Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5

eBook Details:

• Paperback: 548 pages
• Publisher: WOW! eBook (May 17, 2024)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1803244119
• ISBN-13: 978-1803244112

eBook Description:

Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5: Create captivating worlds and unleash the power of cinematic tools without coding. Go from learning Unreal Engine 5 fundamentals to achieving stunning photorealistic environments and creating cinematic masterpieces.

As Unreal Engine 5 continues to conquer all industries thanks to its real-time technology, UE skills are becoming more sought after than ever. This three-part Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5 book covers all the processes behind the creation of a stunning environment in UE 5.

Starting with the steps for installing the game engine and learning about its potential, you’ll quickly progress toward generating a variety of different upwards scaling outputs, each bigger than the previous one. After completing the first part and getting realistic shots of a single object, you’ll delve into the world of landscapes, procedural material and foliage, the Landmass plugin, and water tools by creating an environment using Megascan assets. At this point, you’ll know everything you need to create a fascinating and realistic environment. The final part of this book will teach you how to craft cinematic shots by working with cinematic tools, post processing, and framing tools, and by rendering a photorealistic shot in the last chapter.

• Generate a Master Material to create hundreds of different material instances
• Explore lighting principles and apply them to UE lighting systems
• Evaluate the pros and cons of real-time rendering in the world-building process
• Build massive landscapes with procedural materials, heightmap, landmass, and water
• Populate an environment with realistic assets using Foliage and Megascan
• Master the art of crafting stunning shots with Sequencer
• Enhance visual quality with Post Process Volume and Niagara
• Produce a photorealistic shot using the Movie Render Queue

By the end of this Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5 book, you’ll be able to create outstanding and realistic environments using the powerful tools provided by UE as well as have an understanding of the importance of filming and composition in world building.