Best Format to Render in Unreal Engine 5 is....

The BEST format to render in Unreal Engine is 16-bit EXR sequences. I recommend DWAA or DWAB for small file sizes but if you have to do Cryptomattes and Multi-Layer Rendering, then I recommend PIZ. All other formats are dead to me and I hope this video explains why :)

00:00 Introduction
00:37 What Format Should You Render In?
01:42 Set Up OCIO & ACES in Unreal
07:03 Rendering with a Color Output Transform
09:28 Experiment Parameters
13:30 ACES Footage from Unreal
18:17 LOG Footage from Unreal
19:26 Disabled Tone Curve Footage from Unreal
22:18 The BIG Mistake EXRs
24:14 Can You Render with PNGs?
26:12 Best PNG Sequence Format
27:36 Can You Render with JPEGs?
29:47 AppleProRes??? Don't Do it...Here's Why
32:17 Basic Color Grading Workflow (With ACES)
34:47 What about After Effects and ACES!?
38:16 Testing the After Effects Footage
39:17 What Should You Do?

FREE RENDER SETTINGS FILES FOR UNREAL:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/16bU-...

OCIO ACES Config Files:
https://github.com/colour-science/Ope...

William Faucher's Channel & ACES Video:
   • Unreal to Davinci Resolve Workflow - ...  
   / @williamfaucher  

A message to William if he ever reads this. Your tutorials are inspirational and I am grateful for your guidance. I made this one to not encrouch on your audience but instead answer some questions to a handful of colleagues who have asked me about the preference for rendering in AppleProRes. I also have found and received a few files from other artists where the workflow wasn't nailed down. I hoped to answer all of that here with a ton of technical stuff. Your content is 10/10 next level and I am grateful for your willingness to share your knowledge. In a recent video, I think you mentioned you started in 2008 in Unreal Engine and have done VFX on so many amazing things. You are a titan in our industry and I deeply respect you. Thank you and keep up all the great work.

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