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[@WilliamFaucher]

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[@ArthurBaum]

As someone with a DP / Filmeditor background I couldn't have said it better. THIS, dear William, is imo one of your most important videos and messages so far. People tend to forget: learning the basics of photography, composition, lighting and storytelling WILL give you a huuuuge boost to the quality of your renders.

[@user-ju3ix8wk5r]

Dear William, just discovered your channel and I'm binge watching all your content. Your videos are immensely helpful, I honestly think that it's the BEST channel for unreal related stuff. I hope your work will get more appreciation, you beautiful soul! Thanks mate, cheers and have an amazing day/night ;D Love you brother! Skål!

[@thewaxlab]

I just happened to be a freestyle photog while I was learning 3D art. If someone had shown me this video 20 years ago, I would’ve saved so much time on client critiques getting that right “look”. But of course, that video you recently put out about the 120-150mm lens on the Halo Masterchief… it’s my current flavor of the week! Shows you can still learn something new everyday! Thanks man.

[@phoumint]

Your advice is so effective. I have improved my composition and lighting a lot. Thank you so much ❤

[@legrandcolin]

Thanks William for all the work you share, you truly are an inspiration. Best regards !

[@alectucker8682]

Great information as always! This is arguably the most important video you have made.

[@TiagoRKrummenauer]

Man, your videos are always an inspiration! Thanks a lot!!! 🤜🤛

[@johncorbitt4112]

So many great insights William. Thanks.

[@masslona]

Very cool video Sir!! I completely agree, getting out and taking pictures is the most important thing to learn while having fun! I am still very grateful to my dad who gave me his Nikon FM2 when I was just a kid. I spent hours outside taking pictures and waiting for them to be developed and printed at the local store.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks Massimo! Oh man a Nikon FM2 is a classic! Wonderful way to learn!

[@tcheeweng5739]

This got me inspired already! Thank you for this! 🙌

[@jgazpacho]

This was great William. I have a camera right next to me on a shelf that I haven't used since the beginning of the pandemic, but this inspired me to go out and take some goddamn photos. Thank you for all of your great videos and for making inspirational ones like this one too!

[@TorQueMoD]

This is some great advice William! Thanks for sharing :)

[@900framesofgames8]

Now this was some great advice and inspiration I didnt expect from reading the title of the video, really really great stuff! I'm going out with my camera today :D

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you! Good luck on your shoot!

[@amrsalari]

Hey bro, long time no see, as always very good tips, and also great photos, honestly I learn from you a lot, wish you best of the best 👍👍👍👍👍

[@SolarTara]

Loved this video WIlliam. Awesome...

[@prasoondhapola2875]

I needed to see this. Thank you!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@BabaNoami]

Love the passion! You're awesome.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you!

[@danimorrow6317]

Your photography is gorgeous! I love this video - inspiring everyone to live a little (or a Lot!). i recently invested in some (pretty cheap) filters for my old camera and really looking forward to a photography walkabout next weekend. This is so wonderful!!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks so much! I appreciate it! Old cameras are so satisfying to use! :)

[@VRDivision]

I love all of your videos William! Thank you

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks man!

[@playingonpause]

Im a long time album layout designer in the music industry who began learning 3D a few years back and I hadnt picked up a camera in some years. I was astounded at how much 3d had taught me about how to use my camera and have their symbiotic relationship has never stopped. I think you also missed a great chance here to briefly touch on how itenables us to create uniwue materials scene by scene from the places we actually are. Great video all around!

[@JoshuaGunther]

100% agree!!! Thanks for sharing this.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks for watching!

[@sebastiencorne1262]

Thanks William, it's been year I'm trying to make my sup, head of, to understand that point, and your video illustrate and resume that so perfectly, amazing. Thanks thanks a lot

[@dylankuzmick3122]

Haha, just ordered a decent camera and it'll be here in a week. This video definetly validates my purchase, great timing! 😁

[@giacomogiachetto1532]

Thank you for making me passionate about something in less than 9 mins. Thank you for real. Really nice video

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks so much! I appreciate that! Good luck with shooting!

