Real-Time 3D & Virtual Production Course
Start your career as a real-time 3D artist with our site.
Online courses in virtual production are available.
Using the Unreal Engine, create a film-quality cinematic shot.
With our new virtual production course, you may begin your road to becoming a real-time 3D technical artist. Learn how to use world-building, lighting, and camera methods to create film-quality settings, as well as how to apply these talents in the real world for job duties on a stage scale.
Why should you come to our institution to learn virtual production?
Learn cutting-edge real-time 3d and virtual production methods using Unreal Engine, and produce a high-quality scene for your professional portfolio to present to future employers.
With our new virtual production course, you may begin your road to becoming a real-time 3D technical artist. Learn how to use world-building, lighting, and camera methods to create film-quality settings, as well as how to apply these talents in the real world for job duties on a stage scale.
Why should you come to our institution to learn virtual production?
Learn cutting-edge real-time 3d and virtual production methods using Unreal Engine, and produce a high-quality scene for your professional portfolio to present to future employers.
Skill level
Intermediate
Prerequisites
Intro to Real-time 3D or portfolio submission
Included software
Unreal Engine, Quadspinner Gaea, Quixel Bridge, CapturingReality RealityCapture, DaVinci Resolve
Learn 3D technical art.
Learn virtual production methods and develop the practical professional abilities that studios need.
Flexible SchedulingSchedule your classes around your employment and family obligations.
Tasks for practicsGet skills on how to work on big motion pictures and video games.
Job-Ready CompetenciesDevelop the practical and relevant career abilities that studios want.
Plans for PaymentWith flexible payments, you may pursue your passion and begin working sooner.
curriculum
Career training in 3D technical art and virtual creation in real-time.
This course requires the Introduction to Real-Time 3D and Virtual Production Certificate (or comparable experience).
Term 1:
WORLD BUILDING
Learn what it takes to create a convincing virtual environment. Before going on to complex texture mixing, auto materials, and water systems, you'll discover numerous approaches to producing landscapes in Unreal Engine and QuadSpinner Gaea. To bring your scene to life, you'll look at every lighting, VFX, and post-production volume. Finally, you'll concentrate on setting up a basic camera shot so that your scene may be rendered in film quality.
- How to use Gaea and Unreal Engine to create landscapes
- Advanced lighting and texturing
- Getting your scenes ready to render
- Setting up the camera and creating film-quality cinematics
A cinematic-ready real-time environment scenario for my portfolio.
- Project Management with Scene Blockout
- Creating a Setting
- Blending Materials & Advanced Landscapes
- Unreal Engine's Lighting Systems
- Layout & Planning
- Photogrammetry & Foundations
- Organizing Your Environment
- Polishing & Best Practices
- Atmosphere & Lighting
- Workflows that add life and are optimized
- Using the Movie Render Queue to render
- Davinci Resolve was used for color grading and delivery.
Term 2:
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
This section of the virtual production course will teach you how to build an engaging scenario for your portfolio using cameras, rigs, lighting, and digital people. These abilities are necessary not just for new content producers, but also for conventional filmmakers who wish to transfer their expertise to the virtual production environment.
- In Unreal Engine, learn how to utilize cameras and lighting.
- Pipelines for real-time and virtual production
- Including digital persons in your sequence is a good idea.
- Adapting classic filmmaking processes for use in the digital realm
A short film-quality scene for a portfolio project.
- Cameras and Rigs for Film
- Sequencer for Linear Media (Sequencer for Linear Media)
- Offline Pipeline and Exporting
- Integration of audio
- Humans in the Digital Age
- Setup for Virtual Production Characters
- Linear Animation and Performance Capture
- Linear Media Utility Blueprints
- Workflows using a Tracked Virtual Camera
- Workflows for Physically Accurate Visualization
- Workflow Optimization and Export Preparation
- Post-Production and the Final Shot
Term 3:
PORTFOLIO AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT
This last semester is all about making you job-ready! You'll polish your greatest work for your portfolio and learn how to establish your competitive edge, promote yourself, and make the best possible impression in front of employers with the help of your mentor. Our Career Development Manager will also provide you with extra 1-on-1 career help, portfolio checks, and industry insights.
- To impress employers, polish your portfolio.
