Create a Photorealistic Landscape in Unreal Engine 5

Creating a photorealistic landscape is a challenging but worthwhile endevor for any 3D artist. In this video I'm going make a photorealistic landscape inside of Unreal Engine 5 leveraging the powerful pathtracer!

Helpful pathtracing console commands
r.PathTracing.ProgressDisplay 1
r.Raytracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.Culling 0

If you're wanting to use instanced foliage with wind try these
r.Raytracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.EvaluateWPO 1
r.RayTracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.SimulationClusterRadius
r.RayTracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.SimulationCount

Mentioned Speedtree tutorial

My PC specs
GPU - Nvidia 2060 Super
CPU - i7 9700
RAM - 64GB DDR4
Motherboard - MSI Z370-A Pro

Contents of this video
00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Level Creation
02:52 - Creating the Terrain
04:14 - Importing the Terrain
05:06 - Creating the Landscape Material
06:11 - Setting up the Composition
06:37 - Tree Creation Overview
07:52 - Scattering Foliage
13:36 - Path Tracer Settings
14:54 - Improving Terrain Color
15:44 - Lighting
18:49 - Post Process Color Grading
19:30 - Creating Animation
24:01 - Rendering Animation
25:55 - Color Grading in Resolve
27:35 - Outro

[gabetandy]

Thanks for watching! If you have any questions or things you want to discuss feel free to leave a comment (:

[WilliamFaucher]

Absolutely top notch stuff, Gabe! Love seeing more artists using the pathtracer!

[Chrelle]

Thank you very much for showing.
I Only have the Unreal Engine 5 and starter packs, so thank you for making it easy to follow.
I only had 2-3 hours with the engine before watching your video, but I was able to follow your video and make something to show for it. I did however watch it several times, to try and copy some of the effects.

Thank you once again.

[simonpatonx]

Thank you so much for such a thorough and clear tutorial, Gabe. As someone just getting started in UE5 scene creation, this was an absolute lifesaver, and massive inspiration.

[rohw]

You are a highly respectful content creator and deserve more subs.
I don’t necessarily work with unreal engine 5 but wanted to learn about its capabilities and where games are headed.
Our future is bright in your hands.

[PeterLeban]

Oh wow, this really looks great! At first, I was like "no way, this is a reference photo" then at 18 min mark my mind started blowing off. Kudos, Sir!

[MainAk]

Its your first video on YouTube and it looks super professional and easy to understand. Hope you make more tutorials like this.

[emmanuelcambier]

One of the most realistic picture from UE 5 so far... congrats !!

[محمدالحربي-حرط]

after browsing through so many channels. Yours is by far the best. The explaining thod is so great and detailed even complex stuff is

[Xavwanderboy]

SUPER GOOD first tutorial, for a beautiful scene. Congrats ! I can't wait to see what you come with next :)

[Recursive_palindrome]

Shadow of every grass stalk in game will hit hard my PC's performance. But it looks gorgeous!

[musikdoktor]

One of the best 3d landscapes i've seen. Thanks

[thecavemandynamic]

Wow, look at how gorgeous that landscape 😮 Unreal Engine 5 is absolutely mind-blowing period.

[harveymarks]

Awesome, one of the best I have seen. Love that you can actually see the words in the Blueprints. So many are illegible even with me zooming in. Just awesome!!!!

[Sean-Patrick-Guthrie]

Outstanding work and I was blown away in the lighting segment. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[simonflash_edit]

Thanks for sharing your experience Gabe. Just small details like how to accurately match the size of your landscape are often not mentioned/overlooked by other creators. I would love to see more of your content in the future :)

[sthJuniorPK]

Great video. I'm even more impressed you got over 3K subs off of one video lol! That speaks to the quality and deserves a tip of the hat.

[Stallagmite]

Dude, looks so nice I want to go for a walk in it.

[ra-ul]

That's an impressive first upload, very well done. The landscape looks gorgeous.

[mauricioandrestiznadoroman]

5 seconds before you said thats a bit boring I was like dude thats sick