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Depicting dogfights: how real-time rendering helped an Indian fighter jet series take off

Aerial combat has been a big draw since the days of Howard Hughes. Learn how Viga Entertainment Technology applied Unreal Engine to the aerial sequences of the Disney+ Hotstar series Shoorveer, becoming one of the first TV productions to use it in India.

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How Netflix series The Silent Sea recreated the Moon with Unreal Engine’s ICVFX tech

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How Netflix series The Silent Sea recreated the Moon with Unreal Engine’s ICVFX tech

To recreate outer space and the Moon for the Korean Netflix series, The Silent Sea, Westworld leveraged the power of Unreal Engine’s in-camera VFX (ICVFX) technology.

How Netflix series <em>The Silent Sea</em> recreated the Moon with Unreal Engine’s ICVFX tech

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Taking Unreal Engine's latest in-camera VFX toolset for a spin

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Taking Unreal Engine's latest in-camera VFX toolset for a spin

Recently, Epic Games and filmmakers’ collective Bullitt assembled a team to test out the latest in-camera VFX toolset, part of the extensive suite of virtual production tools in Unreal Engine 4.27. To put each of the tools new through their paces, they created a short test piece to mimic a production workflow.

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Mold3D Studio to share Slay animated content sample project with Unreal Engine community

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Mold3D Studio to share Slay animated content sample project with Unreal Engine community

In a bid to inspire and educate artists, Mold3D Studio is sharing its decades of experience in the industry by creating a sample project for animated content. With a distinctive style that’s a hybrid of anime and realism, Slay is rendered entirely in Unreal Engine.

Mold3D Studio to share <em>Slay</em> animated content sample project with Unreal Engine community

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Zoic Studios optimizes its pipeline for Superman & Lois with real-time visualization

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Zoic Studios optimizes its pipeline for Superman & Lois with real-time visualization

When tasked with creating the action-packed visual effects sequences for Warner Bros’ new TV series Superman & Lois at film quality but on an episodic TV timeline, Emmy award-winning VFX company Zoic Studios knew they would need to find new ways of working. Enter Unreal Engine.

Zoic Studios optimizes its pipeline for <em>Superman & Lois</em> with real-time visualization

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Monster on the move: how ASC pushed UE5 Early Access animation tools to the limit

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Monster on the move: how ASC pushed UE5 Early Access animation tools to the limit

Before releasing Unreal Engine 5 Early Access to developers, we created a high-quality sample project, Valley of the Ancient, to test it out. To really push the limits, it included a 50-million-polygon character, courtesy of Aaron Sims Creative, which was animated entirely in engine.

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MediaMonks helps global brands scale advertising campaigns with real-time rendering

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MediaMonks helps global brands scale advertising campaigns with real-time rendering

Effectively catering to local tastes and cultures is a challenge for global brands like OREO. With a myriad of packaging variations to reflect different flavors and languages, commercials have to be recreated numerous times. That’s why MediaMonks is finding new efficiencies with real-time rendering in Unreal Engine.

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HBO’s Westworld turns to Unreal Engine for in-camera visual effects

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HBO’s Westworld turns to Unreal Engine for in-camera visual effects

HBO’s hit sci-fi series Westworld explores the technological landscape of the near future. In season 3, the production also turned to futuristic techniques behind the camera, with help from Unreal Engine.

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Virtual production: Stargate Studios creates final pixels on set

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Virtual production: Stargate Studios creates final pixels on set

Real-time rendering has been opening the door to new virtual production techniques in recent years, revolutionizing VFX pipelines. But what if you could produce the actual final pixels in camera, on set? Find out how Stargate Studios is doing just that.

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Virtual Production: how game engines are taking previs to a new level

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Virtual Production: how game engines are taking previs to a new level

Previsualization has been helping production teams make better movies for well over a decade, but using game engines brings a whole new angle to the art. Find out how teams at Framestore, Fox Feature Films, Halon Entertainment, and The Third Floor are making it pay off in spades.

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Unreal Engine powers ILM’s VR virtual production toolset on “Solo: A Star Wars Story”

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Unreal Engine powers ILM’s VR virtual production toolset on “Solo: A Star Wars Story”

When ILM set about creating the visual effects for Solo: A Star Wars Story, they wanted to raise the bar. Using StageCraft VR, their Unreal Engine-powered virtual production tool, they were able to plan their shots without flying blind—and get the whole team on board a moving train.

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How virtual production brought dolls to life in “Welcome to Marwen”

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How virtual production brought dolls to life in “Welcome to Marwen”

When director Robert Zemeckis needed animated dolls give believable human performances in “Welcome to Marwen,” his VFX team developed a unique method of projecting facial capture onto digital models. Virtual production techniques for matching digital and on-set lighting made it all possible.