Capturing the World’s OLDEST Stave Church in Unreal Engine 5

Learn how I 3D Scanned Norway’s oldest Stave Church dating back to 1130AD, built shortly after the end of the viking age. Using photogrammetry and RealityCapture, I was able to get a 3D model of the church, and brought it into Unreal Engine 5 to bring it to life, and rendered it out for colorgrading in Davinci Resolve.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:07 - Photogrammetry
07:04 - Processing Images
10:19 - Into Unreal Engine 5
15:40 - Color Grading
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[@pwnisher]

Dude. This is so top tier! 10/10 5⭐️

[@OverJumpRally]

Sup Clint!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks so much man!

[@WolverineMKD]

@@WilliamFaucher Keep it up the first million of subs is just a few videos away.

[@SahilP2648]

@@WilliamFaucher I like everything except for the film grain. The film grain I see in movies is different that what I see here. If you could apply a different filter it could look better. But overall I think it would have looked better without the film grain that with.

[@mikeb3172]

Top tier in what? Taking photos & hitting a button? Then self victimising a video about it

[@filmriot]

This is incredible. 🔥

[@Thonik76]

hehehe yeah

[@0BTY0]

this is the wrong emoji :D

[@theboyisso6960]

I’m Norwegian and I think you’ve done a fantastic job of capturing the essence of this Church. I’ve personally been there and this Church has a historic legacy.

[@arthurclark7353]

Норвежцы ведь предали Скандинавских богов, какое там наследие

[@CinecomCrew]

This looks absolutely amazing!! Well done William! I'm currently experimenting with Reality Capture myself, so that coupon was very welcome! Thank you 🙂

[@SanthoshKumarfojoheartthrobe]

you guys should collab and do something with unreal engine

[@the-secrettutorials]

I am really looking forward to that now

[@undinobox]

This looks... unreal

[@JaymzMX]

Will, you are unmatched in realism. Always inspire me to throw UE5 back up and make something.

[@javeedvfx3083]

Same here’s

[@Franksjonathan35]

Same. He's a true inspiration.

[@BenMotionGraphics]

Besides this being the coolest shit ever, Faucher has an insane talent for making sure every sentence said in a breakdown is helpful in some way. No dead air, no useless rambling.

[@SpectreGamers]

18 minutes, not a missed beat, not a boring moment, incredible end result... THIS is how you make content for youtube

[@nomnomnom7550]

The amount of interdisciplinary skills it takes to put out something like this is amazing.

[@kp-fh1pv]

computer rendering is improving day by day, these amazing artists are creating what seemed like dream few years ago. Imagine how this will take shape in no longer than 10 years! Absolutely stunning.

[@Krysztan]

What a beauty this church is. And even more beautiful is what you've made of it in UE5. I so love your awesome work!

[@MeshLabWorks3D]

The final result looks astonishing. It shows how much you did enjoy the creation process. Great work!!!

[@EugeneLychany]

That's an eye feast for sure. Amazing results, considering the amount of time and a number of pictures. Simply impeccable, I wish I could walk around the scene looking at every detail.

[@rune6119]

As a Norwegian, I love this. Outstanding work, mind blown!

[@stache_obj]

this was soooooooo beautiful. such clean and crisp shots. i don't know how you do it man. love the vibes!

[@JacksonHayes]

This is so, so good. Fabulous camera work in those final renders - that rain-on-lens hack is so smart!

[@oisiaa]

Photogrammetry + UE5 + VR is the future of gaming. VR is amazing!

[@squarebuilderYT]

Beautiful! 😍😍 In the first shots at the beginning of the video, I really couldn't believe that this was footage from the UE5.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you so much!

[@IamSH1VA]

Your renders looks so good and realistic, It's hard to believe it's made in UE5.

[@_HMCB_]

I am in awe of the results and your humility. I’ve been wanting to get into 3D work for so many years. You’ve actually made me feel like I can do it. My journey begins tomorrow. Thank you 🙏

[@dvnxxl222]

Incredible video Will! I’d love to see more lighting techniques as the black cube and how to set a mood for the scene that makes sense. Thank you for teaching us sir🫡

[@unkindled_dreg]

Hands down one of my fav Unreal engine channel on YT - thank you for taking us through the journey.