[@carlos_colorsponge]

Man!!! this is it!!! i totally agree with you, photography is the Key factor for CGI artist. Thank you for the amazing content! Keep it up!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks so much, Carlos! Your own work speaks for itself. Am I correct in assuming you dabble in photography as well?

[@carlos_colorsponge]

@@WilliamFaucher hahahah yes i did! I studied photography for several years in High school. Since then photography become part of my life journey. :-)

[@WilliamFaucher]

@@carlos_colorsponge You’re an inspiration man, you keep doing you!

[@geroldwaefler9485]

I am so happy, i started already as a child to photograph, at this time with real filmmaterial and make the paperpictures in a real Black and Withe Photo Room with chemiecal liquids and diffrent gradations papers for more or less contrast. All the stuff with depth of feeld, stops, shutter speed and focal length and composition with the golden proportion, i learned already as a child and teenager. Also i have draw and paint a lot and i made marionetts with wooden hands and heads sculpted with knifes for sculpting. This helps me a lot today.

[@sidharthjoseph2838]

You are an inspiration to me Brother. I follow all your videos and I consider you as a teacher to me. Thank you so much for all the effort you put in. God bless you for what you are doing for people like us. Thank you so much.

[@WilliamFaucher]

You're too kind! Thanks so much for writing!

[@sidharthjoseph2838]

@@WilliamFaucher You are always welcome Brother and Thank You so much for your reply. It really means a lot to me.

[@lilsquirt9889]

Thank you man you fulfill me with joy, energy & inspiration !

[@WilliamFaucher]

You just made my day :)

[@alejandroolmo]

Love this Channel!!!!!!

[@reversebutcher]

I have been learning UE solely for making fine-art cinematics - and this is a brilliant point to drive home. I come from a film-making background and was relieved to see some familiar options and considerations made within UE re: cameras, lenses and other variables. For single frame renders, I've noticed lately how Adobe (for their 3D apps) have been calling it 'virtual photography'... maybe that's new, maybe it's not & just new to me, but it did make me shift my thinking to what 3D art is actually *doing* when you're using it for fine art or filmmaking, rather than games (no shade to games or game-art intended). Great tutorial - and great photos too!

[@StevenDiLeo]

I feel your passion. I was teaching animation, I had my trusty t3i , and was asked if I could teach photography (which I had dabbled into only a bit at that point). but I hadn't gotten very deep into the photography world at that point. Because I was asked to teach, I took the job and started learning about photography and started seeing the benefits in my 3d art as well. Highly recommend looking into photography to up your skill in all sorts of artsy areas!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Duuude I almost got a T3i! Ended up with a Nikon D5100 back in the day becuase it was on sale and cheaper than the T3i. Could have ended up being a Canon guy! Thanks for chiming in!

[@StevenDiLeo]

@@WilliamFaucher right on! I went t3i route because of the swivel screen and mic input, and custom firmware options (I was just actually wanting a better video camera). I love my t3i, but it is a little dated, and am in no way married to the brand. I'd love to get a Sony a7x for the demon-like power it has to see in the dark with its crazy high iso capabilities.

[@ClaudioPiccinni]

Inspiring video William, as always!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks Claudio!

[@thushanipremarathne6566]

watching this video really made me passionate about photography, i liked it before but after watching this video and seeing the photographs you took really made me love photography and i want to check it out, i also do 3d so it'll be helpful. i think i have a canon eos 5d with a different lens and i cant wait to get started with photography, ty william

[@WilliamFaucher]

That's so great to hear! Thanks for writing! The Eos 5D is a FANTASTIC camera, you hang on to that, and go shoot!

[@mr.antzstudios]

awesome video bro !!! i 100 percent agree with you we are just doing the same in 3d what we do in live action shoot and the difference is we are creating a world ourselves and i learnt recently that understanding a camera and lens will make my render much better. great content keep it up!!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Cheers man! Thanks for watching!

[@CreatorDrews]

Beautifully said, makes we want to go out and shoot!

[@AhmedHasan91]

lots of love

[@vyleart4488]

FULLY agreed. Your most important video.

[@noisebiccys]

Great post. Timeless and Inspiring.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks Paul!

[@RM_VFX]

Reference, and an eye to understand it, is everything. Once I understood that, my art improved exponentially. Also, custom textures, HDRI spheres, and photogrammetry. All things made possible with a good camera.

