Unreal Engine 5 - How To Create Cinematics in Sequencer Tutorial

[@Beardgames]

🎬 FPS 🎬 As a few people have kindly pointed out, a lot of films recommended using 24 FPS. So here's what you need to know about FPS. The FPS you use highly depends on what kind of footage you're going for: - A low fps (24) will give your video more motion blur that will occur in your clip, aka how blurred your clip will be. - A high FPS will make your video more crisp and less blurry. Motion blur (24 FPS) may sound like a bad thing but it can be used for certain shots where a lot is happening such as a vehicle chase scene. Sometimes so much is going on that a bit of blur makes it seem more natural. For my cinematics I prefer a certain crisp look on the image so I go for 60FPS, however it depends on what kind of style you're going for. If you're going for film style go 24FPS, if you want your video to look more crisp and smooth go for a higher frame rate. Happy Game Developing 😎

[@unrealdevop]

Man thanks for the video but seriously...I feel stupid right now because I can't get the skeletal mesh to play an animation I've seen you do it and one other do it but when I add the animation too the timeline the character is still standing there in the A-Pose...

[@unrealdevop]

I think I get it, so the new Mannequin is setup on the Control Rig now...so I think there may be an extra step if you just want them to play an animation. If you could do a video on that it would be greatly appreciated I'm sure.

[@oddur638]

Animations like Disney's use 24 FPS and most American films, if that is what you are going for, use 24. animation also uses often 12, but that is animated in two (which means that every two frames are the same). I just recommend trying both if you are going towards more of an animated cartoon look.

[@Beardgames]

@@oddur638 Thanks for the informative comment Oddur :)

[@mzzah06]

24fps for film and realism and 60fps for more of a video game feel. idk if you got that mixed but just in case any one was wondering

[@dylanlockemp3]

same lol

[@jonah6267]

every gamer thinks they can be Ridley Scott now lol

[@jagz888]

Was just about to write this :D

[@tbcreative562]

Same

[@Skarik]

Just to clarify, "realism" is still achieved with high framerates, not 24FPS.

[@voctanvoctory5408]

This is legit the best tutorial i have ever seen. Really helped me and showed everything to get started very fast. Appreciate it man!

[@tom9380]

Well done! There are not many vids on UE5 cinematics, but this is by far the best one I found yet - please keep them coming!

[@Beardgames]

Thanks a lot Tom :)

[@PaulMenefee]

@0:33 - "Add Master Sequence" is now "Add Level Sequence With Shots"

[@ManuelSantofimia]

Oh yeah! The root motion combined with montage and BP did open a whole new world for me in which it's much easier to animate. Thanks a lot!

[@nautilusjakob]

I still don't get it, I enabled root motion and have my montage created. My character walks in one place, in the BP. However in Sequencer, I have added the BP with a transform , Y axis 0 to 100, but the walking animation is not playing , when playing the sequencer. Like there is no animation... Can you help?

[@AndyYang-b8d]

Thank you I've been looking for a long time on how to add shots and you explained it in 10 seconds.

[@Beardgames]

Glad I could help 🙂

[@Transcriptor]

A big thank you for this excellent tutorial, well done 👍 Additional help for macbook pro M1 (2022) users: Click "Command F11" for windows full screen toggle , same as drop down "Immersive Mode". Also if a camera preview popup is an issue try top left options: Viewport Advanced Settings/Editor Preferences/LevelEditor/Viewports untick "Preview Selected Cameras"

[@activemotionpictures]

Best video explainer out there. Great video, sir.

[@Beardgames]

Thanks man much appreciated 🙂

[@thevakumar5914]

After go through so many video tutorials finally i found what i want. Perfect!!! thanks creator.

[@qbrd2611]

What do you do if there is no "Cinematics" button? There's a Clapboard icon, but the only options there are "Add level sequence" or "Add level sequence with shots"? Why is everyone else able to follow these tutorials, but I can never get past step 1? Am I deficient?

[@bigbalticbox]

Thank you very much for this. It was concise and you still managed to be thorough without dragging out any unnecessary information. Top tier tutorial

[@recontastic]

Great tutorial I was able to figure out what I needed within the first 5 minutes of the tutorial!

[@Beardgames]

Love to hear that brother!

[@JustinLeeper]

This was super helpful! Trying to educate myself on cutscenes in UE4, and this was perfect!

[@Beardgames]

Hey keep it up Lee! Hope to see some awesome cutscenes from you at some point :D

[@JustinLeeper]

@@Beardgames I directed cutscenes for 3 WWE games about 10 years ago, but I didn’t do any of the technical stuff. Just writing designing, and mocap directing.