[@MartinAaberge]

Great to see how this turned out! It was a fun road trip 🎉 love how you added the rain drops. And vikings sure were ahead of their time!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Do it again

[@MartinAaberge]

@@WilliamFaucherHAHA

[@Mind-Splitter]

Absolutely love these videos. Hope you keep the series going! Cool seeing the beginning to end process along with footage of the actual trip to location.

[@dominikgomoka8541]

Man, you pour heart into these works and tutorials for us, and it shows! Thank you! Inspired to try photogrammetry on my own now!

[@neiljamessloan]

Wow It’s interesting to see how micro macro filmmaking is fast becoming a form unto itself. In capable hands, serving to be satisfying, inspiring, educational and fun. Super storytelling from a dedicated Master. And I’m only half way in. Thank you William Your adventures are well appreciated.

[@TheUkuleleXD]

Amazing, William would you be able to do a tutorial, in which you could explain method for managing multiple stills Shots with different camera and different settings? To do things efficiently?

[@MR3DDev]

Learning photography and Unreal at the same time, you get 2 for 1 in this channel, love it.

[@ClaudioPiccinni]

Beautiful work as always, William! Really love the adventure feeling.

[@vivekthakur5612]

Amazing as Always

[@vedantsingh9680]

just wanna say this dude Thank you for this video i was really dangling around regarding my work and this gave me a good spark just loved this video and yeah gonna try Reality Capture for my next project

[@WilliamFaucher]

Sometimes a little nudge is all we need, best of luck!

[@moot6794]

This is incredible. Love the preservation & archival aspects as well. Great job.

[@jpmeniconi7818]

I can't stop smiling! Amazing as always. Thank you for everything Will!! Your videos are sincerely the best on KZbin right now.

[@2handsomeforlaw]

Fantastisk fin render William!

[@DigitallPimp]

This is beautiful! I'm impressed you didn't get much distortion in the scan around the top of the church despite not having the greatest coverage. Also your scene reminds me of the church in The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. Amazing work mate!

[@adreanmarantz2103]

From the opening minute, I though of Ethan Carter! My dream is to see Elder Scrolls 7 with these kind of environments. Just beautiful.

[@malydok]

The church in Ethan Carter is based on the Vang Stave Church in southern Poland, which is actually a Norwegian church transferred to Poland in 1842. The game contains other regional references, the dam, hydro-power plant and the railway bridge are based on their counterparts in Pilchowice. Not sure how accurate but I remember hearing that the game was one of the pioneers in photo scanning real environments.

[@mattwright880]

brilliant as usual - great scan of the church, and shot composition! Can we take a minute to appreciate your tiling spline path however, that is a gem!

[@simonak9699]

Amazing walkthrough, from beginning to end. Super inspiring (and awe-inspiring as well)!

[@bluesharkfr4531]

This is, again, a verry nice video. Also i would love to see a bit more on the way to creat the ground/ the path. :)

[@rabellogp]

I'm also curious about the path

[@Revontuletband]

Same here!

[@user-zd5mz2sr2o]

hello same here ! i havn't found the way it's done...

[@3DComparison]

This is amazing! I am curios if you consider to obtain the 3D model of the interior as well and then have it prepared to a VR environment allowing users to navigate and explore this wonderful church. I have worked on something similar with a wooden Church from Transylvania, but the quality that you obtained is just incredible.

[@WilliamFaucher]

I didn’t scan the interior, if you knew what it looked like, you’d see it would be an absolute NIGHTMARE to capture, I don’t even want to try :P

[@3DComparison]

@@WilliamFaucher Would be nice to see how a Stave Church looks on the interior. I agree that it would be a huge struggle to capture the interior. I am also curios how you photogrammetry the windows and if you post processed the resulting mesh of the windows, I see that the Church has a limited amount of windows and they are not zoomed in within the video.

[@J_Thomas24]

This is awesome! Not only the work in UE5 but the visuals and history of this beautiful structure.

