Creating a Traditional Chinese Room Environment in UE5

Name: Creating a Traditional Chinese Room Environment in UE5
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Learn to create a High-Quality 3D environment using Blender, Unreal Engine (UE5) and Substance Painter

Created byAniket Rawat

Last updated 5/2024

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What you'll learn

Learn to create a High-Quality 3D environment from Start to Finish
Learn 3D modelling in Blender
Learn to create realistic textures in Substance Painter
Using Smart Masks and Materials in Substance Painter
Level Design, Composition and Lighting in Unreal Engine 5

Course content

4 sections • 33 lectures • 10h 54m total length

Introduction2:18

Setting up the Reference Images7:14
2. Creating the Writing Table - Part 119:23
3. Creating the Writing Table - Part 229:33
model a traditional writing table in Blender by constructing from a center plane, duplicating with a mirror modifier, adding edge loops and extruding, and refining with solidify, smoothing, and snapping.
Creating the Writing Table - Part 322:24
Creating the Chair24:13
Fixing the Chair4:00
Adjust the chair in a traditional Chinese room environment for UE5 by refining scale, position, and curvature in edit mode, using Z-axis scaling, vertex tweaks, and precise rotations.
Creating the Windows Part - 118:53
Create a crescent-shaped window from a reference image using a plane, extrusions, and a mirror and skin modifier for thickness and smooth shading.
Creating the Windows Part - 223:19
Create reusable window frames for a traditional chinese room in UE5 by modeling in Blender, using reference images, edge loops, mirror modifier, and thickness with the solidify modifier.
Creating the Small Shelf22:09
Create a circular shelf in blender using reference images, increase vertices, apply mirror modifier with clipping, extrude and solidify for thickness, then add internal compartments with precise edge lengths.
Creating the Big Shelf24:29
Create a larger shelf in Blender by following a reference image, adding edge loops, extruding and beveling, and using a mirror modifier to form a symmetrical, hollow structure.
Creating the 4-Fold Screen22:19
Setting up the Room17:52
Scale props to a human reference and arrange them into a cohesive room layout in ue5. Use empty objects, parenting, and collections to manage and move props efficiently.
Creating Small Table and Chairs31:40
Detailing the Room21:29

Texturing the Table Part - 116:26
Organize the Substance Painter layout, then texture the chair and table with a smart material using triplanar projection, tiling, offset, and height adjustments.
Understanding Masks24:08
Explore color space adjustments in Substance Painter for Unreal Engine accuracy, and master masking with black/white masks, fill layers, brushes, and smart masks to craft realistic textures.
UV Unwrapping the Table and Chair19:39
Texturing the Table Part - 227:56
Texturing the Chair10:40
Texture a chair and table in UE5 using smart materials, geometry masks, and mask techniques in Substance Painter to create reusable materials and precise selective application.
Texturing the Shelf and Tables11:52
Texturing the 4-Fold Screen and Shelf26:23
Adding the Balcony14:51
Add a balcony to the room by duplicating planks and refining edges. Set up a camera to preview the scene and prepare for unwrapping and texturing room and windows.
Texturing the Room19:39

Setting up the Scene in Unreal Engine24:10
Exporting Textures20:25
Export textures from Blender or Substance Painter, map RGB to base color, normal to normal, and R, G, and B channels to ambient occlusion, roughness, and metallic in Unreal Engine.
Setting up the Lighting and Post-Processing16:34
Creating the Vases15:28
Creating Small Props Part - 121:36
Creating Small Props Part - 222:24
Texturing the Props22:17
Export props from Blender to Substance Painter, create separate materials for vases and props, bake 4k maps, and texture marble, porcelain, bronze, and wood for a Chinese room in UE5.
Placing the Props19:27
Adding More Props and Taking Hi-Res Screenshots29:33

Requirements

Basic understanding of 3D and the softwares used - Blender, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine 5

Description

Hello everyone and welcome to this new course. In this course, we will go over the entire process of creating a Traditional Chinese Room Environment using Unreal Engine 5, Blender, Substance Painter.

We will go over modelling in Blender, texturing using Substance Painter and setting up the scene, lighting, and materials in Unreal Engine 5.

You will get:

1. 33 Full HD video lectures with over 11+ hours of content and AUDIO commentary.

2. All the files related to the course including .blend files, unreal project files, substance files, reference images, textures etc.

SOFTWARES USED - (BLENDER, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine 5):

All the modelling will be done in Blender, However, the techniques used are universal and can be replicated in any other 3D modelling package. The materials and textures will be created using Substance Painter. Level art, lighting and composition will be done in Unreal Engine 5.

In this course, you will learn everything you need to know to create the final results that you see in the images and trailers. The same techniques can be applied to almost any type of environment.

This course has over 11 hours of content! (All the videos have audio commentary)

We will go over every step in this course together and nothing will be skipped. The course does not have any kind of timelapse so that you can follow every step easily.

We will start by gathering some reference images to gain some initial ideas and the mood for our scene. We will arrange these reference images in a free program called Pure Ref. After this we will move on to Blender and start modelling our main assets. We will start by modelling things like the Writing Table, Chairs, Shelfs and all the different props in our scene, the entire process of modelling will be covered in Blender only.

After we have modeled all our main assets, we will UV Unwrap and export them to Substance Painter to start the texturing process. We will learn to create high quality and realistic materials and the key features of Substance Painter like Smart Masks, generators, smart materials etc.

After this we will import all our models and textures into Unreal Engine and set up the scene over there. The next step would be to set up our lighting and create a mood and atmosphere for our scene. We will use the new features of Unreal Engine such as Lumen to get realistic lighting for our scene and set up a Post-Processing volume to further enhance our scene's visuals.

Then we will spend some more time creating a lot of small props to further detail the scene even more like some Vases, Lamps, Tea Pots etc. We will end this course by adding a couple of props from Quixel Megascans to give the environment a finishing touch, setting up different camera angles and taking high resolution screenshots for our portfolio.

So, I hope to see you there in the course, thank you.

Who is this course for?

Students that have basic knowledge of modelling, texturing and want to learn how to create environments. Everything on this course would be explained in detail but some prior knowledge of the software would be helpful.

Who this course is for:

Students that have basic knowledge of modelling, texturing and want to learn how to create environments. Everything in this course would be explained in detailed but some prior knowledge of the software would be helpful.

Creating a Traditional Chinese Room Environment in UE5

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 2min

Modelling the Assets14 lectures • 4hr 49min

Texturing the Assets9 lectures • 2hr 52min

Level Design in Unreal Engine9 lectures • 3hr 12min

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