[@Beardgames]

@@JustinLeeper that's so awesome dude I bet you'll be able to produce something seriously impressive once you've learnt the ropes in sequencer 😎

[@HiraethGame]

I only landed here because I forgot where the render button is: D It gave me a lot of important stuff to learn - thanks!

[@Beardgames]

No problem amigo 🙂!

[@UnleashedStudios]

Very helpful for my assignment

[@BenskiGameWorks]

Amazing tutorial! Saved me a lot of time and tears. I have a question if you find the time. I wanted the Sequencer to initiate an Animation on an already existing BP_Pawn I have in the scene. When I just dragged the pawn->right click->animation, it wouldn't play. (I guess it's because this pawn has an ABP?). Then when I used the Event instead, I set the transition rule I have in the state machine to true. Is there a more practical way to do this with an existing pawn? shoud I instead hide the existing pawn and bring in a skeletal mesh of this pawn? Thanks

[@kingmvrk1478]

not 1 dislike... As it should be. Thank you for this gem. You really helped me out

[@Beardgames]

Anytime King, absolute legend thanks for the kind comment!

[@LostAccount404]

tbh youtube deactivated that you can see how many dislikes there are to reduce hate

[@kingmvrk1478]

@@LostAccount404 shhhhh

[@almavillamediana1498]

Man you're awesome! Nice tutorial!

[@BrianHuether]

Great video! Any tips on animating an animal character to walk along a path on an uneven mesh surface? Not for gameplay, but for film. Thanks!

[@virtual_intel]

This is why I could never figure out sequencer, Yikes! it's far more complex then I once perceived it to be especially knowing that you can create blueprint events. Ultra well thought out tutorial.

[@ksenja.]

Thank you man! That's extremely clear and nice tutorial. I totally love it. And thank you for special tips and tricks, it made my learning path through Sequencer a breeze!

[@Beardgames]

Anytime Ksenia glad it helped! Thanks for supporting the channel :)

[@shidokhtdsh284]

very helpful, thanks🤩

[@Toxicc_Nightcore]

great tutorial for some1 who needs a reminder of how things work kinda bad for 1st timers as you talk really fast just jump from 1 thing to another without any pauses and take no effort at actually pointing at things you talk about leaving me to pause and stare at the screen for a minute while trying to fiqure out what you on about after listening to what you said over and over again

[@balamurugan5368]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you!!!!! Thanks a ton 👍🏽 Please upload more such videos 🙏🏽

[@Beardgames]

No problem at all Bala, will be continuing to make tutorials soon :)

[@lmeier48]

thank you for the video! can you answer me if was possible to make a 2d film frame by frame, and use unreal engine for the enviroments?

[@nomad7987]

You are the best man!

[@AnimeRick86]

Thanks for the tutorial man, it was great. It was very informative and straight to the point.

[@Beardgames]

No problem Clive thanks for supporting the channel brother 🙂

[@vada3741]

really appreciate you for making this thankyou!

[@Beardgames]

Anytime Daffa hope it helps you out to create some awesome Cinematics!

[@RaulDiaz3d]

Thank you so much! I just downloaded UE5!

[@Beardgames]

Anytime Raul! Works for ue4 as well :)

[@smotritelvidosov]

1:14 - if you really want your shot to look realistic - never use 60 fps, but 24 fps. Don't forget about 180 shutter rule!

[@fracturedfantasy]

Good timing. I'm actively working through the annoying things that occur in sequencer right now! Lets see if this helps the workflow. Cheers. 💪

[@Beardgames]

Hope it helps man :) drop us a message if you have any questions 👊

[@NephariusAMG]

Fancy meeting you here, FF. Lol. I love your channel!

[@Beardgames]

@@NephariusAMG Much love Nepharius :)

[@chaver28]

such a good video my brother :D i have 1 question and i really hope you can help me, so i have set up all my keyframes but i want my sequence to be longer, is there a way to make it longer without having to adjust every single keyframe afterwards?? i fucked up man

[@Beardgames]

Haha thanks dude! You can extend your clip but you can't scale your key frames along a longer path if that's what you mean, you could always slow down time slightly if you want things to happen slower. Good luck chaver 😎🤘🏻

[@chaver28]

@@Beardgames damn dude I was just trying to be lazy and not redo all my keyframes haha thanks for the advice anyway and you great manners just got me to subscribe 😁

[@Beardgames]

@@chaver28 haha thank you brother it's appreciated!!!

