Unreal Engine 4 : Complete Creation of Two Natural Scenes

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Learn how to use the Unreal Engine with Speedtree to render natural scenes in real-time.

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Section 1 : Introduction

Final Render
Resources
About Copyrights
Complete Project Overview

Section 2 : Speedtree - Common Trees

Interface Overview
Creation of Our Trunk
Add Texture on Our Trunk
Add Relief With Displacement
Add Branches
Creation of Our Fronds Clusters (Part.1)
Creation of Our Fronds Clusters (Part.2)
Creation of Model From Clusters
Tweak Settings
Add Wind to our Tree
Configure AO and LODs
Export and Test in UE4
Anchor Points Overview
Randomize Function
Creation of Second Model
Creation of Dead Fronds and Third Model
Creation of Third Model
Add Wind to Third Model

Section 3 : Speedtree - Dead Trees

Creation of our First Dead Model
Creation of Our Second Dead Model (Part.1)
Creation of Our Second Dead Model (Part.2)
Add Some "Decorations"
Add Peelings in Our Trunks

Section 4 : Speedtree - Saplings

Creation of Our First Model
Creation of Other Models
Set Wind

Section 5 : Speedtree - Export to UE4

Export and Test in UE4
Tweaks and "Reimport"

Section 6 : Unreal Engine 4 - Foliage Material Master

Creation of Material Function "FoliageSet" (Part.1)
Creation of Material Function "FoliageSet" (Part.2)
Add Base Color and First Test
Add Parameters (Emissive, Roughness, Specular...)
Configuration of Normal
Gradient Function Update
End of Our Material Function
Set Billboards
Clean Function
Creation of our Function of Bark
Creation of All Instances
Clean Trees Folder

Section 7 : 3ds Max / Speedtree / UE4 - Grass Sets Creation

Setup 3ds Project
Creation of our First Two Models
Creation of our Third Models
Export to Speedtree and Setup Project
Creation of Our Tall Grass Set (Part.1)
Creation of Our Tall Grass Set (Part.2)
First Test in UE4 and Improve of Vegetation Material Master
Configure LODs, AO and Wind
Creation of Our Medium Grass Set
Creation of Our Small Grass Set
Final Export in UE4 (Merged)

Section 8 : 3ds Max / Speedtree / UE4 - "Dry" Plants Sets Creation

About Models Creation
3ds Max - Model 01 Creation
3ds Max - Model 02 Creation
3ds Max - Model 03 Creation
Speedtree - First Set Creation (Part.1)
Speedtree - First Set Creation (Part.2)
Speedtree - Complete Second Set Creation
Speedtree - Complete Third Set Creation

Section 9 : Unreal Engine 4 - About Optimization (Part.1)

UE4 - Issues With Merged Textures
Unreal Engine 4 - Visual Comparaison
Unreal Engine 4 - Statistics Comparaison

Section 10 : 3ds Max / Speedtree / UE4 - "Plants" Sets Creation

(s) 3ds Max - Creation of the First Model
(s) 3ds Max - Creation of the Second Model
(s) 3ds Max - Creation of the Third Model
(s) 3ds Max - Creation of the Fourth Model
Speedtree / UE4 - Complete First Set Creation
Speedtree / UE4 - Complete Second Set Creation
Speedtree / UE4 - Complete Third Set Creation
Speedtree - Fourth Set Creation (Part.1)
Speedtree / UE4 - Fourth Set Creation (Part.2)
Speedtree / UE4 - Fourth Set Creation (Part.2)

Section 11 : Unreal Engine 4 - Landscape Master Material

Triplanar Overview
Creation of our Function Layer (Part.1)
Creation of our Function Layer (Part.2)
Creation of our Function Layer (Part.3)
Creating of Layer Grass
Setup Distance Fade
Creating of Dirt & Rock Layers
Creating of the Blend Hierarchy
Creating of our Paint Layers
Implementation of Automatic Foliage

Section 12 : Quixel Mixer - Landscape Textures Creations

Interface
Ground Texture (Part.1)
Ground Texture (Part.2)
Combined Export to UE4
Ground Variration
Add Tessellation in Landscape Material Master
Get Better Tessellation
Dirt Texture
Dirt Variation Texture
Rock Texture
Riverbed Texture

Section 13 : Unreal Engine 4 - Environment Master Material

Creation of our EnviroSet Function (Part.1)
Creation of our EnviroSet Function (Part.2)
Clean our Function
Creation of Blending Function (Part.1)
Creation of Blending Function (Part.2)
Creation of Vertex Function (Part.1)
Creation of Vertex Function (Part.2)
Creation of Moss Cover Function (Part.1)
Creation of Moss Cover Function (Part.2)
Creation of Moss Cover Function (Part.3)
Creation of Moss Cover Function (Part.4)
Creation of Wetness Function & End of our Material
Creation of Bump Function and Final Test

Section 14 : Complete Asset Setup Workflow

Bridge / 3ds Max - Setup Asset
Photoshop - Texture Combined Creation
Unreal Engine 4 - Import and Test

Section 15 : Generic Plants Creation

(s) 3ds Max - Models Creation
Speedtree - Fern01 Creation
Speedtree - Fern02 Creation
Speedtree - Fern03 Creation & Export
Speedtree - Clovers Creation
Speedtree - River Plants 01 (Part.1)
Speedtree - River Plants 01 (Part.2)
Speedtree - River Plants 02
Unreal Engine 4 - Clean Project

Section 16 : Unreal Engine 4 - Decals Material

Unreal Engine 4 - Creation of Our Decals Master Material

Section 17 : Unreal Engine 4 - Scene Creation

Creating Terrain and River
Placing of Trees
Add Landscape Reliefs
Add Texture Variations
Improve Variations
Setting the Landscape Grass Foliage (LGT)
Improve Tree Placement
Adding Volumetric Fog
Enable Dynamic Indirect Lighting (LPV)
Getting a Sharper Visual with Post Process Material
Add Vegetion around the River
Add Rocks
Add Decals
Add Small Details (pinecone, sticks, mushrooms...)

