The Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Learning Unreal Engine 4

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 : Let’s BEGIN! Off we go to a Quick Start!

Where to get your free copy of Unreal Engine 4 00:03:19

Let’s Take A Tour Of The Epic Launcher! 00:06:21

Create Your First Project and Import The Robot 00:16:19

Chapter 2 : How To Organize & Navigate Your Scene/Level/MAP

How To Create Folders To Organize Your Scene 00:03:01

How To Save Your Level (Scene) 00:01:58

How To Hide Scene Icons 00:02:10

How To Open Different Viewports Such As Top, Side, Etc 00:04:02

How To Dock and Undock Windows 00:03:45

REVIEW: Remember The F Key and ALT Key Are Your Friends! 00:05:13

Chapter 3 : Let’s Build Some Stuff!

Let’s Drag & Drop Some Walls Into The Scene! 00:12:18

Let’s add materials to your walls! 00:05:12

A quick look at materials in the Material Editor 00:01:27

Chapter 4 : Unreal Engine’s Realistic Lighting System: You’re Gonna Love This!

Let’s Start By Deleting All Our Lights Then Adding Directional (Sun) Light 00:04:13

Contact Shadows: One Of The Keys To Realism 00:02:23

Set up your First Point Light 00:03:46

That was easy! Now Let’s Set Up A Spotlight! 00:05:19

Onward to a Rectangle Light! 00:05:01

Cool Lighting Setups! 00:08:15

The Sphere Reflection Capture 00:02:56

The Skylight: Lighting With HDRI Images (High Dynamic Range Images) 00:03:14

Let’s Create The Sky! 00:04:08

Chapter 5 : Atmospheric Effects

Atmospheric Fog 00:01:12

Exponential Height Fog - You’re going to LOVE this! 00:04:47

God Rays! The Holy Grail of Lighting Effects! 00:03:40

How About A Little Fire, Scarecrow? Unreal Engine’s Amazing Particle System! 00:06:05

Chapter 6 : How To Create Amazing Cinematics In Unreal Engine 4!

First We’ll Create A New Level & Add A Character 00:04:25

Here’s The Scene We Are Going To Create! 00:02:19

Next We’ll Create An Awesome HDRI Environment! 00:08:33

Add Your Cinematic Camera To The Level and Sequence 00:04:49

Create a new Level Sequence 00:03:02

Add Our Robot Mannequin Character & Animation 00:05:55

Let’s make that camera bad ass and change some settings 00:11:13

Now We Will Get Some Beautiful Depth Of Field! 00:08:20

Let’s Add Some Camera Movement! 00:08:12

Now Let’s Add A 2nd Camera! 00:12:49

Preparing Our Project For Export: Production Quality Settings 00:03:12

How To Export Your Video For Further Editing & Manipulation 00:11:11

Chapter 7 : Video Editing & Color Grading

FREE Video Editing Program: HitFilm3 Express 00:01:26

Let’s Edit and Color Grade Our Unreal Engine Clips! 00:11:41