Midjourney in Unreal Engine 5 looks amazing | Tutorial

[@grahamthomas9319]

I am a blender guy but unreal is growing on me recently. They are doing some neat stuff. This video was like dipping a toe in the water thank you. Fun simple and lighthearted.

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Graham!

[@CodingwithSudhan]

bruh i literally thought you would be converting the entire image into a 3d model

[@onlyfriendyeah]

if water body ocean doesn't show up for anyone, i had to update unreal from 5 to 5.2, edit>plugins>search 'water' and add both options, restart UE5, then click the fix option at the end of the sentence when the code error comes up, and restart again thanks for the quick tutorial, i subbed

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Onlyfriend, good troubleshooting!

[@yearight1205]

Keep making lots of tutorials like this! Lots of fun to follow along!

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers!

[@dean_read]

yes yes yes

[@francisr.teixeira6217]

*Please keep making more and more detailed tutorials that a 3 year old can do! I signed up because of that. Thanks!*

[@retrolightgames]

Will do francis, thank you!

[@rmar37]

This is not image to 3d, this is image to background. There are tools which create 3d models from image

[@TheHistoriansDen]

What tools?

[@Dannykim722]

Kaedim (AI "assisted" tool), 3Dify

[@rek360]

@@Dannykim722 None of those tools work with Midjourney images, you're wrong.

[@Dannykim722]

@@rek360 woh, relax buddy. I'm just simply saying those are image to 3D AI tools.

[@TechWithVideep]

I hope people will get their basics right soon! Idk why they don’t understand that sharing incorrect information is misleading too!

[@MrLarsalexander]

Well, cool way to create some scrapbook ideas for scenes, but i must say i was a little bit dissepointed. Smell a little bit click bait here to be honest. I really expected to see a plugin for Midjourney or OpenAI that would more or less create a scene for you in unreal. Could be possible someday if the AI knows how to use all the tools, and have access to the content in you project.

[@tanyasubaBg]

Omg, your channel is a real treasure!!!!

[@retrolightgames]

Because of people like you!

[@tanyasubaBg]

​@Sir.unreal. may I ask you how to export something from unreal, for example, grass as the green screen? And use only that in some other program? I can't find that anywhere only how to import the green screen not how to export. Actually, I just need grass. please help. Thank you in advance

[@retrolightgames]

​@@tanyasubaBg Hi Tanya! Hm so let me try to understand; Do you want to add grass behind a greenscreen in Unreal Engine and then export that scene to any other program? If so you could for example add a cube and put a green image on it (Or perhaps Blue is better, as grass is green), and then spawn grass in-front of the blue/green cube with the framing that you want. Record your screen with "OBS" and then you would have a movie file with the grass in-front of the blue/green screen that you could manipulate in other software. Another way to do it is by using the sequencer and exporting a movie file directly from Unreal Engine. I partly show how to use the sequencer here kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXbJh2aIh9WgiKc Did I understand this correct? Or do you want to export the grass as a 3D model?

[@mattm7319]

That was great and to the point. Easy scene setup. Ty! Now just needs ambient sound and you can really get into the scenes you create with gens.

[@BGMBliss]

These tutorials are fantastic, please keep making them :)

[@brandonjacksoon]

Liked and subscribed mate! This is one of the best short tutorials, to be honest )

[@retrolightgames]

Awesome, thank you!

[@nicheva417]

This is awesome. Thanks for having no long intro and thanks for the brisk pace of info - was not a struggle to sit through unlike 90% of current tutorials out there. Really impressive. If you resist the trend to have a clickbait facial expression on your thumbnail I'll subscribe for a long time.

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks Niche, I am trying really hard to not put my face on there.... :D

[@haideralisheikh5361]

Quick tutorial good job bro 👍🏻

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you Haider!

[@stevereal8910]

bro u made UNREAL ENGINE SO EASY!! (GREAT CONTENT PLZ KEEP POSTING THIS KIND OF CONTENT )

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Steve, will do! :)

[@xXSoapXx]

This video is litterally gold.

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks Soap =)

[@TheGeniusCatOscar]

Hey Sir it’s really mind-blowing idea. Thank you for the amazing video. I’ll keep watching your channel.

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Oscar!

[@TechnicallyTrent]

Incredible! I am starting to use Unreal Engine now and this was super helpful.

[@retrolightgames]

Happy to hear Trent! Keep going

[@Eldalion99999]

you are doing great man, keep it up.

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you for your continued encouragement Elda :) will do!

[@3DComparison]

Amazing content Sir! Glad KZbin recommended me this channel!

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you 3DComparison!

[@inteligenciamilgrau]

Best tutorial ever!! Simple and usefull!! I'm starting with metahumans and I was looking for some kind of scenario!! Exactly what I'm looking for!! Thankkkkkkkkx a lot!

