Unreal Complete Scene – Forest Environment by Michael Gerard

The course is an in-depth journey through creating a forest environment from scratch. You’ll explore various software tools like Speedtree 9, UE5.1, Quixel Mixer, Gaea, Photoshop, and more to master the creation of textures, vegetation, shaders, terrains, and complete scene composition.

Here’s what you’ll learn:

• Speedtree 9: Next-gen tree creation, 3D branches, ground foliage models, and more.
• UE5: Advanced shaders for trunk, foliage, terrain, Megascans assets, composition, renders using Movie Render Queue, and more.
• Quixel Mixer: Crafting advanced textures with animated puddles for UE5, and correct texture exporting.
• Gaea: Creating terrains for the scene background and exporting masks for UE5 texturing.
• Photoshop: Color replacement, quality enhancement, and mask combining.

The course is divided into chapters covering different aspects such as tree creation, shaders, landscape, terrain, Megascans, scene composition, wind effects, particles, and rendering. You’ll get approximately 51 hours of video tutorials in 1080/30fps resolution, with chapters available for separate download.

Software used includes Speedtree 9.1.2 or above, Unreal Engine 5.1, 3D modelers (Blender, 3ds Max, Maya), photo/image editing software (Photoshop, Gimp), Quixel Mixer 2022, and Gaea 1.3.2 (optional).

This course is designed for anyone looking to learn, improve, or refine their skills in environment creation, although a basic understanding of Unreal Engine is recommended. It’s important to note that using the same version (UE5.1) as the course is strongly advised to avoid potential errors not covered in the tutorials.

Refund conditions are specified, and there’s a note about the copyrights—materials in the course are for personal use only and cannot be shared, sold, or distributed freely.

Please ensure you use Windows 10 (64 bits) for compatibility and have Winrar or 7zip for file decompression.