[@WW_Studios]

Really good video! Nice! Fully agree with you on this!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you!

[@hisroyalillness]

True!

[@dongshenghan1473]

Probably the best and most heart moving camera/ skillshare advertisement I have ever seen.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you!

[@ronvance]

Great advice! I used to be a bit of a shutterbug but I haven't touched my cameras for years now. I have a Canon EOS Rebel T6 (which I never even used) and an Olympus E-410. I going to have to get back to it!

[@nadstunes77]

This is SO true, you can spend so long creating 3D scenes and no matter how well you model, light and texture you will still be asking "whats missing?" The answer is always in the camera settings, composition and post, this is the best advice

[@dimitriskoutris6139]

Great video William! Sometimes I spend too much time in front of my pc doing procedural staff. I'm very interested in your Norway-fjord shots and video. Do you plan on releasing them or I can take a look at them in some website? I'm greek so these landscapes captivate me the most!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Hi Dimitris! Thanks so much! I have most of my photos on instagram, I don't really sell prints at the moment. The videos are mostly a collection of videos taken over the years with crappy phones, and drones :)

[@Displant]

Amazing advice like always

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you!

[@kamu38]

Yay, I took your advice and now I'm a noob in Unreal and photography! ;)

[@WilliamFaucher]

Before long you'll be an even better artist ;)

[@jurifriedlein5089]

100% agree

[@mitopaler5574]

Very inspiring

[@stefevr]

I always wanted to get a full frame but didn't consider myself good enough to spend so much on a camera. Then one day, I saw a basket full of Sony A7 mk1 (the mk3 was already out) for around 450 euros, i got one and am so so happy with it. So look for older generation cameras, they're amazing and sure they dont have the newest tech but so fun to use and of course, very valuable info from you! Thanks for taking the time to make these!

[@WilliamFaucher]

100%! Second hand cameras are a great way to get pro gear for cheap!

[@grmoure]

AMEN Will!!!! wises words!!!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Gracias Gonzalo!

[@rohanmandke1920]

Lovely Video William, Inspiring, I wish I could do this by keeping all the deadlines aside 😂, But Thank you very much for sharing this.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Deadlines are the bane of our existence aren't they ahaha

[@YASIR.K]

Thank you so much.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Cheers! Thanks for watching!

[@meskalation]

Thank you very much to remind me, that it's not the best way, spending hours in creating a scene, and not taking enough time for the right camera settings. Maybe that wasn't your primary message, but cause i already started taking photos 20 years ago i need to take this knowledge more into my 3D scenes i guess. Also you got a gift to motivate :)

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you! I'm sure the fact you took photos 20 years ago has helped you a lot!

[@Ketsuegg]

it's crazy the number of self taught Blender/CG/Unreal artists I have seen with portfolios that ONLY use the stock blender 50mm camera with no adjustments. It's honestly one of my biggest filters to find good artist candidates.

[@tanayparab4980]

That's it! I want to buy you more coffee. Excellent tip and I cannot agree more with this advice. Also thanks for the camera recommendations!

[@WilliamFaucher]

You're too kind! There's always channel memberships for those who want to support the channel :)

[@tanayparab4980]

@@WilliamFaucher Exactly what I'll do.

[@richd9655]

great vid , fully agree. photographry has helped a huge amount... one thing i dont think you mentioned is kitbashing scenes and knowing what the camera/lens/settings will see when looking at a certain scene and how to trick/set exposure to get results you want with a given fov and not needed a full enviroment.. i recomend product photography and portrait because both involve controlling all aspects of the shot from posing to lighting ,both involve lots of post production or pre production to get the desired look.the only issue i have is i cant transfer alot of the shots due to aspect ratio... i can visualise 35mm,85mm framing on dslr no problem lol and the 200mm,2.8 cinematic headshot with 3 point lighting doesnt work great with wide aspect ratios..,,, am finding for cinematic the wider aspect ratio really changes things. iam now around 30mm aspect 2.35 which is what iam seeing in movies but wow it can be frustrating to get framings due to the width unless you have an enviroment.and yes iam trying the wide aspect ratio because all the tuts say it makes everything more cinematic ,,,only a few days in to my unreal engine journey.thanks for the videos

[@taturay]

Can confirm!

