Advanced Unreal Engine Course

Unreal Engine Course

Introduction to Unreal

• Intro to Epic and Unreal Engine,

• System Requirements & software Specifications

• Downloading and installing Unreal Engine

• Getting started with Epic Game launcher

• Creating different type of projects with Starter content

• Introduction to user Interface and Navigation

• Place actors, content browser, world outliner, details panel

• Utilize sample projects and other resources, including free and paid content.

• Work with Unreal Engine’s project structure.

• Explain how to bring in data such as geometry, lights, cameras, animation, and more.

• Navigate in a scene.

• Find your way around the Unreal Engine Editor

 

• Level Templates, Project Templates

• Content Pack, Feature pack

• Import, export and migrate the Assets, Add, Import and Transfer the content

• Introduction to lighting

• Creating Level and Simple level design using Assets

 

Introduction to look development

• Introduction to material and material editor Overview

• Different data types of nodes

• Basic PBR workflow

• Parameter and Material Instancing

• Textures

• Introduction to Material Functions

 

Procedural Environment

• Introduction to Landscape Editor in Unreal Engine

• Manage, Sculpt and Paint

• Introduction to Landscape Material

 

• Creating landscape using Landmass height maps

• Advanced Landscape Material

• Foliage painting, Procedural Foliage Creation

 

• Game Level Design Using Procedural Environment

• Environment Lighting

• Procedural clouds

 

Modular Environment

• Introduction to Modular Environment

• Modular Level design using free assets

 

• Introduction Trim Sheets

• Trim Sheet Asset Creation

 

 

• Introduction Substance Designer

• Creating Procedural Textures in Substance Designer

 

• Introduction Substance Designer

• Creating Procedural Textures in Substance Designer

 

Lighting Essential

• Light mass and Lightmaps

• Dynamic Lighting - Indoor and Outdoor

• Combining Static and Dynamic Lighting

• Lighting Effects and Reflections

• Fog and Volumetric Light

 

• Post processing

• Color Grading

• Color Lookup Table (LUT)

 

Blueprint

• Introduction to Blueprint

• Creating Different types of blueprints

• Components, Event Graph, Construction Script Over view

 

• Variable, Functions, macro, Event Dispatcher

• Creating Different types of blueprints

• Data Table and arrays

 

Animation

• Animation Assets

• The Animation Editors

• Blendspaces

• The Animation Blueprint Window

• Editing the Animation Using Keyframes

• Creating the Custom Character

• Working with the Animation Blueprint

 

Particle system

• Unreal Motion Graphics (UMG)

• Introduction

• The Widget Blueprint Editor

• Anatomy of a Widget Blueprint

• Creating UI menu

• Creating a Pause Menu

• Advanced UI Events

 

Level Design

• Create an initial level for prototyping level blackouts.

• Use Developer Materials in level geometry for scale and intention.

• Use Geometry Brushes to create level geometry, and then export them as static meshes for use as proxy level geometry.

Advanced Level Design and Environment Design

Performance and optimization

 

Sequencer

• Starting with Cinematics

• Swapping Animation

• Master Sequences

• Particles and Sequencer

• Blueprints and Sequencer

• Recording Sequences

 

Audio Production

• Importing and Organizing Audio Assets

• Area Loop Layers Using Sound Cues

• Source Loops and Virtual Voices

• One Shots Using Sound Cues

• Switching Sounds for Fake Occlusion

• Procedural Sound Design

• Audio Trigger

 

Advanced Cinematic Trailer

• Sequencer Editing audio mixing

• Multi Pass rendering

• Compositing in external software

• Editing and final Output

 

Packaging

• Intro to Packaging

• Packaging for windows, android, Ios