UE5 - Winter Cabin

[@kaeiwood3D]

Crazy how much time you spent texturing the house by hand. I always thought these things have to be done fast and procedurally but you literally handpainted a lot of it. It really adds the details you wouldn't expect in a render, making the scene look (more) photoreal. Thx for the breakdown, I learned a lot just watching that. 🙏

[@DamSchool]

Thanks, I am glad it was helpful! I do a lot of things procedurally, but it has his limits. If everything is procedural it tend to look a bit fake and generated. The house in that case is almost a Hero props so definitely will be hand painted.

[@pabloapiolazza4353]

@@DamSchoolDid you try projection mapping AI generated textures? I'm wondering if there's more serendipity than a procedural approach that way

[@DamSchool]

@@pabloapiolazza4353 Not yet but that's something that might interests me! Especially if it can boost our workflow, what tool do you recommend?

[@pabloapiolazza4353]

@@DamSchool I'd make a custom workflow on Comfyui where you can provide render passes of your geometry from the projection mapping camera viewpoint and through controlNet make it work. If you want we can try together.

[@DamSchool]

@@pabloapiolazza4353 This look insane, I didn't knew those tools haha time to learn more stuff. I will ping you at some point to see how that work for sure, thanks for sharing!

[@3dystopia606]

Your texturing skills are impressive! Great photorealistic render.

[@DamSchool]

Thank you! Very appreciated :)

[@EmvyBeats]

Thats my house! i don't appreciate you filming outside my residence thank you very much!

[@DamSchool]

Haha don't worry I won't release the interior , yet :D

[@WorldPremiereGaming]

😂

[@justintime41776]

Good. Now I know where your mom lives.

[@danoncho]

Man. Jaw-dropping... This is some hi-tech mastery!!! The way you understand all those systems, telling them to generate all of that... Is insane. That's a lot of knowledge and experience in photorealism. I am amazed, great job 👍👍👍

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much! Very appreciated

[@MrGTAmodsgerman]

It's crazy that so many people just spend hours into such assets to just render them for such short and tiny scene. I am used to creating game assets and can't see to just spend so much time for such video to impress people. My huge respect.

[@DamSchool]

Thank you so much for your kind words and respect! Just to clarify, I didn’t create this piece to impress anyone, I genuinely love working on personal projects. For me, it’s about pushing the tech as far as I can and exploring what’s possible. With Freelancing taking up so much time, these projects are a refreshing way to reconnect with creating art. While this turned into a 20-second video, the assets could absolutely be used in a game. This project taught me a lot about Unreal, and I’m excited to say my upcoming piece will be much longer. Plus I am actually surprised this one got so much attention.. Cheers!

[@MrGTAmodsgerman]

@@DamSchool Oh then you like me. Because i would only do this for such cases to learn Unreal or simular. But a lot of people do this to put it on they portfolio as a example piece to impress people. Which i also did and quite feels like waste of time. It turned out great. Expecially considering you haven't photoscanned anything and just used Painter.

[@WorldPremiereGaming]

Not sure how to relate to this, never seen such perfection of details and photorealistic making, this is all another level, you have insane skills, never lose that, keep working, maybe you'll make your first game or become one of the programmers out there for a big company who knows, i wish you all the good luck in the world!

[@robertfrett3717]

That’s amazing! It’s so realistic I would have sworn it was just one of these modern scenery scans. I appreciate all the hand crafting that went into selling this scene.

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much! Very appreciated :)

[@SP4ZE]

This is insane, as a Unity 3D dev, this really made me reconsider the engine

[@DamSchool]

Thank you ! Both have poor and cons, use the one you will be more comfy. I am sure unity has lots of potential

[@its3amagain.]

@@DamSchool I know "both have poor and cons" is just a typo but damn that's also true haha

[@danielweinlein]

Very nice, love the Gaea and Texture Painting parts. :)

[@ramanrafiq7888]

This is a masterpiece! very cinematic!

[@pułkownikkaczodziobyzpodlasia]

holy cow, bless blended guru's newsletter for bringing me here

[@DamSchool]

Oh?! Damn that's generous of him for sharing and thank you for your nice words!