[@hanspetterwiken4379]

Beautiful pictures!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you!

[@qq-pf9pn]

havent gone out of my house for like 2 years. maybe its time I go out and take some photos . Thanx for this

[@WilliamFaucher]

Oh man that makes two of us. I'm lucky to live in a remote area, but this pandemic has been hard on all of us. I feel you!

[@elk_h]

Will you be doing more photography-related videos? Quite appealing topic for sure! Also, beautiful shots!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you! Unsure if I'll do more photography-related stuff as that goes beyond the topic of this channel, I'd end up alienating the subcribers I think! But it is definitely something I will talk about and mention for sure :)

[@Flipside3D]

William, you are a single ray of light that shines down upon the darkness ........... wait that could be an idea for a new level

[@WilliamFaucher]

You're too kind!

[@seranotutorials626]

I love your (and your videos) :D

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thank you!

[@RyoMassaki]

Well spoken. People often ask me why I am so good with framing, composition and creating nice contrast in all kinds of values. Starting to draw at the age of 6 and winning an photography competition with 12 probably has a lot to do with it. The funny thing is that I never learned the fundamentals consciously and theoretically. I just did it and got tons of experience. I can't always tell you why I am doing something, I just know that it is right since my instinct tells me so. This instinct comes from doing it countless times. I shot ten-thousands of images when I was a child, just for the fun of it. When I was 15 I could do better photos than my father who was an hobby photograph for 20 years by then. I get really in a bad mood when people wave it away by saying I am just talented as if this is some magic thing that people have (or not). No, I just started early and did the work for a long period of time - I am actually a slow learner and a lazy person, but I have the advantage of starting with an age where others where mostly playing games and nothing else. 10 years of drawing experience and 6 years of photography experience before even starting with 3D makes a HUGE difference.

[@WilliamFaucher]

100% agreed! An example I like to use is, every single 5 year-old sucks at drawing. The only difference is that some kinds stop drawing, and others keep going. That's what makes good artists. Time and hard work.

[@broadercg7262]

You’ve inspired me to dust of my old LUMIX camera and get out and learn photography, thanks.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Awesome! I have an old Lumix myself, good little trooper of a camera!

[@nowak93]

this video was not what i expected

[@kocurel]

oh my, this is something I always tend to tell everybody in 3D. You just HAVE to grab a real camera as rendering is just simulating it in your computer. Finding angles, replicating breathing of autofocus, lens chose and it's imperfections, colorgrading, replicating movement of some famous shots just for fun is something that you won't get anywhere else. Also in portrait work there is the benefit of connection with the subject you just don't have in 3D, it just hits different.

[@shamzfk]

I would love for youtube to be able to register multiple likes, so I could obliterate that like button! I took on photography quite recently and there is a significant impact on the work and mindset already. And the way you put that into words is amazing!

[@AadilSharifDotNetDeveloper]

Hi William, Thank you for such great tutorial. There is a topic that haven't been covered by any artist, which is rendering glass within Unreal Engine.

[@WilliamFaucher]

I already made a video on exactly that, twice actually! Search for Raytraced Translucency :)

[@sailajae4674]

I haven't touched grass and earth for almost 2 years due to the pandemic this gave me some inspiration.

[@WilliamFaucher]

I'm glad to hear that! Hang in there, the pandemic sucks but we'll pull through!

[@zakirali8721]

Can't agree more. The more I study photography. Lens. Light. The more my work looks real...

[@WilliamFaucher]

Absolutely!

[@urmcchromez9426]

I love your work William. Is there by chance you will be able to show us night time lighting, with night time god rays ? Thanks mate !

[@WilliamFaucher]

You're in for a treat soon ;)

[@urmcchromez9426]

@@WilliamFaucher owwhhh yoohoo!!!

[@NattyDread011]

And if for some of the many reasons you can't get into real-world photography - I can suggest trying "virtual photography" by using some of the many photomodes video games have nowadays. It might sound silly if you never had contact with it before but it's slowly becoming one of the bigger "digital" hobbies and during the 10y I've been messing with it has helped me a lot in learning about composition, lighting, colors, values, staging.

