Post Processing in Unreal Engine 4

Post Processing in Unreal Engine 4 | UE4 Tutorial (2020)

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Post processing is the best way to bring together various elements from your environments and levels and enhance the visuals to make everything more pleasant to the eye.
In this UE4 tutorial we'll go over how I create my post processing in 3 different scenes with 3 different lighting scenarios. We will aim for a realistic post process trying to get as close as we can to photorealism, but some of the methods shown in this tutorial can be applied to other cases too, such as stylized.
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Post processing is a really important element in levels and environments. If it's not done well, it can be a deal breaker whether it looks good or not, whether it is realistic or not. With that in minding, knowing how to set up a post process correctly and realistically is very important. Sometimes it's hard to find the right values in the beginning, but with practice it should become easier.
Throughout the entire tutorial, in order to visualize various post process effects, there will be some neat (hopefully) animations that will help beginners to understand how everything works. Understanding them is crucial, so with this it should be fairly easy to get used to everything.
Sources:
Using Lookup Tables (LUTs) for Color Grading: docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/E...
"CAMERA BASICS" by Peter McKinnon: • CAMERA BASICS!
Older video on post processing: • How To Set Up A Realis...
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@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of you requested a new tutorial on post processing and it's finally here! I hope you'll find this useful and, if you still have questions, make sure to let me know down below so I can help you out. If you want to see more tutorials in the future, make sure to subscribe to stay up to date with new videos and to support me! :)

@stanwildin3D 4 жыл бұрын

Bro, its ur old friend lol. The ice dice or aka Stan or 1manstudio guy. It looks like ur gone for me on discord. I have a sort of a giant problem in my unreal that I don't know how I got it. Like... It's legit messing with my head. Idk if it's something in the project setting I messed up or somewhere else. And here is the problem: Every time I try to sculpt or manipulate the landscape just a tiny bit or not even a tiny. Just anything in the sculpt mode, my fps drops to 5fps like wtf. I can't do anything to my world, it just lags the hell out of it. And it's also using a ton of cpu power. Imma drop my discord here in case u know how to help. Cause u might need to see stuff idk. Ugh... Please help 🥺 StanWildin#3874

@KO28JOJO Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best brief lighting tut... i am still looking for a one with more information and examples, but this one did the trick for me! Thank you!

@sharjeelsaeed4035 4 жыл бұрын

One of the best tutorials I’ve come across, a good pace and love the use of the comparison pictures. Keep it up 👍🏻

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I really appreciate it! :D

@TheIsleNarrator 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy I stumbled upon your channel! Bless you my friend and may you never stop providing us with free educational content!

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words!

@axie-m 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this excellently designed and informative video!! Clear, concise, to the point. you saved me!

@conliviu 4 жыл бұрын

Nice! Quality content! Consistent explanations! Pretty technical, but to the point! Well done!

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@RafSanCad 2 жыл бұрын

VERY good tut. Congrats and thank you!!!

@MaryIam13 4 жыл бұрын

Oh this is so helpful for my project since I'm still a beginner, thanks for the tutorial!! ^-^

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@arashi8876 4 жыл бұрын

Yesss , I needed this !! Thanks N ♥ !

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!

@es-games 4 жыл бұрын

Thx! Very very good! I love it!

@gedaskofficial531 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man I hope he doesn't stop making videos! Amazing videos!

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

I don't have any plans to stop and hopefully I will have more time for videos soon as summer is very close.

@dasbloehr6639 4 жыл бұрын

This helped me set up my scene, thanks for the great tutorial

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

That's good to hear, I hope you achieved what you were aiming for!

@dasbloehr6639 4 жыл бұрын

@@NitrogenDev I did, thanks

@artiodainlard 3 жыл бұрын

thank you a lot!

@png940 Жыл бұрын

great informative video thanks alot

@vincentenrouelibre 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much

@Emaloac 4 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah man this is Nice Tutorial ! Thanks !

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks as well! :D

@vit9233 2 жыл бұрын

i have been using post processing milion times.. but there is always something new i see

@Joshuahendrix 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks m8 just what I needed

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it's useful! :D

@devm3240 4 жыл бұрын

You are really awesome man 🧡

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

You are! :)

@cnucnu3462 3 жыл бұрын

really nice tutorials!

@NitrogenDev 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@topexclusive1101 4 жыл бұрын

loved it

@scottlee38 4 жыл бұрын

Nice and easy!

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Then my intention was achieved.

@ivory6738 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!

@gursimransingh8726 4 жыл бұрын

a tutorial on accurate light shaft with volumetric fog please

@davidkeithbecket 5 ай бұрын

Thank you. But do you know where 'screen percentage' has gone in UE5?

@pravarchviz1782 4 жыл бұрын

Very useful tutorial 👍 . can you make detailed video on Localized post-process effect in UE4?

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Would you mind explaining what you mean by localized?

@rudrasingh6354 4 жыл бұрын

@@NitrogenDev I think they mean certain post processing effects in confined areas, like underwater

@richardpereira3897 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial as always! Could you possibly do a tutorial on how to create an ocean shader? Thanks!

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

I would do one, but I'm not very well-versed with shaders.

@richardpereira3897 4 жыл бұрын

@@NitrogenDev Ah that's understandable, thank you for replying! 👍

@peter486 2 жыл бұрын

i love you.

@scottbez6872 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do tutorial on how to add Wall Run, Dodging, Multi-jump, Landing Assist, and climbing ledges like Assassin Creed games? maybe add the code to the existing 3rd person or even First person template? im sure other people would be interested in this as well. great tuts! .

