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 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.
Dive into these brand new Unreal Engine courses and tutorialsLooking to hone your Unreal Engine skills? This month’s learning content will teach you everything from animating in engine to optimizing skeletal meshes for top performance. Check it out.
MetaHuman comes to UEFN, dynamic clothing with Marvelous Designer, and more
With the integration of MetaHuman into Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN), creators and developers now have powerful and intuitive tools to bring high-fidelity human characters into their Fortnite islands.
All the big news from the State of Unreal at GDC '24Catch up on Epic Games’ announcements from GDC 2024 to find out about UE 5.4, LEGO® Elements for Fortnite creators, how the Epic Games Store is going mobile—and much more.
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.
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.
Unreal Fest 2022: Sessions for creators across all industriesThis year’s Unreal Fest featured tracks dedicated to games, media & entertainment, architecture, automotive, and simulation. But some sessions refused to be pigeonholed, having broad appeal for creators across all industries. Check out the highlights of our Cross-Industry track here.
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.
Six-week cinematics: watch the Unreal Fellowship 2022 sizzle reelUnreal Fellowship students are always full of ideas and this group was no different. See some of our favorite clips from their final projects, covering everything from anime angels to interdimensional meetings. See if you can spot the MetaHumans!
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.