In this course, I'll show you how to set up lighting for a variety of situations. Whether it's overcast weather or natural light in a cave. You will learn a lot of theoretical and practical information. I will also explain how to balance your lighting and make the picture beautiful and optimized at the same time. The course contains over 12 hours of content
Intro Video
Who is this course for
For everyone who is passionate about lighting. Whether you are a lighting artist. Or an environment/level/3D artist who wants to improve the lighting in their scenes. Or want to learn how to set up the lighting for games
It is desirable to have minimal knowledge of UE, but I will show everything
Source files
Because I don't own the original packages I cannot provide all of them to you. But I will give links to free alternative packages, also some of them are already free. And, if you have original packages, I will provide my light layers and additional materials for them
Tools
- Unreal Engine 5
- Photoshop
Even if you work in an engine other than Unreal, this course will still be useful to you. Because I concentrate more on the artistic side
Content Details
Lesson 1 Theory
- Color theory
- Lighting theory
- Surface and camera effects
- Lighting in games
Lesson 2 Exterior Lighting - [Modular Seaside Town]
- Evening lighting setup
- Overcast lighting setup
- Lighting layers included - Lesson 2 Maps.rar
- Cyberpunk Prague Street scene included for additional practice
- Hidden Shrine scene included for additional practice
Lesson 3 Interior Lighting and Lighting Mobility - [Modular Scifi Season 2 Starter Bundle]
- Sci-Fi interior lighting setup
- Static light setup
- Stationary light setup
- Movable light setup
- Scene included - Lesson 3 SciFi_Interior.rar
Lesson 4 Lumen and Ray-Tracing - [Medieval Fantasy Ruins - Dark Forest Environment]
- Lumen lighting setup
- Lighting layers included - Lesson 4 Maps.rar
Lesson 5 Natural Lighting - [Medieval Fantasy Ruins - Dark Forest Environment]
- Natural lighting setup
- Lighting layers included - Lesson 5 Maps.rar
Lesson 6 Multiplayer Lighting - [Modular Desert Town - Desert City - Desert Village]
- Multiplayer lighting setup
- Lighting layers included - Lesson 6 Maps.rar
Lesson 7 Cutscene/Cinematic Lighting - [Subway Sequencer]
- Characters lighting - Theory
- Lighting for cinematics - Theory
- The practice of cinematic lighting. Sequencer scene included
- Characters scenarios scene included to check common three-point lighting setups
- Infiltrator scene included for additional practice
Release Notes
Added subtitles for lessons 1-7 in English. And automatically generated subtitles from it in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian and Spanish