Create a Photorealistic Landscape in Unreal Engine 5

Creating a photorealistic landscape is a challenging but worthwhile endevor for any 3D artist. In this video I'm going make a photorealistic landscape inside of Unreal Engine 5 leveraging the powerful pathtracer!
Helpful pathtracing console commands
r.PathTracing.ProgressDisplay 1
r.Raytracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.Culling 0
If you're wanting to use instanced foliage with wind try these
r.Raytracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.EvaluateWPO 1
r.RayTracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.SimulationClusterRadius
r.RayTracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.SimulationCount
Mentioned Speedtree tutorial
www.artstation.com/danielpere...
My PC specs
GPU - Nvidia 2060 Super
CPU - i7 9700
RAM - 64GB DDR4
Motherboard - MSI Z370-A Pro
Contents of this video
00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Level Creation
02:52 - Creating the Terrain
04:14 - Importing the Terrain
05:06 - Creating the Landscape Material
06:11 - Setting up the Composition
06:37 - Tree Creation Overview
07:52 - Scattering Foliage
13:36 - Path Tracer Settings
14:54 - Improving Terrain Color
15:44 - Lighting
18:49 - Post Process Color Grading
19:30 - Creating Animation
24:01 - Rendering Animation
25:55 - Color Grading in Resolve
27:35 - Outro

[@gabetandy]

Thanks for watching! If you have any questions or things you want to discuss feel free to leave a comment (:

[@supartwi]

What Your Pc Specs?

[@gabetandy]

@@supartwi I'm running an NVIDIA 2060 Super, 64 GB of ram, and an Intel i7-9700 cpu

[@owenb6499]

Why for the path tracer did you do 15x50? obviously comes up to 750, but is there any specific formula?

[@gabetandy]

@@owenb6499 I'm not 100% sure the math behind it. I usually just make sure I have 10 or more spatial samples.

[@nathaniel8422]

@@gabetandy Hi, thanks for video. Do you think this graphics is possible in a game? Could average PC with lets say budget card be able to run this? thanks

[@WilliamFaucher]

Absolutely top notch stuff, Gabe! Love seeing more artists using the pathtracer!

[@gabetandy]

Thanks William!

[@fekkakidriss6562]

Do the console variables in the movie render queue work with the path tracer? I mean can I use the same console variable with the same values in both cases?

[@gabetandy]

@@fekkakidriss6562 you can!

[@lukagogoshvili6787]

You know you did a great job when William himself writes a comment

[@WilliamFaucher]

@@lukagogoshvili6787 I confer with Gabe often enough for my own vids, he’s a fantastic artist :)

[@Xavwanderboy]

SUPER GOOD first tutorial, for a beautiful scene. Congrats ! I can't wait to see what you come with next :)

[@Sean-Patrick-Guthrie]

Outstanding work and I was blown away in the lighting segment. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@dustypixels501]

Well done Gabe, the end result is truly stunning. I learned a lot here, thank you 🤟🏻

[@PeterLeban]

Oh wow, this really looks great! At first, I was like "no way, this is a reference photo" then at 18 min mark my mind started blowing off. Kudos, Sir!

[@rohw0016]

You are a highly respectful content creator and deserve more subs. I don’t necessarily work with unreal engine 5 but wanted to learn about its capabilities and where games are headed. Our future is bright in your hands.

[@gabetandy]

Wow I think that's the kindest message I've ever received!

[@harveymarks827]

Awesome, one of the best I have seen. Love that you can actually see the words in the Blueprints. So many are illegible even with me zooming in. Just awesome!!!!

[@eggZ663]

You made it look simple, but the result was amazing, great stuff

[@VRDivision]

Incredible tutorial my dude, the production quality is amazing! Keep it up

[@MainAk928]

Its your first video on KZbin and it looks super professional and easy to understand. Hope you make more tutorials like this.

[@gabetandy]

Thanks Mainak! I plan too!

[@4747misty_]

not quite, there's a lot of stuff he is skipping and it's hard to find out yourself sometimes

[@Mewheniumm]

@@4747misty_ yes exactly its going a little too fast

[@ra-ul1238]

That's an impressive first upload, very well done. The landscape looks gorgeous.

