Visual Effects in Unreal

Overview

Using skills and techniques shown in Introduction to Unreal for Virtual Production, students will dive into the exciting world of real-time visual effects in Unreal Engine. Employing Unreal Engine's powerful in-engine FX system, Niagara, students will be given the fundamental know-how to create a variety of realistic effects to add to their worlds and cinematics. The class focuses on students getting hands-on instruction working with Unreal’s various integrated toolsets to create different effects. Students will delve into the real-time visual effects pipeline through homework assignments and work toward a final class project for review.