Creating a photorealistic rain scene in Unreal Engine | lumen tutorial

A full breakdown and tutorial about the workflow I used in my new Unreal work. Going behind the shots, talk about inspiration, techniques, and with bonus tool at the end.
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Cinematic Fog BP:
bit.ly/cinematicFog
If you have problems using it for versions under 5.1. Try packing those cVars into a blueprint.
r.VolumetricFog.TemporalReprojection 1
r.VolumetricFog.GridSizeZ 256
r.VolumetricFog.Jitter 1
r.VolumetricFog.GridPixelSize 4
r.VolumetricFog.HistoryWeight 0
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Twitter: / hanyang_vfx
Insta: / unreal_hany
Artstaion: www.artstation.com/hanyang
00:00 Intro + Inspiration
00:56 Location Scout
02:07 Car Animation
03:32 Lighting
07:40 Realistic Rain
09:44 Ambient/Atmosphere
10:14 Bonus Tip

[@Unrealhan]

The cinematic fog download is in description ☝️, just drop in your content folder. Have fun!

[@PhoenixDigitalGamer]

This work looks Great.It's a hamble from me to make a detailed tutorial on this topic for beginners.

[@rcafilmproductions1640]

Can I ask you where you got the assets you used to spice up your scene? I thought they were assets scattered aroung the city already, but I cant find the movie theater entrance anywhere....

[@hendradarusman633]

thanks.

[@GameboyCitizen]

Congratulations on 10K. It's about time. From my experience, you've been one of the best unreal artists on this platform for learning cinematics. I would really love a full course. I would buy it instantly.

[@mkheisenberg]

thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together, this is so very well done!

[@shaneoakes2152]

Great tutorial, very clear and concise. As someone just starting to look at Unreal Engine, these videos act as fantastic motivation.

[@Megasteakman]

This is great! I wish I had seen it before I attempted my rainy scene in UE a while ago. Those console variables are SUPER important to have: really saved my renders. Appreciate the breakdown and information!

[@mchinn8465]

This is one of the best videos I have seen on cinematics for unreal engine! So many great points that can really enhance your work. Brilliant! Look forward to seeing how you can use path tracer in unreal engine in the future for cinematics 😊

[@JoshuaLundquist]

Wow, so helpful, this is one of the best out there doing it. Just helpful tips on cinematics, thanks for this!

[@pinkpocketTV]

One of the best UE5 videos I’ve watched! Keep up the great work!

[@geyck]

Dude, I've been through a bunch of YOUR tutorials!

[@simonflash_edit]

Thanks for sharing your process with us, this is such a awesome workflow! Big respect for your work!

[@Unrealhan]

I’m glad it’s helpful! Thanks for watching!

[@Displant]

nice job Han always loved your shorts

[@wjm123]

man your tutorial is as sick as your shorts, thanks for taking the time to share this!

[@armondtanz]

man, wish there was a complete basics to this whole set up. Great stuff ;)

[@pixel_lust]

your work is so inspiring thx for sharing your pro tips

[@Creative-Catalyst]

I love this. Thanks for sharing.

[@messiah001]

Now this is unreal!!! 🤯

[@abasiubongusoro5538]

Bro I’m literally your biggest fan. I’m from Nigeria and I love your work so much. God bless you man ❤

[@plotcoalition]

This was a phenomenal tutorial. I'll definitely be applying these tips to my workflow

[@Unrealhan]

I'm gald you found it's helpful! Thanks for the support!

[@samgoldwater]

Brilliant tutorial Han, lucky us!! 💯

[@Clydiie]

Any tutorial from hans is like being given access to a free master class

[@fyreflynt4767]

Loving these vids man! Just getting into unreal, and its blowing my mind what can be done! gonna def try and replicate this myself! :D

[@A_Train]

Excellent breakdown!

[@MuhammadAjmalNaveed]

So Amazing great work ! Keep up the good work.

[@Birdman_Animation_Studio]

Great job man, thinking about getting into unreal for cinematics and nice to see your workflow

[@andallicansayis]

it's unreal how real is Unreal

[@Matt_Thompson_0]

It’s unreal 😂

[@andallicansayis]

@@Matt_Thompson_0 for real

[@anton_mezerin]

Bro, you are amazing artist!

[@MiDaY_i]

Thank you!....i'm like less than 10% new to unreal and keep up with the explanation was really tough, but i still learnt a lot of creative hacks from this...

[@MaisnerProductions]

great stuff

[@3dchick]

Fantastic, thank you!

