You're reading from Virtual Filmmaking with Unreal Engine 5 A step-by-step guide to creating a complete animated short film

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Published in Feb 2024

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ISBN-13 9781801813808

Length 480 pages

Edition 1st Edition

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Unreal

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Animation

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Hussin Khan

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Table of Contents (23) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Pre-Production: Project Development and Gathering Resources

2. Chapter 1: Getting Started with Unreal Engine FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Understanding the Principles of Photography, Film Cameras, and Lenses

4. Chapter 3: Understanding the Art of Storytelling and Creating Your Storyboard

5. Part 2: Production: Creating the Environment

6. Chapter 4: Importing 3D Objects and Creating Levels

7. Chapter 5: Creating Environments with Quixel Megascans

8. Chapter 6: Creating and Applying Materials to 3D Meshes

9. Part 3: Production: Adding and Animating Characters

10. Chapter 7: Creating Actors with Unreal Engine MetaHumans

11. Chapter 8: Retargeting the MetaHumans for Unreal Engine 5

12. Chapter 9: Adding Animations and Facial Expressions to Your MetaHuman Characters

13. Part 4: Production: Shooting the Scene

14. Chapter 10: Adding and Animating Virtual Cameras Using the Level Sequencer

15. Chapter 11: Enhancing Set Dressing, Retiming Shots, and Adding Niagara Particles

16. Chapter 12: Setting the Mood with Lighting and Adding Post-Processing Effects

17. Part 5: Post-Production: Adding Post-Processing Effects and Music

18. Chapter 13: Exploring Color Management, Additional Camera Settings, and Rendering Your Shots

19. Chapter 14: Adding Sound and Finalizing Your Virtual Film

20. Index

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Appendix: Creating Material IDs Using Blender

Summary

Congratulations, you have completed the MetaHuman retargeting process! It was a rather lengthy process, but you managed to download a character and mocap animation file from Mixamo, create an IK Rig for the Y Bot, and retarget the UE5 Mannequin and the MetaHuman characters.

As I mentioned, this was just a test project, but more importantly, you now have the knowledge to take any mocap animation files from Mixamo and retarget them for use on any MetaHumans. The key thing is that you do not need to repeat the tedious chain-mapping process or create an IK Rig anymore.

In the next chapter, you will use this workflow on a walk animation we are going to use on our MetaHuman Actors.

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