Blender To Unreal Engine 5 The Complete Beginners Guide
3D Game Development Journey: From Blender Basics to Unreal Engine 5 Excellence
What you'll learn
• Kickstarting your 3D modelling journey in Blender whether you are a seasoned artist or a newcomer
• Using Blender 3 and understanding its new interface and shortcuts
• A course within a course introduction into (a) Blender basics, (b) materials and textures, (c) seams, sharps, and UVs
• Speeding up your 3D modelling workflow with a comprehensive overview and demonstration of using Blender’s asset manager
• Starting projects the right way with our complete referencing guide focusing on the symbiotic relationship between different types of specialist software and
• Creating Viking curves using cool tools like Boolean operations and the grease pencil
• Learning how to create realistic roof thatching and layering your roof to make it voluptuous
• Diving into the world of seamless textures, and harnessing Blender's particle system to design your very own texture maps
• Crafting different shaders from the same texture maps to see how you can tweak not only colours but the overall vibe
• Experimenting with varying levels of transparency and exploring different water types using Blender’s node system
• Mastering the power of compositing and layers in Blender with a complete 3D modelling pipeline from greybox to high poly render
• Exploring practical approaches that elevate the realism and visual appeal of your renders
• Embarking on a smooth transition from Blender to Unreal Engine 5 (UE5), as we unveil the ease of importing glTF files
• Creating a volumetric fog that interacts with lighting, followed by a complete guide and introduction to the UE5 Lumen lighting system
• Unlock the ability to craft realistic water bodies, be it a peaceful lake or a flowing river using UE5’s water plugin
• Elevating your landscapes further with terrain displacement, and blending water bodies with Nanite-enabled terrain
• Uncovering the transformative power of colour calibration, tweaking colour settings to achieve a harmonious palette
• Enriching your scenes through the use of Quixel assets and create rich environments and open worlds with or without foliage
• Engaging in hands-on colour grading exercises, and witnessing your scene's transformation towards a professional, realistic finish
Requirements
• To own a computer (Microsoft, Linux or Mac)
• To have downloaded Blender and Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) or one of the two if you choose to only do Part 1 (Blender) or Part 2 (UE5) of this course
• A thirst to learn and excitement about 3D modelling, game art, game engine integration, and 3D environment design
• To download all course resources including 1 x completed Viking hut .blend file if you choose to skip to part 2 of this course and focus on UE5 only, 1 x thatched roof full Blender set up, 1 x human reference .obj, 13 different textures, 3 thatching textures (normal, colour, and AO), and over 500 texture maps.