[@aleksandrrush4076]

That's the masterpiece!! A lot of job you done... I am impressed frl.

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much!

[@koozmusic]

Beautiful scene! This gives me Dear Esther vibes.

[@DamSchool]

Thank you !

[@jacobking3361]

this is just straight passion. so fun to watch.

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much!

[@artequintanilha]

Perfect scene, like a movie.

[@DamSchool]

❤

[@edipciftic]

Great photorealistic video... You broadened my horizons... thank you

[@DamSchool]

Glad it did more than I was expecting

[@edipciftic]

@@DamSchool But it was truly amazing... and you are truly humble

[@DamSchool]

@@edipciftic Thank you! Very appreciated :)

[@jynxbot352]

ahhh just like im back in iceland again! beautiful!

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much!

[@JoeJunky123]

i´ve watched so many ue5 videos the last week and everytime i thought this is not good and realistic enough, but damn your work is awesome. looks straight out of the real world. keep going

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much! Very very appreciated. It motivates me for my next piece

[@JoeJunky123]

the pleasure is on my side. I´m interested in working in the archViz/movie business and it motivates my seeing people like you who create such awesome art without 100k worth of equipement. Best regards from germany :)@@DamSchool

[@emilrasmussen6689]

Amazing! I thought for sure

[@DamSchool]

Thanks!

[@danwarner7922]

Pro level in every aspect! Well done! I thought it was photogrammetry. Only nitpick is the left side roof structure, without any supports under it, it would likely be sagging a lot more. Minor nitpick though!

[@Composit.Design]

This is masterful! So cool to see you using all the different tools, even including resolve for the final look - very pro!!!

[@ИванДелибалтов-я7э]

This is the best work I've ever seen! Excellent

[@DamSchool]

Thank you so much!

[@nicolasbasta13]

Perfect model! Perfect Edition

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much!

[@Mirowoolf]

It's wonderful, excellent, magnificent!!!

[@DamSchool]

Thaks so much!

[@withvally]

this is amazing straight to the point that is makes the process look simple

[@Futurescapes-SciFiAmbience]

Maaaan that looks incredible! I want to go there so bad!

[@DamSchool]

thanks so much! one day I ll do this in Vr :)

[@darkwoodmovies]

Very cool! If I didn't know, I would have assumed this is from a movie or something. Wild how realistic graphics can get these days.

[@DamSchool]

Thank you for your comment! Very appreciated

[@karankashyap3179]

bloody beautiful

[@go_rizzo_grow]

You made that? Well done, that's truly beautiful and ultra realistic

[@DamSchool]

Thank you! hopefully more coming soon :)

[@lutikri]

Your dedication is truly paying off. Getting here day by day to get inspiration. I'm also working on making Nordic landscape myself, but I'm facing challenges with texturing. Did you utilize Gaea maps? If so, which ones specifically, considering the variety in your video? Or did you employ an automaterial?

[@DamSchool]

I used a blend of Gaea texture but mostly used the Flow maps to drive Hi rez maps. Red blue and Green channel with differentes textures

[@AndreiChrisso]

WoOw Look so so realistic

[@YILDIZGEZEN]

Amazing job brother, looks real to me.

[@DamSchool]

Thank you man!

[@thedecent10...18]

Hand painting - respect 🤝

[@DamSchool]

Thank you! Glad it was worth it :)

[@bs_art3625]

Amazing scene, when you make a paid tutorial on this workflow next, would it be possible to get it narrated in english?

[@DamSchool]

Thank you! Yes this time it will be better than the previous. Not sure what to do with it yet as I have more unreal piece coming up. I'll keep you posted!

[@comradecid]

nice touch with the graves out in the distance 👌

[@DamSchool]

The little details right? Thanks!

[@Ali-MRD_EC]

That's insane!

[@DamSchool]

Thanks!

[@AI_3Design]

This is very cool! It's great that you showed how you did it.

[@eduardeps]

Отличная работа! Кайфонул от просмотра.

[@andrearosati6454]

Quello che fanno ora vent'anni fà lo potevamo soltanto sognare 🤩

[@user_a1819]

Просто замечательно! Трудно отделаться от ощущения что наша планета была сделана примерно также.

