Ray Tracing, Lumen and Path Tracing Explained | For Beginners By TUF – The Unreal Forge

Ever wondered how realistic graphics are made? In this video, we're breaking down the key differences between Ray Tracing, Lumen, Path Tracing, and Rasterization, exploring their strengths and weaknesses. Let's dive in! ❤️ *Enjoying the content? Support me here:* • Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/theunrealforge *Ray Tracing:* It shines with its realistic reflections, global illumination, and high-quality shadows, but it's very computationally intensive. *Lumen:* Offers amazing real-time global illumination, impressive visuals and optimized performance, however it is specific to Unreal Engine 5. *Path Tracing:* Path tracing delivers photorealistic lighting, simulates complex global illumination and accurate light simulation but can be extremely slow when rendering. *Rasterization:* It's fast, hardware optimized, and great for real-time, however, struggles to do accurate global illumination. *Video Credits* Cyberpunk 2077 Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJbexcm4Trk&t=103s 4080 Super: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vXFxEzozcE Lumen Cinematic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC5KtatMcUw&t=95s Cyberpunk 2077 Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31gkcWReS_M Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2BcLNe_Zc4&t=124s Dark Souls 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1mdmnBPl9s&t=23s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2QRXfflRB4&t=69s Avatar Movie Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti-b0hGdggQ&t=12s Minecraft RTX: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdTxrggo8e8 Unreal Engine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9PmuDtwC-I&t=3s Lumen in UE5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc1PPYl2uxA&t=18s *👥 Connect with me:* - Discord: https://discord.gg/jFCrukmquH - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theunrealforge/ - Twitter: https://x.com/TheUnrealForge *📌 Timestamps:* 00:00 Intro 00:20 What is Ray Tracing? 03:32 Lumen: Dynamic Global Illumination 06:28 Path Tracing: Cinematic Quality 10:00 Most Important 18:28 Outro *📹 My Equipment:* - Camera: I don't have a Camera - Microphone: Yeti Blue - Editing Software: DaVinci Resolve **🔗 Useful Links:** Master Material: https://ko-fi.com/s/66b8d717bf *👍 Thanks for Watching!*