The Secret to make Unreal Engine 5.2 PHOTOREALISTIC Revealed

This video is all about making the visuals in Unreal Engine look as photorealistic as possible. It’s not quite a tutorial but it does cover the workflow I used to get the foliage and lighting to look incredibly realistic as quickly as possible. PATREON Want to support my work and become a Game Dev Academy governor? Then check out the Patreon page & come and join us! ►► DISCORD ♥ Join the Game Dev Academy Discord & get sorted into your Game Dev Academy house! - ♥ RESOURCES USED Height Maps: Megascans: Barn: Trees: Sky HDRI: MORE TUTORIALS FROM ME Unreal Engine 4 for Beginners: Creating Your First Game in Unreal Engine 4: Maya Tutorial for Beginners 2021 | 2022: MY PC SPECS (Affiliate links) CPU: GPU: Motherboard: RAM: PSU: Case: Keyboard: Monitor: VIDEO CHAPTERS Introduction 00:00 Landscape Mood Board 00:34 Creating the project 01:02 New level 01:13 Creating a landscape using a height map 01:21 Finding a nice view 01:38 Adding a material to the landscape 02:00 Adding grass foliage 02:30 Using path tracing 03:26 Fixing grass culling distance 04:13 Tweaking material colours in the material instance 04:40 Using a HDRI image for the sky 04:49 Adding the cobblestone wall 05:50 Adding trees 06:38 Adding the barn 07:45 Adding the hedges 08:09 Landscape layer blend for field materials 08:40 Finishing touches 09:23 Finalise lighting 09:35 Final render 10:20 Conclusion 10:35