Unreal Engine 4 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 4 (UE4) to a workable understanding of:

Description

Unreal Engine 4 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 4 (UE4) to a workable understanding of:

• 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

• 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 UE4 that would like to brush up on the basics

Course content

• Let's BEGIN! Off we go to a Quick Start!
  • Where to get your free copy of Unreal Engine 4
  • Let's Take A Tour Of The Epic Launcher!
  • Create Your First Project and Import The Robot
• How To Organize & Navigate Your Scene/Level/MAP
  • How To Create Folders To Organize Your Scene
  • How To Save Your Level (Scene)
  • How To Hide Scene Icons
  • How To Open Different Viewports Such As Top, Side, Etc
  • How To Dock and Undock Windows
  • REVIEW: Remember The F Key and ALT Key Are Your Friends!
• Let's Build Some Stuff!
  • Let's Drag & Drop Some Walls Into The Scene!
  • Let's add materials to your walls!
  • A quick look at materials in the Material Editor
• Unreal Engine's Realistic Lighting System: You're Gonna Love This!
  • Let's Start By Deleting All Our Lights Then Adding Directional (Sun) Light
  • Contact Shadows: One Of The Keys To Realism
  • Set up your First Point Light
  • That was easy! Now Let's Set Up A Spotlight!
  • Onward to a Rectangle Light!
  • Cool Lighting Setups!
  • The Sphere Reflection Capture
  • The Skylight: Lighting With HDRI Images (High Dynamic Range Images)
  • Let's Create The Sky!
• Atmospheric Effects
  • Atmospheric Fog
  • Exponential Height Fog - You're going to LOVE this!
  • God Rays! The Holy Grail of Lighting Effects!
  • How About A Little Fire, Scarecrow? Unreal Engine's Amazing Particle System!
• How To Create Amazing Cinematics In Unreal Engine 4!
  • First We'll Create A New Level & Add A Character
  • Here's The Scene We Are Going To Create!
  • Next We'll Create An Awesome HDRI Environment!
  • Add Your Cinematic Camera To The Level and Sequence
  • Create a new Level Sequence
  • Add Our Robot Mannequin Character & Animation
  • Let's make that camera bad ass and change some settings
  • Now We Will Get Some Beautiful Depth Of Field!
  • Let's Add Some Camera Movement!
  • Now Let's Add A 2nd Camera!
  • Preparing Our Project For Export: Production Quality Settings
  • How To Export Your Video For Further Editing & Manipulation
• Video Editing & Color Grading
  • FREE Video Editing Program: HitFilm3 Express
  • Let's Edit and Color Grade Our Unreal Engine Clips!
• More Resources & Bonuses
  • Where To Get Your FREE Genesis Character Bundles
  • BONUS LECTURE: More Unreal Engine courses for you at a HUGE discount!