[@dankolevente]

I’m just starting with the sequencer, but based on your vid I’ll need a proper video editing software for decent results with no lag. Could someone please explain why that is and/or if there is any workaround?

[@MichaelHurdleStudio]

Well done!

[@jmacron4652]

Great Tutorial...How can you create an In-game movie camera that can be made available in inventory so the character can select it to use it to film within the game.

[@Shakrahn_is_a_creative]

So you mean with the root motiok option i can transform a short seconds animation from mixamo into a long animation ???

[@truewiking]

Best tutorial in this subject, bravo and thank you

[@Beardgames]

Anytime Viking thanks for watching and supporting the channel :)

[@johngraham4248]

i only have option for level sequence, not master sequence. in ue 5.4

[@DenisZaharenko]

What if i want to use the player camera for the sequence?

[@KensireGames]

Do you know how to play a level sequence after a boss fight or the actor is destroyed? What node should I use

[@MultiMam12345]

No compression means less strain on the gpu. i-frame codecs like ProRes or cineform give you 10 bit quality dynamic range and relative smaller file sizes. Your playback drive just needs to be able to playback the datarates. The files ate big, but you will not have quality decrease until the last stage. And you can always you with proxy version in Davinci. A small file is compressed heavily and is meant as a delivery codec. Not an editing codec. Its heavy on gpu for editing.

[@OldSchoolDo]

That was a lot of information . and it will take a bit of time to digest this , but . wow . what amazing explanation. Wondering if you could make a tutorial on How to create a waking up tutorial . basically the character is waking up from a position on their back to slowly standing up .. this has puzzled me for years ! Cheers

[@Beardgames]

Thanks for the kind words Timo good luck on your learning :) For this I'd recommend creating an entire animation of the player waking up, unfortunately it's just a tough animation job so there's little I could do on a tutorial heh. Thanks for watching my content and supporting the channel sir!

[@Wilkoooo]

Hello! This is a really great tutorial for making the cinematic, however I am trying to figure out how to make cutscenes trigger in my game project? Like one that would be an intro cutscenes after the menu and others that play once a player has gotten to a certain spot in the level? Sorry if this is really basic stuff, I’m just a beginner and am a bit stuck ahaha, thanks again for this amazing video! :) ❤️

[@Wilkoooo]

Like, do I have to have a different project for gameplay an cutscenes or do I do them in the same project but have the cutscenes be in a different folder? Thanks so much for reading this! :)

[@MrHannessie]

Just what I needed, fantastic!!!

[@oliverbrown9634]

When I lock to camera, I'm locked to the camera not the camera locked to me. At the start

[@natecoet3291]

Exactly what I needed :)

[@hengjian_jackzhang1045]

Thank you for the wonderful video! But I'm wondering if there's a way to record all cuts simultaneously, i.e. same action recorded with different cameras. Thanks!

[@mlfetlesjdrenbref1306]

Wow! This is a great video! Many thanks!

[@Beardgames]

Anytime M B :)

[@danielmunozramirez4384]

Thank you so much for this! +1

[@Beardgames]

Anytime amigo!

[@eyeflyplayz]

Hi! This was a great tutorial. I just had a question: whenever I render the video, everything in the scene disappears and the video ends up being a sky dome with some camera movements. Do you know why this happened?

[@memesworld8600]

OMG ITS VERY HELPFUL THANK YOU BRO

[@AndreanJapardi]

Hi, I want to ask, how do we make the cutscenes we make blend with our gameplay later? I mean, when the cutscene is finished, of course it will continue to the main gameplay, right? (to continue the game) well how do you make that?

[@christianrobinson9231]

Legend!

[@Beardgames]

You're the legend Christian!

[@startupbenefits4519]

I create a simple animation in the sequencer. There were (no shot) files in the sequence using the movie render queue. Doesn’t creating an animation automatically create the shot? How do I create a shot?

[@Ash_Industries]

If I am trying to have a metahuman play 2 pre-recorded animations. Right now I am trying to add them both to the same sequence shot. I want them to play one after another. Is this possible or should I be creating 2 seperate shots? Right now I have both animations in the shot but the second animation does not play. Please let me know is you need more info. Great video btw

[@ValleStutz]

Thanks for the tutorial! Somehow it does not work for me (UE 5.3.2) to add an animation to the Mannequin (+ skeleton). I can apply the animation but it changes nothing. The Mannequin stays in place. Any tip for me?

