The Complete Cascade Beginners Guide – Learn VFX in Unreal

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction to Core Modules – And Building Your First FX Sample

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Cascade Interface 1

Lecture 3: Cascade Interface 2

Lecture 4: FX Core Modules

Lecture 5: Color Values

Lecture 6: Particle Locations

Lecture 7: Multiplier Modules

Lecture 8: Sample Effect

Chapter 2: Smoke, Pickups, Smoke, Fire Trails, and Flipbooks!

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Health Pickup Mesh

Lecture 3: Setting up the FX

Lecture 4: Creating a Smoke Base

Lecture 5: Adding a Light Ray

Lecture 6: Testing the Pickup in Game

Lecture 7: Adding Light

Lecture 8: Principles of Flipbooks

Lecture 9: Rocket Trail FX

Lecture 10: Basic Fire FX

Lecture 11: Lightning Ball Textures

Lecture 12: Lightning Ball FX

Lecture 13: Flipbooks – Bonus Pt 1

Lecture 14: Flipbooks – Bonus Pt 2

Chapter 3: Learn the Orbit Module, Build a Vortex, a Flaming Sword, and More!

Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Intro to the Orbit Module

Lecture 3: Orbit Module Sample

Lecture 4: Creating a Vortex

Lecture 5: Creating Fireflies and Sparkles

Lecture 6: Creating and Evil Spore

Lecture 7: Introduction to Ribbons

Lecture 8: Creating the Ribbon Material

Lecture 9: Overlay Materials for the Ribbon

Lecture 10: Tweak Color Over Life

Lecture 11: Adding Emissive to the Blade

Lecture 12: Adding FX to the Blade

Lecture 13: Fill Rate and Overdraw

Lecture 14: Seeded Modules

Lecture 15: LODs

Lecture 16: Bounds – And Series Wrapup

Lecture 17: Bonus Lecture: Further Learning with 3dmotive