In 3D Game Animation with Unreal Engine 5, Trygve Bjellvåg distills over 18 years of animation and game design experience to enable you to bring your characters and environments to life in real time by expertly navigating Unreal Engine 5’s animation system. This book will help you create high-quality animations, like those made by industry leaders such as Epic Games, Disney, and ILM. The book begins with Unreal Engine 5 fundamentals, such as installation, navigation, and keyframe animation basics, before guiding you through skeletal meshes, rigging techniques, and animation principles crucial for storytelling. You'll learn about importing 3D models, environment setup, motion capture workflows, and animation retargeting, which ensures a smooth animation pipeline. You’ll also utilize all the new tools that real-time workflows offer, such as the MetaHuman Animator and Motion Matching. You’ll sharpen your skills with advanced topics, such as real-time cinematic techniques and procedural animation to create immersive animated experiences. By the end of this book, you’ll be able to leverage Unreal Engine 5’s animation tools to excel in creating compelling animations for games, virtual productions, and interactive storytelling for the 21st century medium.