[@retrolightgames]

Super glad to hear Milgrau, cheers!

[@IamSH1VA]

great trick, I loved it.

[@retrolightgames]

Glad you liked it!

[@briann8911]

Good tutorial. Keep these coming.

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers, you got it!

[@wizards-themagicalconcert5048]

Fantastic content and video mate, keep it coming,subbed !

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Wizard! Thanks for watching & subbing =)

[@thewebstylist]

Unreal indeed! 🎉🎉🎉

[@retrolightgames]

;)

[@akaPATRICIUS]

bro. epic. im so adding that into my workflow!

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers man!

[@charles3dart683]

What an ecxellent idea to make an environmentscene like this

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you Charles! I appreciate it

[@charles3dart683]

@@retrolightgames No problem. This feels like an unique approach and will be fun to test.

[@tahookideveloper3338]

너무 쉽고 좋은 영상이에요 ! 바로 구독했습니다 !

[@adam_makar]

Congrats, great content! Thanks for the tutorial, subscribed! :)

[@retrolightgames]

Awesome, thank you!

[@fabulousshades7723]

nice and simple teaching, thank you very much sir.

[@retrolightgames]

You are most welcome Fabulous

[@brandonjacksoon]

Keep doing something like this, this is very interesting!

[@retrolightgames]

Hey again Brandon, absolutely! Thank you

[@filippahedberg8877]

This is What i need

[@retrolightgames]

I agree! ;)

[@danienloc]

Can you make a tutorial on how to make a medieval castle, or an ancient castle?

[@asciikat2571]

Great tutorial, these type are the best

[@retrolightgames]

Glad you think so Asciikat, cheers!

[@asciikat2571]

@@retrolightgames legend

[@OriginalZebraMedia]

WOW Amazing, thanks for vid

[@retrolightgames]

Glad you liked it!

[@eyefisher]

Dang! I'm a user of MidJourney and UE and never thought of doing this!

[@retrolightgames]

Great to hear Eyefisher!

[@kushanmadusankha5227]

Awesome content bro! Keep it up ❤

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you Kushan!

[@smokedks]

Instant sub! Very concise and to the point, awesome!

[@retrolightgames]

Awesome, thank you!

[@dadafemi1005]

you made a 10 years journey seems like 10 seconds. I thanks bro

[@retrolightgames]

Glad you liked it Dada!

[@estrangeiroemtodaparte]

insta subscribed!

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers!

[@barsam2a]

what really bothers me, is that there are so many UE Tutorials, where the tutor mentions certain buttons to change between "rotate, scale, move" of the gizmo or even using the icons on the top right, when you can just cycle through those 3 options with the SPACEBAR, which is 10x faster.

[@retrolightgames]

Hey that's neat! I'll make sure to include that in the next tutorial :)

[@pironace7146]

U need to have a course. You are a great teacher.

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Pironace! Maybe one day :)

[@JarppaGuru]

2:05 what are you moving object? should programmed todo not AI do that from image LOL what midjourney image got todo with this. you can simple google image like before and do 3d scene

[@mikeb6735]

Great stuff

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks Mike!

[@larion2336]

This is really cool.

[@retrolightgames]

You are really cool Larion!

[@493ocarina8]

easy to catch, funny work🤞

[@retrolightgames]

Glad you enjoyed it Ocarina!

[@augustino0]

This is brilliant.

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks August!

[@zena4657]

beautiful video, intuitive and practical, first time trying UE5 and thanks to you I was able to combine something, is it possible to export the work to publish it on Instagram and various social networks? if yes, could you tell me how to do it?

[@retrolightgames]

That makes me so happy to hear Zena! The purpose of the video was for creators like you to take a first step into UE5. Yes easiest is to press F11 for fullscreen and record your screen with for example “OBS” and export it as a small movie file which you can upload to any social media. Alternatively you can create a movie clip in “sequencer” and export it from there directly (KZbin “how to export from sequencer UE5” for this method) Keep creating!

[@zena4657]

@@retrolightgames Thank you so much for answering me, I'll try as soon as I can, I can't wait to see more videos like this 🤩

[@AmbitiousRealismCreates]

Why do people always have to tear someone down? He is showing a process that COULD lead to a completely 3D project using the midjourney output as a kind of template or inspiration allowing you to build a 3D project with visual guidelines. I think it is a useful short tutorial that may get some people to open up Unreal Engine for the very first time. That kind of thing can change someone’s artistic path. Well done! 4:36

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks Meltdown I appreciate it, everyone has an idea of what is right and wrong but as long as it creates engagement it's a good thing :) cheers!

[@betterthanxanax]

wow, you make it look very easy!!!!

