I Learned UNREAL ENGINE for CINEMATICS in 3 Weeks - (The ritual)

In this video, I share my journey of mastering Unreal Engine for VFX, starting from the basics of its UI to crafting complex landscapes and realistic lighting.

TOPICS:
1. Understanding Unreal Engine 5 UI
2. Mastering Lighting: LIT, Unlit, Path Tracing
3. Creating Custom Metahumans
4. Utilizing Megascan for Lifelike Environments
5. Crafting Landscapes in Unreal
6. Animation with Cascadeur and Maya
7. Building Shaders with Substance Painter
8. Achieving Realistic Lighting with Lumen
9. Creating Atmosphere with Exponential Fog
10. Refining Scenes with Post-Processing
11. Optimal Render Settings in Unreal

CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Project overview
00:10 - 3D challenge
00:34 - Intro
01:20 - Unreal Engine 5 Basics
02:09 - LIT, Unlit, PT, Nanite
03:18 - Unreal Landscape
03:48 - Creating Characters
04:50 - Env and Megascans
05:12 - Shading
06:48 - Lighting
07:01 - Fog
07:13 - Post Process
07:29 - GPU Timeout
08:04 - Render Settings
08:35 - Outro

RESOURCES:
Render Setting //
r.ScreenPercentage 200
r.AmbientOcclusion.Denoiser 0
r.AmbientOcclusion.Denoiser.TemporalAccumulation 0
r.DiffuseIndirect.Denoiser 0
r.Reflections.Denoiser 0
r.Reflection.Denoiser.TemporalAccumulation 0
r.Shadow.Denoiser 0
r.Shadow.Denoiser.TemporalAccumulation 0
r.GlobalIllumination.Denoiser.TemporalAccumulation 0
r.MotionBlurQuality 4
r.MotionBlurSeparable 1
r.DepthOfFieldQuality 4
r.BloomQuality 5
r.Tonemapper.Quality 5
r.RayTracing.Reflections.Shadows 2
r.RayTracing.Reflections.SamplesPerPixel 64
r.RayTracing.Shadows.SamplesPerPixel 64
r.RayTracing.GlobalIllumination.Denoiser 0

LETS CONNECT:
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Website: https://thomasspony.com/
Email: [email protected]

EQUIPMENT I USE:
Cameras : FUJIFILM X-S10
Nikon D5300
Lens : FUJINON XF 35mm f/1.4
Lens Filter : Tiffen Glimer Glass 3
Lens : Tamron AF 18-200mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II XR
Lens : Freweel anamorphic with ND filter
DJI Pocket 2

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