Course Overview

Build your Unreal Engine skills in your spare time. Tune in each week for expert tips and techniques on everything from lighting to interactivity.

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Introduction

Create games, visualizations, and VR with Unreal Engine
Working with the exercise files

1. Lunchtime Lessons: Q3 2019

Animated water material
Use vertex painting for groundcover
Set up geometry for vertex painting
Optimize textures with channel packing
Color grading scenes using LUTs
Add ambient sound
Consistent light exposure via Datasmith
Use the Datasmith Attributes Modifier in 3ds Max
Import real-world terrain into Unreal
Use parameters to adjust materials
Light linking using Lighting Channels
Create a gobo using Light Functions

2. Lunchtime Lessons: Q4 2019

Set up raytracing in Unreal 4.22.3
Raytracing via post-production volumes
Use rect lights for raytracing
Open a door automatically
Create blob shadows
Use capsule shadows on large objects
Create glass materials
Understanding the Material Analyzer
Create material functions
Interact using key commands
Create a simple main menu
Add pop-up menus
Switch between materials

3. Lunchtime Lessons: Q1 2020

Speed up workflows with project templates
Create material instances
Using the HDRI Backdrop plugin
Metal flake materials for automotive
Manage auto exposure
Export from Maya to Unreal
Using material libraries
Understanding foliage materials
Organize and comment on materials
IES lighting
Manipulate pivots in Unreal

4. Lunchtime Lessons Q2 2020

Using USD files in Unreal
Physically based sun and sky
Using Quixel Megascan assets
Visual Dataprep in Datasmith
Screen Space Global Illumination (SSGI)
Layered landscape editing
Understanding view modes
Create viewport bookmarks
Optimize rendering for visualization
Photoshop blend modes in materials
Select and replace assets
Understanding fog in Unreal
Create light shaft effects

5. Lunchtime Lessons Q3 2020

Using the Variant Manager
Interfaces using the Variant Manager
New interface features in 4.25
Creating material layers
Painting layered materials
Adjusting lights with a slider
Using blueprint brushes for landscapes
Creating landscape features with splines
Brushed metal using anisotropy
Physically based translucency
Lidar point clouds
Creating swatches using color themes
Creating neutral lighting

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