[@dive2drive314]

Okay, I am more than ready for all this different scenes by different artists being used to make a game. Waiting patiently.

[@DamSchool]

That would be a fun project!

[@Styphoryte]

Does sound interesting! Just need a good story / plot idea... A walking sim is cool and all but only for so long. Maybe a nice horror game? Anything's possible. ;)

[@DamSchool]

@@Styphoryte Maybe this one is actually a teaser for an actual horror game hehe :P

[@joconnell]

Lovely behind the scenes dam xx

[@DamSchool]

Thank you JohnJohn!

[@Squiffin]

I would love to see your process on bringing in your gaea height map and texturing it

[@DamSchool]

I am working on that :)

[@yanaratkevich3214]

WOW. SO GREAT

[@artsayanart]

Epic as always, dude!

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much Buddy! From you mean a lot!

[@denisvisker2851]

I thought it was scanned! So nice!

[@DamSchool]

Thank you! Glad I tricked some of you haha

[@toykidz7400]

This is insane!

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much!

[@FoulBundy]

you're a maniac, i love it

[@DamSchool]

That's how we do it, right ? :)

[@memnok9980]

Amazing.

[@DamSchool]

Thank you!

[@3D_Films]

Wow noice, I thought it was a photogrammetry model, looks real af, that's some serious attention to detail.

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much!

[@mariadelourdesdasilva5087]

Alah aqui está o prospecto da minha aula de Engenharia,eu gabaritei assim os meninos vão poder ficar a vontade para construir a nação das nações sem se preocupar se eu vou reclamar da obra magnânima!!!beijo emiliana do manejo.

[@sqlevolicious]

Incredible.

[@jeanbigiovideoproduction6712]

This is Epic! im here for all the UE5 content!

[@DamSchool]

Glad you like it! More Ue content to come for sure :)

[@ONE_MNT_RAP]

thats amazing , really great job , wow

[@DamSchool]

Thank you very much!

[@hazadventurous]

Damn, this so cool!

[@DamSchool]

Thank you !

[@centurionstrengthandfitnes3694]

I'm a layman - no 3D skills or very deep knowledge of 3D - and I couldn't tell this from filmed reality. Incredible.

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much! I tried my best to make it as real as possible.

[@Native_Creation]

Even with deep 3D knowledge, it's pretty hard to tell. Some well done imperfections on the modeling/texturing.

[@ElioDeAngelis-76-]

it seems so realistic!!!!

[@SrV2122-e6i]

Класна робота, взагалі супер

[@LoganMcNay]

Hey Damien, what would be the reason to export the scene from 3ds max to unreal rather than importing it all back in max & rendering there? Have you found it easier to texture & build the scene in unreal along with real time rendering? Do you prefer Gaea over World creator 2023? Thanks!

[@DamSchool]

No particular reason, only for pushing real-time game engine as far as I could. Yeah I could have done it with Vray IPR but I do love unreal for assembly, the instances materials,nanite, etc... it has lots of potential and the real-time viewport is a game changer for me when working. I do prefer Gaea cause you can really do crazy stuff. But textures in World creator are better. So far it's all preferences and it's all same tools, just use was is the most comfy and push it faaaaaar, make it suffer haha

[@WaseemOnlines]

wow... that's awesome!

[@DamSchool]

Thank you ! Glad you liked it

[@mariolopez-oi2td]

Really nice work!

[@DamSchool]

Thank you so much!

[@The9PointStar]

Just saw this on Artstation, love every part! thanks por sharing

[@DamSchool]

Glad you liked it! Thank you

[@LoganMcNay]

Wow, this was so impressive!

[@sergionovazzi763]

wow it is incredible !!! look like it is reality

[@DamSchool]

thank you! Very appreciated

[@Lupo_Den]

amazing work you did here mr !!! !

[@DamSchool]

Thank you so much!

[@minozemstan]

Absolutely stunning! Respect!

[@DamSchool]

Thank you !

[@thescientifics3553]

It is very beautiful, just by seeing it I want to be there.

[@DamSchool]

Bring your jacket 😃

[@F10F11hm]

Thank you for the breakdown! It's very impressive. How would you compare this kind of workflow with ray-tracers like V-Ray, do you see UE as a replacement or a complementary tool depending on a project?