[@harveymarks827]

[@user-kr4me6io5v]

after browsing through so many channels. Yours is by far the best. The explaining thod is so great and detailed even complex stuff is

[@robertdouble559]

Great tute Gabe! Very clear and super helpful. Looking forward to more videos from you!

[@thecavemandynamic2685]

Wow, look at how gorgeous that landscape 😮 Unreal Engine 5 is absolutely mind-blowing period.

[@musikdoktor]

One of the best 3d landscapes i've seen. Thanks

[@gabetandy]

Thank you!

[@DesignVDan]

Beautiful work thanks for sharing!

[@emmanuelcambier4578]

One of the most realistic picture from UE 5 so far... congrats !!

[@gerardoschiavone3649]

Very good start for an amazing youtube channel. Well done Gabe!

[@arturrosa3166]

Great work! Very well explained.

[@DrumDaMitz]

Absolutely tasteful ! Your workflow logic is lovely ! Thanks for sharing :)

[@gabetandy]

Thank you!

[@jeronimocanale8124]

Great video! Hope to see more of this!

[@scarabrae]

Lovely piece of work, Gabe. Coming from using redshift GPU rendering I was hesitant about putting the time into beginning to learn Unreal 5. Your video is a smasher and demonstrates the pathtracer can produce excellent renders.

[@gabetandy]

Thanks Pete! I wish the path tracer was a thing when I starting learning Unreal. I originally came from Octane and C4D.

[@MamtaYadav-tz4vn]

Need more videos like this. Thanks to you I have learned many things and completed my animation which look sooooo gooood....

[@simonflash_edit]

Thanks for sharing your experience Gabe. Just small details like how to accurately match the size of your landscape are often not mentioned/overlooked by other creators. I would love to see more of your content in the future :)

[@gabetandy]

Thanks Simon!

[@NazzarenoGiannelliCG]

Interesting to see your workflow. I learned some tips here and there. 👌

[@Chrelle06]

Thank you very much for showing. I Only have the Unreal Engine 5 and starter packs, so thank you for making it easy to follow. I only had 2-3 hours with the engine before watching your video, but I was able to follow your video and make something to show for it. I did however watch it several times, to try and copy some of the effects. Thank you once again.

[@matejivi]

Great content Gabe. Like that you showed the whole pipeline.

[@TerenceKearns]

This is fantastic. Nice work.

[@alan112223]

Great tutorial Gabe! Hope to see more from you! Cheers

[@ZachScape_]

Looks great and really liked the logical commentary. Will definitely watch potential future videos to make my game better. Thank you for the content.

[@Ochenter]

Please, keep on making tutorials as awesome as this one, Mister. Excellent work !! 👏

[@AndrewFomin]

Good work, thanks for sharing this! Hope to see more videos like this from you.

[@IndependentVFX]

That looks incredible!

[@LateralPause]

This is sick dude, i want to see more i would love to learn about this stuff, thanks !

[@CodyGarrow]

This was incredibly helpful. Thank you!

[@ManOfTrades]

Oh dude you are gonna love 5.1!!! love the tutorial!

[@Beaxim]

Excellent tutorial! Thank you so much!

[@vizmodeling6250]

Fantastic work! Keep going!

[@kingbugti6567]

Amazing, i hope you make more easy tutorials like this. Thanks Man you are a legend.

[@Stallagmite]

Dude, looks so nice I want to go for a walk in it.

[@camerontsang1922]

Absolutely amazing!!

[@pyrotechnick420]

cool video using path tracing for foliage was a good idea, the lighting looks perfect

[@fearthesmeag]

truly awesome dude. Thanks vm!

[@padong9844]

Wonderful Tutorial! Thank you very much!

[@jaroslavzaruba2765]

i love the lighting 👍🏻

[@focusmaya251]

Great stuff friend,thanks.Subscribed ❤

[@bean_mhm]

This is mind-blowingly good! Great job, you just gained a subscriber :)

[@gabetandy]

Thank you!

[@HHadenHammond]

Great video, thanks for making it!

[@avricci]

Thank you very very very much my friend!! I loved it and got a really good landscape after some trials ❤❤

[@KingKong19100]

Hey Gabe this is a brilliant tutorial! I would love to see more involving Path Traced renders. Maybe ones that involve more action packed scenes like more intense camera moves? I'm creating an animation and would like to use Path Tracing so there won't be any issues with the foliage.

