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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

Index

As this ebook edition doesn't have fixed pagination, the page numbers below are hyperlinked for reference only, based on the printed edition of this book.

Symbols

3D objects

importing 79-82

Academy Color Encoding System (ACES) 343, 344, 358, 369

Academy Color Encoding System - Computer Graphics (ACEScg) 369

ACES Color Workflow

DaVinci Resolve, setting up 402-405

Actors 16

Adobe Firefly

URL 53

albedo 326

ambient occlusion 326

anti-aliasing methods 394

ArtStation

URL 322

assets

migrating, between projects in Unreal Engine 236-238

atmosphere material

adding 165-167

baking 250

Blender

interface 434, 435

URL 79

Bloom effect

adding 346, 347

Bokeh 350

Bookmarks

adding 77, 78

Camera Actor 36

camera angles 26

dutch angle 28

eye level 27

high angle 26

low angle 26

camera lenses 20

fisheye lenses 22

macro lenses 22

standard lenses...

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