You're reading from Unreal Engine 5 Character Creation, Animation, and Cinematics Create custom 3D assets and bring them to life in Unreal Engine 5 using MetaHuman, Lumen, and Nanite

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781801812443

Length 598 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Lumen

Concepts

Animation

Authors (2):

Wilhelm Ogterop

Henk Venter

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Table of Contents (27) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1 Creating 3D Assets

2. Chapter 1: An Introduction to Blender's 3D Modeling and Sculpting Tools FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Modeling a Robot Drone Character

4. Chapter 3: Let's Sculpt an Alien Plant!

5. Chapter 4: UV Maps and Texture Baking

6. Chapter 5: Texturing Your Models inside Quixel Mixer

7. Part 2 Building Your Virtual Movie Set in Unreal Engine 5

8. Chapter 6: Exploring Unreal Engine 5

9. Chapter 7: Setting Up Materials in UE 5

10. Chapter 8: Using MetaHuman to Create a Photorealistic Human for UE5

11. Chapter 9: Building a Virtual 3D Movie Set in UE5

12. Chapter 10: Adding Lighting and Atmospheric Visual Effects in UE5

13. Part 3 Character Rigging for Animation in UE5 with Control Rig

14. Chapter 11: Alien Plant Joint Setup in Blender

15. Chapter 12: Alien Plant Skinning in Blender

16. Chapter 13: Robot Joint Setup and Skinning in Blender

17. Chapter 14: Making a Custom Rig for Our Alien Plant with Control Rig

18. Chapter 15: Creating a Control Rig with Basic IK Controls for the Robot in UE5

19. Part 4 Animation in UE5 Using Control Rig and Sequencer

20. Chapter 16: Creating a Simple Swaying Animation Cycle in UE5 Sequencer

21. Chapter 17: Creating Three Simple Animations for the Robot in UE5 Sequencer

22. Chapter 18: Importing Motion Capture onto the MetaHuman Control Rig

23. Chapter 19: Motion Capture Editing and Cleanup Using Control Rig and Sequencer

24. Chapter 20: Using Sequencer to Construct Your Final Scene

25. Index

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Part 3 Character Rigging for Animation in UE5 with Control Rig

This part of the book will cover how to make a skeleton and Control Rig for your assets to be able to animate them easily.

We will cover the following chapters in this section:

Chapter 11, Alien Plant Joint Setup in Blender
Chapter 12, Alien Plant Skinning in Blender
Chapter 13, Robot Joint Setup and Skinning in Blender
Chapter 14, Making a Custom Rig for Our Alien Plant with Control Rig
Chapter 15, Creating a Control Rig with Basic IK Controls for the Robot in UE5

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