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Master the Core Fundamentals
Demystify the interface and discover why Unreal Engine is actually the easiest game engine to use.
Learn a collection of different World Building techniques to help you bring your dreams to life.
Learn the material and lighting techniques to make it look great while performing great!
Take control with the artist-friendly yet powerful Blueprint Visual Scripting to create dynamic content.
WHY YOU NEED THIS MASTERCLASS
Before vs After
UNREAL ENGINE PRO
The Unreal Engine Editor is overwhelming and too hard.
Materials are confusing and look terrible.
Your lighting is amateur and KILLS your framerate.
Blueprint makes no sense and you'll never understand this spaghetti code.
Unreal Engine runs terrible!
You're reading rejection letters from game and virtual production studios.
Using Unreal Engine is easier than washing dishes!
You're making beautiful materials with ease!
Your lighting is professional and the performance is great!
Creating dynamic content with Blueprint is your favorite new groove!
You're an optimization master in 60+ FPS!
You're an employable Unreal Engine Pro and confident in it!
WHY YOU NEED THIS MASTERCLASS
Before Unreal Engine Pro
The Unreal Engine Editor is overwhelming and too hard.
Materials are confusing and look terrible.
Your lighting is amateur and KILLS your framerate.
Blueprint makes no sense and you'll never understand this spaghetti code.
Unreal Engine runs terrible!
You're reading rejection letters from game and virtual production studios.
After Unreal Engine Pro
Using Unreal Engine is easier than washing dishes!
You're making beautiful materials with ease!
Your lighting is professional and the performance is great!
Creating dynamic content with Blueprint is your favorite new groove!
You're an optimization master in 60+ FPS!
You're an employable Unreal Engine Pro and confident in it!
Learn the Techniques I Used to Make
Scenes Like These in Unreal Engine
Learn the Techniques I Used to Make
Scenes Like These in Unreal Engine
The only limit is your imagination
Create Your Own Scenes in Unreal Engine
Even if you start with ZERO Unreal Engine Experience, with the Getting Started with Unreal Engine course you can become a confident Unreal Engine user in only 5 days!
Then take the steps into the World Building course to learn how you can start building your own scenes that both look great and perform well!
Where is Unreal Engine Being Used?
Game Development
Over 20 years of dominating the video game industry.
Virtual Production
Completely changed the way film and TV shows are made.
Virtual Reality
Escape reality with full 360 degree virtual immersion.
Hi, My Name's John Waynick
Creative Director | Unreal Authorized Instructor | Game/Film/VR Industry Vet
I'm a geek. I'm an artist. I'm a storyteller.
I’ve been using Unreal Engine for over 20 years now. I’ve worked across the video game, film/TV, simulation, virtual reality, advertising, and even retail industries using Unreal Engine these past two decades. I’m an environment artist primarily with some tech artist sprinkled in who grew up in the theater and enjoys practicing cinematography.
But I’m also an educator. I’ve been teaching 3D environment art and Unreal Engine for a decade now. I’ve worked for various schools, traveled the country teaching bootcamps for all ages, done both internal and business to business training, and even crossed the ocean to share my knowledge and passion. I’ve taught thousands of students over the years and sent many of them to work at some of the biggest names in the game and film industry.
What's Included in the Course?
The Unreal Engine Pro Masterclass is in active development.
If you join now, you will get:
Getting Started with Unreal
$247 Included in the Masterclass
Learn the foundational essentials for working with Unreal Engine, including working with assets, materials, textures, lights, and even Blueprint! (over 6 hours of content)
This is the same content I teach in my $2499 live course.
Included in the Unreal Engine Pro Masterclass.
World Building with Unreal
$497 Included in the Masterclass
Learn techniques used for worldbuilding for both games and film, including level prototyping, landscapes, lighting, and how to visually enhance your world with things like decals and vertex painting. (over 13 hours of content)
This is the same content I teach in my $3497 live course.
Included in the Unreal Engine Pro Masterclass.
Blueprint Fundamentals
$497 Included in the Masterclass
Get an introduction to the Fundamentals of Blueprint in Unreal Engine and master your understanding fast! You'll learn how to build the Lego pieces and then how to put them together in different ways to create different results.
Master the mantra: Everything complex is just a series of simple steps.
This is the same content I teach in my $3497 live course.
Included in the Unreal Engine Pro Masterclass.
Game Design 101 [Early Access]
$497 Included in the Masterclass
I'm currently building out a brand new mini course called Game Design 101 where we are diving really deep into Blueprints to create a full game. I say mini course, but this is going to be the biggest course in the Unreal Engine Pro collection yet! (planned over 20 hours of content)
This is the same content I teach in my $5997 live course.
Included in the Unreal Engine Pro Masterclass.
BONUS: Megascans Environment Challenge
Build a fully 3D Environment in 5 Days using FREE assets from the Quixel Megascans library.
Follow along with me on video as I join you in this challenge creating my own environment using only Quixel Megascans assets. I'll show you all my dirty little techniques along the way.
Post your progress in the community to get feedback!
PDF Companion Guides Included
In addition to the video guide, there is a complete 73 page PDF companion guide that follows along each of the days as well as includes additional tips and techniques to help you build a beautiful environment.
Once you're finished, follow the included portfolio guide to get your work posted to Artstation!
All Future Master Class Content
Coming soon topics like Visual Storytelling Techniques, Advanced Materials, Advanced Blueprint, and so much more!
That's right! The Unreal Engine Pro Masterclass Collection is in constant and active development. If you secure your seat now, you'll get all future masterclass content delivered at no additional charge.
As more modules and courses are added, the price will go up. But you'll never be charged anything more for the additional content, even when full mini courses are added. (Mini courses range in price from $197-$997).
MODULES
Get Started with Unreal Engine FAST
Gain complete control over the Editor Interface
Understand Lumen and Global Illumination
Work with 3d models, textures, and materials
Demystify Blueprint for visual scripting
Master level design and prototyping techniques
Learn the tools used for making open worlds
Learn how to make lighting beautiful and performant
EARLY ACCESS to the Game Design Course
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"Myself and my business partner are loving every second of it. John makes Unreal feel so easy to learn. Too often with other courses or YouTube channels you follow what they say and then realize you don't actually know how to do those things. It's the opposite with John's course."
- Cherie
"I freaking love the clarity in the way John communicates the lessons. The Getting Started course really set me forward after so many previous failed attempts. It just makes sense! Big thank you!! I already sent the link to 3 of my friends who are just now getting into Unreal."
- Joseph
"John Waynick is a highly talented, trained, and professional instructor and has been using Unreal for a very long time. I took his Unreal Class and I was very much impressed with the class and what was taught in such a short amount of time. I recommend taking his courses. You will learn so much."
- John
What's in the Unreal Pro Collection?
The Unreal Engine Pro Course Library
BONUS: The Megascans Environment Challenge
BONUS: Digital Alchemy Tools
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Asset Downloads Included
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All Future Content Included
BONUS: Megascans Environment Challenge
BONUS: Portfolio Guide
BONUS: Unreal Engine Shortcuts Guide
BONUS: Wireframe Viewer Tool
BONUS: Light Studio Tool
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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
John Waynick
Unreal Authorized Training Partner
John Waynick is a Creative Art Director with a background as a Technical Environment Artist. He has a passion for working with Real Time Technology and has been using Unreal Engine since version 2 in 2001.
He's journeyed through the film, game, and simulation industries to experience multiple sides of 3D technology, with a heavy focus on environments. He's recently made the jump into Virtual Production to help bring his knowledge of Unreal from a Game Industry perspective to help push the boundaries with studios like Lucasfilm and the teams responsible for Star Wars productions like The Mandalorian on Disney+.
John has been an educator for over a decade teaching Unreal Engine to all ages. From special guest appearances at middle schools to directing curriculum at vocational schools to international workshops across the pond, he takes every chance he gets to share his knowledge with Unreal Engine.
20+ years using Unreal Engine
10+ years teaching Unreal Engine
Unreal Authorized Training Partner since 2021
Actually works in the entertainment industry
Actually uses daily the things he teaches
WHO IS THIS FOR
THE Aspiring game dev
The film vfx artist
the 3d environment artist
the indie filmmaker
the indie game developer
the hobbyist
the educator
the engineer
the tech artist
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Unreal Engine PRO Masterclass
GETTING STARTED COURSE BREAKDOWN
Day 1: Intro to Unreal Engine
In this first module, you'll learn how to get Unreal Engine installed, your first project created, and how to navigate around the interface.