[@retrolightgames]

It's not very hard! Give it a try :D

[@grgjnsy7023]

got yourself a sub - great idea and execution

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you sir!

[@derakon4791]

Dude you are amazing, I

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Derakon!

[@redemptionjk]

Could you create a tutorial on how to add a campfire, please? I didn't manage to add a bonfire to the picture, it looks unfortunate :(

[@fullon9626]

Thanks for vulgarising unreal , new subscriber too

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks for the sub Fullon!

[@InspirePeak910]

Nice tutorial

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you Inspire!

[@estrangeiroemtodaparte]

Hey, bro. Quick question. Any reason you're using a cube here instead of a plane? Thank you! Awesome tutorial!

[@retrolightgames]

Hey man! Nope I'd even argue that for this specific purpose a plane could be better than the cube, but I just have a love for the classic cube :)

[@slowdownyourmind]

Thank you for the video, I learned some interesting things, what I didn't understand though, after building the scene the way I like it, how can I export it as a short video?

[@ParisHolland]

I can't even add the water without it crashing every single time HAHA. This is great for quick visuals nonetheless!

[@benhaywood7317]

Great stuff 👏 you have a new subscriber! Exactly what I was looking for ✌️

[@retrolightgames]

Awesome, thank you!

[@lolthisgame2550]

pretty neat

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers :)

[@StarFive-c4r]

It is very useful!!

[@retrolightgames]

Glad to hear that!

[@yoinkontea5804]

cant find the water inside the allclasses, i got 5.4.4 version might be the issue

[@benhaywood7317]

Hi was wondering if you could help me? When add the water body ocean I cannot see the water itself it doesn't load up the same as you show is there a way around this? Thanks

[@retrolightgames]

Hi Benha! Sure, So you added the water body ocean? Make sure of this by opening your "Outliner" and search for it. If it appears in the list then it's added to the world. Try to locate where it went by selecting the water in the outliner and see where the arrows are (selection gizmo) if you can't see the arrows, press "G" on your keyboard. Try to travel to it with your camera and drag the water around until it appears in-front of your camera.

[@benhaywood7317]

@Sir.unreal. brilliant !!!! Thank you very much for the detailed reply I will give it a go later, I am also currently creating a horror clip and your tutorials have been so helpful, thanks again also do you have a patreon or anything ?

[@alexlavertyau]

Can you do one but how to make a VR environment, similar to Oculus Quest lobby's

[@vesper8]

That's great! But 10 months later.. can AI just take an image and automate the downloading, selecting, placing and scaling itself to try to match the original AI generate image and create the whole scene, with effects, all by itself? Maybe, yes, not yet? I don't see why this isn't possible!

[@airelaxation]

Really nice and simple but for the ones that don't know, can you save it as a video and if yes how?

[@retrolightgames]

Yes sure! Go fullscreen with F11 and then record your screen with for example "OBS" or any screen-capture software.

[@airelaxation]

@@retrolightgames LOL Yes simple way to do it, i was reading it and i was like "of course" thank you👍

[@armondtanz]

Be great to see quick tips like these making action scenes. Smoke cards Fire Explosions Crumbling walls Even if its buying assets and using them in sequencer to trigger the actions. Well and trully subbed ;)

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks Armond, I like the idea :) will write it down

[@eekseye666]

I love it! )

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks Eek!

[@gothiceltic]

Is it possible add an image i paint myself if it is Png format or it is only IA required?

[@kaiforging]

excellent

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you Mkforging!

[@11516Dubstep]

Is it possible to make a city in mirjourney

[@retrolightgames]

It sure is !

[@11516Dubstep]

@@retrolightgames yes, you can somehow make a city for the unreal engine and tell me how you can make clothes through this program?

[@Midnight_Gust]

damn the development sure is fast

[@retrolightgames]

Almost too fast.

[@Midnight_Gust]

@@retrolightgames yea fr

[@lstephen]

awesome~ thanks for this content! can you download your work mp3 or whatever and use it in my video?

[@laszloszell8753]

How to make the water splash on the rocks?

[@ajitkumar15]

It is amazing !!!

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you Kumar!

[@jonhobbs5113]

When you go far enough, you'll just run into a flat image at the end. Would have been cooler if the scene in the image was reconstructed so that it isn't just a flat image when you finally reach it but instead can continue on forward just like a real 3D environment.

[@sabomarius128]

Nice tutorial! The only part i am missing is the camera movement and exporting as movie.

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks Sabo, I'll make sure to note that in the next

[@nullhakunamatatabyte8042]

realy good video consept keep like this bro i want to learn 2d images to 3d animation

[@retrolightgames]

Thanks dude, I will!

