Unreal Engine VFX for Games Beginner to Intermediate

Unreal Engine – VFX for Games – Beginner to Intermediate, available at $99.99, has an average rating of 4.65, with 61 lectures, 7 quizzes, based on 1670 reviews, and has 12454 subscribers.

You will learn about Create effects for games in Unreal Engine with Niagara. Fundamental concepts about Visual Effects. Creating Textures, Meshes and Shaders for Game VFX. Special skills for Game Developers. This course is ideal for individuals who are VFX Beginner or Unreal Engine Beginners or Unity Beginners or Game Designers or Programmers or Illustrators or 3D Generalists or Artists in General It is particularly useful for VFX Beginner or Unreal Engine Beginners or Unity Beginners or Game Designers or Programmers or Illustrators or 3D Generalists or Artists in General.

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Summary

Title: Unreal Engine – VFX for Games – Beginner to Intermediate

Price: $99.99

Average Rating: 4.65

Number of Lectures: 61

Number of Quizzes: 7

Number of Published Lectures: 61

Number of Published Quizzes: 7

Number of Curriculum Items: 75

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 72

Original Price: $199.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Create effects for games in Unreal Engine with Niagara.

Fundamental concepts about Visual Effects.

Creating Textures, Meshes and Shaders for Game VFX.

Special skills for Game Developers.

Who Should Attend

VFX Beginner

Unreal Engine Beginners

Unity Beginners

Game Designers

Programmers

Illustrators

3D Generalists

Artists in General

Target Audiences

VFX Beginner

Unreal Engine Beginners

Unity Beginners

Game Designers

Programmers

Illustrators

3D Generalists

Artists in General

This course is all about the creation of VFX or, also know as Realtime FX for Games, with Niagarain Unreal Engine.

You’ll learn the process and workflow of creating Magic Spells, Fireballs, Special Skillsand more for games. It will guide you from a Beginnerstandpoint toan Intermediate level in the art of creating Visual Effects for Games with Unreal Engine.

It contains the theory, the practice and the techniques you need for your future Visual Effects career, or to improve your skills as a Game Developer!

This course embraces topics such as:
-The theory behind VFXfor Games – What’s good vs What’s less good;
-Pre-Production
–NiagaraEmitters and Systems;
-How to create simple and complex shaders in Material Maker;
-The process of building 3d Meshes;
-How to draw textures by hand;
-How to feel more comfortable with VFX in general.
-Improve your skills in one the main areas of Game Development;

I’m Gabriel Aguiar, founder of Golden Bug Studios and of the YouTube channel Gabriel Aguiar Prod., with more then 10 million views related to Game Development but mostly focused on Visual Effects for Games. And I would love to have you on board so you can finally learn special effects for games!

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Introduction

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: VFX Fundamentals

Lecture 1: Type of Effects

Lecture 2: Principles of VFX | 1 – Gameplay

Lecture 3: Principles of VFX | 2 – Timing

Lecture 4: Principles of VFX | 3 – Shape

Lecture 5: Principles of VFX | 4 – Contrast

Lecture 6: Principles of VFX | 5 – Color

Chapter 3: Pre-Production

Lecture 1: Pre-Production Overview

Chapter 4: Setting Up UE4 – Your Workspace

Lecture 1: Download & Install Unreal Engine 4

Lecture 2: Creating Your VFX Project

Lecture 3: Quick Unreal Engine 4 Overview

Lecture 4: Cascade VS Niagara

Lecture 5: Activating Niagara

Chapter 5: Sparks – Getting Familiar With Niagara

Lecture 1: Niagara Overview

Lecture 2: Niagara Emitter

Lecture 3: Niagara System

Lecture 4: Your First Texture

Lecture 5: Additive Material

Lecture 6: Sparks Impact and Improvements

Lecture 7: Gravity and Collisions

Lecture 8: Sparks Loop and Niagara Simple Tricks

Chapter 6: Area of Effect Attack

Lecture 1: References

Lecture 2: Sketching

Lecture 3: AoE Project – Importing and Overview

Lecture 4: Starting the AoE Attack

Lecture 5: Creating a Cylinder Mesh

Lecture 6: Creating a Fire Texture

Lecture 7: Starting the Anticipation

Lecture 8: Starting the Climax

Lecture 9: Fire Impact Texture

Lecture 10: Distortion and Dissolve Material

Lecture 11: Adding Color

Lecture 12: Area of Effect Blueprint

Lecture 13: Easy Scale Control

Lecture 14: Easy Color Control

Lecture 15: Shockwaves

Lecture 16: Ground Crack

Lecture 17: Alpha Blended Material

Lecture 18: Adding a Spiral

Lecture 19: Final Touches

Chapter 7: Projectiles / Spells

Lecture 1: References

Lecture 2: Sketching

Lecture 3: Starting the Projectile, Muzzle and Impact

Lecture 4: Projectile Mesh

Lecture 5: Projectile Trail

Lecture 6: Projectile Texture

Lecture 7: Trail Texture

Lecture 8: Particles

Lecture 9: Easy Color and Scale

Lecture 10: Impact

Lecture 11: Muzzle

Lecture 12: Electric Version Part 1 – Lightning Flipbook

Lecture 13: Electric Version Part 2 – Trail Texture

Lecture 14: Electric Version Part 3 – Projectile Texture

Lecture 15: Electric Version Part 4 – Projectile Mesh

Lecture 16: Electric Version Part 5 – Projectile Capsule Setup

Lecture 17: Electric Version Part 6- Projectile Trail Setup

Lecture 18: Electric Version Part 7 – Final Touches

Lecture 19: Electric Version Part 8 – Impact

Lecture 20: Electric Version Part 9 – Muzzle & Final Touches

Chapter 8: Conclusion

Lecture 1: A Few Last Words

Instructors

Gabriel Aguiar
VFX Artist

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 10 votes

2 stars: 15 votes

3 stars: 111 votes

4 stars: 500 votes

5 stars: 1034 votes

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