[@volrathdesign]

Great tutorial, do you mind sharing your export settings when you render it in another piece of software? What software are you using, what format and settings are you using when you export?

[@au-projects957]

thanks for the amazing tutorial...helps a lot. but what about a realtime cutscene that we can seamlessly switch between gameplay camera and cutscene, is that possible in unreal engine, can you make a video about that? ❤❤🥂

[@Beardgames]

Great idea sir I'll definitely have to do a tutorial on that at some point :)

[@au-projects957]

@@Beardgames thank you so much

[@ipfilms6168]

the .avi format has always the highest data sizes. Use quicktime or the standard for movies h264 which is used for movies. The sizes should be way lower and the quality is still good

[@petertremblay3725]

Using avi is pretty lame for rendering!

[@ipfilms6168]

@@petertremblay3725 I didnt say to use avi. Avi is a not comprimized data format.

[@petertremblay3725]

@@ipfilms6168 Maybe i heard it wrong but one have to have 100 TB of space for this! loll

[@FF-FAN9999]

Is it possible to play animations on the player character or npcs in the world? I'm thinking how would be possible to transition from game camera to cinematic and then back smoothly to have game camera and back to gameplay

[@james.a.delancey]

Great video, but how do I open this project? That would have been really helpful

[@gummikalli2]

Excellent explanation. Thank you.

[@Beardgames]

Anytime! Thanks for supporting the channel :)

[@jlssculpturedesign8140]

Thank you !

[@Beardgames]

No problem :)

[@dacarly1330]

I am trying to get a cinematic to automatically play at the beginning of a level, but it only takes my fades and my audio and does not use the cinecamera. Do you have any suggestions?

[@bruceleroy911]

question when Im rendering a video the file preset keeps showing up with a block border but I dont see it in yours or any video ive watched. how to I remove it and have a clean video?

[@kudjo24]

3:16 I dont even have a shot thing to hop out of lol, how exaclty did you create a shot?

[@Blonder_Studio]

can i add components to my character in the cutscene the same way i would do if i was editing a blueprint in its viewport??? cuz i am using UE's hair system so the hair for my character isn't actually connected to my character so yeah that's why im wondering

[@Hotberginaa]

I use a character to play; in game mode. He can run jump etc; but in sequencer I can not see him. is it possible to make a film while in the game mode? how to capture our main character

[@Rohit-xc7co]

Hey Beardgames, doubt: blueprints not animating when rendering in ue5. Please le me know how to resolve it. Thanks.

[@Bordodai]

Perfect tutorial! Thanks!

[@Beardgames]

Anytime brother!

[@nautilusjakob]

I still don't get it - I enabled root motion and have my montage created. My character walks in one place, in the BP. However in Sequencer, I have added the BP with a transform , Y axis 0 to 100, but the walking animation is not playing , when playing the sequencer. Like there is no animation... Can you help?

[@birdonfiremedia]

Great tutorial. Rather than using AVI with low compression and getting huge file sizes, might be better to do Quicktime with Apple ProRes 422HQ encoding. That is good enough for broadcast and a lot smaller than 100% quallity AVIs. Will play back on a normal system as well, without lag.

[@fandrawerNgundam]

do we really need to render to video for cutscene? is it possible to use the cutscene as it is like an in game cutscene? for example like Metal Gear solid V, where the cutscene is real time and what the player equip will show in the cutscene as well.

[@christopher6267]

You skipped over that you were running the actual game in PIE mode with the blueprints to activate those timelines. How does that connect back to using sequencer?

[@Beardgames]

When you render the sequence your game will Play

[@teacake450]

Are you using any retargeting? I am trying to follow, but things do not line up.

[@baluwa98]

I'm a complete noob! what is this software? is it Unreal Engine which i need to download first?

[@alexgabel9797]

Ah super nice Video thanks! Just a real quick Q. I am having problems with my render. My camera movement is getting rendered but sadly not the animation of my object. It works in sequencer but sadly not when i render thanks allot 🙏🏻

[@spvs8914]

Thank you for the effort and learn alots form here. I have a questions of the key frame area, if i have multiple keyframe , and decided to extended them proportion, is there any tips or tools to do that? cause been looking for it for a while

[@RedzwanulHuq]

Would love to get a proper explanation from you regarding archviz cinematics camera setup. Esp how to properly focus on to large exterior buildings as well as interiors.

[@Kurdischerjapaner]

How can i add a sequence with cloth changing like gta or beat down ?