[@just4creative]

Excellent

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you just4 =)

[@AmitDdirectoramit]

Unfortunately Indian VCs couldn't found convections last year when I PITCHED my idea of producing the Metaverse Gaming System based on Geo location and realistic map with abilities to create users territory around the world 🌎 and play competitive gaming experience with other players.

[@popeopera]

Nice...if only the loading time for UE5 was as long as this tut.

[@retrolightgames]

Hah, I agree Pop!

[@simplyintricatedesignsllc463]

Where did you get the water body ocean from? Thats not in my drop down

[@PhantasmThe]

Edit, plugins,water

[@micbab-vg2mu]

Nice!

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you !

[@Soundrelief-]

First of thank you for this video How ever, i am a noob and i could not even get the water to look like in the video, i do not get how it cam in the same plane for you and i never could do that. i am 5 hour in and i can not get the water to work.

[@Soundrelief-]

Do you have a discord server or something btw

[@retrolightgames]

Hi TbSoothing! Did you add the water body ocean? Make sure of this by opening your "Outliner" and search for it. If it appears in the outerliner list then it's added to the world. Try to locate where it went by selecting the water in the outliner and see where the arrows are (selection gizmo) if you can't see the arrows, press "G" on your keyboard. Try to travel to it with your camera and drag the water around until it appears in-front of your camera.

[@pamelax64]

great video,it may help so many people to create!

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you Pamela, I would hope so too!

[@brandon2762]

Does anyone know what website lets you upload multiple images and then just click a button to get a blending animation between each image in one video? I saw a youtuber show it a few months ago and can't find it.

[@brandonjacksoon]

Thanks for this tutorial very informative! Can you did something similar in anime or Ghibli style if possible?

[@retrolightgames]

Funny you mention Ghibli, that's coming up next :)

[@frisbeeproduction8030]

one word.. thanks

[@retrolightgames]

Most welcome 😊

[@barbadaalpha]

I always " hated " Unreal Engine and similar softwares because I always thought it's TOO complicated to learn it.. Your video changed my mind ! And thank you VERY much for the simplicity you provide us to learn by walking baby steps ! Not to mention,as well. it's a " moral " duty to like and to subscribe. Greetings, my friend 😊👍😊

[@retrolightgames]

Made my morning to read your comment barbadaalpha! Thank you!

[@barbadaalpha]

@@retrolightgames You're VERY welcome !

[@InsideTree-vg4iy]

Well Pretty easy to use when you use stuff you dont need to make it for yourselft. just be a Prompt Artist and us Asset of Megascan of tone other Artist already use and you can be the best Artist of the world

[@retrolightgames]

@@InsideTree-vg4iy We all gotta start somewhere mate, keep a low entry barrier before going into modelling.

[@straightouttacornwall]

Took me two hours to download unreal and now I am stuck at the 'All classes> Water body Ocean. I have no option for water body ocean!

[@retrolightgames]

Hey! Okay go to "Edit" in the top, and then "Plugins" and search for "Water" and enable it, restart the project and then you will find the Water Body Ocean :)

[@straightouttacornwall]

@@retrolightgames Legend!

[@stork.p]

Amazing! Quick question, can you export it and make like animated wallpaper?

[@_jeffrey_williams]

Drag and dropping the image isn't working for me on 5.2. It's showing black, and auto making a blank material. edit: connect normal node, also adding an emissive multiply helps.

[@retrolightgames]

Interesting Jeffrey! I have not had this problem before but glad you solved it :)

[@pauwx.2231]

what can you use this scene for though? if it's not actual world?

[@retrolightgames]

In the next part we'll cover that :)

[@sinistera1634]

Nice👍

[@retrolightgames]

Thank you !

[@AzalorisUniverseMind]

Is there any AI tools that can make the same, but via prompting and accepting the image as a part of input?

[@AleRender]

Thank you for the tutorial... But actually, I don't see much point in taking an AI-generated image to 3D like in this case. It's preferable to build this directly in Unreal. It would only be using a 'background'..

[@retrolightgames]

Hi AleRender, cheers for the feedback. The point is to inspire new users to Unreal Engine and keeping things simple, using an AI-generated image as a reference can help the imagination. Personally I've also found some real use-cases for midjourney images which I'll cover in the next tutorial :)

[@AleRender]

@@retrolightgames Yes of course . Beyond my opinion, the tutorial and your work for inspiring are appreciated.

[@retrolightgames]

@@AleRender Cheers Ale!

[@heredownunder]

Press R to Enlarge and E to Rotate?

[@retrolightgames]

Yeah that's a bit counter intuitive!

[@breakingnewsforyou786]

It was magic.

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Mazia :)

[@Vlogdelguia]

How to Create Cinematic Content"

[@LorentzenProduction]

Yes yes yes.

[@retrolightgames]

Cheers Robert!

[@OmkarG88]

the lightning for the river was bad