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Ben Cloward
@bencloward.bsky.social
Technical Artist at Unity on the Shader Graph team. Watch my tutorial videos youtube.com/bencloward I'm a husband, father, and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
In this tutorial, I show how to use the Terrain Texture Node in Unity's Shader Graph to bring in parameters from the terrain system for adjusting material layer settings. This is a new feature in Unity 6.3, so I hope this is helpful in learning how to use it!

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Terrain Texture Node Parameters - Terrain Shaders - Episode 13
YouTube video by Ben Cloward
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January 22, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In this tutorial, I show how to use the tools built into Unreal and Unity to quickly add foliage and other detail meshes to terrain and landscapes.
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Adding Terrain Detail Meshes - Terrain Shaders - Episode 12
YouTube video by Ben Cloward
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January 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
In this tutorial, I go over creating terrain in Unity and Landscapes in Unreal. I show how to sculpt the shape of the landscape and how to apply and paint material layers.

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Terrain & Landscape Basics - Terrain Shaders - Episode 11
YouTube video by Ben Cloward
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January 8, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Happy New Year! Several people asked me how to paint holes in terrain, so that's what today's video is about - updating the terrain shader to enable terrain hole painting in Unreal and Unity.

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Painting Holes in Terrain - Terrain Shaders - Episode 10
YouTube video by Ben Cloward
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January 1, 2026 at 4:02 PM