Section 18 : Unreal Engine 4 - Setup Lighting

Configure Post Process
Add Color Grading (LUT)
Add Reflection
Create First HDR (Nvidia Ansel)
Rework Tree Placement
Adjust Foliage Color

Section 19 : Unreal Engine 4 - Take Renders

Setup Renders (Consol Commands)
First Render (Ansel)
Custom CineCam Overview
Second Render
Other Renders

Section 20 : Unreal Engine 4 - About Optimization (Part.2)

Actor to Optimize
Set LODs
Enable Shadow Contact
Reduce Texture Resolutions (LOD Bias)
Alternative Reflection
Reduce Tessellation Density
Reduce Volumetric Fog
Enable Early Z-Pass

Section 21 : Unreal Engine 4 - Extra Additions

Alternative Wind
Interact Foliage

Section 22 : Learn How to Create a "Lost Road" scene

About This Part Preview
Overview Final Project Preview

Section 23 : Unreal Engine 4 - Material Updates

Update of Layers Function
Add Mask Variation
Update Biome Layers
Get Better Blending Automatic Material
Update of Enviro Master Material

Section 24 : Speedtree / Unreal Engine 4 - Pine Creation

Chapter Overview
Clusters Setup
Cluster Creation (Part.1)
Cluster Creation (Part.2)
Second Cluster Creation
Render as Textures
Atlas Creation
Trunk Creation (Part.1)
Trunk Creation (Part.2)
Adding Main Branches
Adding Secondary Branches
Top Tree Creation
Add Small Branches to the Trunk
Update Atlas
Add Moss to Small Branches
(Tips) Change Parent Curve
LODs + Wind + AO Configuration
Export and Test in UE4
Trees Update
Second Model Creation
Sapling Creation
Bush Creation
Final Export in UE4

Section 25 : Speedtree / Unreal Engine 4 - Dogwood Creation

Chapter Overview
First Cluster Creation (Part.1)
First Cluster Creation (Part.2)
Second Cluster Creation
Flowered Cluster Creation (Part.1)
Flowered Cluster Creation (Part.2)
Dogwood Atlas Creation
Bark Creation - Split Function
Adding Branches
Models Creation from Atlas Texture
Adding Leaves
Adding Moss
Branches Optimization
Ambient Occlusion, LODs and Wind Configuration
First Test in UE4
Creation of First Flowered Model
Creation of Second Models
Creation of Bush
Final Export in UE4 (Merged)

Section 26 : Remove Noisy Alpha (Speedtree Export)

How to Remove Noisy Alpha

Section 27 : Speedtree / Unreal Engine 4 - Ground Foliage Creation

Chapter Overview
First Grass Cluster Creation (Part.1)
First Grass Cluster Creation (Part.2)
Second Grass Cluster Creation
First Plant Cutout
First Plant Cluster Creation
Second Plant Cutout
Second Plant "Clear" Cluster Creation
Second Plant "Dark" Cluster Creation
How to Change Color Range in Photoshop
Third Plant Cluster Creation
Twigs Cluster Creation
Atlas Creation (Part.1)
Atlas Creation (Part.2)
Atlas Creation (Part.3)
Atlas Creation (Part.4)
First Grass Patch Creation
Second Grass Patch Creation
First Plant Patch Creation
Second Plant Patch Creation
Third Plant Patch Creation
Twigs Creation (Part.1)
Twigs Creation (Part.2)
Final Export in UE4 (Merged)

Section 28 : Unreal Engine 4 - How to Get a Better Placement for Automatic Foliage

Chapter Overview
Creation of "Vegetation Mask" Function
Creation of "Vegetation Logic" Function
Adding the Function to our Master Material and Test

Section 29 : Quixel Mixer / Unreal Engine 4 - Create Landscape Textures

Chapter Overview
Creating the Grass Texture
Creating the Dirt Texture
Creating the Rock Texture
Export and Test in UE4

Section 30 : Quixel Mixer / 3ds Max / Unreal Engine 4 - Road Creation

Chapter Overview
Creating the Road Base Texture
Creating the Road Cracked Texture
Creating the Road Model
Export and Test in UE4
Texture Retakes and Final Test

Section 31 : Unreal Engine 4 / Photoshop - Decals

Chapter Overview
Creating the Master Material
Configure Patches for Road
Create Dogwood Leaves Decal in Speedtree
Create Pine Needles Decal in Speedtree
Create RDAO and Final Test

Section 32 : Unreal Engine 4 - Scene Creation

Road Placement
About Procedural Foliage Spawner
Add Reliefs to the Landscape
Add Road Variation Textures
Procedural Pines Placement
Add Ground Foliage
Add Fog
Enable Nvidia Ansel and Generate the HDRI
Dogwood Placement
Enable Dynamic Indirect Lighting (LPV)
Add Side Decals
Add Side Vegetation
How to Setup a Megascans Rocks
Add Rocks
Add Road Decals
Getting a Better Tessellation
Adding Final Details

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