The Absolute Beginner's Guide To Learning Unreal Engine 4

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Free Online Course: The Absolute Beginner's Guide To Learning Unreal Engine 4 provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 3-4 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. The Absolute Beginner's Guide To Learning Unreal Engine 4 is taught by Michael Ricks.

Overview
  • Unreal Engine has become a leading resource in the creation of games, animations, television shows and illustrations!  In this course we will take the absolute beginner from knowing NOTHING about Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) to a workable understanding of:

    • Where to get your FREE copy of Unreal Engine
    • Scene setup

    • Importing assets & characters

    • Lighting setup

    • Basic material setup and application

    • The Sequencer (Unreal Engine's animation & editing timeline)

    • Setting up a simple animation

    • Importing audio into the Sequencer

    • Rendering your movie out to a movie file for further manipulation

Syllabus
    • 01 Download UE4
    • 02 Tour of Epic Launcher
    • 03 Create Your First Project and Import Robot
    • 04 How To Create Folders
    • 05 How To Save Your Level
    • 06 How To Hide Scene Icons
    • 07 How To Open Different Viewports
    • 08 How To Dock Windows
    • 09 Review #1
    • 10 Lets add some walls
    • 11 Drag & Drop Materials
    • 12 A look at Materials
    • 13 Start Lighting From Scratch Add Dir Light
    • 14 Contact Shadows
    • 15 Set Up Point Light
    • 16 Set Up Spotlight
    • 17 Rectangle Light
    • 18 Lighting Setups
    • 19 Sphere Reflection Captures
    • 20 The Skylight
    • 21 Lets create the sky
    • 22 Atmospheric Fog
    • 23 Exponential Height Fog
    • 24 God Rays
    • 25 Amazing Particle System
    • 26 Create a new Level
    • 27 Heres the scene we will create
    • 28 Import HDRI Backdrop
    • 29 Add Cinematic Camera
    • 30 Create a new Level Sequence
    • 31 Add Robot To Sequencer
    • 32 Advanced Camera Settings
    • 33 Depth of Field
    • 34 Moving the camera A
    • 35 Moving the camera B
    • 36 Preparing Our Project For Export
    • 37 Exporting Our Video
    • 38 Get HitFilm3 Express
    • 39 Edit Clips and Color Grade then export