Creating a photorealistic landscape is a challenging but worthwhile endevor for any 3D artist. In this video I'm going make a photorealistic landscape inside of Unreal Engine 5 leveraging the powerful pathtracer!

Helpful pathtracing console commands
r.PathTracing.ProgressDisplay 1
r.Raytracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.Culling 0

If you're wanting to use instanced foliage with wind try these
r.Raytracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.EvaluateWPO 1
r.RayTracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.SimulationClusterRadius
r.RayTracing.Geometry.InstancedStaticMeshes.SimulationCount


Mentioned Speedtree tutorial
https://www.artstation.com/danielpere...

My PC specs
GPU - Nvidia 2060 Super
CPU - i7 9700
RAM - 64GB DDR4
Motherboard - MSI Z370-A Pro


Contents of this video
00:00 - Intro
01:26 - Level Creation
02:52 - Creating the Terrain
04:14 - Importing the Terrain
05:06 - Creating the Landscape Material
06:11 - Setting up the Composition
06:37 - Tree Creation Overview
07:52 - Scattering Foliage
13:36 - Path Tracer Settings
14:54 - Improving Terrain Color
15:44 - Lighting
18:49 - Post Process Color Grading
19:30 - Creating Animation
24:01 - Rendering Animation
25:55 - Color Grading in Resolve
27:35 - Outro