[@WilliamFaucher]

That's actually not a bad idea! I didn't even think about that but you're totally right.

[@KarelChytilArt]

Will, as photographer i like that ue cameras the most. Sure There are some problems sometimes with Crazy Sharp meshes out of depth of field but you have videos about that. Composition, balance like object balance, contrast balance, color balance, the function of frame and other photo stuff is fine to know for nice renders and also for modeling. Sure technical stuff like aperture numbers, ev and other technical things are Just simple and base knowledge in photography. But its fine to have that options in UE

[@WilliamFaucher]

Agreed

[@arthurtasquin4426]

Hey William, great video as always ! I think that the background music takes way too much space though, I couldn't concentrate on what you were saying. Keep it up 🦾

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks Arthur, will keep that in mind!

[@filmdatatamil]

Hi William can you do tutorial or reply me telling the steps to create environment like big hanging sunset ref lion king

[@STVinMotion]

Awesome opinion! But I find the headroom in your main shot a bit stressing 😅 William you're the best ♥

[@WilliamFaucher]

It wasn’t intentional! My camera drooped while recording and I didn’t notice til later, won’t happen again!

[@RV-bc9yi]

Hi William, what do you thing about the canon eos 80 ? Best Hervé

[@georgiefreeman69]

5:35 "Got me backpacking across europe" ~ Joey Tribbiani 😏

[@MR3DDev]

Also chasing sheep must be awesome

[@WilliamFaucher]

ahah they were on the road and were too dumb to move when we drove by, so they just ran.... away from the car.... on the road. It was hilarious

[@craigschrodter7359]

I use a Canon 5D Mark 2 with a fixed 50mm lens. It’s not a super expensive lens but it’s bright. Not having zoom forces you to move to get the right composition for the shot. It’s also super light and compact compared to a zoom lens.

[@WilliamFaucher]

100%! I totally encourage people to shoot with prime lenses! The 5DMII is a win too. Fantastic DSLR.

[@mono_real]

Nothing much to say simply another great video

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks for watching!

[@beoxsgaming9388]

I have two favorite combos I currently have are: 1) Canon 5D Mark II w/ Nikkor (nifty) 50mm 2) Minolta X-700 w/ 50mm - a 40 year-old 35mm film camera still in excellent condition thanks to the previous owner(s). (Yes, film still exists)

[@WilliamFaucher]

Dude you cannot go wrong with the 5D Mark II! GREAT camera, it's an old trusty workhorse!

[@beoxsgaming9388]

@@WilliamFaucher Absolutely! I've had mine for around 10 years and it has never let me down. Unfortunately, it's been discontinued. 😭

[@OnyxLee]

You are right. When I check a job application, I often wonder, how can someone who has absolutely no interest in photography and graphic design develop any good looking artwork. Most of the time they don’t.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Well I wouldn’t say that it means they can’t make good artwork, I just think that picking up photography will make their work better :) it’s interesting you bring up Graphic design though, I’d consider that an entirely different beast! What are your thoughts on that

[@OnyxLee]

@@WilliamFaucher Thanks. I knew I might have said it a little too extreme. You are right. It's not always the case, but quite often I see the correlation. As to graphic design, it provides mostly similar skills from photography. But you get more freedom to create and try different styles compared to photography where you mostly passively capture what's already there, and spice it up in post. I think graphic design helps artists develop focus on storytelling using graphic elements, not only fonts, but also color scheme, layout, balance and negative space and other things. Becoming a good 3d artist is hard. Trying to wear multiple hats and excelling at all of them is nearly impossible. But having some basic training and forcing yourself to observe and assess things from a photographer/graphic designer's angle might help. Thanks again for talking to me. Love to help brainstorm if needed. Thanks again for your great contribution all these years to the community.

