Animating in UNREAL engine 5.4

See how I turn a simple looping animation into a full cinematic clip using Unreal 5.4.
Discover how Unreal 5.4's new features have made the animation workflow much more efficient for creating epic cinematics.
As a Director and Unreal Filmmaker, I've been passionate about leveraging the power of Unreal Engine to tell compelling stories.
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I do not hold any copyright to the music used in this video:
Shell Ghost by Soundridemusic, Serenity by: Limitless Music.

[@Xeridae]

I just wanted to show you my appreciation for doing this. It helps me understand visually what I need to do.

[@PhillipBerg]

@@Xeridae Thank you for sharing, that’s great to hear.

[@AviweZathu]

🙌😌 You've earned my sub thank you for your wisdom Master Philip

[@PhillipBerg]

You are very welcome, it's my pleasure.

[@andreiandgames2774]

Amazing, real master

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you 🙏

[@KumarSauravliving]

wow...this is truly great

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you :)

[@shaikhameen3546]

Great work keep it up man hoping for more videos like this in the future

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you, I appreciate it. I have more videos like this coming up and planning a live-stream as well.

[@zeeshanmahmood9168]

im so glad that you started a channel to share your knowledge and i found your channel this early. Great stuff

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you, I appreciate it. I'm happy to share some of what I picked up over the years.

[@thangnguyen4439]

WOW THIS IS AMAZING

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you :)

[@robertomachado7581]

Awesome tutorial! Animation is the hardest part of 3d cinematics. Please consider offering us longer tutorials without speeding up the video, I’m sure beginners like myself will thank you for that! A million thanks!

[@PhillipBerg]

Thanks, I appreciate it. It's my pleasure. I actually already have a mini tutorial introducing animation with Metahumans in Unreal. But will also upload more videos as well :)

[@WerewolvenGames]

Awesome. I love this on several levels.

[@PhillipBerg]

@@WerewolvenGames Thank you 🙏

[@balivlogreview]

What ?? 24 years ? crazy broo respect

[@PhillipBerg]

Yeah man, I started working in the industry when I was around 20 and I am 44 now.

[@luisbaez8105]

Solid 💪🏻

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you 🙏

[@ISEESPOOKS]

Bloody Awesome mate. Cheers!

[@PhillipBerg]

Thanks man, Appreciate it

[@Matitos3D]

Earned a sub! I'm very much interested. Thanks for this.

[@PhillipBerg]

It's my pleasure.

[@developingtank]

I really liked this breakdown. I’m trying to learn Unreal Engine and so many tutorials are overwhelming with all of their incredibly specific instructions. While that is helpful and necessary, it’s cool to also see a sped up breakdown that could be just as helpful for someone beyond that extreme beginner stage. Hope you will do more of these or go more heavily on specific aspects such as lighting.

[@PhillipBerg]

Thanks, that's great to hear. It can quickly get overwhelming with a lot of information when you fist get started with Unreal. The truth is that you only need to learn a small part of Unreal to be able to start creating great stuff. I'll make more videos where I will go more in to detail on various aspects, like for example lighting, but also dive on to general filmmaking and filmmaking language.

[@developingtank]

@@PhillipBerg that 80/20 mentality seems to be a big part of understanding how to get going with Unreal. Would love to see a breakdown of which parts you think are part of the small part you’re talking about to get moving.

[@nathangorey8732]

So cool to see the process, especially the continuous tweaking and refining of the animation and lighting. Subscribed!

[@PhillipBerg]

That's great to hear. I'll keep sharing. :)

[@DustyDawg1]

We need more unreal engine animation tutorials! I want to learn this so bad

[@PhillipBerg]

@@DustyDawg1 I completely agree. That’s also why I’m about to launch a complete beginners guide to Unreal that also covers animation.

[@DustyDawg1]

@@PhillipBerg Can not wait! Thank you!

[@DustyDawg1]

@@PhillipBerg subscribed!

[@PhillipBerg]

@@DustyDawg1 Thank you 🙏

[@MrDisk68]

Dude its amazing, please I want more ! I can't find any nice ressources on how to learn animation on unreal for beginners. I'll pay for a slower version of this tutorial with explanation about the workflow, the rig, how to modify mocap animation etc !!

[@PhillipBerg]

Thanks man. That's awesome to hear. I'm gonna upload a slower and more detailed version of this tutorial tomorrow that will be available for a little cash grab.

[@MrDisk68]

@@PhillipBerg amazing! Thank you so much for sharing! :)

[@PhillipBerg]

Hey there, as promised I just launched a new tutorial where you can to learn how to make a metahuman animation in just 10 minutes. .patreon.com/PhillipBerg/shop/create-metahuman-animation-in-just-10-256951

[@MrDisk68]

@@PhillipBerg great thanks! I guess I need to create a meta human first!

[@PhillipBerg]

@@MrDisk68 Yes, you will have to go in to bridge and either download one of the already existing Metahumans or tweak one to your liking.

[@teddyperera8531]

This is great. Could you please do a beginner-friendly tutorial on creating this animation?

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you. I'm about to launch a beginner-friendly tutorial on animating in Unreal

[@rodolfoaraujovanucchi7395]

Great work! I think if you do more tutorials in depth of how to animate people in unreal your channel will grow up very fast!

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you. I am currently working on more tutorial videos coming up. And I actually also just released a mini animation tutorial today on my Patreon. www.patreon.com/PhillipBerg/shop/create-metahuman-animation-in-just-10-256951

[@MetaHuman2024]

Like and subscribe, please keep going.

[@Husmanmusic]

Such an awesome video!

