You're reading from Architectural Visualization in Unreal Engine 5 Create photorealistic architectural interior renderings in UE5

Product type Paperback

Published in Feb 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781837639762

Length 496 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Unreal

Concepts

Game Design

Author (1):

Ludovico Palmeri

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Building the Scene

2. Chapter 1: Setting Up the Project FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Preparing the Scene

4. Chapter 3: Importing the Scene

5. Chapter 4: Managing Your Assets

6. Part 2: Illuminating and Materializing the Scene

7. Chapter 5: Lighting in Unreal – the Essentials

8. Chapter 6: Lighting the Scene

9. Chapter 7: Exploring Materials

10. Chapter 8: Creating Architectural Materials

11. Chapter 9: Detailing the Scene with Decals

12. Part 3: Completing the Scene

13. Chapter 10: Making Interactive Elements Using Blueprints

14. Chapter 11: Communicating between Blueprints

15. Chapter 12: Optimizing the Scene

16. Part 4: Rendering the Scene

17. Chapter 13: Setting Up Cameras

18. Chapter 14: Post-Processing Images

19. Chapter 15: Discovering the Sequencer

20. Chapter 16: Rendering the Scene

21. Index

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Appendix:Substrate Materials

Overview

Creating Materials properly

As we mentioned previously, everything happens inside the Material Graph. The Material Graph is constructed by creating nodes or Expressions and connecting them to the input pins on the Main Material Node. The data flows from left to right in the Graph, and the Main Material Node acts as the endpoint for every Material network since it contains the final input pins that determine the compiled information for the Material . Material Expressions in the Graph only affect the Material if they are part of a chain connected to the Main Material Node. By plugging Expressions such as constants, parameters, and textures into these inputs, you can define the surface properties of your Material and create a wide range of physical surfaces. Once you’ve done this, you have to understand what Expressions are and how to create them.