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Turn ANYONE into a AAA Quality 3D Character in 20 mins | Unreal Engine 5 Mesh to Metahuman
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LINKS:
Original vid directed by: / w0lf_tech
Download Unreal Engine (Epic Launcher): store.epicgames.com/en-US/dow...
Mesh to Metahuman Plugin: www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...
Metahuman Lighting Sets: www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...
Metahuman Creator: metahuman.unrealengine.com/
Facegen: facegen.com/
Facebuilder Blender: keentools.io/download/facebui...
Daz: www.daz3d.com/
Blender: www.blender.org
Today I'll show you how to make your own custom Metahumans in Unreal Engine 5 and control their facial animations from your phone using live link! I feel like Unreal Engine is the future and the possibilities for what you can create with this workflow are limitless. Enjoy!
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Getting Started
1:40 - Options for getting a face mesh
2:50 - Method I used for my face mesh
5:30 - Mesh to metahuman setup
8:20 - Designing our metahuman
12:10 - Adding metahuman and studio lighting to Unreal
13:40 - How to customize your metahuman skin textures in photoshop
16:20 - Setting up a camera and sequence
18:00 - Controlling Metahuman face mocap with Livelink phone app
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#unrealengine #tutorial

[@yer6900]

I swear your videos are like the equivelant of going to college for some of this shit, hope you know how helpful your tutorials are man your a life saver fr...

[@ianbatista631]

You're amazing man. Love every time you drop a 3D Character tutorial, please make more!

[@The_Daliban]

Can you make a series on how to create and add characters into scenes? That would be amazing

[@rnr_imbee]

Yes please!

[@donelkingii3738]

Please Sir.

[@xSanityControlx]

I am a brand new 3D moddeller and in December of 22 I started my journey. I wish your video was around then, but it really helped me fill gaps in my knowledge!

[@MrAirnike8]

Brilliant tutorial as always! Salute!

[@3djimmy]

BRAVO brother so thankful I found your channel. Massive props to you UNREAL UNREAL UNREAL

[@EddieHIM007]

Bro you’re the best. It’s like you read our minds and then make a good quality informative tutorial. I love you mann. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Khal-ir7hs]

This is awesome! thanks for this tutorial!

[@th-redattack]

Using Character Creator 4 And Headshot plugin the results are crazy creating the character in cc4 and converting in metahuman

[@EveBatStudios]

That’s what I went with

[@everpeachy]

For anyone who can't imported the hair groom assets from Quixel Bridge, try Edit > Project Setting. Under Rendering > Optimizations, check Support Compute Skin Cache option.

[@Raksasa187]

i got a whole range of finished OBJ models and was looking to convert them somehow into a metahuman, well...here we go, thank you!

[@rubyherring]

Hey Max, thanks for the great tutorial. You mentioned that you dislike the symmetry of the metahumans - I just wanted to let you know you can turn that feature off in the MetaHuman Creator (it's the little highlighted circle with the dotted line icon right to the menu).

[@gtcreationz]

Great video homie 👌🏾

[@servicestuffs2549]

Awesome video! Thanks!

[@digital0785]

the meta human stuff looks good but the eyes always look like they're the wrong shape IMO.. but the characters they include dont have that issue so i'm wondering if its something people aren't doing when creating or just a feature missing. It's not just yours either awesome TUT btw super helpful

[@MaxNovakTutorials]

I think 2 biggest issues are 1: everything is too symmetrical , needs some imperfections to feel more human and less digital. 2: Limited options for facial features (*more so applies when you're trying to replicate the likeness of a real person). Even something as tiny as mismatched eyebrows can drasticfally change the ways someone looks.

[@digital0785]

@@MaxNovakTutorials i think both of those are 100% correct more eye options would help as well as the being more asymmetrical would be huge

[@user-oi2ny5xq6g]

Hi! Thanks for this great tutorial! I have a question In the tutorial you use iPhone 8, I have this model too, but live link is not working on my phone because it is too old 😢 How did you do it?

[@saemranian]

Perfect, Thanks for sharing.

[@spoonci_nata]

Amazing! May you advise, how can I export my customised with from FaceBilder to Day morph as you are doing it in your video with FaceGen? Thanks a looootttt

[@lentopronto]

future is here ❤️ great work bro 🙂

[@godknowsnehaG]

thank you so much for shareing this with us.

[@ZanMar]

So good,thanks

[@suryakamalnd9888]

Amazing video bro

[@mjmeans7983]

Is there a video you would recommend that shows how to use Unreal to do facial animation that actually looks indistinguishable from a real-life video recording? Or is this impossible?

[@watucookinmedia]

can you tell me what version of unreal your using

[@tosvus]

You didn't mention RealityCapture as an option? They are closely associated with UnrealEngine, bought by Epic, and probablyu will be integrated into UE at some point.. That's a good way to generate the mesh.

[@EvilNando]

I will try this thanks!

[@rnr_imbee]

How can you make this character move their body like walking, or just a seated pose, seating in the street etc? Does UE have like movement templates like Mixamo?

