In parallel with the visuals research I got down to business with learning about Blueprints. Again, watching something is a very passive way of learning. So I started watching the Pluralsight videos again (Unreal Engine 4 Blueprints Fundamentals) and making notes. Making notes by hand made a huge difference in terms of what actually I…
The last 7 days have been reviewing the Emitters and making sure that I am keeping in line with my lecturer’s advice. I am a bit worried that it is August and I feel I don’t know very much about Emitters or how Blueprints work. I checked out my lecturer’s advice to see what he…
Time is moving on and term time getting closer! I set myself a task of figuring out which tasks I think need to be completed next. We have completed the blocking out of the videos. One of the team members suggested we check out a series of videos on doing camera work: https://www.hollywoodcamerawork.com/hot-moves-the-science-of-awesome.html Where I…
I went off on a tangent this weekend slightly as I am only discovering how cool the iPad is for Apps and also trying to finish a little course I am doing on the side with California Institute of Arts. I thought it would be a good time to learn about graphic design in this…
This week has been more about connecting with people in the VR world more than actually learning. I met with VRAI and discussed what they are working on. It’s really exciting how they are combining training with VR. One of the biggest questions I had was what is big in VR at the moment. The…
I’ve been following the Unreal Academy and it’s pretty tough going. I am enjoying my 45minutes stints as recommended by my lecturer. What I really like is that the tests really make you think. Like learning any new area, its the lingo that can put you off. The orientation of the window is slightly different…
So it was the end of the term last week and we got to officially play with Unreal. After a bit of faffing, I got it downloaded. I managed to “Create an Event” that was a swinging lamp that had a rotating frequency at a multiple of the PC’s internal clock. (It sounds very complicated…
It was a slow day today.Back to college so the time was spent in class. Animation (1) We looked at Adobe’s Fuse and Mixamo software online. With the Mixamo animation, for our fairy movements, there is a “Flying” pre-set. So I applied it to my willing character “Stefanie”. There are 4/5 elements of the animation…
There are a few different scenes with very specific audio requirements in the animation. Outdoors around the clocktower Along the water/canal which isn’t flowing very fast Street noises but not too loud 18th/19th century world noises Set in Belgium so French chatter… Specifically, I needed audio like: Clock tower sounds Horse and carts on cobbled…
Tonight; as it’s a Friday night and therefore the nicer side of a school night, I had hoped for a more relaxed modelling session. That wasn’t to be. My main aim tonight was to create : A simple window(which would be the window of the clockmaker in our project animation, : a railing which will…