Lighting in Unreal Engine 5 for Beginners

William Faucher’s 45-minute tutorial explains UE5 light types and builds both daylight and dark, atmospheric lighting setups.

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In brief: This 45-minute video tutorial introduces lighting in Unreal Engine 5. Unreal specialist William Faucher designed the session primarily for beginners, and the complete video appears below.

What does the tutorial cover? Faucher explains the light types available in UE5, their creative use, the behaviour of real-world light sources and the way Unreal Engine reproduces that behaviour. He develops two practical examples: a daylight environment and a darker, atmospheric scene.

Who is William Faucher? At the time of publication, Faucher had almost 14 years of professional 3D experience spanning game art, architectural visualisation and visual effects for film and television, including shots for Marvel’s Black Panther and HBO’s Watchmen. He had also taught at CG Spectrum College of Digital Art and Animation for one year.

Further viewing: Digital Production previously covered another Faucher tutorial on creating a shaky-camera look in Unreal Engine. His additional training material was available through Patreon. Test lighting performance and visual consistency on representative scenes and target hardware before production use.

Lighting in Unreal Engine 5 for Beginners