{"id":353423,"date":"2026-07-07T15:25:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/animation\/free-tutorial-lighting-realistic-rainy-weather-in-unreal-engine-5\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T15:25:17","slug":"free-tutorial-lighting-realistic-rainy-weather-in-unreal-engine-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=353423","title":{"rendered":"Free tutorial: Lighting Realistic Rainy Weather in Unreal Engine 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lighting Realistic Rainy Weather in Unreal Engine 5 with Ted Mebratu\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZDKnVMlbzyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Gnomon Workshop has released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegnomonworkshop.com\/workshops\/lighting-realistic-rainy-weather-in-unreal-engine-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lighting Realistic Rainy Weather in Unreal Engine 5<\/a>, a free guide to professional game art workflows, recorded by Lightspeed LA artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegnomonworkshop.com\/instructors\/ted-mebratu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted Mebratu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The intermediate-to-advanced workshop provides 30 minutes of video training in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrealengine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Unreal Engine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Create quick, art-directable weather effects in Unreal Engine<\/strong><br \/>In the workshop, Mebratu sets out his complete workflow for quickly creating an atmospheric rainy lighting scenario in Unreal Engine using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultradynamicsky.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ultra Dynamic Sky<\/a> add-on. <\/p>\n<p>He begins by setting cloud coverage and fog density, and balancing the Sky Light against the Directional Light, before dialling in the exposure and color in a <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.epicgames.com\/documentation\/unreal-engine\/post-process-effects-in-unreal-engine\" target=\"_blank\">Post Process Volume<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mebratu then sets up lighting for a foreground character, giving the figure visual definition by using Rect and Point Lights for fill lighting.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop also covers techniques that help to sell the weather effects visually, including using splines for rain drips and puddle volumes for standing water.<\/p>\n<p>In the final lesson, Mebratu reveals the settings he uses to export a sharp 8K 16-bit EXR render from the <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.epicgames.com\/documentation\/unreal-engine\/rendering-high-quality-frames-with-movie-render-queue-in-unreal-engine\" target=\"_blank\">Movie Render Queue<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>About the artist<\/strong><br \/>Ted Mebratu is a Senior Lighting Artist at Lightspeed LA. He previously worked at Naughty Dog on The Last of Us Part I remake, and at Ready at Dawn on Lone Echo II and Echo VR.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price and availability<\/strong><br \/>Lighting Realistic Rainy Weather in Unreal Engine 5 is available via a subscription to The Gnomon Workshop, which provides access to over 300 tutorials.<\/p>\n<p>Subscriptions cost $57\/month or $499\/year. Free trials are available.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegnomonworkshop.com\/workshops\/lighting-realistic-rainy-weather-in-unreal-engine-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more about Lighting Realistic Rainy Weather in Unreal Engine 5<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Have your say on this story by following CG Channel on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cgchannel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thecgchannel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theCGchannel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">X (formerly Twitter)<\/a>. 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