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| Start Date | Duration | Cost | Max Participant Numbers |
|---|---|---|---|
| From 26th February 2024 | 1 x Day per workshop | €140 per seat per workshop | As per Escape Studios |
For multiple, company employee purchases, please email susantalbot@furthr.ie
Overview
Unreal Engine enables game developers and content creators across industries to realise next-generation real-time 3D content and experiences with greater freedom, fidelity, and flexibility than ever before. UE5 is arguably the world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool.
Leverage game-changing fidelity
Bring incredibly immersive and realistic interactive experiences to life with ground breaking new features like Nanite and Lumen that provide a generational leap in visual fidelity, and enable worlds to be fully dynamic.
Build bigger worlds
Unreal Engine 5 provides the tools and assets you need to create truly expansive worlds for your players, participants, and stakeholders to explore, using content that scales.
Animate and model in context
New artist-friendly animation authoring, retargeting, and runtime tools—together with a significantly expanded modelling toolset—reduce iteration and eliminate round-tripping, speeding up the creative process.
Unreal Engine is used for
- Games
- Film & Television
- Architecture
- Automotive Design
- Broadcast & Live Events
- Simulation & more
Participant Requirements / Eligibility
These workshops are suitable for SMEs, Sole Traders, Freelancers or employees looking to upskill or cross skill.
A solid understanding of animation/3D space is advised. A basic knowledge of Unreal Engine is also advisable to get the most from the classes, but is not a pre-requisite.
Due to our funding parameters, these workshops are only available to those resident in the Republic Of Ireland.
All courses are delivered remotely and in English.
Current Available Dates
Fundamentals of Unreal Engine
25.03.24
Materials
26.03.24
Lighting
27.03.24
Realtime Rendering For Animation
28.03.24
Blueprints
02.04.24
Intro to Niagara
03.04.24
More dates will be added as they become available.
Materials/equipment/software needed
You will need a good and stable internet connection as the classes will be taking place on Zoom.
HARDWARE
RECOMMENDED SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
- Windows 10 64-bit, quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM
- macOS Big Sur, quad-core Intel, 2.5 GHz or faster, 8 GB RAM
- Linux Ubuntu 18.04, quad-core Intel or AMD, 2.5 GHz or faster, 32 GB RAM
- Full HD display
- Mouse, trackpad or pen+tablet
You will also need a microphone and speakers/headphones as well as a stable internet connection in order to participate in the Zoom virtual classroom.
We recommend using a separate mouse and European/UK Keyboard Layout. A second monitor would be helpful but not necessary.
Remote Workstations are not available for these workshops, so your computer must meet the minimum system recommendations explained above.
SOFTWARE
Unreal Engine – this link will open in a separate tab
Downloading Unreal Engine to your local drive is:
- preferable
- More fluid
- but it takes time…so it is advisable to prep the day before.
Tutor
Hussin Khan
Hussin is an Authorised UE Instructor working periodically with Escape Studios UK, and has completed the Unreal Engine Animation Fellowship. He is also the CEO at EFXCO Academy and has worked on VFX projects such as ‘Life of Pi’ which secured 4 Oscars at the 2013 Academy Awards.
Hussin is an experienced and passionate trainer who has spent the last 10 years helping thousands of people develop their skills in various software tools.
As an Authorized Unreal Engine Instructor, Nuke, and Adobe Certified Instructor, he is committed to delivering high-quality training that empowers individuals to achieve their goals.
Fee
Normally, the fee for these individual workshops would be €235 per person (£200 Sterling per 1 x workshop), but through Cultural & Creative Industries Skillnet we can offer these workshops at the subsidised members rate of € 140.00 per person per workshop/seat. Additional discounts apply for multiple seat purchases per person.
Please contact susantalbot@furthr.ie if you wish to purchase multiple seats for multiple trainees.
Registration
As these workshops are rolling, you can purchase seats and then choose the date that suits you best.
Step 1
– Choose the # of ‘Seats’ you wish to purchase. 1 x day long workshop = 1 x Seat
– Register and pay below.
Example:
If you wish to participate in the Fundamentals of Unreal Engine only, then purchase 1 x Seat.
If you wish to participate in Lighting, Rendering and Blueprints, then purchase 3 x Seats etc.
It is important that each participant register separately and use a consistent email address for payment and Eventbrite registration.
If you wish to purchase multiple seats for multiple trainees (Company), please email susantalbot@furthr.ie for a separate registration link and invoicing process.
Step 2
Once you register and pay, Eventbrite Booking Links will appear below. This is how you book a workshop/s on your preferred date/s. This booking is with Escape Studios who will have a record of the # of Seats purchased by individuals/Companies.
Eventbrite Booking Links will be visible here once you have registered & paid below and are logged into your CCIS account.
March Dates
APRIL DATES
Once booked via Eventbrite, the workshop link will be sent to you by Escape Studios, so check your spam folder if you don’t receive it into your inbox.
Transfers, Cancellation and Refunds
Transferring of dates are on a case by case basis and are subject to availability of places on other dates.
Cancellations must be made within 48hrs of the workshop commencement date.
Refunds cannot be given inside the 48hr cancellation period.
All purchased seats must be used in the current calendar year.
Future dates outside of those listed are not guaranteed.