[@MrGrazzhoppa]

Wow! This Stave Church is absolutely stunning to visit in real life and you are able to capture and recreate every single detail is absolutely incredible! Much love from Norway!

[@kagusimmortus]

Definietly a level I strive for in my own work. Thanks for the breakdown and further demonstration of your process. The information presented is invaluable. Look forward to the next installment!

[@Lavimoe]

This is an incredible work, much appreicated for showing us the process!

[@GlassHandFilms]

beautifully done, William! you really captured some incredible detail!!

[@Tarjei3D]

Amazing work! The breakdown is on point and truly inspirational! Thanks for all the invaluable knowledge you are sharing with us.

[@gibgibGG]

Thank you William. I always appreciate your thorough detailing of your process. Always a tasty treat. You're one of the best teachers for certain 👍👍

[@REZZA2020]

Always love seeing high end capture. Studies and exploration of historical locations would be amazing in high-end VR! Capturing 3D sound would also be amazing. Attention to detail pays off!

[@Highcastle_of_Geek]

One of the most inspiring channels on KZbin. Thanks for another great one, William!

[@dungphamanh1679]

It's just brilliant man, I don't know how much time you spent to master all these complicated visual skills: photography, 3D stuffs, UE5, Color grading, etc

[@cookiehand3146]

so much knowledge coming from william, job well done on this project, what a scene you made, look UNREAL!

[@michaelbuday]

William - cannot tell you how much I look forward to your tutorials. You are the perfect teacher - you’ve got the chops and you know how convey your knowledge in a friendly, straightforward manner that keeps viewers engaged while learning. Thank you.

[@DYNOSRR]

It's so sick, both the process and the end result. I definantly want to try and make something like this sometime, amazing video

[@archichampin]

You are a great source of inspiration, don't ever change man. Amazing work!

[@VazP-qn8jo]

As usual mind blowing quality of art and direction, thanks a lot!

[@hansmaulwurf1397]

How cool, thanks for that. I was there myself on vacation a few years ago and also took pictures. Thanks for the great project and the nice memories of the vacation.

[@ahmedazizyedes]

Impressive as always ! I'm really fan of your work William👏

[@bugraa9963]

This is incredible, literally have no words! I thank you for this beauty

[@dreamzdziner8484]

Oh Man!!That scene looks so beautiful and freaking realistic. Always enjoy watching your workflow. 😍😍😍

[@TalentedTugboat]

Will, I think is my absolute favorite video of yours. And I've really loved your content the last several months since I've been following you.

[@Park3D]

Awesome as usual. Love the way you breeze through the Unreal Engine part like it's nothing.

[@MDanimations44]

I love these videos! Especially with old buildings like this and the climate the way it is. You do such an incredible job and it always finishes up looking amazing!

[@nicolascacha2]

This is amazing, William! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and these great tips! I´ve learned so much from you in the past 2 years!

[@lucacarollo1460]

Thanks for this, Will. I was so captured by your narration, best unreal engine content creator, hands down.

[@DevbyDech]

I immediately recognised the church. I went on a road trip in 2020 with my girlfriend. We crossed Urnes by accident and went to visit the stave church because why not. It was such a special place for us. The boat to the little town, the walk up to the church. Really cool you made it with this much detail

[@larsdalsgaard535]

Beautiful work William! 😍

[@panzerpeet]

Insanely cool work, also your pronounciation of the places in Norwegian are perfect

[@Horeteppe]

Absolutely impressive stuff! I've visited Urnes stavkirke myself, and it is a sight to behold! Great work and greetings from Norway ;)

[@bradmyers1431]

Wonderful! Your content is so high quality and professional… such a pleasure to watch your videos. Great work!

[@vadimnikitin5366]

10 months ago I was so inspired by your Lofoten scene, that I made my own project with autumn overcast setting and an old house with wood carving. What a coincidence - stoked to see your take on a similar subject and setting. Amazing job and the best presentation as always! Keep inspiring us, William.

[@smortonmedia]

Amazing content as always

[@fabgmoraes]

Your work is so inspiring. Thank you so much for making these videos.