- Be more assured while negotiating.
- Effectively network and self-promote
- Use the hidden employment market to your advantage.
- Various Career Routes
- Overview of the Industry
- Upgrading Your Portfolio
- Online Presence and Networking
- Cover Letter and Resume
- Job Search
- Work for Hire
- Pitching and interviews
- Personal Challenges and Projects
- Working at an Office
- Negotiations and Contracts
- Personal Obstacles
FAQ
Do you have any questions? We've got the answers you're looking for.
Learn more about the course requirements and the game development occupations you may be able to pursue after graduation. Visit the main FAQ page or email us if you have any general inquiries regarding studying at our online school.
REAL-TIME 3D & VIRTUAL PRODUCTION COURSE FAQS
This course needs either a portfolio submission indicating professional experience and an accompanying reel/resume, the successful completion of the Introduction to Real-time 3D and Virtual Production Certificate, or the Game Art & Animation Foundations course.
If you wish to bypass the introduction to the real-time course, you must demonstrate that you know how to use Unreal Engine and how to work with characters and animation in a real-time environment. You must provide a portfolio of work that displays your grasp of the course's themes.
These are some of them:
You'll also need a computer that satisfies the minimal requirements (see next question).
If you wish to bypass the introduction to the real-time course, you must demonstrate that you know how to use Unreal Engine and how to work with characters and animation in a real-time environment. You must provide a portfolio of work that displays your grasp of the course's themes.
These are some of them:
- Static meshes, skeleton meshes, and animations may all be imported.
- Different skeleton types may be retargeted.
- Experience with graph editor and sequencer animation combining
- Experience with level, character, and animation blueprints
- Understanding the Control Rig in Basics
You'll also need a computer that satisfies the minimal requirements (see next question).
Software:
Students may sign up for an educational Unreal Engine license, as well as a Gaea student license.
Hardware:
Students will need a dedicated graphics card as well as a PC that fulfills Unreal Engine and Gaea's minimal requirements.
Students may sign up for an educational Unreal Engine license, as well as a Gaea student license.
Hardware:
Students will need a dedicated graphics card as well as a PC that fulfills Unreal Engine and Gaea's minimal requirements.
No, we do not intend to enable actual hands-on training at this time; instead, we will focus on visual instruction via films.
It's possible if it's utilizing Unreal Engine to provide a more immersive experience.
The Introduction to Real-time 3D course covers general animation rigging, and the virtual production term in this course covers fundamental compositing techniques.
The visual effect is a broad topic, therefore in addition to the water and clouds covered in this course, anyone interested in learning more about the subject might look at our VFX courses.
The visual effect is a broad topic, therefore in addition to the water and clouds covered in this course, anyone interested in learning more about the subject might look at our VFX courses.
Matchmoving is not covered in the virtual production program, but it is covered in a separate compositing class.
Contact the student admissions office to see whether this may be accommodated within the course.
Contact the student admissions office to see whether this may be accommodated within the course.
This real-time 3D training would teach outstanding technical expertise in the areas of characters, lighting, camerawork, and rendering, which are all important aspects of architectural presentation.
Because it isn't aimed exclusively at the architectural business, there may be certain aspects that aren't covered, such as the design, layout, and material matching requirements that are necessary for architectural visualizations.
Because it isn't aimed exclusively at the architectural business, there may be certain aspects that aren't covered, such as the design, layout, and material matching requirements that are necessary for architectural visualizations.
This training will prepare you for a profession as a real-time technical artist as well as employment duties on a stage level. To make you job-ready, the curriculum includes a whole term devoted to career development and portfolio preparation.
Real-time artists are in high demand in the film and gaming sectors, as well as beyond. Learn more about the responsibilities of a real-time 3D technical artist and how real-time processes are gaining traction across a variety of sectors.
Real-time artists are in high demand in the film and gaming sectors, as well as beyond. Learn more about the responsibilities of a real-time 3D technical artist and how real-time processes are gaining traction across a variety of sectors.
PRICING
Have trouble with card payments? Contact support for alternative payment options like PayPal, wire transfer, and more.
Fill the form below:
You may be interested in game development courses.
Short introductory courses to entire industrial programs are available for students of all ability levels.
