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  title info:
    title: Mastering technical art in Unreal Engine
    sub title: materials and VFX
  title info:
    title: Materials and VFX
  name:
    name part: Penninck, Greg
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Butler, Stuart
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: flu
    date issued: 2025
    copyright date: 2025
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xvii, 232 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
  abstract: This book covers how to build materials and VFX that bring your projects to life inUnreal Engine. Each chapter will provide you with the necessary underpinning theory as well as activities to test your learning inside of Unreal Engine. You'll learn about Material Graphs, Parameters, Instances, Materials Maths, Nodes, Niagara Emitters and much more as you complete project-based examples. Included in the book is a series of introductory demonstration videos and quizzes to help test your learning, giving you all the tools and knowledge to make cutting-edge game materials and VFX. This book will be of great interest to all students learning to create technical art within Unreal Engine, as well as professionals looking to sharpen their skills.
  table of contents: 01. What Is Technical Art02. An Artist⁰́₉s Guide to the Rendering Pipeline03. What Are Materials?04. Creating Your First Material05. Material Instances06. Master Materials07. Mesh Painting and Materials08. Introductory Materials for VFX9. Introduction to Niagara and VFX in the Unreal Engine10. Creating The Energy Orb11. Creating Our Sparking Cauldron12. The Dawn of Fire13. Magical Spells and Fireworks14. The Waterfall15. The Fire Tornado
  note: Greg Penninck and Stuart Butler.
  note: Includes index.
  note: Greg Penninck has worked and taught in the Games Industry sector since 2006, creating many world-leading games courses and modules from Foundation to Masters Level. Greg is an Authorised Unreal Instructor Partner for Epic Games and has been teaching the Unreal Engine for over 15 years. In 2016 he was awarded an Epic Developer Grant through his company Thundersteed LTD which helped him continue to spread the joy of Unreal Development. Greg works as a Marketing Artist for REALTIME, a BAFTA nominated VFX Studio. Stuart Butler is the Dean of Creative Industries at CG Spectrum Institute. Stu has taught in the HE sector since 2009, creating many games courses and modules from Foundation to Masters Level and was formerly the Course Director of Games Technology at Staffordshire University. He is an Authorized Unreal Instructor Partner and Educational Content Creator for Epic Games and has been teaching the Unreal Engine since the launch of UDK. Stu has contributed to projects as a Vehicle Artist, Animator, Game Designer and Technical Designer / Artist; his broad skillset and understanding provides insight into all aspects of Games Development. Alongside Greg, as part of their Company Thundersteed Ltd, he was awarded an Epic Developer Grant in 2016.
  subject:
    topic: Video games
    topic: Programming
  subject:
    topic: Video games
    topic: Design
  subject:
    topic: UnrealScript (Computer program language)
  subject:
    topic: Computer graphics
  subject:
    topic: Jeux vidéo
    topic: Programmation
  subject:
    topic: Jeux vidéo
    topic: Conception
  subject:
    topic: UnrealScript (Langage de programmation)
  classification: QA76.76.V54 P46 2025
  classification: GV1469.34.P76 P46 2025
  classification: T385 .P46 2025
  classification: 794.8/151
  identifier: 9781032663845
  identifier: 1032663847
  identifier: 9781032649689
  identifier: 1032649682
  identifier: 9781040269541
  identifier: 9781040269480
  location:
    physical location: POD
  record info:
    record content source: UKMGB
    record creation date: 241121
    record change date: 20250802185402.3
    record identifier: in00005655232
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng