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Tag: Epic Games

Articles

Go behind the scenes of this virtual production ‘Ghostbusters’ proof of concept

It was presented at SIGGRAPH this year.

Magazine

Issue #12 of the print mag is out, and covers virtual production short films

Go behind the scenes of Framestore’s latest short, FLITE, plus other shorts made with real-time tools.

Podcasts

How this short film was a test bed for rigging and stylization tools, and new real-time compositing in Unreal Engine

Watch and learn from ‘Little Bird’.

Podcasts

VFX supe and director Adam Valdez on the new tech in his UE5 short ‘Brave Creatures’

The short utilized the new Path Tracer feature in Unreal Engine.

Tech Weeklies

Tech Weeklies is back! Unreal’s Mesh to MetaHuman, DNEG’s review tool, new Blender out

Catching up on a week of tech news in VFX, animation and CG.

VFX Breakdowns

Epic Games posts making of ‘The Matrix Awakens’

A really fun behind the scenes video with previously unseen footage from how ‘The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience’ was crafted.

VFX Insight

All about the ‘Ninety Days’ Unreal Engine 5 and Quixel Megascans project

Over 40 environments were created in just a few days each.

Articles

These ‘Matrix Awakens’ behind the scenes videos are fantastic

Plus, you can download the sample city for free.

VFX Insight

RD-Textures scans have moved to the Quixel Megascans Library

The texture sets from RD-Textures can be accessed immediately with your Epic Games account.

VFX Insight

Here’s how to get access to Megascans Trees

They are now in early access in the Unreal Engine Marketplace.

Articles

Unreal Engine has made a ‘Matrix’-themed immersive experience with a photoreal Keanu

The experience has pre-rendered cinematics, real-time rendered scenes, and a car shoot-em-up you can PLAY.

VFX Insight

Here’s how Moab canyons and rock formations were scanned for Megascans

This behind the scenes Quixel video takes you on location for the scans.

VFX Insight

Go deeper into this Megascans-made medieval village

These extended Quixel video tutorials take a deep dive into performance optimization.

Articles

How Aaron Sims Creative made ‘The Eye: Calanthek’ in UE5 in six weeks

And, how you can download the alien creature animated with Control Rig from the short right now.

VFX Insight

Megascans infests ‘Resident Evil Village’

How Capcom utilized the Quixel Megascans Library for the first-person survival-horror game.

Articles

You’ve seen this Unreal Engine character before, and now YOU can animate her

A new animation sample project is also being released for UE 4.27 and UE5.

Articles

You can already download the in-camera VFX sample for the now-out Unreal Engine 4.27

4.27 has just been released, and a big part of its offerings relate to in-camera VFX workflows.

Articles

Tech Weeklies: New news from Nvidia, Autodesk, Epic, Chaos and Adobe

The latest in VFX and animation tech.

Articles

Here’s where you can download ‘production-ready’ CG assets from VFX, anim and game engine studios

Thanks to Animal Logic, WDAS, Pixar, Oats, Unity and Epic.

Podcasts

VFX Notes: Ep 4 – Space Jam 2, Tomorrow War, Loki, and a look at LED volume filmmaking

Hugo and Ian review some films and shows, and discuss LED walls.

Articles

Tech Weeklies: Epic buys Sketchfab, Unity buys SpeedTree, FreeMoCap, ASWF Open Source Days

The latest in VFX tech.

Articles

Epic made a new in-camera VFX short: go behind the scenes here

Epic Games and Bullitt used the in-camera VFX toolset in upcoming Unreal Engine 4.27.

Articles

You can get early access to Unreal Engine 5…now

And you can already try out Lumen, Nanite and more in the sample ‘Valley of the Ancient’ project.

Articles

You can get early access to MetaHuman Creator, right now

The Early Access program is officially open.

Articles

Interview: ‘Mandalorian’ virtual production supervisor Clint Spillers

An interview from Epic Games’ Virtual Production Field Guide.

Articles

Watch this 40min demo on how to use MetaHuman Creator

The new digital humans app from Epic Games.

Articles

Now you can meet a MetaHuman

Epic Games has announced a browser-based app called MetaHuman Creator.

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