December 20, 2024

Free UE learning content: Blueprint, motion design, and more

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Our latest batch of free online learning courses is ready and waiting for you to explore.

December’s offering brings everything from beginner courses on building AAA-style game menus and learning Blueprint, to creating soundtracks for Fortnite islands and unlocking the power of realistic lighting in Unreal Engine. Take a look!

New Courses

Creating Your First AAA Custom Menu in Unreal Engine (Beginner to Intermediate)

This eight-part online course explores how to create a fully functioning, professional-looking menu system in the style of a AAA game—in under two hours. Learn how to import custom fonts; create a dynamic background with a camera; construct a user interface (UI) using a Widget Blueprint; and add animation, audio, and functionality to the UI elements.

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Patchwork Kickstart: Creating Music for Fortnite

Courtesy of Karan Parikh

This introductory workshop will teach you the basics of integrating audio devices, understanding sound design, and creating a complete soundtrack for Fortnite islands. By the end of the session, you’ll have the skills to produce immersive music and enhance the atmosphere of your Unreal Editor for Fortnite (UEFN) projects.

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Unreal Engine 5.5 Full Update Breakdown

Courtesy of The Epic Singh

Unreal Engine 5.5 is now available to download and there’s plenty to get excited about in this packed release. Watch this video for a tour of all the core updates and improvements in 5.5, covering world creation, rendering enhancements, animation updates, VFX, and much more.

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Lighting Modes I

Courtesy of AlexTheGreatz

Check out the first of two tutorials from The Ultimate Unreal Campus that explore how lighting can unlock realism, mood, and storytelling in your Unreal Engine project. This installment covers lighting basics, activating RTX, and working with lightmaps.

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Lighting Modes II

Shadows and reflections in Unreal Engine.

Courtesy of AlexTheGreatz

In the second lighting tutorial from The Ultimate Unreal Campus, you’ll learn about Planar Reflection, Skylight, GPU Lightmass Lighting, Global Illumination, and much more.

Dive In AlexTheGreatz

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Unreal Blueprint for Absolute Beginner

The Blueprint visual scripting system in Unreal Engine.

Courtesy of Manjunath_Chidre

Learn the fundamentals of the Blueprint visual scripting system. This video covers when and how to use variables, operators, and control structures using a simple coin collector game prototype as an example.

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Unreal Engine 5.4 Motion Design ~ Bloom

Courtesy of HUSSIN KHAN (UAI)

Discover how to create stunning motion designs using Unreal Engine in this step-by-step tutorial. Master dynamic animations, lighting, and visual effects to elevate your creative projects with real-time rendering and powerful in-engine tools.

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Epic talks and demos

Unreal Engine Motion Design: Cutting-Edge Tools and Techniques | Unreal Fest 2024

Courtesy of Pixel Prof

Dive under the hood of Unreal Engine’s dedicated toolset for motion design and broadcast graphics with this recorded session from Unreal Fest Seattle 2024. We examine the toolset’s cutting-edge features including Cloners, Effectors, Animators, Material Designer, and Transition Logic.

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Riot’s Multi-Game Unreal-Based Development Ecosystem | Unreal Fest 2024

An animated character created by Riot Games.

Courtesy of Riot Games

In this recorded session from Unreal Fest Seattle 2024, Riot Games covers its approach to building a shared end-to-end AAA game development ecosystem on top of Unreal Engine, with an overview of the layers of game-agnostic shared engine technologies, infrastructure, and processes it has implemented.

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