[@BadgeroUK]

Wonderful work, thank you for sharing - learning a lot :)

[@TeflonSega]

really dope

[@complexs1mplicity]

MInd Blown im just finnaly starting to think in the context of shots as opposed to the overall storyline. Lighting is actually my profession in real life. So i was waiting till I got to the stage I am now since i understand the input conrols and beginning to grasp the animation blueprints. That shot and this video was cinematic beyond epic

[@Slamine06]

so talented good job i really appreciated it..good luck all the best

[@LightWorkerBass]

Damn bro. That’s a quality tut 💪

[@officialsterlingarcher]

Thanks man!

[@joshuamotx]

thanks a lot for the tutorial

[@StaxKarratGang]

I’m a noob at cgi, your work is very inspiring. Hope I can get as good some day

[@outtoplay]

Outstanding. Just found your channel. Absolute sub!

[@dougmaisner]

i like it

[@tsanboilongtsan5759]

perfect work... idol

[@lamarhillll]

Thank you! You're the best :)

[@ChristianHohlfeld]

oh man, you're good. Thank you!

[@afluffyhotdog3948]

Holy shit this is awesome, thank you so much! ❤

[@blazetronx]

This looks great! Thanks for the breakdown! Also I would like to add, for anybody interested: You can make this even more realistic by adding an anamorphic defocus and Alexa film grain in nuke :)

[@rcafilmproductions1640]

Hey man great video!! Can I ask, where did you get the assets like the store fronts, theater signs, and awnings? I would like to spice up my shot the same way. Thanks!!

[@YuuJer]

I’m learning!!

[@UpgradingOpenWorldGames]

How did you control the City Sample weather?

[@quatre4]

I would love to see the picture references for this lighting in this project 😊

[@juanmaliceras]

amazing content!

[@nickkaverin]

Super useful video!

[@jbach]

Thanks for this. Great work! Did you consider using the built in Rain effects in Ultra Dynamic Sky? Just curious how it compares to the Rain Effects plugin which is quite a bit more expensive!

[@HrenHDTV]

🔥🔥🔥

[@aero96ify]

I was wondering if you might do a tutorial in nuke with this same scene. Nuke has been in my radar but just got into it. Love the videos!

[@Dawood.k]

Hi nice content... I came from LinkedIn, very impressed by your channel... Btw which camera and lens do you use?

[@dm.b7560]

As soon as you start making tutorials more clear for not experts, I'l subscribe :) so far this videos are cool but we can't learnt much, just watch them.

[@edcelmendoza9161]

Thanks for sharing Han! Love the part where you added assets in the matrix demo to design the scene! Also Why did you grade in nuke vs da vinci resolve? Just curious

[@Unrealhan]

Its a preference thing. I never used da Vinci actually. I heard a lot good things about it!

[@rcafilmproductions1640]

@@Unrealhan Can I ask you where you got the assets you used to spice up your scene? I thought they were assets scattered aroung the city already, but I cant find the movie theater entrance anywhere....

[@kushvyas271]

Hey bro can you make a tutorial on how do you rig a car in maya which plugin do you use

[@MortalShores]

Lets goooo

[@HellPedre]

amazing man, super helpful, thanks. One obvious element missing though, is a super nice lens flare! JJ Abrahms called dissapointed ;p

[@YiqunMa]

Hi! What are your PC Specs?

[@animina7886]

any tips for creating realistic city road?

[@robsonhenrique4346]

I wanted a course on this special ship animation I really liked this animation

[@cSimster]

This helped soooo freaking much, you're cracked Han. I know you are a huge fan of James Cameron, when are you making an underwater short? :D

[@ORTyOW]

Nice

[@brk5590]

F Amazing bro.

[@bhcbhc]

How did you get the headlights to interact with volumetric fog?

[@usbshorts8]

Amazing bro. Can I know your system specs. Thank you.

[@vfxwarriors]

Is there any chance to get this project? thanks in advance for reply.

[@raystarzee3929]

Can you do something similar where you can export blender scenes into ue5?

[@l0ser733]

How did u get this city like starting the tutorial with a big city like how im suppoesd to get this

[@fyk2215]

bro, can i buy this project? is it in market place

[@mominaslam9402]

any luck turning on the night mode in editor window?

[@joshuamotx]

pls how did you go about the rendering, the project always crashes when i want to render, but works fine in playback, im so confused

[@yearight1205]

I have a question that I am struggling with, and everyone just keeps answering with "just add a VHS filter on top" which is the incorrect answer. I'm trying to recreate the look of a movie called Split Second from 1992. It's a Cyberpunk film. When I say I'm trying to recreate the look of it, I mean the exact way that movie looks. I like that gritty Cyberpunk style, as opposed to the clean Cyberpunk look. But I'm struggling to figure out how to give it the appearance of something shot then. I'm trying to create something indistinguishable from something shot at the time. Could you please help point me in the right direction on how to do something like that?

