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Niagara for Beginners in Unreal Engine 4
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Niagara for Beginners in Unreal Engine 4

Learn everything you need to know in order to make your own VFX inside Unreal Engine 4 with Niagara!
Created byUNF Games
Last updated 7/2022
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What you'll learn

  • Learn how to use Materials for Visual Effects in Unreal
  • Learn the very basics of Niagara
  • Learn to create a fantasy effect using Niagara and Materials in Unreal Engine
  • Learn pro tips from industry veteran when creating effects

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 1h 15m total length

  • 1. Intro & Setup4:07

    Master intro and setup in Unreal Engine 4 to craft cinematic environments with a snow storm, night lighting, camera angles, directional light tweaks, post process, and atmosphere adjustments.

  • 2. Creating a Niagara Emitter14:00

    Learn to create a Niagara emitter in Unreal Engine 4, choose a sprite burst, configure initialization and update modules, adjust velocity variations with random range, and preview particle behavior.

  • 3. Creating the Spark Material3:55

    Create a spark material in Unreal Engine 4 by wiring a mask texture, texture coordinates, and an exponent, multiply the results, and connect to the emitter via the sprite renderer.

  • 4. Creating our Niagara System22:25

    Create a Niagara system from the selected emitter, then adjust acceleration, location, velocity, and spawning to craft a burst-like impact, plus tune lifetime, size, color, and looping for uniform particles.

  • 5. Flare Material6:19

    Create a flare material in Unreal Engine 4 using Niagara, add a moving noise-driven emissive texture with a gradient, and control opacity and color via a material instance.

  • 6. Final Touches25:13

    Learn how to finish a Niagara particle system by wiring an energy burst with sparks and flare, refining emitters, curves, color, and velocity for realism.

Requirements

  • You need Unreal Engine 4 or more to take this course. No experience is needed but is nice to have some basic understanding of the Editor's UI.

Description

Ever wanted to create your own VFX for your games?

Creating Visual Effects can be a very complex task, but after finishing this course you will be able to become more confident about how to use Niagara, the Visual Effects system inside Unreal Engine.

You will end up with a beautiful magical effect that would fit perfect into games with fantasy style.

You will learn how to navigate your way into Niagara's interface.

Then you will understand how Niagara works and how you can use it with different Emitters and Systems.

You will also learn materials, but this time we will focus on teaching you how you can use the most common Material Properties and nodes to create VFXs.

Lastly, we will take a look at little details inside Niagara, so we can create a mesmerizing effect that has AAA quality.

By the end of watching this course, you will understand Niagara, Materials for VFX and be able to create your own effects using your imagination. Niagara is used in a wide range of features in game development, so this will be the first step you take towards your VFX career as a VFX artist in the video game industry!

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner game developers who want to learn Niagara in Unreal Engine to do Visual Effects

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