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Unreal may not have a tool that can perfectly do it for all of them, like we can in blender. If anyone does know I’d love to know as well!

@@owenjenkinsofficial Hmm, good advice, I'll try it, thanks

Hi Owen sir I’m working on a simple animation project in Unreal Engine 5.4. It’s a 10-15 minute documentary-style video for RUclips in 1080p, featuring MetaHumans and city life scenes. I’m sourcing assets from Sketchfab and will do color grading in DaVinci Resolve 19. Since I’m not creating games, I’m focused on keeping Unreal’s size small and optimizing performance for smoother viewport and faster rendering. Could you make a video covering all possible ways to optimize Unreal Engine for animation projects like mine? It would be incredibly helpful to learn how to manage MetaHumans, streamline rendering, and keep the project lightweight. Thanks so much in Advance

@CGToonStudio I don’t know if you can reasonably fit all those things into one video but I could use them as inspiration for future videos. If I am honest, I am NOT an expert at optimizing file sizes and debugging projects. That’s probably the area I have the least experience in unreal engine. Most of my project files end up being pretty dang massive and I just migrate project files that are being used and then delete the old file with all the stuff I am not using. That’s the best way I know to keep file sizes small when it comes to storage. I have UE5 files that are like 100GB before I migrate them. 😂 but most do not get that massive. I usually just end up importing tons of assets and using them to kitbash and then use the migration feature to filter out all the unused data and delete it.

@@owenjenkinsofficial thank you very much for the response.

I got it on Amazon! It’s called the Casper Glow I think! It’s like a morning light alarm and reading night light that gets brighter or darker over time based on how you configure it! I love it!

Thanks! 😊 that will come in time

This was recorded with an older version of UE5 before it was swapped

Yes, it still reflects light

Does it really matter?

@@owenjenkinsofficial im using laptop, and i also want to do things like this. Mind if you’d share some tips? Currently i got i5 10th gen, 4gb 3050rtx, 8gb ram. Is the 4gb vid card enough? And if i upgraded the ram to 32 would it not bottleneck the 4gb vid card? Thanks

@Racio00 Industry minimum standard is 16gb ram and an 8GB vram card. You can get by for sure with lower than that. I have a laptop that works good and is 6GB vram and 32GB ram. I do recommend going higher. I do have a workstation too. But in the beginning it’s just about making stuff even if it takes a long time. Once you start earning some money, that’s an opportune time to upgrade!

@@owenjenkinsofficial do i also need to worry about frying my video card for extensive usage on blender? Thank you so much for this!!

@Racio00 not really i would assume blender would crash before it would become at risk of causing electronic damage

Can’t wait to see the reupload on your vfx render pass/layer tutorial! If anyone else is reading this, you definitely need to go check out Robin’s channel!

It was different for each animation. I’m sure blender tutorials would give you an idea of what’s a good starting place. Check out Ducky3D!

Your transparency passes are probably too low. It’s under the samples section in the render tab. Make sure it’s over 4

I’m not doing one on one online tutoring. I learned with just loads of practice, a good mentor who has years and years of experience at the beginning who lived close to me and was able to give solid feedback, and mostly attempting to apply tutorial lessons to new situations and scenes, challenging myself to try harder, combining workflows even. I’m definitely still feeling like you! I have so much more to learn!

lol I’ve just binged RUclips videos for years, practicing daily, and find a mentor that can help you!

Where can I find a mentor ​@@owenjenkinsofficial

Unreal recommendation is that you have at least 8GB VRAM in your graphics card and at least 16-32GB RAM. I have a laptop that I use that has a 2600RTX 6GB VRAM and 32GB but my main PC runs 64GB RAM and a 3090RTX with 24GB VRAM.

@@owenjenkinsofficial Thks. for the answer . Btw, I try to download your trees, and do the process , this appears : " Plant Models Vol 60 has been removed from your cart because it can no longer be purchased. Please contact us if you need assistance.".. : ( -- Can I get these models from Chaos in 3Ds max ?

@MauroMan_ I’m not sure if you can get this specific tree anymore from MaxTree. But I do think MaxTree still has at least one sample pack of I’m not mistaken. You have to set the shaders up yourself with the FBX if you want to use them in unreal but they are really good looking. Otherwise I’d just use the new Megascans trees, 🌴 as there are a few really well done assets and they have animations and procedural wind as well that makes them pretty amazing.

@@owenjenkinsofficial ok. I´ll try. Thks again : )

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It’s usually a mix. Some things I have a clear vision for and some things take some significant preproduction and art direction to define the look.

What step are you at in the tutorial?

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Glad I could help!

That could be a follow up video to this one!

Yup. Icospheres is what I used as the instanced object/collection.

I’m happy to take requests on certain projects you see in this that you’d like to see a tutorial on. I can’t guarantee that it will get made but I love getting ideas from you guys!

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Same here

Just make a simplified shape that matches your product and replace the cube with it instead!

I edited it from a random song on artlist!

Quinten Coblentz - Didn't See That Coming << the name