Recreating the Mars Surface in Unreal Engine

This tutorial is created as a companion to the UCLA SMASH presentation I'll be doing on July 9th. Here we will do an overview of getting Unreal Engine and Quixel Bridge installed along with real images from NASA to create the Mars surface in which we can use for any virtual production from there.

Links mentioned in the talk
Get the HDR file here: https://gumroad.com/l/ryZLf/winbush
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The original NASA photo is here: https://go.nasa.gov/2TuMvv9
Unreal Engine: UnrealEngine.com
Bridge: Quixel.com


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0:00 Introduction
0:48 Setting Up Unreal Engine
2:22 Setting Up Quixel Bridge
4:03 Where to get NASA MARS HDR
6:24 Opening Up Epic Launcher
9:00 Activating HDRI Backdrop
10:57 Setting Up HDRI Backdrop
12:29 Fixing Blurry HDR
15:20 Player Start
16:56 Starting Quixel Bridge
20:15 Importing 3D Geometry
23:16 Setting Directional Light
26:08 Using Foilage Tool
29:23 Outro Subscribe :-)

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