Introduction To 3D Character Animation In Unreal Engine!
Introduction To 3D Character Animation In Unreal Engine!, available at $94.99, has an average rating of 4.3, with 44 lectures, based on 403 reviews, and has 4277 subscribers.
You will learn about You will learn how to create a stunning cinematic animation scene in Unreal Engine 4, 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 3 Express ( a free video editing program) and upload your finished scene to YouTube BONUS MATERIAL: You will get a tutorial on how to use Unreal Engine 4's "Decals" which will give your scene a new level of realism This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone who wants to learn how to animate a character inside of Unreal Engine 4. or Anyone who wants to learn how to create stunning cinematic animations inside of Unreal Engine 4. It is particularly useful for Anyone who wants to learn how to animate a character inside of Unreal Engine 4. or Anyone who wants to learn how to create stunning cinematic animations inside of Unreal Engine 4.
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Summary
Title: Introduction To 3D Character Animation In Unreal Engine!
Price: $94.99
Average Rating: 4.3
Number of Lectures: 44
Number of Published Lectures: 44
Number of Curriculum Items: 44
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 44
Original Price: $19.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
- You will learn how to create a stunning cinematic animation scene in Unreal Engine 4, 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 3 Express ( a free video editing program) and upload your finished scene to YouTube
- BONUS MATERIAL: You will get a tutorial on how to use Unreal Engine 4's "Decals" which will give your scene a new level of realism
Who Should Attend
- 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.
Target Audiences
- 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.
IMPORTANT: Everything you’ll learn in this course can be applied to the new release of Unreal Engine 5. The new features of UE5 such as LUMEN and NANITE are not covered in this course yet, however. You can even switch the layout of UE5 back to classic UE4 if you’d like to make it easier to follow along. (I prefer the slick new layout of UE5 myself)
TESTIMONIAL
“One word for this course . . . “FANTASTIC”! This course is as close to perfection as you can get. The instructor speaks slowly, with enthusiasm. He covers all the necessities without bogging you down with too much info. I love how he gets you having fun quickly with the Sequencer section. The audio is of great quality. His depth of knowledge in a variety of 3D packages is amazing. I am familiar with DAZ3D, Mixamo and Unreal but I learned so many great tips and discovered several things that I was doing incorrectly. I searched Youtube for UE4 sequencer tutorials and found none of them to be satisfactory. After ten minutes with this course, I was very confident with Sequencer. If you are interested in getting DAZ3D characters into Unreal, and a ton of bonus tips and information on top of it, you DO NOT want to miss out on this fantastic course!” ~ J Jackson
What You Will Learn In This Course
In this course we will cover the steps on how to animate your character in Unreal Engine. This is a project based course, and I’ve designed it to be really, really fun! All the scene files you will need are included in the course. You will get the Exile Alien character along with 28 motion-capture animations that work with him. You’re going to love how easy it is – you just drag and drop your character in the scene and it’s ready to go!
We’re also going to cover lighting, physically based materials, camera movement and much more. Best of all it’s FUN!
DAZ Studio Export
We will cover how to prepare your DAZ Genesis character for export and animation. There are certain steps that need to be taken in order for the character to be able to accept motion-capture animations in Mixamo and then imported into Unreal Engine.
Mixamo
(Note: Even though Mixamo discontinued direct support for Unreal Engine, this method works by exporting standard FBX from Mixamo to UE4.)
Next, we’ll upload your character into Adobe Mixamo and add motion-capture animations. Mixamo is a ton of fun, and super easy to use as you’ll see. There are literally thousands of animations in Mixamo, and all you have to do is click on the animated preview and it will be applied to your character. So you’re basically auditioning your character using different animations. You can adjust the speed of the animation, and adjust things like the arm spacing as well. Your character won’t have his materials or textures applied – we will do that over in Unreal Engine.
Unreal Engine 4 – Drag and Drop Animation
Inside of Unreal Engine we will have some fun with the Mixamo animations you applied to your character. All you have to do is select your character and drag him into your scene. Hit play, and the animation begins, being rendered in real-time!
An Army of Animated Aliens
Inside the course, there are 28 animated aliens, ready for you to drag and drop into your Unreal Engine scene for instant animations! In no time at all, you’ll have your aliens fighting, jumping, running, or falling. You’ll have enough animations to make some really awesome movie scenes!
Unreal Engine Sequencer
Next up is the Unreal Engine Sequencer, which is very similar to a non-linear editor. We will set up your scene, complete with spaceship interior, Exile alien characters, lights, smoke effects and cameras and get it ready for animation. Sequencer makes it really fun to get your scene set up and feels very similar to being on a real movie set. In fact, I’ve found that’s the best way to think about it – like you’re in the real world. Unreal Engine’s lighting system behaves like real world lights, so it’s very responsive and intuitive, as you will see.
Exporting your video file – and rendering in near real time!
Now we will export your movie in high-definition… in near real time! No longer does it take hours or days to render a single frame! This is a real game changer! Imagine being able to setup, animate and then render 1 minute of finished animation per day…it would be entirely possible to complete a 2 hour feature film in 120 days! Unreal Engine has provided the tools to make this possible some day.
