Book Image

Architectural Visualization in Unreal Engine 5

By : Ludovico Palmeri
Book Image

Architectural Visualization in Unreal Engine 5

By: Ludovico Palmeri

Overview of this book

If you excel at creating beautiful architectural renderings offline, but face challenges replicating the same quality in real time, this book will show you how the versatile Unreal Engine 5 enables such transformations effortlessly. While UE5 is widely popular, existing online training resources can be overwhelming and often lack a focus on Architectural visualization. This comprehensive guide is designed for individuals managing tight deadlines, striving for photorealism, and handling typical client revisions inherent to architectural visualization. The book starts with an introduction to UE5 and its capabilities, as well as the basic concepts and principles of architectural visualization. You’ll then progress to essential topics such as setting up a project, modeling and texturing 3D assets, lighting and materials, and post-processing effects. Along the way, you’ll find practical tips, best practices, and hands-on exercises to develop your skills by applying what you learn. By the end of this UE5 book, you'll have acquired the skills to confidently create high-quality architectural visualizations in Unreal Engine and become proficient in building an architectural interior scene in UE5 to produce professional still images.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1: Building the Scene
6
Part 2: Illuminating and Materializing the Scene
12
Part 3: Completing the Scene
16
Part 4: Rendering the Scene
Appendix:Substrate Materials

Exploring different types of Blueprints

There are many types of blueprints, but they can be broadly categorized into two main types:

  • Level Blueprints: A specialized type of Blueprint that acts as a level-wide global event graph and is automatically created for any level you add to your project.
  • Blueprint Classes: These are the most common type of blueprint, and they can be used to create almost any type of gameplay element. For this reason, they are often shortened to simply “Blueprint.”

Let’s go through them in detail.

Level Blueprint

A level Blueprint is a special type of Blueprint that is used to control and automate many aspects of a level in Unreal Engine. Each level in your project has its own level Blueprint, which is created by default and can be edited within Unreal Editor.

To access it, you can do one of the following:

  • Click on the little blueprint icon in the Level tab, which is next to each level.
  • Click on the...