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The Absolute Beginner's Guide To Learning Unreal Engine 4 And 5

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Overview

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IMPORTANT:  Everything you'll learn in this course can be applied to the new release of Unreal Engine 5.   You can even switch the layout of Unreal Engine 5 back to classic Unreal Engine 4 if you'd like to make it easier to follow along.  (I prefer the slick new layout of UE5 myself)

Keep in mind that Unreal Engine 5 requires a powerful computer to run efficiently, so be sure that your computer is powerful enough to run the program.  Unreal Engine 4.27 runs much faster on less powerful computers, so many people are staying with this version until they can upgrade their machines.

Unreal Engine has become a leading resource in the creation of games, animations, television shows and illustrations!  In this course we will take the absolute beginner from knowing NOTHING about Unreal Engine to a workable understanding of:

  • Where to get your FREE copy of Unreal Engine
  • Scene setup

  • Importing assets & characters

  • Lighting setup

  • Basic material setup and application

  • The Sequencer (Unreal Engine's animation & editing timeline)

  • Setting up a simple animation

  • Importing audio into the Sequencer

  • Rendering your movie out to a movie file for further manipulation

Syllabus

  • 01 Download UE4
  • 02 Tour of Epic Launcher
  • 03 Create Your First Project and Import Robot
  • 04 How To Create Folders
  • 05 How To Save Your Level
  • 06 How To Hide Scene Icons
  • 07 How To Open Different Viewports
  • 08 How To Dock Windows
  • 09 Review #1
  • 10 Lets add some walls
  • 11 Drag & Drop Materials
  • 12 A look at Materials
  • 13 Start Lighting From Scratch Add Dir Light
  • 14 Contact Shadows
  • 15 Set Up Point Light
  • 16 Set Up Spotlight
  • 17 Rectangle Light
  • 18 Lighting Setups
  • 19 Sphere Reflection Captures
  • 20 The Skylight
  • 21 Lets create the sky
  • 22 Atmospheric Fog
  • 23 Exponential Height Fog
  • 24 God Rays
  • 25 Amazing Particle System
  • 26 Create a new Level
  • 27 Heres the scene we will create
  • 28 Import HDRI Backdrop
  • 29 Add Cinematic Camera
  • 30 Create a new Level Sequence
  • 31 Add Robot To Sequencer
  • 32 Advanced Camera Settings
  • 33 Depth of Field
  • 34 Moving the camera A
  • 35 Moving the camera B
  • 36 Preparing Our Project For Export
  • 37 Exporting Our Video
  • 38 Get HitFilm3 Express
  • 39 Edit Clips and Color Grade then export

Taught by

Michael Ricks

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