Overview · Simple Painterly Shader Documentation

Simple Painterly Shader is a full-screen post process material for Unreal Engine 5 that turns your scene into a painting. A smooth Kuwahara filter flattens fine detail into soft brush-like strokes while keeping the shapes and edges of the scene sharp.

Original scene on the left, Simple Painterly Shader on the right.

Modules

The material is fully modular. Each module has its own Static Switch, and a module that is switched off is compiled out and costs nothing.

Module	What it does
Kuwahara	The painterly brush-stroke filter (core effect)
Depth Fade	Changes brush size with distance: fine strokes up close, bold strokes far away
Color Grade	Saturation, contrast and tint
Paper	Tileable paper / canvas grain over the whole image

M_Kuwahara_Master: every module sits behind its own Static Switch.

Presets

Four ready-to-use presets are included: Oil Paint, Watercolor, Storybook and Dream. Pick one in a Post Process Volume and you are done, or use one as a starting point for your own look.

Material spheres under the effect: fine detail becomes soft brush strokes while shapes stay sharp.