Unreal Engine 4: Realtime Motion Graphics

Course details

Unreal bridges the gap between 3D motion graphics and the processing power of real-time game engines. You can create content in familiar tools (CINEMA 4D and Maya) and use Unreal to animate and render those assets. This workflow allows for the creation of gorgeous imagery while bypassing the traditional time-consuming rendering process of traditional 3D tools.

This course offers mograph designers a quick-start guide to real-time motion graphics in Unreal Engine 4 (UE4). Scott Pagano shows how to prep and import both static and animated geometry and animate objects and cameras with the Matinee Editor. He shows how to flesh out your scenes with Unreal's lighting and shading tools, and export video files and image sequences for further refinement in software such as After Effects. Following the quick-start chapter are three real-world projects that demonstrate the power of the workflow.

This forward-thinking approach to motion graphics leaves antiquated processes behind and presents modern, efficient, and fun ways to create 3D imagery. Once you have a grasp of how to import, animate, and make your content look great in UE4, the doors are open to dive into worlds of virtual reality, gaming, and interactive content. Check out more of our Unreal training here.

Learning objectives
Organizing a UE4 project
Importing files
Creating materials
Adding cameras
Creating keyframes in the Matinee Editor
Setting up units in Maya and C4D
Creating and assigning materials and lights
Rendering motion graphics in Unreal

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Welcome
02 - Exercise files

1. Unreal Engine 4 Quick Start

03 - Using the Epic Games Launcher and creating a new project
04 - Organizing a UE4 project
05 - Overview of the UE4 interface
06 - Coordinates and navigation
07 - Engine settings
08 - Importing files
09 - Creating materials
10 - Adding a camera to a scene
11 - Creating keyframes with the Matinee Editor
12 - Playback and export
13 - Unit setup in Maya
14 - Unit setup in C4D

2. Project 1 - Daylight Scene with KinetECO Animated and Static Geometry

15 - Preparing and exporting your geometry as an FBX file in Maya 2016
16 - Preparing and exporting your geometry as an FBX file in Maya 2016 - Update
17 - Preparing and exporting your geometry as an FBX file in C4D R17 - Update
18 - Preparing and exporting your geometry as an FBX file in C4D R17
19 - Creating your UE4 project
20 - Importing geometry into UE4
21 - Organizing and laying out your scene in UE4
22 - Export Maya camera and import into Matinee
23 - Export C4D camera
24 - Maya camera import
25 - C4D camera import
26 - Creating and assigning materials
27 - Creating and manipulating lights
28 - Adding a post-process volume
29 - Rendering

3. Project 2 - Graphic Scene with H Sport Animated Geometry

30 - Preparing and exporting your geometry as an FBX file in Maya 2016
31 - Preparing and exporting your geometry as an FBX file in Maya 2016 - Update
32 - Preparing and exporting your geometry as an FBX file in C4D R17 - Update
33 - Preparing and exporting your geometry as an FBX file in C4D R17
34 - Creating your UE4 project
35 - Importing geometry into UE4
36 - Organizing and laying out your scene in UE4
37 - Export Maya camera and import into Matinee
38 - Exporting C4D camera
39 - Maya camera import
40 - C4D camera import
41 - Creating and assigning materials
42 - Creating and manipulating lights
43 - Adding atmosphere fog
44 - Adding a post-process volume
45 - Rendering

4. Project 3 - Working with Matinee Animated Geometry

46 - Importing geometry into UE4
47 - Animating an object in Matinee
48 - Animating a camera in Matinee
49 - Creating and assigning materials
50 - Creating and manipulating lights

Conclusion

51 - Next steps