Unreal Engine: Post Process Effects

Explore the essential post processing tools and techniques you need to take your finished scene to the next level of realism.

Introduction

• Post processing effects in Unreal

1. Lens Controls

• Anti-aliasing
• Camera lens bloom
• Adjusting exposure
• Camera lens dirt
• Lens flares
• Adding camera vignette
• Depth of field

2. Color Grading a Level

• Making use of white balance
• Global controls
• Utilizing lookup tables
• Using the film rollout

3. Creating Post Process Materials

• Creating the post process material
• Creating the right side of the outline
• Building the left, top, and bottom outlines
• Adding the outline mask
• Fixing the scene jitter and anti-aliasing

4. Camera Post Processing

• Creating a camera
• Adding a sequence
• Adding a post process effect
• Animating the depth of field

Conclusion

• Next steps