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Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5

You're reading from Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5 Create captivating worlds and unleash the power of cinematic tools without coding

Product type Paperback

Published in May 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781803244112

Length 548 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Unreal

Concepts

Game Design

Author (1):

Giovanni Visai

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Getting Started with Unreal Engine 5

2. Chapter 1: Creating Your First Project in Unreal Engine 5 FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Navigating through the Unreal Engine 5 Interface

4. Chapter 3: Exploring Unreal Engine 5 Project Structure

5. Chapter 4: Importing and Working with Assets

6. Chapter 5: Mastering Materials and Shading

7. Chapter 6: Illuminating Your World with Lighting

8. Chapter 7: Exploring Nanite, RVTs, and the World Partition Tool

9. Part 2: Environment Creation Techniques

10. Chapter 8: Utilizing the Megascans Library

11. Chapter 9: Mastering Landscape and Terrain

12. Chapter 10: Creating Diverse Environments with Plugins

13. Part 3: Cinematic Fundamentals and Rendering

14. Chapter 11: Crafting Cinematic Shots with Cameras and a Sequencer

15. Chapter 12: Enhancing Scenes with Post-Processing and Niagara

16. Chapter 13: Rendering and Exporting Cinematic Shots

17. Index

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Creating Your First Project in Unreal Engine 5

Welcome to this fantastic journey that will allow you to discover how to create photorealistic environments for cinematics in Unreal Engine 5. In this chapter, we will start from the very beginning of the process by installing the Epic Games Launcher and Unreal Engine 5. We will learn the potential of the Epics Game Launcher and how to use its features such as Marketplace and Samples.

We will cover the following topics:

Downloading and installing the Engine
Epic Games Launcher – not just a launcher
Creating your first project
Choosing the perfect template

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to create a new project and know how to use project templates.

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Cinematic Photoreal Environments in Unreal Engine 5

Published in: May 2024

Publisher: Packt

ISBN-13: 9781803244112

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Authors (1)

Giovanni Visai

Giovanni Visai

Giovanni Visai is an Unreal Engine Specialist, Game Designer and Teacher with extensive experience in real-time projects both gaming and virtual production. During the last 5 years, he has led a team in developing interactive solutions, software and virtual production projects in Unreal Engine. In January 2023, he was selected by Epic Games to be part of the World building fellowship EMEA as TA. He teaches virtual production and gaming storytelling at some of the best universities in Italy such as Politecnico di Milano and NABA. He has an MA in screenplay and directing at Scuole Civiche Milano and a BA in Computer Generated Animation at IED Milan. He has worked in the game industry as an environment artist and Lead Artist and now works as Unreal Engine Supervisor and Mentor.

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