Film & Television
Inside the ‘Unreal Tournament’ episode of Secret Level with Blur Studio
Find out how Blur Studio created a real-time animation pipeline from scratch for the ‘Unreal Tournament’ episode of the Amazon Prime series Secret Level, and generated movie-quality results complete with MetaHumans and special effects.Free Unreal Engine courses: animating MetaHumans, god rays, PCG tools, and more
Check out this month’s free Unreal Engine learning content and learn skills in everything from MetaHuman animation and procedural content generation to VR game development and visual effects.Unreal highlights in the media and entertainment industry this year
This year saw some truly standout Unreal Engine-powered media and entertainment projects. Check out the highlights of 2024 as we look back on Dune: Part Two, Fallout, and much more.Free learning content: Explore 3D scanning with Quixel, switching to UE & more
Hone your existing Unreal Engine skills and learn new ones in this month’s batch of free online learning content, covering 3D scanning with the experts at Quixel, animation, procedural content generation, and much more.
Free Unreal Engine courses and learning content for film and TVThis month’s free learning content takes you into the exciting world of Unreal Engine for film and TV. Explore courses on virtual production, animation, art direction, and more.
Unreal Engine streamlines desert production on Dune: Part TwoWe talk to some of ‘Dune: Part Two’s’ creative and production teams about why Unreal Engine was a “godsend” in the film’s production.
Behind the scenes on Blue Dot: MetaHuman Animator brings stunning fidelity to cinematics
The film shows how MetaHuman Animator unlocks the ability for teams to create cinematics of stunning fidelity and resonance by using a creative on-set process typical of traditional filmmaking to direct and capture a performance.Delivering high-quality facial animation in minutes, MetaHuman Animator is now available!
Capture a facial performance for your digital human using just an iPhone and a PC and turn it into facial animation for your MetaHuman in minutes. Fast, easy, and cost-effective, MetaHuman Animator unlocks facial performance capture for all creators.New MetaHuman Animator feature set to bring easy high-fidelity performance capture to MetaHumansDo you love the visual fidelity of MetaHumans but find it hard to make their facial animation equally believable? A new MetaHuman feature set will soon change all that. And you may already have the hardware you need in your pocket.
From The Lion King to fairyland: inside the beautiful world of Brave CreaturesJourney into a short that feels destined for bigger things, as we learn how an Academy Award-winner tapped Epic Ecosystem standards like UE5, Megascans, MetaHumans, and the Path Tracer to pull you into a fairy world on the brink of war.
Real-time round-up: the state of interactive 3DLast year saw some key milestones on our journey toward a future filled with virtual worlds and interactive 3D experiences. In this post, we dive into the stats and stories that told the tale of real-time technology in 2022.
New MetaHuman release brings easier sharing and DNA calibrationThe latest MetaHuman release includes the ability to more easily share, collaborate, and iterate on characters, together with a new resource that enables you to edit various aspects of the MetaHuman DNA file for customization and/or pipeline integration.
Online course: MetaHuman facial animation with Faceware Analyzer and RetargeterReady to unlock the secrets to animating realistic facial performances? Learn how to create real-time facial animation for your MetaHumans with Faceware Analyzer and Retargeter! Start these two partnered courses today.
Real-time character animation training roundup: free resourcesCheck out our 3D animation resources! Since our last post, we’ve added a ton of new animation tutorials, guides, and samples. Dive into the new Animation Field Guide, explore the Slay sample project, and brush up on your animation techniques with our latest online courses.
New release brings Mesh to MetaHuman to Unreal Engine, and much more!
This release of the MetaHuman framework brings not only new features for MetaHuman Creator, but also an exciting new MetaHuman Plugin for Unreal Engine, as well as support for the new character rigging, animation, and physics features in Unreal Engine 5.Early Access to MetaHuman Creator is now available!
Have you been waiting to get your hands on MetaHuman Creator? Now’s your opportunity to join the Early Access program and start creating your own unique MetaHumans.A sneak peek at MetaHuman Creator: high-fidelity digital humans made easy
Creating convincing digital humans has traditionally been hard, slow, and expensive. With MetaHuman Creator, the time to create a unique digital human of the highest quality, complete with hair and clothing, is slashed. Here, we provide a first look at the new tool.