Jesse Pitela – Niagara Motion by RedefineFX

Start Creating High-End Real-Time Particle Simulations

with Niagara in Unreal Engine 5 & Become a Highly Skilled Real-Time VFX Artist even if you’re a complete beginner!

Push the limits of what’s possible with Unreal Engine’s Niagara, Niagara Fluids, and Chaos Physics, and craft beautiful visuals all in real-time. Blow your clients away with speed of output, instant visual feedback & zero simulation time. Setup eye-candy liquid, destruction, and physics simulations. Follow Jesse along step by step, progress through original project-based lessons that gradually increase in complexity and acquire a cutting-edge skillset not taught elsewhere. Go from absolute beginner to an advanced level at creating breathtaking real-time visuals at an astonishing level of detail previously only possible in traditional 3D software.

What You’ll Learn In Niagara Motion by RedefineFX?

Chapter 1: Intro & Project Setup

• Intro, Hardware, Optimization, Recommendations
• Our definition of Motion Design
• Setting up UE Project
• Enabling Plugins
• Downloading Assets

Chapter 2: Intro to Niagara Particles for Motion Design

• Why Learn Niagara for Motion Design
• Intro to Niagara for Absolute Beginners Part 1
• Intro to Niagara Part 2
• Intro to Niagara Part 3
• Curl Particles Part 1
• Curl Particles Part 2
• Creating a “Cloner & Effector” with Niagara

Chapter 3: Niagara Physics Particles

• Migrating from Content Examples
• Particle Attraction Part 1
• Particle Attraction Part 2
• Form Logo with Particles
• Introduction to Niagara Parameters & Attributes
• Spring Force & Color by Speed Part 1
• Spring Force & Color by Speed Part 2
• Color by Scale
• Spawn from Texture
• Multiple Meshes
• Multiple Meshes Example #2
• Dynamically Changing Materials Part 1
• Dynamically Changing Materials Part 2

Chapter 4: Niagara Liquid Simulations

• Intro to Liquid Simulations for Motion Design
• Liquid Colored by Speed Part 1
• Liquid Colored by Speed Part 2
• Multicolor Liquid
• Lava
• Liquid Playground (Attraction & Repulsive Forces)
• Audio-Reactive Liquid Part 1
• Audio-Reactive Liquid Part 2
• Audio-Reactive Liquid Part 3

Chapter 5: Niagara Character FX for Motion Design

• Character FX Intro Part 1
• Character FX Intro Part 2
• Ghost Particles Part 1
• Ghost Particles Part 2
• Particles Follow Character
• Emitting Liquid from Character
• Emitting Bubbles from Skeletal Mesh

Chapter 6: Chaos for Motion Design

• Intro to Chaos Destruction for Motion Design
• Head Slice
• Voxelize Part 1
• Voxelize Part 2
• Slash
• Explode & Retime

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