Unreal Engine 5 Beginner Environment Tutorial - Step by Step

Overview

Learn to create a stunning environment in Unreal Engine 5 from scratch in this comprehensive beginner tutorial. Master viewport navigation, scene lighting setup, landscape sculpting, and asset integration. Explore advanced techniques like creating custom materials, painting landscape layers, and balancing scene colors. Dive into 3D modeling, megascans modification, and the creation of a statue master material. Enhance your environment with decals, volumetric fog, and post-processing effects. Bring your scene to life by adding movable rings, Niagara floating rocks, and a day/night cycle. Conclude the tutorial by creating a small cinematic to showcase your newly developed environment.

Syllabus

Intro
Viewport navigation
Setup scene lights
Sculpting the Landscape
Adding our first assets
Adding Visual Guidelines
Importing 3D Scan models
Refining our composition
Fixing Lumen Shadows
Creating our Landscape Material
Creating our Landscape Material Instance
Painting Landscape Layers
Adding Height Blend
Changing texture colors
Create a Packed Level Actor
Adding Ground Assets
Modifying Megascans assets
Use Man Made Elements to blend the environment
Balancing colors in our scene
Create the Statue Master Material
Finishing the Statue Master Material
Adding Decals
Balancing Scene colors
Changing the Clouds
Lights and Atmosphere
Using Volumetric Fog
Post Processing
Adding Movable Rings
Adding Niagara Floating Rocks
Creating a Small Cinematic
Adding Day/Night Cycle
Outro