[@PhillipBerg]

@@Husmanmusic Thank you 🙏

[@AlexandroGusso]

Wow , amazing. Liked and suscribed

[@PhillipBerg]

@@AlexandroGusso Thank you 🙏

[@realtalkIG]

Thanks for the video, wish someone would share a full length video showing these exact steps for those who are tryin to get into animation. I wish i could do stuff like this

[@rc1entertainment51]

I wish the video was slower so we can see the steps better

[@PhillipBerg]

@@rc1entertainment51 Thanks for the comment. I’ll release a slower version of this as well

[@valentineHarlem]

View in 0.5x speed

[@vanleiz]

Lol right, not that kind of slower. I don't think I need to explain. Phil understood

[@JosephWraith]

Thank you for sharing!

[@PhillipBerg]

@@JosephWraith It’s my pleasure

[@albertusbodenstein1976]

Thanks for sharing!

[@kevinbillington9773]

Brilliant stuff, you do it so fast I can't keep up. 👍

[@PhillipBerg]

Thanks :) I'll be launching more tutorials and courses where I'll be going slower and more in to detail.

[@StrangeButTrue360VR]

Just Subscribed 😊 Great video .. Just small piece of Advice , try to be a little faster in future videos tutorials .. Many thanks 🥰

[@DuolGatbel-cg3sn]

i really want to learn it right from the beginning

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liked and subscribed!

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[@konoboi]

that is excellent breakdown! love it! earn a new sub definnetely!

[@PhillipBerg]

@@konoboi Thank you 🙏

[@freshonflash]

I like it, cool 👍

[@DuolGatbel-cg3sn]

PLEASE start making step to step on how to work with unreal engine please

[@PhillipBerg]

@@DuolGatbel-cg3sn I am about to launch a full beginners course on how to work with Unreal Engine

[@DuolGatbel-cg3sn]

@@PhillipBerg good

[@rahulrudra1099]

Hey, can you please make a mini one shot course on how to animate metahuman in unreal engine. There is almost nothing about it on the internet.

[@PhillipBerg]

Hey, I’m actually going to release a course about animating metahumans real soon. I’ll post a link soon where you can sign up

[@PhillipBerg]

Hey, check it out. I just launched a new tutorial where you can to learn how to make a metahuman animation in just 10 minutes. .patreon.com/PhillipBerg/shop/create-metahuman-animation-in-just-10-256951

[@msg360]

great video man thank you for the break down. whats your computer specs you used to render this animation. cool video man I love break downs.

[@kehem44]

A very good tutorial. For a gold like this, i dont mind watching a slow and long tutorial. 1 sub from me. I'll be waiting for more tutorial on animating in ue.

[@kehem44]

Infact i need the detailed version of this tutorial.

[@PhillipBerg]

@@kehem44 Thank you, that’s great to hear, I appreciate it. I’m actually going to release a more detailed slower version of this video soon. I’ll post a link soon

[@PhillipBerg]

I just launched a new tutorial where you can to learn how to make a metahuman animation in just 10 minutes. .patreon.com/PhillipBerg/shop/create-metahuman-animation-in-just-10-256951

[@kehem44]

​@@PhillipBergthank you so much! Been looking for this.

[@PeterRobieArt]

This video really helps a lot! The other videos I was finding were removing the control rig on the body and were leaving the facial controls which was a pain for making adjustments on the fly. A couple questions on this... For the fur on the werewolf is that a groom, cards or geo? I'm interested in this since one of the things I was looking at was characters with Blenders grooming or XGen for a dog and another shot with a fox. Since both characters have grooms I was curious if you might be able to do a quick video on this. Second, I'm guessing from the way that you're animating that it appears the layered approach is similar to animation layers in Maya where you can have an override or make the layer additive? Thanks again and gained a sub.

[@PhillipBerg]

I'm happy that this video is of benefit to you, I have just launched a new tutorial going in to animating Metahumans. The werewolf is not fur, it is Geo cards. I will go more in to groom in later videos. Yes, the new layers in Unreal is similar to the layers you find in Maya, which is great and makes for a efficient workflow.

[@PeterRobieArt]

Thanks for the reply. Looking forward to seeing the other video as well.

[@PeterRobieArt]

@@PhillipBerg Just used the adding of the control rig layered back on to the MetaHuman. THANK YOU!! Man, this saves so much time.

[@PhillipBerg]

@@PeterRobieArt Yeah man, it's awesome and efficient

[@nzxauthr6262]

Hey philip just genuine question which graphic card are you using for this particular animation that you have done.

[@PhillipBerg]

@@nzxauthr6262 Hey, I’m using a RTX3090 at the moment

[@micah64]

Instead of exporting the animation FBX and re-importing, could you use the automatic retargeting tool and just retarget the base mannequin animation onto the metahuman?

[@PhillipBerg]

Yes, that is true, it came back in 5.4 I'm just about to upload a new video showcasing exactly this.

[@user-fo9ce3hr5h]

wow amazing. do you know any tutorial from 0 for unreal engine? i really want to learn this and motion with it.

[@PhillipBerg]

Thank you. I appreciate it. I will release an easy to digest course from 0 quite soon. I’ll post a link to the course soon

[@PhillipBerg]

This might be of value to you. I just launched a new tutorial where you can to learn how to make a metahuman animation in just 10 minutes. .patreon.com/PhillipBerg/shop/create-metahuman-animation-in-just-10-256951

[@kunalbiswas3936]

At 2:46 what did u use to show up the control rig in the viewport?

[@PhillipBerg]

You can click "G" on the keyboard

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