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:
Instagram: / alt_spony
Website: thomasspony.com/
Email: [e-mail]
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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[@yearight1205]

Dude you are crazy if you think you failed. I've been "TRYING" to learn how to work in Unreal Engine for cinematics for a YEAR, and you blew me out of the water in 3 weeks. Definitely keep going, you'll definitely make incredible things moving forward!

[@AlternativesProd]

Such an amazing comment (and you have guessed the subject of tomorrow’s video) the unreal engine video will continue for sure but let me know if there is any subject in particular that I can try to help you with, it will be with pleasure

[@parthjhaveri2670]

Cool stuff looking forward to some UE tutorials from you! Since your creation was amazing!

[@AlternativesProd]

A Lot of thanks for your comment, and be sure that I will continue the tutorials !

[@yashstreamin2826]

Loved your video. Thanks for sharing

[@AlternativesProd]

huge thanks for your kind words man

[@LegendaryOn99]

damn, great video. im motivated to try ue5 again.

[@AlternativesProd]

Thank you ! I am creating a discord for people willing to increase their knowledge about unreal, Will keep you posted when it is created if you want

[@JosephWraith]

Very cool

[@barittos5585]

wow

[@shucayb-code]

Are those impactframes 😮

[@AlternativesProd]

Haha yes ! I really liked your submission to the boss challenge btw

[@shucayb-code]

oh thanks. unfortunetly in the pit of despair😂@@AlternativesProd (any tutorial for the impact frames? looks cool)

[@AlternativesProd]

@@shucayb-code The famous pit of despair haha. Unfortunately, I didn't follow any tutorial but if that can help I painted every frame in photoshop while trying to match this reference : kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHXSl3epnritgtEsi=ln61V1j8KeHe59ce&t=26

[@samgreenfield3641]

For 3 weeks this is amazing i've been trying to find full courses but i can't find ones that go step by step everything with unreal from tools to film making to just creating cinematics as well as games extra do you recommend any longer videos or paid courses to look at i find each video i watch it doesn't really go into detail or if you will be putting longer videos or courses out for the future.

[@AlternativesProd]

I don't know your level, I was beginner in unreal but I have a lot of experiences in other 3d softwares so I didn't need the real beginners courses. So the video I watched was for very specific problem, like virtual texture, how to do set dressing, nanite etc... But to not leave you with that : 1. do you know the channel of @WilliamFaucher ? It helped me a lot to understand unreal engine for movies and cinematics. 2. I bought this course : Unreal Engine for FilmMakers by Boundless Resource. Yes it is almost a everything in 1 course for cinematic. But I am going to be honest I found it extremely pricey for what it is, I would only reccomend it if you really want to speed the learning process a lot because you don t have a lot of time. 3. After finishing covering the 3D basics this channel will move toward a more unreal oriented channel, and it will start already next week ! So I hope you will be able to find a bit more about what you are searching for

[@samgreenfield3641]

@@AlternativesProd Great to here where this channel is moving and no i've not heard of William Faucher but will check him out. Funny enough i've been looking at Boundless chanel and debating to buy his course don't know if it will be worth the price. I've also been looking at Josh Toonen channel/ course more expensive than boundless but apparently he's worked on dead pool, star wars and other movies. Un sure really it's a lot to take in not really knowing where to start. ps thanks for the reply.

[@AlternativesProd]

@@samgreenfield3641 I didn't know about Josh Toonen, thank you for sharing the channel is really cool. It's my personnal opinion for sure but the boundless one if you find the name of the chapter of the courses, then you can find everything for free on youtube, that's what I regret you know it didn't feel like you learn hidden tips that someone mastered by doing 20 years with the software. But don't let me influence you, in any case with any of this courses you will be able to do proper cinematics at the end like not a lot people can do on youtube, And that's what matter

[@samgreenfield3641]

@@AlternativesProd true would you say it was worth the price and helped up speed up the process id your real engine journey.