[@keithprice1950]

Great video. I am just starting to work with Unreal so this is a bit beyond my skills at the moment. It's amazing how much difference the lighting makes.

[@gabetandy]

Thank you! For sure, lighting is one of the main pillars to making photorealistic renders.

[@namadekisufa]

Good tempo. Thank you!

[@jlssculpturedesign8140]

Thank you for your video. I started yesterday. I been using the free stuff on library so I can figure out the basics first .

[@ishhanian]

Time for your 2nd video. Well made!

[@SuperlativeCG]

I think I'm going to hire the same landscaper I used last year. He was really easy to get a lawn with.

[@johnwilliamson7526]

This tutorial is absolute fire.

[@jeffreyrodriguez359]

Great content, Gabe!

[@magistrcooldayn233]

Thank you for this tutorial. Never heard about gaea and what it can do. Hope you will make more tutorials, more variant of landscapes maybe, desert, north, jungle etc

[@Gabriel-or1gv]

Great content, looking forward to the next videos

[@synsam12345]

Great vid man, looking forward to more.

[@tallpinesstudio]

looks really great!

[@milagro2300]

Thanks for the Gaea to Unreal tips!

[@corgilife241]

Very nice! Thanks!

[@carlosromero4820]

Yesssss, thats what i was looking for. hanks for helping

[@aiakos5033]

Thank you for your reply!

[@awaken-wonder]

Super great stuff mate!

[@chenapeinado]

Excelente Tutorial! muchas gracias

[@cgimadesimple]

amazing tutorial

[@Recursive_palindrome]

Shadow of every grass stalk in game will hit hard my PC's performance. But it looks gorgeous!

[@nikolsparrow5163]

clear guide worked well with for sharing.

[@Wrighteousbychris]

Amazing tutorial, please keep it up

[@nightcoreempress5248]

this is good, i like the way you explain and everything!!!

[@gabetandy]

Thank you!

[@MarkRichardsontv]

excellent tutorial! Keep it up!

[@frankb4793]

This was great! - Thanks

[@skydrone8260]

This is great! This is great, man! I found someone who will show me how to make cool videos in combination with Unreal and Davinci! Thank you!

[@The9PointStar]

thank you so much! i saw the renders before on instagram and i was wishing for a tutorial that came true

[@balapichandy2408]

good work king, love you

[@Vectorr66]

Great tutorial thanks!

[@reedfish99]

very very nice Gabe! thank you, you've inspired me to do this myself!

[@gabetandy]

Thanks! Glad to hear it!

[@ArslaneArts]

keep on the great work , hope to see your next video soon !!

[@GameMusicSmash]

i loved your tutorial

[@3dtram]

really good, congrats!

[@bobsmithy9024]

Thanks for this video. Fascinating insight into game design. 😉

[@nolimits8973]

Thank you SO much for this video :) it really helped me out!

[@ChiefBrax]

You're amazing! Subbed

[@ginger3d]

Congratulations bro!!! hope see more stuff from you! you are ammmmmmmmmmmmmmazing!

[@gabetandy]

Soon...

[@manjeetdigitalstudio]

thanks a lot!!! so nice reverb

[@krasav4ik12]

supercool! Thanks 4 the video, it was helpfull and interesting

[@mcsfsfv]

In The setup thank you so much!

[@yassermedjamia8848]

it was really pleasant to Watch your tutorial You should do more on the future Thanks for the tips and Good Luck ^^

[@joelbergfx]

Wow, exactly what Ive been looking for thank you!

[@The_Random_Uploads]

But why did they do this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHbYl4mBf82Da7s

[@marcosmanilla9383]

Awesome!!!

[@raymondcarlow9360]

Great Video. Thanks for creating it. Goodluck on your channel's journey.

[@gabetandy]

Thanks Raymond!

[@piyushkashikar]

Great tutorial

[@ahmadali-ik5nb]

straight to the point.

[@MrSnooz69000]

Well done ! We want more :)

[@mathewo9942]

This is sick, nice work Gabe :)

[@gabetandy]

Hey thanks Mathew!

[@tbmdesignstudio]

Very nice Tutorial . I like it

[@borisstengele5389]

Hey Gabe this is a brilliant tutorial! I