Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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In this video I'm gonna show you how I made a looping snowy landscape for free, using Unreal Engine 5, Quixel Megascans, and Davinci Resolve. I've been basing a lot of my renders on personal trips and adventures, so this one is inspired by a rare hike, when Mt. Baldy (in Southern California) actually got snow.

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Intro
00:46 Setup Lighting, Camera, Scene Scale
01:53 Building the Environment
02:27 Fixing Janky internet Assets
03:21 Loop your Renders
05:32 Cleaning the Seam (Blueprints)
06:29 ASUS ProArt Laptop
08:06 Adding Snow + Advanced Fog
09:02 Create a Custom Photoscanned Character
09:46 Rig with Mixamo
10:08 Loop your Mocap Data
10:32 Connect your Character to your Mocap Data
11:15 Add Hiking Poles (IK Chain)
11:50 Simulate a Windy Poncho
12:44 Add you Animated Character to your UE Scene
13:07 Render Settings!
14:59 Post Processing in Davinci
15:47 Making it Loop (in the edit)
15:57 Final Results + Thank You

RESOURCES:
Unreal Engine: unrealengine.com/en-US/unreal-engine-5?utm_source=GoogleSearch&utm_medium=Performance&utm_campaign=%7Bcampaigname%7D&utm_id=17086214833&sub_campaign=&utm_content=&utm_term=unreal+engine+download
Ultra Dynamic Sky: unrealengine.com/marketplace/en-US/product/ultra-dynamic-sky
Cinema4D: maxon.net/en/cinema-4d
Davinci Resolve: blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Gorilla Grain: gorillagrain.com
Photoscanning 101: youtube.com/watch?v=U67RJG6DJ_8&t=7s
Photoscanning Mountains: youtube.com/watch?v=gdd31rgS1q8&t=1218s

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