Unreal 5 Niagara - Advanced Niagara

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Thomas Harle

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1 - Introduction

1 - Introduction.mp4

06:05

2 - Course Files.html

2 - Rain Interactions

3 - One Large Rain System.mp4

08:46

4 - Spawn Rate By Volume.mp4

13:47

5 - In Line Spawn Calculations.mp4

05:26

6 - Attached To Player.mp4

04:33

7 - Collisions.mp4

12:58

8 - RVT Heightmap Data.mp4

06:11

9 - RVT Heightmap Kill Module.mp4

10:04

10 - GPU Cost Comparison.mp4

04:35

11 - Landscape Data Interface.mp4

03:28

12 - Render Target Setup.mp4

06:51

13 - Render Target Height Kill.mp4

08:16

14 - Rotate Render Target.mp4

09:07

15 - Quantised Sampling.mp4

08:52

16 - Spawn on Depth Buffer.mp4

06:29

17 - Rain Conclusion.mp4

08:44

3 - Advanced Sampling

18 - Flowmap from Terrain Height.mp4

16:24

19 - Align Particles to Z Height.mp4

08:24

20 - RVT Material.mp4

10:04

21 - Edge Detection.mp4

08:43

22 - Align to Landscape.mp4

08:09

23 - Spline Sampling.mp4

10:00

24 - Spline Position.mp4

09:21

25 - Spline Conclusion.mp4

06:10

26 - Final Position Binding.mp4

08:33

27 - Mesh Tangents.mp4

04:24

28 - Mesh Tangents and UVs.mp4

13:40

29 - Flow from Textures.mp4

12:00

30 - Textures SDFs.mp4

11:36

4 - Sign Distance Fields SDFs

31 - SDF Intro.mp4

09:18

32 - SDF Shapes.mp4

09:39

33 - SDF Combine.mp4

08:17

34 - Wobbly Material.mp4

05:52

35 - Capture SDF Render Target.mp4

05:03

36 - SDF Niagara System.mp4

09:24

37 - Distance Field Avoidance.mp4

10:31

38 - Scratch Pad Distance Field Sample.mp4

09:46

39 - Sphere Trace Distance Field.mp4

09:41

40 - SDF Conculsion.mp4

15:25

5 - Mesh Distance Fields MDFs

41 - MDF Introduction.mp4

02:01

42 - Custom Structs and Enums.mp4

05:42

43 - Spawn on Distance Field.mp4

09:08

44 - Projected Forces.mp4

11:45

45 - Finalise Initial MDF System.mp4

13:26

46 - MDF Setup Linear Force.mp4

04:11

47 - MDF Avoid Surfaces.mp4

12:37

48 - NPC Setup.mp4

04:50

49 - Player Avoidance.mp4

07:31

50 - Time Based State Machines.mp4

08:18

51 - Fade Over Time and Conclusion.mp4

08:59

Description

Your complete course for expaning Niagara in Unreal Engine 5

What You'll Learn?

Learn Advanced Techniques for working with Niagara Particles
Setup Data Interfaces to read from Collisions, RVTs, Render Targets, SDFs, Mesh Distance Fields and more!
Understand how we can process data into useful forms like Flowmaps and Collisions Avoidance
Learn to build our own modules using Scratch Pad to further extend Niagara's abilities

Who is this for?

Anyone looking to expand their abilities using Particle effects in Realtime and Games projects

What You Need to Know?

A good understanding of Niagara and Unreal (ideally finished the Introduction to Niagara Course)

More details

Description
Welcome back to part 2 of this Unreal Engine 5 Niagara Course - Advanced Niagara.Â In this course we expand upon the topics we covered in Part 1 and start to utilise Data Interfaces to import data into Niagara from elsewhere in the engine.Â
By sampling:
Runtime Virtual Textures,
Render Targets, Collisions,
Textures,
Mesh Vertices and UVs,
Splines,
Player Data,
Signed Distance Fields and
Mesh Distance Fields
we're able to create very complex motions and interactions - fully expanding the Niagara Toolkit to create dynamic and interactive Systems.Â
Over the course of 7.5 hours, all broken down into bite size 10-15 min videos, we cover everything mentioned above and more in this advanced deep dive into vfx and tech art.Â

Each chapter contains many examples, full of handy comments, as well as a many corresponding video lectures that explains in full detail what is being done and why - so you're learning both the techniques being used and building up a base ofÂ background knowledge of first principal concepts, allowing you to build up your own effects in future.

With industry standard practices from my 15 year career, including 5 years of teaching Game Art at a Masters Degree level, this course will cover all various uses of Particle effects and Renderers - this course will fully equip you to add some Visual Effects life into your realtime scenes in Unreal Engine 5.Â
Who this course is for:
Anyone looking to expand their abilities using Particle effects in Realtime and Games projects

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I have over 12 years experience as a Realtime VFX artist working in Video Games on projects such as Gears of War Remastered and the Sniper Elite series, including over 5 years of teaching Unreal at a Masters Degree Level.I have an active Youtube channel where I create tutorials for Game Development as well as longer courses.

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