Unreal Animation Unlocked

Learn how to move characters and animations between Maya and Unreal. You'll set up a control rig using Advanced Skeleton, retarget mocap data, and correctly export/import both characters and animation assets.

Understand how Unreal Engine works compared to DCC tools like Maya. You'll explore the interface, set up a scene for animation, and get introduced to Levels and Sequencer.

Set up Unreal to behave more like Maya. You'll cover navigation, selection, and editor preferences so working inside UE feels natural.

Customize Unreal's layout to match an animation-friendly workflow. You'll get a first look at key animation tools like Pose Library, Layers, Tweeners, and the Curve Editor.

Learn how to speed up your workflow with hotkeys. You'll set up a logical hotkey system focused on animation tasks.

Set up Sequencer for animation work. You'll configure viewports, filters, and timeline behaviour, and learn how to manage keyframes and work with fbx data.

Install and set up a custom picker for Unreal that'll improve control precision and workflow efficiency.

Go through Unreal's animation tools in practice. You'll explore pose tools, tweening, sliders, constraints, motion paths, and more.

Learn how to use Unreal's Curve/Graph Editor equivalents. You'll cover managing tangents, filters, and how to control animation curves precisely.

Set up tools and preferences that improve your overall animation workflow. You'll work with space switching (Parent and Radial spaces), use bookmarks to navigate timeline faster, and learn how to save and transfer your settings across projects.

Install and use QuickRender to quickly preview and export your animations directly from Unreal.

Learn how to bake animation sequences into Control Rig body Sequences using different methods.

A complete mixing, cleanup and enhancement workflow inside Unreal. You'll be confident with fine-tuning, timing and blend animations, adjust and refine, and apply layers and fix Poses. You'll also learn how to use video and image references directly inside Unreal.

Create animations from scratch using Control Rig. You'll work with snapper and spine workflows, space switching, and curve key manipulation techniques.

Learn how to apply and manage animation sequences directly on Control Rig, with control over stacking, key density, and curve filtering.

Create seamless loopable animations. You'll learn how to build idle poses and use references to support them.

Understand why learning state systems is powerful for gameplay production, and how it impacts workflow and transition spaces.

Expand into gameplay and cinematic animation. You'll work with Blueprints, Animation Montages, and camera systems to trigger and blend animations in real-time.

Build a start-to-finish game-ready setup. Every stage links directly to Sequencer updates looping in the running game.

Install and set up a fully-rigged MetaHuman character. You'll learn to improve control precision and workflow efficiency.

Capture real-time facial animation using Live Link. You'll record, clean up, and sync face performances with body animations.

Learn how to apply animation only to selected controllers, allowing you to re-use and layer animation more flexibly.

Use the Record Debugger to analyze and troubleshoot gameplay animation scene by scene.