ADVANCED UNREAL ENGINE FOR FILMMAKERS
Explore characters, advanced worldbuilding, FX, animation, and more with our live, online, immersive course.
Designed for intermediate users of Unreal Engine, this course is ideal for aspiring creators, virtual production enthusiasts, filmmakers, and professionals looking to further enhance their skills.
You'll master in-depth lighting and materials while further upgrade your professional portfolio. Throughout the course, you'll building a deeper confidence using Unreal Engine, develop skills to create captivating virtual worlds, and bring stories to life through animation.
Explore characters, advanced world building, FX, animation, and more when attending our live, online, immersive course; designed for intermediate users of Unreal Engine.
You will need a computer (or virtual machine*) with Unreal Engine installed, and either completion of our Unreal for Filmmakers course or similar / relevant experience.
Start Date: TBD
Duration: 10 weeks (60+ hours)
Class Times: Saturdays, 9am - 1pm PT
Office Hours: Tuesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm PT
Q&A/Support: 24/7 Facebook Group
Prerequisites: Unreal for Filmmakers Level 101 or equivalent experience
+ Special Labs & Guest Speakers
+ Certificate on Completion
+ Longterm On-Demand Access
*please contact Admissions for details.
WAITLISTMEET THE INSTRUCTORS
Scott Rosekrans
CG Supervisor & Unreal Authorized Instructor
Daniel Langhjelm
Senior CG Artist & Unreal Authorized Instructor
CURRICULUM
WEEK 01:
Pre-Production
Advanced Level. Project Structure, Perforce, Multi-user, Level Organization, Content Browser Organization, Mood Boards, Ideation & Collaboration.
WEEK 02:
Previsualization
Boards to Blocking, Sequencer Comprehensive, Camera Rigs, Audio, VCam, & Game Capture via Take Recorder.
WEEK 03:
Worldbuilding
Advanced Topics. PCG - Spline, Scatter, Blueprints, Subgraphs, Gaea for Landscapes, Materials in Depth, Tessellation, RVT, Material Functions, UVs, Triplanar, Displacement & Fresnel.
WEEK 04:
Worldbuilding 2
Advanced Topics Continued. Material Parameter Collections, Photogrammetry, Image/Plate Projection & Virtual Scouting,
WEEK 05:
Cinematography
Composition, Framing, Color Balance, Lensing, DOF & Start Rendering
WEEK 06:
Characters
Metahuman Deep Dive. Mesh to Metahuman, Customization, Props, City Crowd Assets, Custom Heads via DCCs & In-Engine Plugins, Cloth via Marvelous Designer & Custom Imports, Grooms in XGen & Blender, Common Techniques & Fixes
WEEK 07:
Character Animation
Mocap via Suits, Mocap via Video/AI, Control Rig Deep Dive, Mocap Clean Up, Animation & FX, Metahuman Animator for Facial Mocap, Face Control Rig, Polishing Animation, Adjusting Cameras & LIVE SHOOT DAY
WEEK 08:
FX & Niagara
Niagara comprehensive, advanced concepts,
Embergen, OpenVDB, Heterogenous volumes
WEEK 09:
Lighting
Cinematic Lighting Overview, Lumen Settings, PPV Effects Path Tracing.
WEEK 10:
Rendering & Compositing
Including Troubleshooting & Fast Settings. MRQ comprehensive, AOV creation, Compositing in Fusion & AE, More emphasis on comp here as more value.
Embark on your creative journey with us
...and elevate your skills to new heights!
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