Mixamo is a powerful online tool for quickly rigging and animating 3D characters. However, when you import a Mixamo-rigged character into Unreal Engine, its skeleton may not match Unreal’s default humanoid skeleton. Retargeting allows you to take existing animations (like…
Blending multiple normal maps in Unreal Engine is a powerful way to add layered surface detail to your materials. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to: Step 1 — Prepare the Textures Before starting, you will need the following textures:…
In Unreal Engine 5.7, materials aren’t just static visuals. They can be fully dynamic and controlled in real time using Blueprints. Building upon the adjustable material we’ve already created, this tutorial walks you through creating surface imperfections to further enhance…
In Unreal Engine 5.7, materials aren’t just static visuals. They can be fully dynamic and controlled in real time using Blueprints. Building on basic texture swapping, this tutorial walks you through creating a fully adjustable material system where you can…
This tutorial will guide you through the process, helping you organize multiple meshes, textures, and materials into a single manageable Blueprint Actor that can be easily reused across your project. Importing Static Meshes Step 1: Import into the Level: Step…
In Unreal Engine, Static Meshes are the fundamental building blocks for creating the world geometry of your levels. These 3D models, typically designed in external 3D modeling software like 3ds Max, Maya, or Blender, are imported into Unreal Editor via…
This tutorial is a brief follow-up to the USD workflow tutorial. This brief tutorial will show you how to work with lights between Blender and Unreal Engine 5. Step 1: Setting up Blender for export Before we jump into Unreal,…
In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the process of creating UDIMs in Blender 5.0 and then exporting them to be used in Substance Painter. After exporting the finished textures in Substance Painter, you will learn how to bring the UDIM…
This tutorial will walk you through the steps of exporting a scene from Blender to Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) using USD (Universal Scene Description), focusing on the key concepts and pipeline to streamline your workflow. The goal is to efficiently…
In this tutorial, we will explore the interface of Unreal Engine 5.7. You will learn about the Unreal Engine 5.7 interface. Outliner The Outliner displays all actors within a scene in a hierarchical tree view. You also have an option to search…