[@DavesChaoticBrain]

I spent 18 years as a semi-professional photographer. Did everything from bikini girl calendars to baby photos to weddings to landscapes. But was never able to achieve the quality of work I was aiming for. Heck, I'm in-person friends with Renee Robyn who does exactly the type of photography I always strived for and even she was never able to put in to words what I needed to do to achieve my goals. Asking peers for advice and tips, no one could offer help on how to reach the next level of quality. So, I gave up the struggle and quit to go make video games. Haven't picked up my camera in almost 5 years. It can absolutely help enhance your composition skills, and various other bits of knowledge, but I don't think you can teach how to have a truly good artistic eye. Some people will always be miles ahead. And gear only matters when you have a very specific need. For general purpose, your phone is fine. Just put it to Manual mode!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Sure, there's always someone better! I'm convinced though that what you've learned shooting for 18-years is immediately applicable to your 3D Work. Now I don't know what kind of 3D work you do, if you're just designing games or more on the art side of things, but photography will absolutely help you if it's the latter. Will someone else be miles ahead? Sure. Always. Am I myself the best out there? Hell no. Not even close. You can make up for it with passion and love for a craft though :)

[@DavesChaoticBrain]

@@WilliamFaucher I'm mostly trying to makes games from an artist side of things (doubt I'll ever wrap my head around coding). And I'm thinking my photography experience, while helpful in many ways, is also holding me back somewhat because I'm really struggling to get things to look the way I want. It's easy with raytracing, but fighting with these non ray-tracing lighting methods is a serious struggle. I've been wondering for a few weeks now, should I even bother avoiding raytracing? Should I worry about the people who don't have an RTX card yet? Would my life be easier if I just jumped right into full raytracing for my work?

[@RAGHAV4882]

I started checking out tomorrow's filmmakers and corridor channel for ideas as I was following you on Instagram and was surprised to see clinton Jones live w you! Keep at it mahn! Love your work 💚

[@WilliamFaucher]

Thanks man! It was a fun stream!

[@RwanLink]

Hi William you said you have students but where do you teach? I would be interested to learn from you.

[@WilliamFaucher]

I currently teach part-time at CG Spectrum!

[@neXib]

I would argue Panasonic G9 is the best bang for the bucks. So often on great offers nowadays. And used camera gear is often well looked after too.

[@WilliamFaucher]

Definitely pretty good for sure! Totally encourage second-hand gear purchases too, you can get some pro-level gear for cheap that way!

[@jamesgoodman2931]

This is really good! Slightly unrelated, is there a simple hack to hide certain objects in a ue5 cinematic sequence? Have tried a visibility track or making them invisible in the outline but no luck! Any ideas are greatly received!!

[@WilliamFaucher]

You need to keyframe “hidden in game”

[@jamesgoodman2931]

@@WilliamFaucher will give that another try, must be something I’m doing wrong in UE5. Thanks for the tip and response William!!

[@WilliamFaucher]

@@jamesgoodman2931 simply hiding them wont work, the “Hidden in game” needs to be used!

[@jamesgoodman2931]

Really odd, have added my whole cars group as a visibility track in sequencer. Have also tried adding individual components of the car, but still remains visible. I’m sure I managed to do this in 4.27. Going try the same thing in 4.27 to check if there’s some potential bug…which I doubt. Probably user error 😉

[@nesilas]

How I get greenscreen footage in ue? Or wich way is the best, to get people from greenscreen to the scene? (With shadow and all) Cause my Probleme is, when I put greenscreenfootage in after effects over the ue footage, the objects in front are behind the person… (Sorry for my English)

[@WilliamFaucher]

Hehe that's a bit too complicated to explain in a youtube comment, but you'll want to look into Composure.

[@kingart23]

In our photo community one of the photographers said ' the best camera is the one which is always with you ' only understood what he meant with it when I was traveling to Israel and just didn't want to take with me PENTAX 645 because it was too bulky for light travel. It's true gear matters!

[@WilliamFaucher]

Or as I like to say, the best camera in the world is the one you left at home because you didn’t want to carry it around with you, and you’re kicking yourself as a result 😂

[@CinematicGames94]

This is good advice. This is well with my environment renders should I sign up for a photography class? Or get a camera and just go out and practice? And if you have other cameras that are at least 200 up too 500 dollars you can recommend it would be much appreciated these ones you mentioned are above my budget.

