Mastering Technical Art in the Unreal Engine
eBook - ePub

Mastering Technical Art in the Unreal Engine

Worldbuilding

  1. 224 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mastering Technical Art in the Unreal Engine

Worldbuilding

About this book

This book covers how to build materials and VFX that bring your projects to life in Unreal Engine. Each chapter will provide you with the necessary underpinning theory as well as activities to test your learning inside of Unreal Engine.

You'll learn about Material Graphs, Parameters, Instances, Materials Maths, Nodes, Niagara Emitters and much more as you complete project-based examples. Included in the book is a series of introductory demonstration videos and quizzes to help test your learning, giving you all the tools and knowledge to make cutting-edge game materials and VFX.

This book will be of great interest to all students learning to create technical art within Unreal Engine, as well as professionals looking to sharpen their skills.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
At the moment all of our mobile-responsive ePub books are available to download via the app. Most of our PDFs are also available to download and we're working on making the final remaining ones downloadable now. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access Mastering Technical Art in the Unreal Engine by Greg Penninck,Stuart Butler in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Computer Science & Programming Games. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Author Biographies
  10. 1. What Is Technical Art
  11. 2. An Artist’s Guide to the Rendering Pipeline
  12. 3. What Are Materials?
  13. 4. Creating Your First Material
  14. 5. Material Instances
  15. 6. Master Materials
  16. 7. Mesh Painting and Materials
  17. 8. Introductory Materials for VFX
  18. 9. Introduction to Niagara and VFX in Unreal Engine
  19. 10. Creating the Energy Orb
  20. 11. Creating Our Sparking Cauldron
  21. 12. The Dawn of Fire
  22. 13. Magical Spells and Fireworks
  23. 14. The Waterfall
  24. 15. The Fire Tornado
  25. Index