UE-101Beginner
Unreal Engine — Beginners Training
A one-day, hands-on introduction to Unreal Engine 5. Build, light and render your first real-time scene — no experience needed.
- Unreal Engine
Unreal Engine powers games, film, architecture and virtual production. This one-day course takes you from opening the editor for the first time to rendering a lit, interactive scene of your own.
Everything is taught hands-on in small groups, so you leave with a project file, a rendered still and the confidence to keep going on your own.
What you'll learn
- Find your way around the Unreal Editor with confidence
- Build a scene from assets and position them precisely
- Create and edit materials with material instances
- Light a scene with Lumen, sky and atmosphere
- Add simple interactivity with Blueprints
- Frame a shot and render it with Movie Render Queue
Syllabus
01Getting started09:30
- Installing UE5 through the Epic Games Launcher
- Project templates and settings
- The editor: Viewport, Outliner, Details and Content Browser
- Navigation, snapping and essential shortcuts
02Building a sceneMorning
- Actors, components and transforms
- Placing and arranging static meshes
- Using free assets from Fab
- Importing your own models (FBX)
03Materials & lightingMidday
- The Material Editor and PBR basics
- Master materials and material instances
- Lumen global illumination and reflections
- Directional light, Sky Light and Sky Atmosphere
- Post-process volumes and exposure
04First steps in BlueprintsAfternoon
- What Blueprints are and when to use them
- Events, variables and simple logic
- Building a trigger-operated door
- Testing with Play In Editor
05Cameras & outputLate afternoon
- Cine Camera Actors and composition
- A first look at Sequencer
- Rendering stills and clips with Movie Render Queue
- Where to go next
Before you start
- Comfortable using a computer and a mouse
- No previous 3D or Unreal Engine experience needed
Software & hardware
| Software | Version | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Unreal Engine | 5.x (latest) | Free, via the Epic Games Launcher |
- Studio workstations are provided for in-person courses.
- Bringing your own machine: Windows 10/11 64-bit, 6+ core CPU, 32 GB RAM
- DirectX 12 graphics card with 8 GB+ VRAM (NVIDIA RTX 2070 / AMD RX 6700 or better)
- 100 GB free SSD space
Your instructor
Guild Tutors
Working digital artists
Guild courses are taught by practising artists from the studio, working with these tools on real projects every day.