Lighting in Unreal Engine 5 for Beginners

I'd like to issue a small corrective statement! @17:08 I state that exposure isn't linear. That's not... quite correct. Exposure in itself is linear, but our perception of light, values/brightness, and reflectance, is not linear. That technicality aside, an albedo of 0.18 IS still the middle-grey value you should be using as a guide to gauge the exposure of your scene, that remains unchanged.

Make a coffee, pause all work, start William's video. Life is good.

No repeating, no rambling, no losing interest, no ambigious knowledge of how lighting works. Great teacher.

It's amazing how you can turn a very confusing set of parameters into a VERY clean, understandable, and straightforward workflow. These are probably THE most quality tutorials I've ever come across.

Got a notebook and took notes... I’m making it out the hood

The KING! Thank god for your existence Will.

Oh, Will! This is going to be such a lovely resource for so many people, and I can't wait to sit down and go through this in its entirety tomorrow morning! Your videos are ~truly~ the gold standard for UE education on the internet, thank you for putting so much time and effort into it. It's made my explorations into UE5 so much easier.

I'm a professional 3D Artist and this video has demystified Lighting for Games and getting incredible results, thankyou so much for the content you're helping so many people!

I'm not a beginner, but I learned so much from this video it made me feel like a beginner. What a fantastic video. Thank you!

I've been a 3d Artist for around 8 years now (3DsMax + Corona), I've now started to learn Unreal...and this video alone taught me so much. Thanks for the content and the clarity of your lessons. Just another person letting you know how much your videos help

This is literally so far the best Unreal Engine beginner lighting tutorial I've found over the internet! Thanks so much Will!

18 years in the arch viz industry and I've gotta say your tutorials, method of explanation, articulation and approach to systematic learning is what the industry has been missing all these years. You're one of the only people out there actually taming the beast that is Unreal Engine and making it more approachable to anyone transitioning to it. Great work, thanks.

I love that we currently are in another golden age of computer grpahics~ Seeing this quality of lighting running in realtime and even working with it just blows my mind every time i open Unreal. Your note at 17:25 even just changed my approach to 2D painting, as i've never thought about that and simply used 50% gray until now

I just want to say a MASSIVE thank you for these tutorials. You explain with such depth and clarity. Legend.

I shared a comment yesterday expressing my frustration with some issue about the compiling shaders, and I have to say, I didn't properly expressed how much I am grateful to find such content available for beginners like me... Man you are truly a gem on the internet for proposing such complete and clear tutorials about this program. It can be so overwhelming when you first open up the UE5, even for someone who has some experience in blender, or C4D or other 3D softwares, and to be able to just find 45 minutes content taking you by the hand and explaining to you how it works is just unbelievable. All for free, damn it ! Again, thank you so much for that !

I've been wanting to dip into Unreal for a very long time. You're tutorials are fantastic and have been crucial with helping me get past the learning curve. Thanks for all you do.

Oh hell yeah! I honestly can't say how thankful I am that you do these tutorials. I basically owe my career and livelihood to tutorials like this and that is not an exaggeration. So very truly Thank You so incredibly much!

I've been teaching Unreal for almost 8 years at digital universities, and much of what you cover I explain in the same way, which makes me proud of it and a punch of positive reinforcement. You are a great teacher, William!

This video demystified SO much about lighting in UE. Thank you for all of your videos and knowledge that you share. You are the MAN!

Dude this video was absolutely incredible, lighting is something i struggle with and this video helped me a huge amount. So professional and quality. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise.