Unreal Engine Masterclass [26-27 August]

Description

The two day UE Masterclass is set to give you one month’s worth of education in just two days!

🧊 SECTION 01 – Getting Comfortable with Objects

Learn the foundational logic of working inside Unreal Engine like a pro.

• ✅ Moving, Scaling, Rotating Objects
• ✅ Snapping, Grid Settings & Real-World Scale
• ✅ Understanding Object Hierarchy (Static Mesh vs. Actor)
• ✅ What is Nanite and Why It Matters
• ✅ How to Enable Nanite (Step-by-step)
• ✅ Best Practices: What shouldn’t be Nanite

📦 SECTION 02 – Importing and Exporting Assets

Bring your 3D world into Unreal Engine, clean and ready.

• ✅ Import Workflow (OBJ, FBX, Textures)
• ✅ Export Settings (From Blender/Maya/etc.)
• ✅ Common Import Mistakes (and how to fix them)
• ✅ Asset Clean-up: Pivot points

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💡 SECTION 03 – Mastering Lighting with Lumen

Learn the modern lighting system that powers high-end visuals.

• ✅ What is Lumen? And why is it game-changing?
• ✅ How to Set Up Lumen (UE5 Settings Walkthrough)
• ✅ Dynamic vs Static Lighting
• ✅ Indoor vs Outdoor Lighting Considerations
• ✅ Debugging: When Lumen looks “off” and how to fix it

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🖼️ SECTION 04 – Working with Textures

Your scene is only as good as its materials.

• ✅ How to Import Textures (with proper naming & channels)
• ✅ Applying Materials to Meshes
• ✅ Handling Flipped Normals, Wrong UVs, and Scaling Issues
• ✅ Material Instances vs Master Materials (Quick intro)
• ✅ Texture Resolution & Optimization (Basic check)

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🎬 SECTION 05 – Your First Cinematic in Sequencer

Turn your static scene into a cinematic shot.

• ✅ What is Sequencer? And why you need to learn it
• ✅ Placing a Camera & Animating It
• ✅ Keyframes & Focal Length Basics
• ✅ Setting Render Resolution
• ✅ Exporting a Final Shot (Movie Render Queue or legacy)

Day Two

The Industry Consultation Class

1. Why Most 3D Artists Think Like Students — Not Studios

 

Studio-thinking: delivery > perfection

• Artists obsess over technique; studios obsess over output

• If you want to be employable, your mindset has to shift — now

 

2. How Production Really Works — And Why You’re Already Behind

“You’re not competing with your friends — you’re competing with pipelines.”

• Unreal Engine is just one piece in a bigger flow
• Artists fail because they don’t see the whole picture early enough
• Every month of delay = missed alignment with real-world production

3. Where You Actually Fit in the 3D Industry

“There’s room for generalists, specialists, and hybrids — but only if you know your path.”

• Breakdown of major industry roles (film, game dev, archviz, virtual production, etc.)
• Reality check: you don’t need to be “the best” — you need to be relevant
• When you see where you fit, confusion drops

4. What No One Tells You About Mentorship, Guidance & Growth

“It’s not talent that gets you there. It’s mentorship, feedback, and direction.”

• How people can spend 2 years lost — or 2 weeks making real progress
• Structured, paced, real-world aligned

 

5. The Leap: Why Results Multiply in Structure

“I’ve seen more progress in one structured week than in six months of unguided learning.”

• What to do now?
• Small wins → cumulative skill
• What a student can actually build in a week

 

6. Learning vs. Earning