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Illuminating Your World with Lighting

In this chapter, we will learn how to use the lighting system in Unreal Engine 5 to create stunning lighting for objects and environments. We will learn what Lumen is and how it works. We will explore all the different lighting assets inside Unreal Engine 5 and we will discover some useful tricks to make your light more realistic. Lighting is a very important thing inside the environment creation workflow. Knowing all the different lighting techniques will allow you to improve the final quality of your work.

By the end of this chapter, we will be able to create a variety of different types of lighting for single and multiple objects and for massive environments, both interior and exterior.

In this chapter, ...

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