Unreal Engine from Zero | Learn The Fundamentals to Make a Scene Like This | Beginner Tutorial.
Miguel De Andrade
78,522 views
Hey guys!
It has been a while since my last video due to some work commitments but I'm back with this tutorial I wanted to share with you and that includes the fundamentals you need to start your journey using Unreal Engine 5.
I'll show you how to install the engine, the basics and how to work with it, different ways to import assets, create master materials and their instances, create a landscape, use PCG graphs/volumes, foliage, lighting, cinematics and tips and tricks. So it's pretty much a full Archviz tutorial.
This project will serve as a starting point to move into more advanced stuff like blueprints and menus to create an interactive experience for future clients.
Then I can make small videos with those improvements so we can keep exercising and speed up our workflow.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:16 Getting Started in Unreal
1:00:45 Importing into Unreal
1:51:00 Materials Creation
4:42:10 Megascans Materials
5:00:50 Creating Landscape
5:18:10 Adding Megascans Assets
5:30:00 Adding The Rocks
5:42:25 Procedural Content (PCG)
6:03:10 Foliage
6:16:40 Lighting Our Scene
6:43:13 Cinematics & Final Tweakings
8:04:05 Editing in DaVinci Resolve
8:33:00 End
Links to the files:
https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?co...
If the exercises are useful and you want to support the channel:
Patreon: MiguelDeAndrade
Join the Community at Discord Channel (Please use the YouTube text channel):
Discord: discord
My personal Archviz Template if you ever want to purchase it: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...
Useful for this Video:
Download: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US
Datasmith Plugin: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/da...
Datasmith for Revit:
https://www.twinmotion.com/en-US/auto...
Megascans Trees: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...
High-Quality Rendering Settings:
https://dev.epicgames.com/documentati...
r.RayTracing.Nanite.Mode 1 (Get rid of those weird shadows on Nanite Objects)
My Spec:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6900K CPU @ 3.20GHz
Ram: 64GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia RTX 3090
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1:00:45 orientation of directional light for the project
1:01:26 importing mashes (.fbx) and nine meaning – method 1
1:06:36 nanite for particular object
1:07:10 message log
1:07:50 fixing geometry
1:08:39 disadvantaged of using .fbx – position of the gizmo in (0,0,0) – moving
1:09:48 gizmo at the center of the object pernamently
1:10:37 Logic of holding gizmo in (0,0,0) for bluprints
1:11:00 importing objecst with fbx_separates – method 2
1:12:29 organizing meshes into folders
1:14:39 USD format for import – addvantage is gizmo in center position of objects although some inverted (reson: prabobly not applied rotation and scale in blender) and materials already with textures from blender)
1:15:25 Plugin „USD Importer”
1:16:00 loading with USD Editor
1:17:40 how to correct import to proper level
1:20:19 advantages and disadvantages of using USD – USD resets to original materials while reloding ignoring changes made in Unreal.
1:22:00 Actions in USD Editor
1:24:12 DataSmith for Sketchup (gizo in (0,0,0,))
1:31:20 DataSmith for Revit woth help of Twinomotion (gizo in (0,0,0,)) – advantage do not override over materials changed in unreal after sinchronisation. Essential is not to use autosync as it crashes computer.
