Is UE4 for me?

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Dear coummunity,

I recently heard that UE4 has been released. I saw the cinematic and felt in love! :slight_smile:
Now, I have a question for you guys, I hope I’m using the correct thread.

Okay, so here it goes: I spend most of my time creating landscapes in E-on Vue, it’s a software made for landscape/nature creations.
Is it possible that UE4 can create images such as these: Image #1 andImage #2.

I have been playing around with UE4 and really havent felt that it’s made for these kind of images, but I could be wrong? :o)

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Sure it can.

Take a look here for an example: https://forums.unrealengine/showthread.php?60653-Large-Open-World-Kid-Kit-Demo

Demo scene will be coming in 4.8, there are also other examples of beautiful landscapes in the Work in Progress thread.

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you can do that now, if you set it up right.

and Yes, UE4 is for everybody!

Especially now! lol

they recently even gave a grant out to one of our forum posters that does some amazing work that looks better than that even, and runs in the engine so it isn’t just a static picture. can’t seem to find the links right now, but look around you’ll see something before long

ps: It’s better to try and fail than to have never tried at all !!!

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As all others already mentioned, yes it is possible :slight_smile:

e.g Take a look at Koola’s stuff: https://forums.unrealengine/showthread.php?58385-Koola-s-stuff&highlight=koola (not a landscape, but in the direction of your 2nd picture)

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Hallo guys,

Thank you very much for your feedback and extremly motivating responses! I feel a lot more confident diggin into UE4 now :slight_smile:
I do however have a question which can be hard to answer. I’ve gone through lots of the tutorials (not actually doing them but going through them) and I noticed that a lot of the tutorials is not useful for me since I don’t aim to program or animate.

What would the best tutorial/guide be for me who wish to create beautiful still-images?
When I look at this image: https://forums.unrealengine/showthread.php?60653-Large-Open-World-Kid-Kit-Demo I think to myself “I could work on that in E-on Vue” but instead, I’d like accomplish something similar in UE4.

I have to start somewhere but where would you guys recommend me starting? :slight_smile:

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In that case I personally would recommend you to just copy some assets from the demo projects into your own one + start creating a level. Over the time you will get better and better. :slight_smile: -> after that you know how to use the light/material/post process/level design system. After that you can do it with your own assets

Some useful documentation pages:
https://docs.unrealengine/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/PostProcessEffects/index.html
https://docs.unrealengine/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/Materials/index.html
https://docs.unrealengine/latest/INT/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/index.html

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THANK YOU ! I will dig right into it and see what I can learn :o)

Cheers!