Unreal Engine 5 - Environment Design

Unreal Engine is the world's most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool for photoreal visuals and immersive experiences. It is free to use for creating linear content like films, and for custom and internal projects. It’s also free in many cases for game development. Unreal Engine is a complete suite of creation tools for game development, architectural and automotive visualization, linear film and television content creation, broadcast and live event production, training and simulation, and other real-time applications.

In this course, you will start by looking at how to generate ideas. After that, you will see the basic idea behind blocking out your scene. Next, you will learn how to use Quixel Megascans in Unreal Engine 5, set up great lightning, atmosphere, fog, and more.

Finally, you will be rendering a final image from Unreal Engine 5.

By the end of the course, you will be confident enough to use Unreal Engine to create environment design. You will be able to create a complete 3D environment from scratch and master how to use Quixel Megascans library and how to think and get inspired to create beautiful scenes.

No matter what field you are in—games or films—you will be able to create stunning 3D scenes after completing this course.

Note: The asset files are included with this course; just note that the Ray and R2D2 models are with a non-commercial license, and you can’t use those models in a commercial project, just for personal use only.

What You Will Learn

• Learn how to create a blockout for your scene in Unreal Engine 5
• Get to know Quixel Megascans and how to use them to your advantage
• How to generate ideas and get inspired
• Look at the basic idea behind blocking out your scene
• Set up great lightning, atmosphere, fog and more
• Render a final image from Unreal Engine 5

Audience

This course is ideal for intermediate students who want to expand their knowledge and skills in environmental design with Unreal Engine. This will also help game developers who wish to expand their art skill set, and artists who are interested in photorealistic AAA environment design.

You will need a Mac or PC capable of running Unreal Engine. The course is not for complete beginners, it's for intermediate- or expert-level users. An individual competent and confident with using a computer will grasp the content easily.

About The Author

Ivan Yosifov: Ivan Yosifov is a 3D Artist and co-founder at Seven Bulls Games Ltd. He creates online courses in 3D/2D and game art. He owns a studio that is focused on developing AAA mobile shooter games. He has more than 12 years of experience in the mobile game development industry. He has a bachelor’s degree in computer technology. He is also the winner of the Sofie Game Jam 2016.