[@WilliamFaucher]

The gh4 is one such option! Or a panasonic g9 i think

[@CinematicGames94]

@@WilliamFaucher Awesome thank you and much appreciated

[@WilliamFaucher]

@@CinematicGames94 i just put the prices in the description :)

[@CinematicGames94]

@@WilliamFaucher Yay awesome I am going to grab a gh4. I really appreciate it :)

[@kj3d812]

@@WilliamFaucher For anyone interested, the G9 is currently going for just under $1000 on Amazon. However, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 body only is $425 on Amazon, which is what my husband ordered for me (he has many years of photography experience and is knowledgeable about camera gear). We didn't get the one with the kit lens because he said the kit lenses are never any good, and it's much better to get a prime lens and go from there. So we got the Lumix G 25mm F1.7, which he says is the "nifty fifty" (50mm equivalent, for noobs like me), and later we'll probably get the Lumix 14mm f2.5 II for wide-angle shots (28mm equivalent, for noobs). There is conflicting information saying the 14mm lens has been discontinued by Panasonic, but B&H and Amazon both still show it as available.

[@SilasMckeeIII]

love this, i do want to point out that as a 3D artist you are not trying to mimic reality, it looks weird on screen, instead capture reality as a camera does, thus the term photorealism, our eyes are use to how cameras display the world, how hollywood portays physics, why you expect explosions to be bigger than what they are, to achieve the "realist feel" you have to actually not go with what is real, and instead go with what is presumed to be real. this is the reason why motion blur can look soooo goood, same with god rays

[@WilliamFaucher]

Great points! I’d argue it totally depends on your shot though. Cameras don’t exaggerate things, nor should you always do so in CG. Sometimes it pays off to, sometimes it doesn’t.

[@SilasMckeeIII]

@@WilliamFaucher Fair, plus anything can go when it comes to art, there is always a reason to break a rule.

[@MrBroxt]

Interesting an useful as always, thank You. I have a question about GPU lightmass processing. In my project after restarting UE some of models not reflecting light at all, even after rebuilding light and changing lightmaps they still completely black. If I trying to replace material by another one its helps and model looks normal. Any solution for this kind of problem? Maybe some shaders broken or something?

[@WilliamFaucher]

If you turned on raytracing this can happen. What did you change before restarting?

[@MrBroxt]

@@WilliamFaucherRT is off by command as usual. All the same i didnt change anything before restarting. But now if put another material from any visible model in the viewport to one of the bad models its make it visible after rendering. So maby its the problem with the shaders compiling or texture streaming pool?

[@joco9958]

hahaha the snow angels 👌

[@WilliamFaucher]

SO COLD

[@foshizzlfizzl]

This is something, not many artists consider! That's a great advice! And by the way, Nikon pronounced as Naykon is daaaaamn US American 😂

[@WilliamFaucher]

I'm not american :)

[@DodaGarcia]

Hi William, first off congrats on the awesome growth of your channel! I'm trying to help a friend with something Unreal-related and thought you'd be the right person to ask. He's a 3D artist who does a lot of realtime archviz in UE, and he recently got feedback from a job application that while his visual output is amazing, he needs to level up on those more technical, UE-specific points such as light baking, draw calls and so on. That stuff is not typically found in most mainstream Unreal Engine courses, so other than the official docs would you know where I could tell him to look for courses at that advanced level he's at? I'd appreciate any pointers, thank you and enjoy your weekend! 🕺

[@WilliamFaucher]

Hi there! Thanks so much! First off, it's weird that the job is asking for knowledge on lightbaking and draw-calls, since UE5 solves both of those issues. My guess is UE5 is going to completely eliminate the need for light baking the moment Lumen gets really fleshed out, but I could be wrong. Secondly, with Nanite, this solves the issue of draw-calls since the entire nanite geo pass is done in a single draw call. I'd recomment taking a look at Unreal Online Learning (UOL) for more technical courses, they're very good!

[@DodaGarcia]

@@WilliamFaucher At the time they justified it with UE5 not yet being production ready, which of course is changing now with the preview being out. But he’s still on the lookout for more advance UE learning resources so I’ll definitely tell him to check out UOL, thank you so much for the response!!

[@Sandra-hc4vo]

i wish you had a little cheaper recommendation for a camera, like i agree, but getting started do you need to put down that much?

[@WilliamFaucher]

The GH4 is cheap now!

[@m1sterv1sual]

That one small thing is to subscribe to this channel. 🔥

[@WilliamFaucher]

Oh, you!