pass (3rd screenshot). With these settings, you should be ready to go! 💪
4: Now the tick boxes nightmare 📍. First, activate in your project settings "Custom Depth - Stencil Pass".
For the masking mesh, you don't need anything specific in the material, but you do need to tick in the material "Allow Custom Depth Write".
For the masking mesh, you don't need anything specific in the material, but you do need to tick in the material "Allow Custom Depth Write".
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
4: Now the tick boxes nightmare 📍. First, activate in your project settings "Custom Depth - Stencil Pass".
For the masking mesh, you don't need anything specific in the material, but you do need to tick in the material "Allow Custom Depth Write".
For the masking mesh, you don't need anything specific in the material, but you do need to tick in the material "Allow Custom Depth Write".
2: The shader is pretty straightforward. You use a stencil ID and compare if they match with the Custom Depth Stencil value that we will set a bit later. Here I picked 50, so any object with that ID later will get rendered through the mesh/sprite used to mask the scene with that ID.
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
2: The shader is pretty straightforward. You use a stencil ID and compare if they match with the Custom Depth Stencil value that we will set a bit later. Here I picked 50, so any object with that ID later will get rendered through the mesh/sprite used to mask the scene with that ID.
1: Without the emissive panels -> it's mostly used to hide the sharp transition. 👀
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
1: Without the emissive panels -> it's mostly used to hide the sharp transition. 👀
This weekend I've been cooking a small project 🧑🍳🍳!
I found inspiration from Rematch and I'm trying to reproduce their masking effect with stencils and a custom depth map. It can get very messy as it's a lot of tick boxes, but here is a breakdown 🤌.
#RealtimeVFX #VFX #Rematch #UE5
I found inspiration from Rematch and I'm trying to reproduce their masking effect with stencils and a custom depth map. It can get very messy as it's a lot of tick boxes, but here is a breakdown 🤌.
#RealtimeVFX #VFX #Rematch #UE5
August 25, 2025 at 12:35 AM
This weekend I've been cooking a small project 🧑🍳🍳!
I found inspiration from Rematch and I'm trying to reproduce their masking effect with stencils and a custom depth map. It can get very messy as it's a lot of tick boxes, but here is a breakdown 🤌.
#RealtimeVFX #VFX #Rematch #UE5
I found inspiration from Rematch and I'm trying to reproduce their masking effect with stencils and a custom depth map. It can get very messy as it's a lot of tick boxes, but here is a breakdown 🤌.
#RealtimeVFX #VFX #Rematch #UE5
5. Cube Array gives a nice layering to the scan deployment.
It is a cube with only the extruded edges remaining. For the spawning, it's a simple logic of adding an offset for each index and then apply that same principle to also build height. It's the same logic as a flip-book.
It is a cube with only the extruded edges remaining. For the spawning, it's a simple logic of adding an offset for each index and then apply that same principle to also build height. It's the same logic as a flip-book.
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
5. Cube Array gives a nice layering to the scan deployment.
It is a cube with only the extruded edges remaining. For the spawning, it's a simple logic of adding an offset for each index and then apply that same principle to also build height. It's the same logic as a flip-book.
It is a cube with only the extruded edges remaining. For the spawning, it's a simple logic of adding an offset for each index and then apply that same principle to also build height. It's the same logic as a flip-book.
4. My favorite trick for effects is about using distortion to boost the scan effect deployment with just a simple gradient.
I used Refraction with Texture 2D Offset settings:
I used Refraction with Texture 2D Offset settings:
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
4. My favorite trick for effects is about using distortion to boost the scan effect deployment with just a simple gradient.
I used Refraction with Texture 2D Offset settings:
I used Refraction with Texture 2D Offset settings:
3. I used a bounding box setup to mask out the border of the mesh from the scan effect part - I can control the sharpness and give it this energy deploying feeling⚡
and it's very easy to setup 🤓☝️
and it's very easy to setup 🤓☝️
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
3. I used a bounding box setup to mask out the border of the mesh from the scan effect part - I can control the sharpness and give it this energy deploying feeling⚡
and it's very easy to setup 🤓☝️
and it's very easy to setup 🤓☝️
2. This setup allowed me to test my trails efficiently and adjust the path with float curves in the module parameters.
----> just plug it into your Particles.Position in output!🔌
----> just plug it into your Particles.Position in output!🔌
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
2. This setup allowed me to test my trails efficiently and adjust the path with float curves in the module parameters.
----> just plug it into your Particles.Position in output!🔌
----> just plug it into your Particles.Position in output!🔌
1. I used a custom HLSL to distribute to the targets evenly based on their particle index. It's very efficient for portfolio and prototyping ----- 👇code below👇 ------ .
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
1. I used a custom HLSL to distribute to the targets evenly based on their particle index. It's very efficient for portfolio and prototyping ----- 👇code below👇 ------ .
☀️It's the weekend ☀️!
I'm gonna share with you some secrets about this scan effect I made a couple of month ago down this Thread 📍
In the meantime I wish you a great weekend!
I'm gonna share with you some secrets about this scan effect I made a couple of month ago down this Thread 📍
In the meantime I wish you a great weekend!
August 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
☀️It's the weekend ☀️!
I'm gonna share with you some secrets about this scan effect I made a couple of month ago down this Thread 📍
In the meantime I wish you a great weekend!
I'm gonna share with you some secrets about this scan effect I made a couple of month ago down this Thread 📍
In the meantime I wish you a great weekend!
✨Happy Monday!✨ Today’s a big day for me and my project. I'll announce what it’s all about on September 21st 🔥
In the meantime, I’ll be reposting some of my personal previous work.
#RealTimeVFX #UE5 #VFX
In the meantime, I’ll be reposting some of my personal previous work.
#RealTimeVFX #UE5 #VFX
August 18, 2025 at 11:45 AM
✨Happy Monday!✨ Today’s a big day for me and my project. I'll announce what it’s all about on September 21st 🔥
In the meantime, I’ll be reposting some of my personal previous work.
#RealTimeVFX #UE5 #VFX
In the meantime, I’ll be reposting some of my personal previous work.
#RealTimeVFX #UE5 #VFX