You'll get comfortable working with content, using lights, grabbing screenshots, and play testing your project.
You'll gain an understanding of project structure and learn how to save properly in Unreal (it's not how you think!)
Day 2: Working with Assets
Learn how to import custom assets as well as how to use the FREE Quixel Megascans library
Understand the anatomy of a model (working with mesh, materials, and textures) and UE5's nanite
Learn how to use Unreal's powerful Material Editor to harness the power of shader networks
Learn how to migrate between projects
Day 3: Materials and Textures
Learn how to work with Physically Based Rendering, including normal maps and how to use proper graypacking
Learn how to create Master Materials and their variants with Material Instancing
Learn how to work with tiling textures
Learn how to create glowy bits with emissive materials and masks
Learn how to work with transparency and even how to create a PBR glass material
Day 4: Lighting and Rendering
Compare rendering from Unreal Engine 4 to Unreal Engine 5 and understand Light Mobility (Static/Stationary/Moveable)
Understand Lumen in Unreal Engine 5
Understand the sky light and how to set up an HDRI environment
Learn how to add atmosphere and fog to your scene
Learn how to use the Post Process Volume to enhance your scene and control exposure, then get your renders
Day 5: Introduction to Blueprint
Get an introduction to Unreal's Blueprint editor and how you can use it for both code elements and simple prefabs
Learn basic programming fundamentals like variables, conditionals, and functions
Learn to create dynamic prefabs and how to work with dynamic material instances programmatically
Learn how to use triggers and overlaps in gameplay elements
Learn how to animate with timelines in the blueprint editor
WORLD BUILDING COURSE BREAKDOWN
Day 1: Intro to World Building
Get an introduction to the fundamentals behind world building in Unreal, be it for film, game, or XR
Learn the difference between environment art and level design
Get an introduction to Modular Design
Learn tips for optimization in world building
Day 2: Level Prototyping
Learn how to use Unreal's built in level prototyping tools to quickly block out a scene
Learn how to properly play test for feel and scale
Learn how to use Level Instances to create modular architecture
Learn how to use Blueprint Prefabs for easy set dressing
Day 4: Open World
Learn how to create, sculpt, and paint landscapes
Learn how to use grass maps and foliage
Learn how to create layered landscape materials
Day 5: Visually Enhancing the World
Learn how to use decals to enhance add life to the world
Learn how to use Vertex Painting to add variation
Day 10: Environment Lighting
Mastering Lumen Global Illumination and Inverse Square lighting
Lighting exterior scenes
Day 6: Direct Lighting
Using light sources like lanterns and torches
Ambient lighting with bounce cards
GAME DESIGN 101 [EARLY ACCESS] COURSE BREAKDOWN
Day 1: Game Setup and Player
Learn about Game Modes and how to use them
Master Character movement and build mechanics like sprinting
Learn how to create controls (Both Gamepad and Mouse + Keyboard)
Learn how to use Action Animations
Get control over the player camera
Day 2: World Interaction
Learn how to use overlap events in Blueprint to create event based mechanics
Start animating right inside Blueprint using Timelines
Learn how to get different Blueprint actors to talk to each other
Learn how to use Arrays and Loops
Day 3: Intro to User Interface (Coming Next Month!)
Get familiar with Unreal's UI editor: UMG
Learn how to add a player HUD
Learn how to set up a player health system and create a health bar
Day 4: Overlapping Interactable Mechanics (Coming Soon!)
Create a Collection Mechanic
Get introduced to using Enumerators with Blueprint
Create an object interaction mechanic for your player
Day 5: Level Design Mechanics (Coming Soon!)
Learn how to create interactive systems like doors and elevators
Learn how to create a switch lock system
...and more coming soon!
You can look forward to future content updates in development and on the roadmap like:
NPCs and Bot AI
Customizing Your Character
Components and Interfaces
Inventory Systems
...and so much more!
BONUS: MEGASCANS CHALLENGE COURSE BREAKDOWN
Day 1: Getting Started and Block Out
On Day 1 we're going to prep our scene and get the momentum started. We'll choose an environment idea and get our project set up. Then we'll jump straight into our initial block out as well as get a basic starter lighting setup going.
We'll also be looking at how to manage our texture resolutions to only use what we need where we need so we can get the best look without killing our real time performance.
Day 2: Building the Base Environment
On Day 2 we're going to really focus on transforming our block out into geometry. We'll focus on the large forms and overall shape language of the scene.
Our primary goal is to replace all of our block out geometry, so don't get hung up on the small details. We'll refine those on Day 3.
Day 3: Refining and Set Dressing
We have our base environment built out, so now we're going to focus on refining that environment. We'll start by looking at how we can modify the coloring on Megascans materials. Then we'll jump into set dressing our scene with natural elements.
This will be our detail phase where we get to noodle on the small stuff. Then we'll take it further by learning about visual storytelling with set dressing.
Day 4: Lights and Atmosphere
By now we should have our environment in a relatively good place for layout. Now we're going to do a lighting pass. We'll start by refining our global lighting to get a good baseline. Then we'll start painting with lights where we will start placing lights to help accentuate areas of interest. Finally, we'll work with some post processing to tweak our overall look.
Day 5: Polish and Finish
Get ready for the Final 10%! It's Day 5 and we're going to throw on that final layer of polish to finish our scene today!
Day 6: Add it to your Portfolio
Once you've finished, the next destination is your portfolio! Included as a FREE Bonus you'll get this handy Portfolio Guide that will help you get your work up on Artstation. It even includes tips on best practices to help you get noticed!
My 8 Steps to Getting Started with Unreal Engine
Check out my 8 Steps to Getting Started with Unreal Engine for an exploration into Day One of the Getting Started Course. Click the Full Screen icon for the best viewing experience.
Day One of the Five Day Getting Started course gets you up and running in under and hour. Days 2-5 dive into Models, Materials, Lights, and Blueprint.
Once you've graduated the Getting Started Course, the next steps are to move on into the World Building or Game Design (early access) courses, all included as part of the Unreal Engine Pro Masterclass.
LET'S GET SOCIAL
Come Build a Community
You'll have access to me, my colleagues, and fellow students.
STILL NOT SURE?
Satisfaction Guaranteed
Don't love the course? Digital Alchemy offers full refunds within 7 days. If you're not satisfied I don't want your money. But after 10 years helping students jumpstart their careers , I'm confident you'll love it!
STILL GOT QUESTIONS?
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
This course is designed for anyone who can benefit from the content within, including but not limited to:
-Anyone who has zero experience with Unreal to get started and hit the ground running.
-Anyone who has been struggling through trying to learn Unreal on their own, has grown tired of the jumbled mess that is YouTube, and is looking for a more structured and straight to the point training.
-Anyone who knows some, but wants to know more about a particular topic (ie: Materials or Blueprint)
-Anyone who has industry experience but just started a new job using Unreal and wants to get up and running FAST.
How long do I have access to the course?
The course is a lifetime membership! Once you've purchased the course, you'll have access to it any time you wish.
Is there a subscription fee?
No! The Unreal Engine Pro course is a one time fee (divided up over time when on a payment plan). There are no recurring fees, no subscriptions, and no surprises. Once you've paid, your in. There are no more fees.
Do I need to be a [insert tech or artist role here] before starting the course?
Absolutely not! While being an environment artist certainly helps on the layout side, or being a programmer helps on the Blueprint side, the course makes no assumption on what you already know. The course is designed to turn a beginner into a competent layout artist or budding game developer, just as it can turn an existing 3D artist into an Unreal Environment Artist or turn a software engineer into an Unreal Blueprint Ninja.
This course is designed to get you up and running with Unreal Engine FAST, regardless of where you are coming from or where you are headed.
How much does Unreal Engine cost?
Unreal Engine is FREE! The first video in the course covers downloading and installing the launcher that will allow you to install the version of Unreal that you want to use. All free!
Do I need other software to take the course?
No other software is needed to learn how to use Unreal Engine with this course. That said, it helps to have a 3D modeling package like Maya or Blender, an image editor like Photoshop, and a texture painter like Substance Painter. But if you're at the point where you'll actually need these for the kind of work that you'll be doing with Unreal, then you probably already have them and know how to use them. If you don't though, don't worry! This course specifically is all about Unreal!
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