Chapter 10: Adding Lighting and Atmospheric Visual Effects in UE5
In the previous chapter, you learned how to build your own virtual 3D movie set of an alien planet's surface.
In this chapter, we will take the 3D movie set that you made in Chapter 9, Building a Virtual 3D Movie Set in UE5, and go through the step-by-step process of lighting and adding various atmospheric visual effects to it.
Lighting is a really important aspect of any scene. It can make or break a 3D movie set since lighting contributes so much in terms of the overall atmosphere and the viewer's emotional response to the environment.
Atmospheric effects such as Fog, Lens Flares, Light Bloom, and Light Shafts can also help to add a lot of mood to a 3D movie set, similar to ...
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