Introduction To 3D Character Animation In Unreal Engine! (Udemy.com)

I'm really glad that I got this course. I am an environment modeler, and level designer. As an indie-dev however I still need to wear about a dozen hats. I decided I wanted to get back into animation (via the game engine) this course is right on time. I did have some issues getting Genesis characters out of Daz and Into Mixamo... But I have since figured that out as well... Keep up the good work Mike.

This was a great course and I did learn a lot of new things. But, I believe it's mislabeled. I purchased this to learn how to animate a 3D Character in UE. What the course actually is, is a lot about basics, a good introduction to the Sequencer and a bunch of good info about how to attach existing mocap data to a character and plop it into UE. It's not about any custom character animation. I read the synopsis ahead of time and realized that "actual" character animation might be sparse, but there was none, not even now to move a foot over or angle a head angle should you want to. If you are brand new to UE, this is a good intro course about how to get character models from DAZ into your scene using only Mixamo mocap data. It's also a great primer on the Sequencer. Beyond that, if you are looking for 3D Character Animation in UE4, you should wait for what the author says is coming, a new course on just what I thought this was about. Now, having said all of that, the author is fantastic. His instruction pace is great and knowledgable. His voice and accent are excellent. I did enjoy the course. It just needs to be renamed so people are't disappointed by the content.

Loved it! It really opened Unreal Engie up to me. I've got a new rendering engine for my animations now and I couldn't be happier. It does need to be updated a bit because of Daz and UE4 updates but it is an excellent course to learn how to work with Daz and UE4.

What the course is Good at: The course is a good introduction to the Unreal Engine sequencer and mainly handling the Cameras and creating the scene effects "Fog, Fire ... ETC." and rendering within Unreal Engine 4, also Import characters from DAZ Studio, Mixamo, Adobe fuse, the instructions are clear on how to do that also the instructor's voice is clear vocal. What the course lacks is: Basic Information about animating characters items and other stuff in the scene, examples: moving characters and items around within the animation sequence, adding items to the character's hands, make the character pick something from the ground... ETC.

yes, I have taken several courses and the teacher is paced well for the desk top learning experience. I would like to add that the camera section is lacking in dolly and crane instruction which I was expecting in this course. Rather then videos on upcoming material and promotional items (which I paid for) in the purchase of the series the instructor could have covered those items but for an introductory course you will understand the basics. Overall its a good course and I'm glad I bought it, Michael is a good teacher, and you will surely be inspired. Introductory DAZ 3D lessons are particularly helpful with the issues of uploading to Mixemo and the UE4 integration. If you have the nightmare of these issues Michael walks you through this sometimes cumbersome process. Buy the course.

Having finished the course I now have a confident understanding of the basics of Character Animation in the Unreal engine. I have written several articles on LinkedIn which have gained the notice of Industry legends such as Peter Molyneux who have complemented my understanding of Animation in Unreal. I have immediately ordered this lecturer's next course on facial animation.

Er ist ein sehr angenehmer ruhiger und Sympathischer Lehrer. Die Geschwindigkeit ist optimal. Seine Tools die gratis zum Kurs gehören sind der Hammer. Auch in DAZ Studio ist er versiert und versteht das Denken der Artisten und der Creators. Seine Kurse sind simpel und sehr übersichtlich aufgebaut, so das man die Lektionen sofort umsetzen kann. Ist der Kurs für Anfänger? Nein definitiv nicht. Man sollte den Beginnerkurs von UE 4 und die Grundkurse von DAZ Studio machen bevor man sich diesem Kurs zuwendet. Gewisse Details lässt Michal Ricks aussen vor und genau deshalb ist Grundwissen nötig. Ich hoffe ich sehe mehr Lektionen und empfehle ihn als Teacher wärmstens weiter

I learned a couple of new things in the course but the course feeled incomplete and was quite short. I completed another course which took a couple of months to complete and this course took only a couple of evenings. If I saw correctly there is a a more intermediate course coming up but the content of that course should be added to this course and not make another course. In addition, there were a lot of repetition in this course and order of the lessons felt wrong a couple of times. It would have been nice to at least see what would it take to make your own character from scratch (how hard/time consuming it would be).

One word for this course . . . "FANTASTIC"! This course is as close to perfection as you can get. The instructor speaks slowly, with enthusiasm. He covers all the necessities without bogging you down with too much info. I love how he gets you having fun quickly with the Sequencer section. The audio is of great quality. His depth of knowledge in a variety of 3D packages is amazing. I am familiar with DAZ3D, Mixamo and Unreal but I learned so many great tips and discovered several things that I was doing incorrectly. I searched Youtube for UE4 sequencer tutorials and found none of them to be satisfactory. After ten minutes with this course, I was very confident with Sequencer. If you are interested in getting DAZ3D characters into Unreal, and a ton of bonus tips and information on top of it, you DO NOT want to miss out on this fantastic course!

Just started the course and so far it is not to bad. Starts with alot of basic information but the instructor does not drag out the videos, making them short and to the point. I was able to complete most of the first four sections in one seating. Ran out of time before starting the final 8 min video on depth of field. The first four sections cover the basics of UE4 Sequencer and as I said the videos are short and to the point. Nothing to advanced that you will get lost and he does explain what options for some setting do. Tomorrow I will finish section 4 and move on to 5 and 6 which cover importing daz characters and using Mixamo animations. Will update this review after completing those sections UPDATE Just finished the course, and I happy I bought it. 1 note, this is an intro level course, so if you already know how to make films in unreal, or you model your own characters you will not get alot of new information here. The course hints at a more advanced course coming in the future which may be more inline with people who already know the basics I bought because I wanted to see a better way of importing Daz characters into Unreal. The course shows you 1. How to take a daz character Gen2 and 3 from daz into Mixamo 2. Apply Mixamo animations 3. Import your character into UE 4 4. Use UE4 sequencer to make a video, both with 1 camera or multiple ones 5. Export your videos, import them into hitfilm for further adjustments and finishing touches If I had to point out a bad point, I would have to say the course name. This is an entry level course and while it does cover animations you will not learn anything about rigging or such. It does appear Rick has a more advance course int eh works that will cover such topics along with face rigging. So I would have named this course Intro to film production in UE4 and named the next course animating your character. Overall not a bad course and I will be buying Ricks next course