[@kriscoart8286]

This was so impressive! Amazing work as always 🙌

[@thseed7]

Very cool result. I am glad people like you are out there doing this work

[@YamiFoxx]

I'm new to your videos but they're so great, the church looks amazing and your work is completely outstanding

[@viperpit-lr2rp]

This is simply amazing, i really wanna visit Norway one day. Thanks for the video.

[@ali.3d]

Yeah this is your best one yet in my opinion, you've nailed the subtlety in all the shots - great stuff mate! 🙌🏽

[@Simeon_Jekov]

Thank you for your amazing tutorials! They have been very inspiring to me.

[@Jonah_Anthony]

Dude this entire video was top notch production quality! Keep up the hard work dude! You're a legend

[@lukegordonharris]

Always amazing :-) thanks for all the work you put in to these!

[@isaacj323]

Really fantastic dude, seriously, your work is insanely good.

[@mathelot_]

This is the king of Unreal, so much respect on your work ! You are a huge source of inspiration. Thanks for everything !

[@nourhassoun7099]

Amazing tutorial as always! I’d love a detailed breakdown of your Gaea workflow using real world heightmaps. This is something that’d help creators across film, game dec, archviz, and more!

[@SPDLand]

Completely new to this and both now feel very intimidated and fascinated - incredible!

[@yeknommonkey]

Loved the water droplets on the camera lens as you look upwards amazing project.

[@corey1845]

That was amazing. Thank you for going so into detail here.

[@fuzzyrealms]

Wow amazing work man, and fantastic behind the scenes presentation!

[@pradeepdurai8661]

This is so cool... you just introduced me to a world of new possibilities...Good Work and thanks for sharing.

[@aerospacenews]

As ever I enjoyed this @WilliamFaucher - both the art you produced and the journey you took me on to create it.

[@MarcoMartinez01]

12/10 This was amazing. Thank you for taking the time to explain the process in such detail!

[@daniel8848]

Amazing video, now i fell in love with the art of photogrammetry.

[@BeersYourFriend]

I can't believe what UE5 can do. The amount of calculations happening per nano second blows my mind. Games in 10 years are going to be wild

[@smittyvanjagermanjenson182]

Not even 10 years. Right now, games are capable of this, but only the highest end gaming PC is capable of doing it this outstandingly well. Currently EPIC is using Fortnite to showcase these features, and the results (even for a more cartoon art style) are jaw-dropping on the latest consoles. I played the other day and was just marveling at the fine details you don't notice unless you stop and look. I stopped in a "cheese and meats shop," and the cut wheels of cheese up close were slightly low resolution, but still good enough to show every little crater and crack. The ray tracing used for reflections and shadows in the game were running in software, and they also do a great job mimicking what the brute force of hardware based solutions can do. Honestly console hardware just needs to catch up at this point as these techniques for more realistic art direction is fairly demanding

[@jostv.2726]

That looks amazing!! What a great project, I love the result :D

[@reznoire]

Cool workflow! Love this tech in the sense of preservation as well. If anything awful ever happened to that church, neat to know it's been captured in such a detailed way.

[@TheMidwesternViking]

Top notch work, deep respect to you and your work.

[@CrysisBunny]

When I first started Unreal I found your channel first and christ your a god at this and also teaching. I love using all the different softwares to get the final edit from modelling, texturing, unreal and scene setup to Resolve and then publish, really cool stuff. Makes me want to try this camera stuff to capture things as well, looks insanely powerful. Thanks so much for the time and effort you put into these.

[@dobrywiatr-pc3nq]

Man thank you for showing the steps, and yes we want more :)

[@Inception1338]

Looks like 100 man years of work but of course it's perfectly doable by everyone... Love it. Absolutely taken care of all details and a bunch of decade old techniques, simple but super effective.

[@jonathanreevescad]

Superb work as usual! Congratulations

[@repositorytutorial3d50]

insane result!! I would love a full tutorial about the setup of the scene, epecially the environment setup (the road with side walls, the leafs on the side expecilly)

[@user-jw4fn6fh2x]

Well done! I'm so impressed.

[@FlooFler]

Incredible. You`re a true inspiration. so glad I can learn from your videos🙏