@lGNITED 3 жыл бұрын

yea

@GBTC2011 2 жыл бұрын

post process volumes do not respond to priority in 4.26. I have an unbound post process and another one with a higher priority, but the unbound one still shows up.

@mrketts 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this info, it’s very helpful. What CPU and GPU do you use? Everything looks like it’s running smoothly and I want to make a good choice on CPU and GPU for my upcoming build. Thanks for any advice😀

@NitrogenDev 3 жыл бұрын

My CPU is an I7 7700k combined with a GTX 1080 Ti.

@mrketts 3 жыл бұрын

Nitrogen thank you so much! I’ve been trying to see what card and cpu to get. Now I can see that there’s a range of CPUs and gpus I can get that will work. Thanks again and look forward to the next video!

@wildrelicproductions4879 4 жыл бұрын

Could you possibly do a tutorial on the valorent agent viper and her toxic screen ability?

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Actually I've been meaning to make some Valorant videos as I just got my hands on the game, so I might do that soon.

@DonEsteban3D 3 жыл бұрын

5:05 Nice trees, where did you got those?

@NitrogenDev 3 жыл бұрын

They're from the Procedural Landscape Ecosystem pack on the marketplace: www.unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/procedural-landscape-ecosystem

@CreepyStories433 2 жыл бұрын

for some reason this setup makes my scene completely dark, in the preview / editor it looks good, however when I test play the game the entire environment is without the light source and completely dark, any fix for that? but great tutorial, Thank you!

@NitrogenDev 2 жыл бұрын

It's quite hard to tell what's going on without seeing your entire setup, but I would check if the camera is not stuck in another mesh and if the problem happens in that level alone. It might also be helpful to rebuild the lighting from zero.

@angrybonobro8711 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, did you found a method to replace the Depth of field effect from your previous video on post process ?

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, through cine camera, which allow for very precise focus settings.

@angrybonobro8711 4 жыл бұрын

@@NitrogenDev Is it usable for a game? Basically I want this effect only under water

@NitrogenDev 4 жыл бұрын

@@angrybonobro8711 yeah, it probably is more than fine in a game.

@Restart-Gaming 3 жыл бұрын

Please Please would like to see a video on how to optimize landscape for better frame rate I only ask I have a large open world map for my survival game its 16 tiles but its only get about 45+ or - frame rate that is only when i have the camera looking down same when in play mode when I look straight my frame rate drops to 5 not sure if its a lod setting or streaming setting Have no idea is there any way that you can do a video or let me know if there is doc or other videos on this and thanks

@NitrogenDev 3 жыл бұрын

The landscape alone shouldn't cause much lag. Do you have a large amount of grass and trees? If that's the case and you want to keep it, you should play around with culling. Culling will hide the grass and trees if they're far away. You can also adjust how far the meshes have to be to get culled.

@Restart-Gaming 3 жыл бұрын

@@NitrogenDev Hey thanks saw a small video looks great but will this also work for my large mountains in the far distant or is that streaming with fog layer??? hope i said that right also thanks I did not know what the word that i was looking for

@NitrogenDev 3 жыл бұрын

@@Restart-Gaming Yes, it should work even far away, but it might get masked by exponential height fog unless you adjust its height to max out at a certain distance from the ground.

@derakon4791 3 жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me plz, unreal engine 4 will be faster if I use ssd or not? I have hdd and 32 gb ram but I think my pc still work wery slow, when I try import big size assets and 4 k textures. I don't know maybe it's hdd problem or cpu I have only 4 core

@NitrogenDev 3 жыл бұрын

Using an SSD for your Unreal Engine versions and projects is going to help, but not much with big assets and 4K textures. Those contain A LOT of information to be imported, so there's not much you can do hardware-wise to improve importing times.

@derakon4791 3 жыл бұрын

@@NitrogenDev

@Restart-Gaming 3 жыл бұрын

not to be a pain but when i do the culling on my landscape I have 16 tiles to i do it to all at once or one at a time???

@NitrogenDev 3 жыл бұрын

What do you mean by doing culling all at once or one at a time? The number of tiles you have shouldn't really influence how culling behaves, because you want to cull the grass (therefore adjust the culling settings on in the foliage panel), not the landscape.

@Restart-Gaming 3 жыл бұрын

@@NitrogenDev super thanks very much

@Restart-Gaming 3 жыл бұрын

@@NitrogenDev Thanks I am a newbie and this is way out of my knowledge base I dont have the grass in the foliage panel under foliage tab mine is in the detail panel and was looking there is no way that I could see to adjusted the culling setting unless there is doc or videos I thing I bite of more them I can chew maybe should leave this kind of open world game to the pros I just single dev can not make openworld games not enough people but thanks for all the help maybe single dev stick with very tiny games we can not match the AAA game dev

@therealmodernwalking9695 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love how you shortened your post process volume into "pp"

@NitrogenDev 2 жыл бұрын

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

@Um1aut 3 жыл бұрын

Сразу видно по голосу, наш брат, русский)

@Dreamtheory618 2 жыл бұрын

Really great tutorials, my only comment suggestion is.. please slow down just a little. you talk so fast haha im was scrambling for the pause button every time I was trying to match the settings in my scene XD

@NitrogenDev 2 жыл бұрын

Looking back on it, now that I no longer make Unreal-related content or tutorials per se (instead I create video essays now), I really did talk fast haha.