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Create beautiful, lifelike worlds in Unreal Engine 4 under the guidance of Joe Garth, one of the industry's top realtime artists. Having worked on projects such as Quixel's Rebirth and Crysis, Joe will teach you everything you need to know to get started with environments in Unreal.
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Joe Garth
Joe Garth is a veteran environment artist with over 15 years of industry experience. He’s contributed to cutting-edge projects at studios like Crytek and Quixel, working across cinematics, real-time graphics, and lighting. As the creator of Brushify, he now empowers artists to build stunning, game-ready worlds in Unreal Engine.
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Course Lesson Plan
Here's the low-down on everything covered in this course.
- 10 hours 26 minutesTotal Bundle Duration
- 103 VideosVideo Lectures in Bundle
- 5.06 GB of FilesDownloadable Project Files
Tools Used ?The tools listed below are used throughout the lectures of this course. Using alternatives is definitely possible depending on your proficiency, but we can only recommend using these listed softwares.
- Unreal Engine
Lesson 1
Planning
In this lesson, you'll learn the basics of Unreal and begin crafting your environment idea. You'll find references, build a library of assets, and assemble those assets together into one convenient staging area. By the end of this lesson, you'll have all the tools you need to start building your own environment.
- 1 hour 45 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 23 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
- Project FilesDownloadable Project Files
Guidance
Introduction
Getting Inspired
Preparing Assets
Asset Zoo
Conclusion
Lesson 2
World Creation
In this lesson, you will build a new level in Unreal Engine. Utilizing various sculpting, set dressing and lighting techniques, your level will progress from a completely flat plane to a beautifully laid out vista.
- 3 hours 41 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 33 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
Guidance
Introduction
Creating a New Level
Sculpting Landscapes
Texturing
Landscape Material Features
Set Dressing
Conclusion
Lesson 3
City Design
Now that you've created a natural environment, you'll learn how to quickly build a sprawling city. Blueprints, shaders and different kinds of set dressing can generate an incredible amount of variety in no time at all. You will finish by setting up a polished scene, which can either be turned into gameplay or a rendered image.
- 2 hours 35 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 23 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
Guidance
Introduction
Blueprints
Manipulating Objects
Building a City
Creating a Shot
Play Your Artwork
Conclusion
Lesson 4
Polishing
Now you will polish the environments and shots you've created throughout the course. This not only means making them look prettier, but also making sure they perform well while the environment is being run in real-time. At the end of this lesson, you will have a completed 2D or video piece, as well as a playable environment.
- 2 hours 23 minutesTotal Lesson Duration
- 24 VideosVideo Lectures in this Lesson
Guidance
Introduction
Lighting
Post-Production
Optimization
Rendering
Compiling
Conclusion
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