[@watucookinmedia]

can you tell me what faceGen to purchase

[@GamersLikeUs420]

Thank you so much! You're awesome and I enjoy your videos!

[@busyworksbeats]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@boltmemes]

@Max Novak Can a character Artist perform all this process and export the model to Zbrush or any preferable software for extra detail like highly skin details,scars,the use of Alpha maps and so on

[@maniacos2801]

huh you like went all the way from facegen, daz to blender and then unreal and then you created your character again in metahuman? I don't understand your process.

[@RewindHD.]

When it's the right time you will understand 😁

[@tommyscars7966]

Since metahuman is in early access he's having to chain different programs to get his desired result.

[@PrilaRis]

I second this question. I don't understand what does the first step do for the final result

[@TwoPappaThree]

He’s promoting a paid software. I agree you can achieve same result without the first two processes. Shameful

[@reignskidzz3093]

His workflow is fine, you must’ve just got into 3D if three different software is too much 😅

[@orivxdevlabs]

Can you use this for an already created Character BP and just swap the mesh over in UE?

[@creativekaii]

Where can i watch the podcast you watched for the skin textures?

[@martymar9311]

thanks 4 this infor --mor more more

[@NickolasGrisham]

Thanks!

[@Bankole.]

Thank you!

[@EL_N0IR_2201]

Bro thanks again really awesome of you, holy smokes this is crazy.

[@ROBBIEP]

this is so cool, what about making the human move with their limbs and such,. is it possivble??

[@iPEMiC.]

Yep, this work with 5.1 too! Great Video👍

[@ZacMarcus]

how did you use the mesh-to-metahuman plugin if it only works for 5.0? Im having trouble rn.

[@lucasros1254]

@@ZacMarcus You need to do the whole thing in 5.0 and when you're finished you can migrate the metahuman blueprint into any 5.1 project

[@Director_S]

20:25 where can i get that Premier Pro light from lol ?

[@PrilaRis]

Thank you for the tutorial. But I don't understand why you need daz & face gen when you only use the created character in unreal engine preset in the end. Could you explain it to me why you need to do the first step?

[@MaxNovakTutorials]

to get the shape of the facial geometry

[@erashak2577]

Hello, I would like to hear your advice. Let's say that I need to make a female character, but underwear for women is not very suitable. What could be done to remove/replace it? I know that this cannot be done in Meta Human, because the underwear is sewn into the texture. And how would you change the body mesh, if needed.

[@SanjayRawatArt]

Tht was awesome

[@VisualistAyush07]

Amazing

[@bleachedout805]

Kit is so beautiful! I clicked just because of his face but I am interested in the content here.

[@Ar1music]

Better than metaverse

[@rafaelgarcia-ti4xb]

I'm on LAN and my iphone shows up on unreal, did all the steps but the metahuman face doesn't move unfortunately :/ iphone 13 pro All plugins and arkit enabled, I did delete torso feet to have just the head though not sure if that might affect it.

[@matteomontanaro1122]

why when I import into blender, the model is all purple? how can I fix it?

[@aemythjensen]

Too bad that the mesh to metahuman plugin doesn't work with Unreal Engine 5.1.0

[@tuatec]

Why does it not work?

[@aemythjensen]

@@tuatec When I tried to install it, game launcher said it was it wasn't compatible with it.

[@donelkingii3738]

Which is so odd.

[@pixalmasterstudios2485]

WELL It better start working, I’m gonna need that

[@vellivisionaryent.3374]

Doesn't work with 5.1.0, but if u Uninstall and install 5.0.3 instead, than it will work!!

[@selmimajd9632]

is there a way to transfer the body+ clothes and keep the metahuman dna

[@Alfaunoh]

Is it possible to animate the entire body ?

[@antagonistlover]

More like in 20 hours to make it look really good

[@Kennethscartoons]

I love this and how do I add my own clothing brand to the character after this 👀

[@MaxNovakTutorials]

You can edit your logo onto the clothing textures just like I do with editing the face texture in photoshop

[@Darksagan]

Ive looked everywhere and cant find anything on how to add grillz to your metahuman character. Do you know how to?

[@riotechmod]

6:20 not showing Meta Human plugins in Unreal Eng 5. do anyone know why ?

[@ShaggyMummy]

Sick

[@etienneibekwe5173]

Pleasee try to add some head motion

[@TimelessStormGaming]

Can the meta humans be brought into Maya or Blender after you get them super realistic looking?

[@OM33WRLD]

Yes that can

[@user-jj1uj3ep5e]

hy can i somehow install my metahuman face into game the sims 4 (package file)? thanks

[@itsjxomusic]

Can't afford the high costs of a music video, so been looking into using UE5 for it. Doing it all myself seems like a challenge though :(

[@CalmDownHarold]

where do you get this program

[@socialofficial5247]

when i go to part 3:44Daz would not give me options to change the face into my face so im kinda lost if you have any solution for this please let me know...

