How to Make Realistic Graphics in Roblox Studio!

Summary

The video demonstrates how to make a basic Roblox Studio map—with trees and grass—look more realistic by adjusting terrain colors, lighting, post-processing effects, and wind.

Main tutorial steps

• Match terrain colors: In Terrain’s Material Colors, change the grass to a darker green, approximately RGB 75, 110, 65. Adjust leafy grass to complement it.
• Tune lighting: Lower Ambient and OutdoorAmbient for a darker look. The creator leaves Brightness at 2 or 3, depending on other light sources, reduces DiffuseScale to 0.5, sets SpecularScale to about 8, and enables GlobalShadows.
• Adjust shadows and exposure: Choose the Realistic lighting style, set ShadowSoftness to taste, and adjust ExposureCompensation. Use ClockTime to change the sun’s position.
• Add atmosphere and fog: Keep or remove the default Atmosphere. The example uses a light blue fog color, FogEnd around 1,000, and FogStart around 800.
• Add post-processing effects:
  • Bloom: Set Intensity to around 0.1, Size to around 50, and Threshold to 2.
  • DepthOfField: Enable it and adjust the settings to blur distant areas while keeping more of the scene in focus.
  • SunRays: Use a modest Intensity of about 0.25 and adjust Spread. Excessive values can make the scene too bright.
  • ColorCorrection: Adjust the tint to complement the fog. The example uses Brightness around 0.05, Contrast around 2, and Saturation around 0.2. Avoid pushing these settings too far, as colors may look unnatural.
• Refine grass and wind: Shorten terrain grass to about 0.2. In Workspace’s GlobalWind settings, adjust the wind direction and strength to make the grass move. The creator warns that scripting movement for many individual leaves could cause lag in maps with many trees.

The final showcase compares the adjusted scene with the original, highlighting darker, coordinated vegetation, shorter grass moving in the wind, shadows, and sun rays.

Main speaker/source: ErExx, the video’s narrator and tutorial creator.