The highly anticipated release of Unreal Engine (UE) 5.1 is here, and with it come some pretty spectacular changes for those working in animation and vfx. UE 5’s impact on animation proved undeniable.

Now I did say that Unreal Engine 5 will be our application of choice. Keep in mind a few things. First, it’s completely free.

UE5.5 improves on its animation tools to create smoother and more realistic animations as well as character creation tools to help simulate more realistic characters.

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Epic Games and Mold3D Studio present a brand new animation starring Windwalker Echo, the previously unnamed hero in several Unreal Engine 5 tech demos.

Epic Games has revealed MetaHuman, a new tool aimed at helping developers create stunningly lifelike characters. You can see the full introductory video to the MetaHuman tool from Epic Games just ...

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