Learning Unreal Engine: From Beginner To Advanced

Get Up To Speed With A Working Knowledge Of Unreal Engine 4 and 5 Fast, And Have Fun At The Same Time

Created by: Michael Ricks
Animator, VFX Artist, Independent Filmmaker

What Will I Learn?

• You will learn how to download & install your personal free copy of Unreal Engine
• You will learn how to create your first Unreal Engine scene
• You will learn how to import assets to the Unreal Engine
• You will learn how to apply materials to your imported asset
• You will learn how to light a scene - in just a few simple steps
• You will learn how to create an animation sequence and add your assets to the sequence
• You will learn how to create a simple animation - ready to render in high-definition video
• You will learn how to export your scene out to a video file, ready for further manipulation
• You will learn how to create a stunning cinematic animation scene in Unreal Engine, from beginning to end
• You will learn how to create the scene in the "Preview This Course" video, step-by-step
• You will receive all scene files including alien character, male & female characters, spaceship interior & music
• Learn the benefits of "real-time rendering and animation" - a true game changer in the industry
• You will learn how to export a Genesis character from Daz Studio, and import it to Mixamo to prepare for animation
• Learn how to export the character and animations from Mixamo and then import them to Unreal Engine 4
• You will learn how to use realistic Pbr (Physically based rendering) Materials in your scene to give ultra realism
• You will learn how to create smooth camera moves inside Unreal Engine 4, giving your scene a professional cinematic look and feel
• You will learn how to color grade your scene with HitFilm Express ( a free video editing program) and upload your finished scene to YouTube
• You will get a tutorial on how to use Unreal Engine 4's "Decals" which will give your scene a new level of realism
• The Complete Unreal Engine Scene File Ready To Go Out-of-the-Box
• A Really Cool Toon House To Use In Your Scenes Created by Michael Ricks ($25.00 value)
• Four (4) Rigged Daz Original Toon Characters Included With the Course Created by Michael Ricks ($60.00 retail value)
• Rigged Robot character included in course (compliments of Epic Games)
• You will learn how to create high quality facial animations & more
• Learn how to export morph targets (expressions) out of Daz Studio and bring them into Unreal Engine 4
• Create high quality blink animations, the basis for realistic characters
• Animate side-to-side and up & down eye movements for believable characters
• Animate Mouth movements and mouth expressions.
• Animate head movements with the little known animation tools within Unreal Engine 4
• Create believable, expressive expressions, right within Unreal Engine 4
• Includes the incredibly detailed Paragon Sevarog and Paragon Narbash fully rigged characters
• You will learn how to use the incredibly fun and powerful cloth tools in Unreal Engine in a few easy steps
• You will learn the easy, simple steps to create real-time cloth animation inside of Unreal Engine 4
• You will learn how to use physics assets in Unreal Engine 4 that will interact with cloth and clothing
• No additional software programs are needed to achieve cloth simulation & animation other than Unreal Engine
• You will learn how to create an "Animation Asset" from your cloth and physics character setup
• Use your characters in games, film, television and commercials
• Easy and fun - once you know the simple steps
• You will learn how to jump into iClone 7 and get a fast start to animating your characters
• Learn how to create an original 3d Character in Character Creator 3
• Learn how to send your character to iClone 7 ready for animation
• Learn how to pose and animate your character in iClone 7
• Learn how to perform facial animation and lip sync with your character
• Discover how to use powerful tools such as Motion Puppet, Direct Puppet and Face Puppet
• You willYou will learn how to render and export your video from iClone 7 learn how to record your animations for later use on other characters
• You will learn how to use "Live-Link" to send your character to Unreal Engine for animation and scene setup
• You will learn how to setup your scene in Unreal Engine and record the animation there
• You will be able to rig and animate a character in Unreal Engine 4 using the Allright Rig plugin and output your animations to video
• You will receive the Creature "The Dweller" by Josh P. Crockett - fully rigged and ready to animate
• Course includes the full Unreal Engine 4.17 scene - setup and ready to go! (v 4.17 required for the free version of Allright Rig 1.3)
• UE4 Scene Contains Allright Rig 1.3 (free version) installed
• Full step-by-step instructions on how to setup your characters with Allright Rig 2.0
• Instructions on how to prepare your characters for rigging in Allright Rig 2.0
• Allright Rig 2.0 Presets for Daz characters: Genesis, Genesis 2, Genesis 3, Genesis 8
• Allright Rig 2.0 Presets for Paragon characters: Shinbi and Dekker

Requirements

• A copy of Unreal Engine, which is free. No knowledge of Unreal Engine is required. You will learn the easy, simple steps to get up and running in Unreal Engine quickly and have lots of fun in the process
• DAZ Studio 4.1, which is free

Target audience

• This course is perfect for anyone with absolutely no knowledge of Unreal Engine 4 that would like to get up and running quickly and without delay. It is also great for those familiar with Unreal Engine 4 that would like to brush up on the basics
• Anyone who wants to learn how to animate a character inside of Unreal Engine 4
• Anyone who wants to learn how to create stunning cinematic animations inside of Unreal Engine 4
• Beginner to intermediate animators who wish to learn facial animation & intermediate animation in Unreal Engine 4
• Artists, hobbyists, filmmakers and game developers interested in learning the powerful cloth and clothing tools in Unreal Engine 4
• Students who are brand new to iClone 7 or current users who wish to dive deeper into character animation using Character Creator 3, iClone 7 and Unreal Engine
• Students who wish to learn a cost-effective, powerful workflow for high quality 3D animation for film, TV or game development
• Students who wish to learn how to perform facial animation and lip sync for their digital characters
• Anyone interested in learning how to rig and animate inside Unreal Engine 4