HitFilm3 Express
We will then take our rendered video file and bring it into HitFilm Express, or your favorite video editing program. There we will add color grading, music, sound effects and fine tune our edits to prepare our scene for final output.
Your finished High-Definition Scene
By the end of the course you will have completed your own animation scene from beginning to end and have a good understanding of Unreal Engine’s animation workflow.
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Go ahead and click on the enroll now button to get immediate access
to your scene files and get started right away!
To recap, you’ll get:
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The Exile Alien Character along with 28 motion-capture animations
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The complete Unreal Engine 4 project with all assets
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The Genesis 2 Male and Female characters
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Complete sci-fi spaceship interior
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Best of all, it’s FUN!
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See you on the inside!
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction
Lecture 1: What you will learn in this course about Unreal Engine 4
Lecture 2: This is the Unreal Engine 4 movie scene you will be creating in this course
Chapter 2: Download Unreal Engine 4, DAZ Studio & HitFilm3 Express
Lecture 1: Video: Download the programs you'll need (all are free)
Chapter 3: RESOURCES – All the course project files needed are in this section
Lecture 1: The NEWEST complete Unreal Engine 4.24 Project File
Lecture 2: The complete Unreal Engine 4 Project file for the spaceship scene
Lecture 3: Where To Get Your FREE Genesis 8.1 Base Characters
Chapter 4: Quick Start – Let's Have Some Fun!
Lecture 1: Getting around Unreal Engine 4 – A quick tour of the basics of getting around.
Lecture 2: Your First Practice Animation Exercise – Let's Jump Right In!
Lecture 3: HD Video Of Your Practice Scene
Lecture 4: Depth of Field in Unreal Engine 4
Chapter 5: Preparing Your Character For Animation and Export From DAZ Studio
Lecture 1: DAZ Studio Export – Genesis 2 Character
Lecture 2: DAZ Studio Export – Genesis 3 Character
Lecture 3: DAZ Studio Export – SciFi Interior
Lecture 4: DAZ Studio Export – Genesis 8 Character
Chapter 6: Mixamo Animation – Now let's make your character move!
Lecture 1: An Introduction to the Amazing Adobe Mixamo Animation System
Lecture 2: Uploading Your DAZ Genesis 2 Character To Mixamo
Lecture 3: Uploading your Genesis 3 Character to Mixamo
Chapter 7: Unreal Engine 4: Lights, Camera…ACTION!
Lecture 1: Import Your DAZ Genesis Character and Mixamo Animations
Lecture 2: Setup Your SciFi Alien Interior in Unreal Engine 4
Lecture 3: Setup Light Shafts and Fog Effects for Moodiness In Your Scene
Lecture 4: Adding Your Characters To The Scene
Lecture 5: Add Particle Effects – Smoke, Steam & Fire!
Lecture 6: The Unreal Engine Sequencer – Let The Magic Begin!
Lecture 7: The Unreal Engine Sequencer: Creating Your 2nd Shot
Lecture 8: The Unreal Engine Sequencer: Creating Your 3rd Shot
Chapter 8: HitFilm 3 Express – Editing Your Scene
Lecture 1: HitFilm3 Express: Importing Your Footage & Music
Lecture 2: HitFilm3 Express: Color Grading Your Footage
Lecture 3: Awesome things on the horizon! Check this out!
Lecture 4: Preview of Allrightrig – lip sync animation within Unreal Engine 4 coming soon!
Chapter 9: Adobe Fuse, Mixamo & Unreal Engine 4
Lecture 1: Adobe Fuse Character Creation Part 1
Lecture 2: Adobe Fuse Character Creation Part 2
Lecture 3: Toon Girl Adobe Fuse Character With Animations
Chapter 10: How To Create Materials In Unreal Engine 4
Lecture 1: How to export textures from DAZ and create materials in Unreal Engine 4
Chapter 11: Get Your FREE Paragon Characters from Epic Games!
Lecture 1: Free Paragon Assets Released
Lecture 2: Cool Things Coming Up
Lecture 3: Preview of Unreal Engine 5: Coming in late 2021!
Lecture 4: Video: Preview of Unreal Engine 5
Chapter 12: Important Resources For You
Lecture 1: MetaHuman Creator
Lecture 2: Quick Start: Getting Around Unreal Engine 4
Lecture 3: How to prepare your Genesis 3 characters for Mixamo & Unreal Engine 4
Lecture 4: How To Create and Use Decals In Unreal Engine 4
Lecture 5: How To Apply Root Animation To Your Characters
Lecture 6: How To Get Your Genesis 8 Characters To Mixamo, Then To Unreal Engine
Lecture 7: Bonus Lecture: The Next Step – Facial Animation, Rigging & Cloth Animation!
Instructors
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Michael Ricks
Animator, VFX Artist, Independent Filmmaker
Rating Distribution
- 1 stars: 8 votes
- 2 stars: 11 votes
- 3 stars: 35 votes
- 4 stars: 118 votes
- 5 stars: 231 votes
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