Blender & Substance: Modeling and texturing videogame props

Requirements

• A computer where you can run Blender and Substance painter
• It is not a requirement for the course but a digital tablet can help you a lot in the process

Include the following topics:

• The fundamental theory of creating models for next-generation games
• The fundamental theory of the PBR materials rendering method (currently the most used in the industry)
• All the fundamental aspects of Blender to navigate fluidly in the interface
• All the principal modeling tools
• Several of the most important modifiers to create specific forms and surfaces
• How to use the Sculpt mode and how to use it to add sculpted details to our models
• How to create High poly models
• How to create, clean and optimize a Low poly model
• How to UV unwrap a model to project textures in it
• How to project all the details from a High poly model into a Low poly model (Baking) using “matching by names” in Substance Painter
• How to create and detail different PBR materials in Substance Painter
• How to export all the texture maps to use them in any rendering engine
• How to visualize any asset in Marmoset Toolbag to create high quality renders and export files for real-time visualization
• How to import any asset in the game engine Unreal engine and how to configure the materials
• How to set and render our models in Blender with the render engines Eevee and Cycles

Who this course is for:

• 3D students of any level who want to achieve professional results in their models for videogames

What you’ll learn

• Blender 2.8x fundamentals and principal modeling tools
• All the modeling workflow for videogames
• Optimization for videogames
• UV unwrapping for videogames
• Substance Painter fundamentals
• PBR texture creation for videogames
• 5 epic game-ready assets step by step
• Rendering in real-time with Blender Eevee and Cycles
• Rendering in real-time with Marmoset Toolbag
• Set the models in Unreal Engine