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Unreal Engine 5 Beginner's Guide to Building a 3D Environment
on-demand course

Unreal Engine 5 Beginner's Guide to Building a 3D Environment

with 3D Tudor (Neil Ian Bettison)
January 2023
Beginner
18h 32m
English
Packt Publishing
Closed Captioning available in English

Overview

In this 18-hour course, you'll discover the fundamentals of Unreal Engine 5 while creating a detailed 3D environment from scratch. This comprehensive guide covers the entire workflow, from exploring the Quixel library to adding stunning particle effects, empowering you to craft vivid landscapes for your game designs.

What I will be able to do after this course

  • Understand and utilize the Quixel library for textures, vegetation, and assets in your 3D environment projects.
  • Master terrain sculpting and create realistic mountains and landscapes using height map textures.
  • Design and implement dynamic water systems including effects like waterfalls and caustics.
  • Apply animated Niagara particle effects to bring life to your scenes with birds, fireflies, and fires.
  • Develop professional rendering and color grading techniques to enhance your portfolio-ready projects.

Course Instructor(s)

3D Tudor, founded by bestselling Blender author Neil Ian Bettison, is a globally recognized education studio in 3D art, game development, and digital content creation. Since 2019, it has helped 250,000+ learners build skills in Blender, Unreal Engine 5, Geometry Nodes, modelling, texturing, environment creation, and game art. Neil is also co-author of a #1 Amazon bestselling Blender book from Packt.

Who is it for?

This course is perfect for anyone new to Unreal Engine 5 or transitioning from Unreal Engine 4. Ideal for aspiring game designers aiming to gain hands-on experience in environment creation. Hobbyists interested in creating visually stunning 3D landscapes for games or personal projects will also find this course engaging and actionable.

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