The Complete Cascade Beginners Guide - Learn VFX in Unreal

Name: The Complete Cascade Beginners Guide - Learn VFX in Unreal
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Hands down - The most robust introductory tutorial on Visual FX in video games using Unreal Cascade there is!

Created by3dmotive LLC

Last updated 4/2017

English

What you'll learn

Learn the pipeline for creating Visual FX for Video Games using UDK's Cascade

Course content

3 sections • 39 lectures • 6h 44m total length

Introduction5:14
Cascade Interface 119:46
Cascade Interface 223:43
FX Core Modules20:32
Color Values19:33
Particle Locations13:59
Multiplier Modules19:25
Sample Effect9:03

Introduction1:36
Health Pickup Mesh4:46
Setting up the FX7:51
Creating a Smoke Base24:43
Adding a Light Ray13:52
Testing the Pickup in Game3:18
Adding Light3:18
Use a point light to gel the particles with the environment, adjust radius, brightness, color, and falloff, and apply depth bias alpha in the material to soften edges.
Principles of Flipbooks16:39
Rocket Trail FX14:34
Basic Fire FX12:56
Lightning Ball Textures8:18
Lightning Ball FX22:42
Flipbooks - Bonus Pt 112:12
Flipbooks - Bonus Pt 214:39

Introduction1:57
Intro to the Orbit Module6:27
Orbit Module Sample8:18
Investigate the orbit module in Unreal VFX by adjusting offset, rotation, and rotation rate with uniform distributions across X, Y, and Z to create tornado-like swirling particle motion.
Creating a Vortex13:47
Creating Fireflies and Sparkles8:15
Learn to use the orbit module to create random rotation for environmental effects like fireflies, including setup, tweaking lifetime, color, size, and motion in a test Unreal map.
Creating and Evil Spore8:43
Introduction to Ribbons7:39
Creating the Ribbon Material8:11
Overlay Materials for the Ribbon11:02
Tweak Color Over Life2:32
Adding Emissive to the Blade3:48
Adding FX to the Blade14:27
Fill Rate and Overdraw4:36
Seeded Modules3:40
LODs4:33
Optimize particle effects by creating lower lods that reduce spawn rates and hide details as the camera distance grows, then tune distance thresholds and lighting for performance.
Bounds - And Series Wrapup3:13
Bonus Lecture: Further Learning with 3dmotive0:18

Requirements

UDK / Unreal Development Kit (Available for Free from UDK.com)
Adobe Photoshop

Description

With nearly 7 hours of training, this is one of the most robust intro tutorials on Unreal Cascade there is! We’ll learn the basics of particles in UDK, how to avoid common technical and workflow mistakes, and cover the most commonly used modules in making FX. Everything from flaming swords to lightning to rockets, this course has it all!

About the Instructor:

Bill has worked in the games industry for over 7 years specializing in Realtime VFX. He currently works as a VFX Artist with shipped titles including Injustice: Gods Among Us, Mortal Kombat, Batman: Arkham City Lockdown, Lego Universe, & PAIN. He also is the founder of imbueFX, a site that specializes solely on tutorials in Realtime VFX.

Who this course is for:

Beginners who want to learn how to make and add custom FX to their games
Modders or game makers who want to add or spice up their games in UDK

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Introduction to Core Modules - And Building Your First FX Sample8 lectures • 2hr 11min

Smoke, Pickups, Smoke, Fire Trails, and Flipbooks!14 lectures • 2hr 41min

Learn the Orbit Module, Build a Vortex, a Flaming Sword, and More!17 lectures • 1hr 51min

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