Realistic Outdoor Lighting using Real World values - PBL Lighting Unreal Engine 5 Beginners Tutorial

Опубликовано: 16 Август 2026
на канале: Crawford Terrace Studios
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Physically Based Lighting (PBL) Tutorial.
This is my interpretation of the Lighting process originally presented by Pasquale Scionti in his YouTube video “Creating ‘The Rocky Forest Path’ Part 1: Initial Setup”.
I added a few optional tweaks that I found helpful based on my experience using his physically based lighting process.
I take NO credit or compensation for his Lighting process and I want to thank Pasquale Scionti for sharing his knowledge and expertise in his video with the Unreal Engine Community.

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Chapters:
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0:00 - Intro
1:06 - Initial UE scene, no lights
1:27 - Adding the Scene Lights
1:50 - Directional Light settings
2:44 - Post Process Volume settings
3:16 - PPV: EV100 Min/Max settings
3:50 - PPV: Metering Mode setting
4:00 - PPV: Camera settings
5:10 - PPV: Reset Metering Mode setting
5:27 - Dark Shadows issue
5:37 - PPV: Local Exposure setting
5:59 - Adding Height Fog and your own tweaks.
6:22 - Outro


Credits:
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Background Music:
https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/libra...
'Life In Motion' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au


Links:
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PDF - "UE5.4 Guide on how to setup Outdoor Lighting using Real World values" - https://1drv.ms/b/c/2b17f15898064d65/...

[Unreal Engine 3D] Creating 'The Rocky Forest Path' Part 1: Initial Setup w/ Pasquale Scionti -    • [Unreal Engine 3D] Creating 'The Rocky For...  
Pasquale Scionti’s YouTube page -    / @sciontidesign  
Pasquale Scionti’s ArtStation page - https://www.artstation.com/pscionti

Link to my CANYON RIVER RAFTING video where I implemented this workflow -    • Unreal Engine 5.4 Cinematic - Scenic Canyo...  

Wikipedia: Exposure values (EV100) and F-Stop for various lighting conditions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposur...
Wikipedia: Daylight Intensity in different conditions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight
Sunny 16 Rule for Aperture Settings - https://www.slrlounge.com/photography...



System Specs:
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CPU: 13th Gen Intel Core i9-13900KF (24 cores)
Memory: 32gb
Graphics Card: ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 - 12GB