Unreal Essentials for Virtual Production

Skill level

Beginner

Prerequisite

VFX or Animation Professional

Method

Flexible Learning

Overview

Week 0	Live Orientation with Epic
Week 1	Introduction to Unreal Engine Transitioning from Legacy Production to Unreal Engine Quickstart: Your First Project in Unreal Engine Live Q&A #1
Week 2	Quickstart: Sequencer Shot Creation for Virtual Productio FBX Data Ingestion Materials - Introduction Live Q&A #2
Week 3	Lighting - Introduction World Building for Virtual Production Animation - Introduction Control Rig - Introduction Live Q&A #3
Week 4	Quickstart: Landscape Sequencer - Introduction Quickstart: Blueprint for Virtual Production Understanding Source Control and Perforce Setup Live Q&A #4

Level up this fall by learning Unreal

Learn one of the most sought after production tools this fall with our flexible course “Unreal Essentials for Virtual Production” taught by some of the top instructors at Epic Games.

You’ll have access to over 14 hours of on-demand lessons, followed by 4 live Q&A sessions (a total of 8 hours) with the Epic instructors - a great way to learn!

So come prepared with questions or send them in beforehand if you can’t make the live session. We’ll make a timestamped recording available shortly after the event so you can re-watch or catch up.

Virtual Production curriculum

The course is intended for professionals in VFX and Animation who are planning the leap from traditional pipelines to virtual production. After completing the curriculum you will have the fundamental knowledge required to get started with Unreal Engine.

Prerequisites

You should have working experience in the VFX or Animation industry to get the most out of this course. This is a beginners course. It’s ideal if you don’t have any prior knowledge of UE, but even if you have some experience you will still benefit from the training.

Artist feedback

I wanted to say thank you so much for making this pilot class available to me, I learned a lot and it will be a great stepping stone for moving forward with UE. The Q&As were incredibly valuable and I feel like the instructors addressed my questions spot on. If you had any additional focused classes available in the future I would be REALLY interested in those as well.

Johnny Diaz

Senior 3D Artist/Generalist / Lighting Artist

The Unreal Engine course Zerply provided was a fun and informative overview of the virtual pipeline for film production. It helped me understand all the engine could offer as well as translating how it could be applied to traditional film making. Coming in with no experience, I feel like the UE Experts gave me a good primer on any field I would like to pursue deeper in a production and adequately understand everything Unreal could offer. I am excited to dive even deeper on my own now!

Kevin Herron

Senior Animator

Comprehensive, easy to follow, well organized, clearly explained. Perfect for anyone who's starting with UE5.

Siniša Radosavljević

Senior Digital Compositor

The course was fantastic, thank you so much for organizing it and making it so available. This was awesome!

Liza Kurenkov

Mid-level 3D Animator

$249

In collaboration with Epic Games

This course includes:

		14 on-demand video lessons
		4 live Q&A sessions with Epic
		5 weeks of flexible learning