1:37:46 explenation what is is placed in outliner
1:38:34 DataSmith for 3DS Max (gizo in center of the object)
1:42:20 Working on materials properties from 3DS Max imported into Unreal
1:44:00 Corecting UV maps from 3DS Max
1:45:00 Assumptions for this project – working on fbx and file organization and cleaning
1:46:30 Placing slifing doors in proper position
1:51:48 master material
1:53:34 material Domain option
1:54:42 blend Mode
1:55:45 shading Model
1:57:40 two sided material
1:58:34 translucency
1:59:46 Master material node itself (1:59:46 Base Material, 2:00:13 Metalic, 2:00:47 Specular, 2:02:16 Roughness, 2:02:53 Anisotropy, 2:03:29 Emissive, 2:04:32 Ambient Oclusion)
2:05:35 logic of instance material
2:06:29 constant vectors for color control
2:13:36 importing textures
2:14:41 converting virtual textures
2:16:10 building material with usage of textures
2:11:16 and 2:18:42 nuanses of working with Substance Painter textures
2:19:44 adding mashes to the scene
2:20:50 texter coordinates of material
2:21:59 creating material instances
OPAQUE MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION
TAILLING AND OFFSET
2:23:50 material funcions for tailling and offset
2:36:51 colapsing material funcions for tailling and offset into categories
COLORING AND TINT
2:40:00 material funcions for texture coloring
2:46:10 material funcions for tint
2:57:13 colapsing material funcions for texture coloring and tint
2:58:36 using priority for showing functions in the order
SPECULAR, METALIC, ROUGHNESS
3:01:13 material funcions for specular, metalic, roughness
3:13:03 correcting the tailling
AMBIENT OCLUSION
3:17:08 material funcions for ambient oclusion
3:20:30 settings for ambient oclusion
3:26:33 how to build your own texture if you missing some map
NORMAL
3:30:57 material funcions for normal
EMISSIVE
3:38:47 material funcions for emissive
TRANSLUCENT MATERIAL CONSTRUCTION
GLASS
3:45:18 material function for window glass
4:00:49 explaining differece of glass construction for path tracer and for lumen
FABRIC
4:11:26 Cloth
4:14:00 Fabric Textures
4:17:00 material applying (speed up)
Unreal Engine from Zero | Learn The Fundamentals to Make a Scene Like This | Beginner Tutorial.
Miguel De Andrade
78,522 views
Hey guys!
It has been a while since my last video due to some work commitments but I'm back with this tutorial I wanted to share with you and that includes the fundamentals you need to start your journey using Unreal Engine 5.
I'll show you how to install the engine, the basics and how to work with it, different ways to import assets, create master materials and their instances, create a landscape, use PCG graphs/volumes, foliage, lighting, cinematics and tips and tricks. So it's pretty much a full Archviz tutorial.
This project will serve as a starting point to move into more advanced stuff like blueprints and menus to create an interactive experience for future clients.
Then I can make small videos with those improvements so we can keep exercising and speed up our workflow.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:16 Getting Started in Unreal
1:00:45 Importing into Unreal
1:51:00 Materials Creation
4:42:10 Megascans Materials
5:00:50 Creating Landscape
5:18:10 Adding Megascans Assets
5:30:00 Adding The Rocks
5:42:25 Procedural Content (PCG)
6:03:10 Foliage
6:16:40 Lighting Our Scene
6:43:13 Cinematics & Final Tweakings
8:04:05 Editing in DaVinci Resolve
8:33:00 End
Links to the files:
https://e.pcloud.link/publink/show?co...
If the exercises are useful and you want to support the channel:
Patreon: MiguelDeAndrade
Join the Community at Discord Channel (Please use the YouTube text channel):
Discord: discord
My personal Archviz Template if you ever want to purchase it: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...
Useful for this Video:
Download: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US
Datasmith Plugin: https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/da...
Datasmith for Revit:
https://www.twinmotion.com/en-US/auto...
Megascans Trees: https://www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...
High-Quality Rendering Settings:
https://dev.epicgames.com/documentati...
r.RayTracing.Nanite.Mode 1 (Get rid of those weird shadows on Nanite Objects)
My Spec:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6900K CPU @ 3.20GHz
Ram: 64GB
Graphics Card: Nvidia RTX 3090
11:27 UE classic layout
17:25 Creating new level for a project
21:00 parenting
23:13 Mobility
25:54 Required numer of fps (30 min) the higher the better (command: startfpschart)
26:51 Immersive mode (F11)
27:12 Bookmarks (perspective tab now)
28:32 screenshot (command HighResShot 2 for 2K) – less handy alternative for render que
32:59 explaind difference between Lumen vs. baking lighting
33:58 meaning of path tracing
36:30 orientataion of axis (different then in blender, 3ds max, ect.)
39:16 snaping by constant o any value
40:17 proportional scaling
40:42 local and word gizmo
42:50 grid waring in cinematic view only
43:00 how to move
45:30 working on level
45:56 lighting - method 1a
47:56 environment light mixer – method 1b
49:21 adding post process volume with (Infinite xetend, exposer, phisical camera settings)
50:48 keeping order in the file
51:19 HDRI – lighting method 2 (correcting the size, adding directional ligh, setting projection center) – best option for interiors, car’s photoshoots
53:16 Sun Sky – method 3 (setting intensity, adding fog) – good for setting precise geolocation, so reflect real life for given loalitation
55:39 searching for precise geolocation of the project
57:11 moment of choosing lighting method
58:26 navigating directional light with Ctr+L in real time