Tutorial: Unreal Engine for Photorealistic Interiors

What you’ll learn

• Chapter 1
  • 1.1 Good practices
  • 1.2 Optimizing Mesh
  • 1.3 Unwrapping Mesh for good lightmaps
• Chapter 2
  • 2.1 Install Datasmith plugin
  • 2.2 Using Datasmith plugin to export 3D files
• Chapter 3
  • 3.1 Epic Games Launcher
  • 3.2 Creating the Project
  • 3.3 Unreal Engine Interface
  • 3.4 Unreal Engine Shortcuts
• Chapter 4
  • 4.1 Importing Datasmith File
  • 4.2 Check 3D meshes for any artifacts
  • 4.3 World Settings
  • 4.4 Saving The Project
• Chapter 5
  • 5.1 GPULightmass Installation
  • 5.2 Using GPULightmass for faster bakes
  • 5.3 GPULightmass Settings
  • 5.4 Lightmap Resolution
  • 5.5 Re-importing assets
  • 5.6 Setting up HDRI for lighting
• Chapter 6
  • 6.1 Skylight
  • 6.2 Important Material Nodes
  • 6.3 Quixel Megascans
  • 6.4 Quixel Bridge
  • 6.5 Material Creation
  • 6.6 Mipmaps (Low Res Version of Textures)
• Chapter 7
  • 7.1 Types of Lights in Unreal Engine
  • 7.2 Light Parameters
• Chapter 8
  • 8.1 Artificial Lighting
  • 8.2 Reflection Capture Actors
  • 8.3 Improving Reflection
  • 8.4 Planar Reflection
• Chapter 9
  • 9.1 Render Still Images
  • 9.2 Optimization Techniques
  • 9.3 Texture Optimization
  • 9.4 LOD or Level of Detail
• Chapter 10
  • 10.1 Camera Animation
  • 10.2 Level Sequence
  • 10.3 Rendering Image Sequence
• Chapter 11
  • 11.1 Adding arch vis character in the scene
  • 11.2 Adding controls to control the character
  • 11.3 Collisions
• Chapter 12
  • 12.1 Main Menu
  • 12.2 TV Interaction
  • 12.3 Variant Manager
  • 12.4 Door Interaction
• Chapter 13
  • 13.1 Migrating Assets From One Project To Another
  • 13.2 Packaging The Project
  • 13.3 Creating Compressed Project