[@kiukle]

Do you have a newer tutorial for the official UE5 release for the curves editor? Specifically I want to control the easing motions of the camera's position movement, but having a hard time finding any tutorial explaining this. As a filmmaker it's the most important thing I want to focus on at the moment. If I can't move the camera smoothly and adjust it as I need there's not point building beautiful scenes hah

[@samcha9508]

Yeah, I'm having a hard time too, finding the tutorial or document guide to control the easing motions of the camera, as shown in 02:19 in this video. It feels like kinds of obstacle for new players.

[@mace2055]

As a beginner to Unreal it would have been nice to start with the scene setup. This tutorial felt like i missed part 1. Little things like where to find the camera actor would be nice. Thanks but this was completely useless to a new user.

[@harshitology3498]

good job

[@Beardgames]

Thank you!

[@tom9380]

Everything works well but the animations. I did it exactly like you, yet when playing the timeline with the added animations, the characters just stay in their default A pose.

[@Beardgames]

It will stay in the default t-pose until you move your time over the animation :)

[@tom9380]

@@Beardgames Yeah, did that but nothing. Also while trying to play animations in other views; must be a bug.

[@FelixFleshyFriends]

Why you are adding the keyframes for the focus manually if you can just track the object?

[@Beardgames]

Just another way of doing it my friend, maybe you want the focus to change mid shot and not track a target for the whole duration :)

[@ryanmichalski7420]

Between sequencer and blueprint which would be the less challenging of the two to learn.

[@mattrose7053]

Video is awesome. What are best steps for audio post processing ? seeing a few articles where artists aren't getting audio in the capture video render output (.avi) in UE5 (even though a .wav might be produced).

[@Beardgames]

Hey Matt! So what I usually do is just throw it into a video editing software and add it that way. I'm unsure if this is the best method but as it is there are so many things you need to get right in a clip render I'd rather not have to worry about audio timing as well haha. Hope this helps :)

[@imlostgaming9542]

@@Beardgames which video editor do you recommend?

[@Beardgames]

@@imlostgaming9542 I'd highly recommend Premier Pro :)

[@imlostgaming9542]

@@Beardgames thank you ❤

[@keremgoncuk1239]

amazing video but do you can for first person view.

[@Beardgames]

For first person I think it might be easier taking footage from the actual gameplay, or moving the camera along with the player! I'll have a think about the best route for it :)

[@FNCVessel]

So the tutorial works, but unfortunately it crashes when i attempt to render it as a movie

[@eberlekim8763]

I created a sequence and added a metahuman rig to it (with Track). I've added a camera and animated the rig. I've saved the project, but when I open the project again, there's no camera anymore and inside the sequencer is nothing. Can't find my animation. All other changes (like moving objects in the project or adding new materials or blueprints are saved, but the sequencer is empty. I am a bit confused and disappointed, because I honestly don't know what I did wrong.

[@DennisTamayo]

It can also be good for future computer animated films, for the final rendering that is.

[@Sheldinator]

hi, i was wondering how i can trigger a cutscene when i click on a button in a widget. thanks

[@leslieye8482]

Excellent tutorial! I am very new in UE but I love to try. My problem is after clicking 'Capture Movie', the video generated by UE is not from the window I need. I must have missed something, any clue from you guys? Many thanks!

[@AllKapucino]

Hi! How to move all units (keyframes, animation sequence) on timeline? Like in Premiere pro you push key A, and after you can select and move all units which are located to the right of the mouse. Thanks.

[@Beardgames]

Hey Al, I think you can just drag select my friend, should select all ones you want :)

[@creatingtailedstories]

Oh, I was doing it so wrong (= Thanks

[@gladiyit6771]

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[@DestrinProductions]

Question: How do you animate your characters? Not using blueprint. I'm extremely new to Unreal and attempting to learn how to make a cinematic city background for a green screen video. I need animations on a few things, including a big robot. I don't know how to model a big robot, or rig it, or animate it. Please help me I'm lost lol ;-;

[@Beardgames]

Unfortunately the best way of doing it is by animating my friend! I've got a tutorial on rigging and animating if you need :)

[@DestrinProductions]

@@Beardgames Oh yay, awesome!

[@paulc7107]

I don’t have “add master sequence”. I only have ‘add level sequence’ and ‘add level sequence with shots’. Really really annoying when trying to learn stuff and things get changed. Thanks anyway

[@dmrm2161]

When I render (output avi file), I have all the scene, but not the skeletalmesh actor. Maybe you know why ?