How to create a movie in Unreal Engine 5 Beginners Edition

About How to create a movie in Unreal Engine 5 Beginners Edition

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I Had to create an entire section for this course since Epic Games changed things when they released the final version of Unreal Engine 5 in April 5. So with that being said you can follow along if you have the older Unreal Engine 5 Early Access or the Official Unreal Engine 5 version.

Getting alot of questions regarding the motion capture part of this course. I will provide you with 2 FBX files containing the motion capture in this course. You will not need a suit to follow this course. Thank you for checking out my How to make a movie in Unreal Engine 5 Beginners Edition Course. In this 2.4 hour course, you will learn to install Unreal Engine 5 and create a short action movie in Unreal Engine 5 using free Metahumans and free AAA 3d characters from the Epic Marketplace. From the past I have used free animations from the Epic Marketplace but this time around, I was fortunate enough to acquire professional grade action motion capture animation from James Croak and his team of talented stuntman Christopher Troy and Braxton McAllister. Although just a disclaimer, the motion capture animations I provide in this course (2 FBX files) are only for educational use and cannot be used commercially. Also, if you have purchased one of my past courses, I listed what you will learn from this course so that you won't have to pay for something you already know. Like always I truly appreciate your support if you decide to purchase this course. Thank you! Recommended Hardware Specs: Windows 10 64 Bit, 12-core CPU at 3.4 GHz, with an NVIDIA RTX 2080 or AMD Radeon 5700 XT graphics card or higher, and 64 GB of system RAM,atleast 500GB of hard drive space. If you own an Apple computer I am sorry but I am not familiar with Mac computers so I do not know if it works with Unreal. Additionally, I will be using Davinci Resolve to view the final movie but any NLE will work. Lastly to follow along with the facial motion capture portion of the course will require you to have an Iphone device that has truedepth technology which I believe is Iphone X and up.

Support Files are available in zipped file under Part 2

Course Parts Unrea Engine 5 Course Update to accomodate April 5 Release of Unreal Engine 5 (skip this if you are still using the older UE5 Early Access) Installing Unreal Engine 5 Installing Plugin for motion capture data Creating new project Importing Metahuman Characters to Unreal Engine 5 Enabling motion capture plugin Placing Metahuman characters in the scene Applying body motion capture data to Metahuman characters Part 1: Installing Unreal Engine 5 Installing Plugin for motion capture data Creating new project Getting familiar with UE5 editor Introduction to Quixel Bridge Introduction to Quixel Megascan Creating a quick set using Quixel Megascan assets Part 2: Downloading Unreal Engine 4.26 for migrating older projects to UE5 Downloading free environment from Epic Marketplace Downloading free AAA characters from Epic Marketplace Introduction to Epic Games Metahuman Creator Tool (Need to request access from Epic Games to use the Metahuman Creator Tool) Creating quick character in Metahuman Creator Tool Importing Metahuman Characters to Unreal Engine 5 Enabling motion capture plugin Placing Metahuman characters in the scene Getting highest quality from Metahuman using Level of Detail Using free IOS app Livelink Face App to animate metahuman's face (optional with Iphone device) Part 3: Fixing texture streaming over budget error Importing professional motion capture fbx into Unreal Engine 5 Introduction to Cinematic Sequencer Applying body motion capture data to Metahuman characters Combining facial and body motion capture to Metahuman characters Fixing common errors with Metahuman bodies Creating and working with lights Creating & working with cameras Quick tip on how to make Metahumans look realistic Autofocus metahuman characters Creating multiple camera cuts Introduction to post process volume Adding sound in sequencer Test render movie Part 4: Metahuman Scene Indoors Importing movie in NLE (Optional) Finessing scene back in Unreal Engine 5 Adding custom textures to lights Finessing lighting for more dramatic effect New feature in UE5 Virtual Shadow Map Re-render sequence again Part 5: Cyborg Scene Outdoors Downloading Valley of the Ancient project (requires decent hardware. see recommended specs) Migrating Unreal Engine 4 assets to Unreal Engine 5 Importing characters from Epic Marketplace in Unreal Engine 5 Removing unwanted weapons Applying motion capture data to imported Characters Quickly fixing unwanted environment assets Creating slow motion/speed ramp effect Creating multiple cameras and cut track Finessing action scene Making lighting changes outdoors Introduction to Unreal Engine 5 control rig Editing motion capture data non-destructively using control rig Changing settings for final render Removing unwanted UI before final render Render final movie Import final sequence to Davinci Resolve (optional) Part 6: Troubleshooting Metahuman 0.5 update glitches. The End.