[@itzdcx7991]

Nice😊

[@y.d.trapper5946]

Yeayyyyyy letsss go to parctice that

[@pdworld3421]

Dude, are you using an eye thing?

[@alexanderconferno9467]

why head not moving? how to add more realism from movement

[@milliframess]

YES

[@cyrusrecycling]

Can we do this in Unity. I’m using Unity engine

[@eviltwin2322]

This seems to be a really common mistake, but there's no such thing as a "vertisee". The word is "vertex" singular, "vertices" plural. Pedantic I know but it kinda bugs me! 😂

[@feerfree8986]

I thought the character's eye were opening slowly like it was bugged, but turns out it just you xD

[@marsmotion]

nice overview however with all the programs your using to do this i think it would be pretty daunting for most people to deal with it. its a lot.

[@00mikee75]

can anyone help me its not letting me export i can only get unreal engine 5.0.3

[@carolineito9312]

So it seems like you used iphone 8 for livelink? I was told I needed iphone 12 and above and was completely disappointed bc I can't afford a new phone hahah but seems like you got a pretty decent footage so I might test this out as my iphone is an 8 as well! Thanks a lot

[@MaxNovakTutorials]

I think I used an Iphone 11 it just shows as an iphone 8 for some reason

[@marvelgamerstv5847]

When i click trackmarkers.trackers dont load.there is no trackers.how to solve it?

[@SUPERSOULSTAR]

Gold

[@misssmilecreation]

Can anyone please tell me which software he used .... n are they all free or paid ? Please i wanna create like this for YT videos

[@amiryousefi5374]

ok can some one tell me is there any link app on android side ?

[@BobDylanDP]

textures are not showing up importing to blender...

[@youssefhassan4047]

can any one help me i want create a virtual AI representer using TTS and this 3d character and facial expression

[@jendabekCZ]

Looks creepy, but cool.

[@sinthu_VFX]

Well Bro

[@corysmith2317]

even though I installed it meta humans did not show up in my plugin's menu. what do i do?

[@iPEMiC.]

Verify well at 1:23 from this videot hat you get MetaHuman Plugin install into your Unreal Engine 5.0 or 5.1 only, then at 6:10 that this plugin are well activated in the Edit > Plugin and search for it, hope you can find out.

[@v-vainstudio]

Can i manually animate face ? Because i dont have a iphone 🥲🥲🥲

[@Brombal]

ok, 20 minutes is the video... 20 days to put in practice. rsssss

[@OutTheMudGangTv]

Why my mesh coming up concrete

[@inteligenciafutura]

iPhone 8?

[@metaturnal]

You can turn off symmetry btw.

[@omnipop4936]

5:51 "...add budden"

[@TheBrotographer14k]

my metahuman I exported from unreal in not showing up in the metahuman creator...please help

[@MaxNovakTutorials]

make sure you log into your epic account both inside quixel bridge and in metahuman creator

[@TheBrotographer14k]

@@MaxNovakTutorials Thank you, much appreciated man

[@MuffinManProductions3D]

I thought the video title was bs but I was very wrong. Great video.

[@lukesky123]

you probably thought it was another "AI", didn't you? 😂

[@MuffinManProductions3D]

@@lukesky123 Well hello there fellow AI

[@lukesky123]

@@MuffinManProductions3D i do not really understand why people hate AI. I am an artist myself and AI really helps me. I understand the stealing of art illegally but let us say I train an AI machine strictly on my art set, if it generates anything, that would be “mine” in a sense. And anyway, the world is evolving, whether you like it or not. As computers take over more jobs, newer ones will be created. So hope aboard the AI wagon. 😎

[@MuffinManProductions3D]

@@lukesky123 AI art is fine, but those obvious ai generated voices are really starting to get to me. after a while it all starts to sound the same and is really annoying because people would rather let the AI talk for them instead of recording their own voice. I am hopeful that ai will be more beneficial than not, but I dont think we are even close to a sentient ai yet.

[@lukesky123]

@@MuffinManProductions3D those voices 😂😂😂. Can definitely relate with that. And I don’t think anything man-made can ever be sentient. At most, they’ll remain in the uncanny valley

[@Ed-wy2od]

Hey man are you looking for an apprentice? I would pay to learn from you

[@ValeGoG]

10/10

[@3RDEYELOVE]

Metahuman isn't quite ready

[@MichyDZoE]

John Snow?

[@jimnicosia5934]

I think that I'm already a three D character.

[@ELEVENPERCENT]

did the eyes glitch at 11:56 gross anyone else out??

[@AiiSiiK]

Thanks! Lol 13:49

[@afrinaut3094]

welp there goes character modeling as a career & job. thanks AI

[@lukesky123]

Character Modellers can still rework it if you don't like it. AI didn't do everything and besides, it's too make life easier

[@justamexican5575]

Any Chicano 3d artists who would be willing to do some music visualizer work like this ? We can discuss price. Hit me up

[@justamexican5575]

looking for more work too

[@Ar1music]

Hmu @ar1ar1music

[@LightWorkerBass]

@justamexican5575 dm'd you