Unreal Engine - Nottingham Trent University

Description

Bring your virtual worlds to life with this hands on introduction to landscape creation in Unreal Engine 5. This course is designed for beginners who want to master the tools and techniques used to craft beautiful, realistic environments from the ground up. You’ll explore how to sculpt terrain, paint materials, and populate your scene with natural details like foliage, rocks, and lighting. By the end of the course, you’ll have the confidence to design immersive digital landscapes ready for animation, film, games, or virtual experiences. This practical course introduces you to the fundamentals of creating compelling 3D environments in Unreal Engine 5. You’ll start with the basics of terrain sculpting and gradually progress towards building a detailed, cinematic landscape scene. Through guided, step-by-step exercises, you’ll explore the full landscape workflow; from shaping the terrain to applying realistic materials, adding foliage and atmospheric effects, and capturing your final environment using Unreal Engine’s powerful Sequencer tool. During this course, you will: • Learn the software in depth and have a solid understanding of 3D creation. • Understand the software interface. • Gain confidence navigating the software and managing your own projects. • Experiment creatively to design unique and visually stunning environments. • Develop a professional-quality scene you can showcase in your portfolio. By the end of the course you’ll have developed a fully realised 3D landscape that demonstrates your new skills, from terrain sculpting and material painting to lighting and composition. You’ll understand how to take a project from a blank canvas to a finished, portfolio ready environment, while gaining valuable insight into professional 3D workflows used in animation, design, and virtual production. Tutor profile: Tasneem Guendouz is a 3D specialist and a Senior Immersive Media Technician at NTU, where she combines her creative and technical skills effectively. With a First Class Honours degree in Animation, she applies 3D animation principles to her work in motion capture, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and 3D environment development. Tasneem is also a part of the Virtual Poduction team, and her role is to create 3D models and build environments. Before her current role, Tasneem worked as an Animation Technician, helping students develop their skills in 2D, 3D, and stop-motion animation. She also established a successful freelance career, teaching Maya, Unreal and Twinmotion online, furthermore collaborating on various projects both nationally and internationally. With over four years of experience teaching Twinmotion and Unreal Engine, she is a skilled educator dedicated to fostering student growth.

What's included in the price?

This course will be delivered in person on Nottingham Trent University City Campus. Your course fees cover the cost of studies and include great benefits such as the use of our modern library and free use of the IT equipment and software on the campus during your course. You will also need to bring with you a USB stick for saving your work. On successful completion of the course you will receive a certificate of attendance.

Cancellation policy

Medium - Cancellation and a full refund can be obtained up to 4 weeks before the course starts

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