[@DamSchool]

Thanks for the words! I am not sure if it will replace, there is lots of room for improvements and it can get super complex to do simple things.. I think Vray has still good days but unreal is moving very fast and keep adding stuff, definitely worth checking it tho. Plus, do you really like to wait for your renders ? :P

[@avinavdoonga2429]

That shot is kinda like the farm shot from THE LAST OF US PART 2

[@mikejohnsoncg]

Great work per usual Damien!

[@DamSchool]

Means a lot from you Buddy!

[@pedramsharjsharifi3639]

WONDERFUL

[@levent6998]

Hello Damien, I was eagerly awaiting the release of this training set. I hope it won't be too expensive. Is that possible?

[@prometheus_beard]

Just subbed mate, this is so good.

[@DamSchool]

Thank you! will post more :)

[@adriaperez6446]

so dope, soo dope

[@FairlyAverageYT]

Hella underrated! something looks a lil off on it but I cant figure out what lmao, deserves to go viral for sure tho!!

[@DamSchool]

Thank you! I know what it is but I won't tell :D

[@ABUHASAN-ev6ye]

LEGIT WORK

[@pyrotechnick420]

I love Substance Painter

[@kaddd6021]

trop fort Dam !!!

[@DamSchool]

Merci Master chief!

[@gzkony]

Incredible🤩

[@DamSchool]

Glad you liked it, Thanks!

[@reddd9519]

Very cool!

[@DamSchool]

Thanks!

[@flowersofthefield340]

Beautiful ...... ❤

[@DamSchool]

Thank you !

[@guilhermereis7866]

Amazing!

[@Nostalgia18]

this is fucking crazy, its looks real like reality

[@Matt.visualz]

How can you achieve this with Lumen? I try to get Lumen to be realistic but i just cant, it looks like shit... Just my path tracer makes it look good

[@Matt.visualz]

Really really awesome render btw, great work bro!

[@DamSchool]

@@Matt.visualz Haha Thanks! Lumen is a bit special. But I am planing on releasing some tutorial on this piece where I will explain everything. But if you re aiming for photorealistic render, try also to treat your scene as is. Real cameras values, Real aperture, no need of any fancy post process and Only few lights needed, and so on. Also cloudy skies are always easier to render cause everything is flat and moody. Bright sun will be more tricky but doable. In brief this is what I did here, treated it like something I would film myself. Also Can you use Nanite with Path tracing? that's a big thing to consider too

[@wujBat]

BIG WOW!

[@kimteam5344]

wonderful job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dishantkashyap7397]

Damn...that looks so awesome 😮

[@emotionamusic]

Mind blowing

[@Cactoos]

its amazing!

[@Fraggbearr]

The long dark in UE5

[@cl11334]

You’re a natural

[@Thies_Gruenewald]

Really great to see new stuff from you Damien! Keep up your great work 😊

[@DamSchool]

Thank you ! I am please to finally get time to do some personal stuff again, thanks for the support :)

[@divyajnana]

Nice work. GREAT job hand texturing, really makes a difference. AI scatter looks like a real handy tool. Davinci for final color room work to get it just right. Thank you.

[@DamSchool]

Thanks so much!

[@megomad]

Impressive, keep up the good work

[@scarabrae]

Gorgeous piece of work and great atmosphere, thanks for sharing.

[@DamSchool]

Thank YOU for watching!

[@IceThatJaw]

Looks like it finally caught up to the graphic fidelity of The Order: 1886.

[@alvarocamposmartin8868]

Menudo espectáculo!

[@Prophitman8]

this is my new asmr

[@DamSchool]

hahaha pleased to read this

[@curiaproduction2.020]

sorry, could I have the complete tutorials to find out how you set the natural light etc?

[@DamSchool]

I am working on it, it's not out yet

[@zossua7375]

Why do you use Unreal to render the scene, what are the benefits to using Unreal over Blender or Octane/ Arnold or something else.

[@DamSchool]

Because I never seen something that fast and it's also real-time when working on the lighting. Which is helpful if you wan to quickly see the desired results contrary to the ones you mentioned.