Build Stunning Real-time VFX with Unreal Engine 5: Start your journey into Unreal particle systems to create realistic visual effects using Niagara

Hrishikesh Andurlekar

Mex$737.99 ~~Mex$820.99~~

4.8 (19 Ratings)

eBook May 2023 312 pages 1st Edition

eBook

Mex$737.99 ~~Mex$820.99~~

Hrishikesh Andurlekar

Mex$737.99 ~~Mex$820.99~~

4.8 (19 Ratings)

eBook May 2023 312 pages 1st Edition

eBook

Mex$737.99 ~~Mex$820.99~~

Mex$737.99 ~~Mex$820.99~~

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Explore how Niagara can make your games pop by creating stunning particle systems in Unreal Engine 5
Level up your VFX skills and enhance your employability in a competitive market
Build various particle system projects to reinforce your learning and put your new knowledge into practice

Description

While no game would be complete without visual effects, the ever-evolving VFX industry churns out stellar digital environments that can make your games stand out from the crowd. Build Stunning Real-time VFX with Unreal Engine 5 is here to help you boost your creativity using Niagara to make jaw-dropping particle systems backed by the power of Unreal Engine 5—without a line of code. This handy guide for VFX artists takes you through the principles and concepts of designing particle systems and design workflows, along with the architecture of Niagara, Unreal Engine 5’s VFX system. Throughout the book, you’ll build a series of mini projects that will put your particle system knowledge to the test. As you advance, you’ll cover topics such as creating your own custom modules, debugging workflows, and controlling particles with blueprints, and conclude by working on two projects that will bring everything together into a neat package. By the end of this VFX book, you’ll have a deeper understanding of particle systems, improving your skills, portfolio, and the chances of being employed by studios using Unreal Engine 5.

Who is this book for?

This book is for visual effects artists transitioning to real-time virtual production workflow as well as beginners looking to learn Niagara for games and other real-time applications. Game programmers, 3D generalists, and game designers interested in adding VFX for their game and metaverse projects will also find this book useful. A basic understanding of Unreal Engine 5, blueprints, as well as layout, materials, and lighting in Unreal Engine is expected.

What you will learn

Brush up your vector mathematics skills
Access and create namespaces in Niagara
Add a Niagara system to a Blueprint actor
Create a particle system with dynamic inputs
Publish a custom module for your team members to use
Create Niagara Scratch modules
Enable your particle emitters to communicate using event handlers
Control Niagara systems using Blueprint public variables

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Victor Dominguez Jan 19, 2024

100% recommending, a great book!

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Josh Jun 16, 2023

Very comprehensive with lots of pictures and discussion of the UI, really great for beginners and more advanced UE5 users alike! I really like that this book motivates the WHY behind decisions, and always makes the reasoning clear to help you think more like a VFX artist!The first part of the book is fantastic for getting beginners up to speed, and the second part is especially packed with exciting new ways to use these tools and how to think about them! As a beginner, writing your own Niagara modules is pretty intimidating, but this book goes into great step-by-step detail and will have you following along in no-time!I'll definitely be keeping my copy handy when I build my Niagara systems!

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SERGEY NOVIKOV Jun 04, 2023

For a long time, I really wanted to deep dive into FX in UE5, and finally, I have got the chance,The book is so really well structured, I liked how everything was easy and clear in chapter 1 - I really enjoyed the explanation and example,Chapter 2 gave me a little hard and at the same time really interesting example which I can use in my game and explained how I can debug FX systems,So after all I really like this book, and definitely will recommend everyone who wants to have a fast and interesting learn-weekend with Niagara

Daniel Mosquera Jul 07, 2023

I am new and slow when it comes to VFX and particles and Unreal's tools looked a bit overwhelming to me. This book helped me, with practical examples, to get to know the tools and familiarize with what each part does. It can also become a quick reference book when you are working on your project.I starts relatively simple but as you progress through you will see more complex stuff you can do and you are never overwhelmed. At the end you will feel accomplished and closer to use the engine for make your dream project a reality

Amazon Customer May 30, 2023

After reviewing the book, it looks like a good place to start if you want to try out vfx and understand how vfx works. The author covers some of the math of how the particles move in a space. There's link to github pages so you can download the projects and look over them yourself. So if you're looking into learning vfx this seems like a good place to start.

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