[@vivektyagi6848]

🎉Awesome. Do we have a beginners tutorial for the individual high level you have covered in this scene creation explanation ? It will be extremely useful if possible. Many Thanks

[@mucod2605]

Is it real life scene you shown at 1:25 or it is unreal engine.

[@Kindiuk_Olexander]

Tkanks! Its Nice! We Need more tutorials!)

[@Unrealhan]

more is coming for sure :)

[@screenapple1660]

Do you know how to make playstation 5 control rumble? I tried many times but failed. Not working.

[@animatedlife5768]

can you recreate this using Path tracing instead of Lumen?

[@shankark3250]

Can you please 2:53 make it as a tutorial on customized car.....

[@karthikuk09]

hi..can u make a tutorial for a simple shooting VR game for oculus quest2

[@matadar_brothers]

Please 🥺 make deatail tutorial please! 🔥💯

[@andripurwanto9161]

what is the specs of the computer you are using?

[@ornelfranck]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice!!!!!

[@VenturaDirector]

Subscribed

[@helioz7477]

Can you please make a video on how to implement UE5 features into eFootball2023. Currently eFootball is free to play and is using UE4.25. Would love to see lumen, niagra, nanite stadium grass and fans implemented using Unreal editor. Thank you!

[@secretexplorer224]

Bro please make a tutorial about how to make a high graphics AAA game

[@HD-GAMES]

👍💪👍💪 GOOD ...

[@WeShootFilms]

I don’t understand why I can’t go into the matrix demo I get nothing good at all. My buildings look bad I have no streets no people what am I doing wrong.

[@Unrealhan]

You probably didn’t enable the world partition. By default you only see the sky box. Go to world partition and load the area you need.

[@WeShootFilms]

@@Unrealhan where is the world partition

[@rcafilmproductions1640]

@@WeShootFilms it should be next to the details panel along the right side of your screen.

[@DoctorMGL]

amzaring work , btw the cinematic_fog didn't appear even that i dropped it in many places to confirm , i restarted as well, same !, i dropped it in content folder , in another folder , in a new folder , still not showing up i have UE 5.0.3 , id appreciate it a looot if anyone can convert it to this version i have

[@Unrealhan]

Check the description of the video, i added what does the blueprint do in there. You can pack them into a BP yourself, or just type in the console. Remember the old value before you change it tho.

[@DoctorMGL]

@@Unrealhan awesome, thanks a lot Han

[@sagarmaharana3076]

hey uh do you have any proper tutorial on how to customize the car model 2:55 as how did you transfer animation and set it into another model ?

[@ruffilu2218]

This is what I want to ask! Do you have any idea already?

[@polygonflow]

Nice video! How can I reach you? Would like to run an idea by you :)

[@2nixPH]

IDK, maybe it's just me but 11:13 M_WindowH Translucency Pass [Before DOF]

[@ARMORHOUS3weplay]

well done! Please get a patreon or artstation channel that goes more in depth on bluprints and down loadable working files to follow along with. I would pay for that $$$ ....

[@Seven7_Qi]

Hello friends can make a detailed video tutorial? I like your video very much, but there is something I do not understand, that is, how to make water on the surface of car paint and water on the ground? Can you help me? Thank you very much!❤ 9:03

[@romulocastilho6506]

parece que ele esta sentado dentro de um carro kkkk

[@Pasha8204]

Кстати ученые так и не измерили скорость ветра в центре тайфуна урагана или шторма... -- --

[@no_damage]

Lol i took some mushrooms and they started hitting real hard middle of this tutorial. Don't know why I took them. They were suppose to be a micro dose hahahaha but nah dog that wasn't a micro dose. Anyways this tutorial got real crazy real fast thought I should let yall know!

[@RedzwanulHuq]

Very vague... 😭

[@user-fh7ll9jj4p]

真牛逼

[@geetify]

There's still something that feels off about it, when it comes to facial muscle movements, humans aren't just there yet. It feels plastic everytime characters move and it should be. Games aren't meant to be real, they're played just for fun. Don't try to make games more real, focus more on their stories and vibe. We have our real life incase we want to spend time exploring reality. What could possibly be more real than that? 😊

[@MrInuhanyou123]

That's nice and all but graphics have always advanced. It also is apart of game immersion