Light a cinematic scene in Unreal

Learn how to create and finalise a cinematic look and feel to your Unreal Engine 4 environments

Here we will discuss how to create mood and visual storytelling in UE4. Understanding how to craft a visual style and story can help you to create intense moods or to provoke a particular emotion from the viewer. We will look at creating key visual story elements in the scene to help establish lighting, history, time, place, wear, damage and other characteristics. In order to make an impact on viewers, visual artists need to be able to establish a visual background story. Knowledge of the elements that help craft this story is important for any visual artists wanting to impact the viewer. We will also examine the use of post-processing settings in Unreal to achieve mood through colour and value. Using Photoshop to process our image and establishing a lookup…

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The 3D Art & Design Annual (Digital) - 1 Issue, Vol 3

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