Quill To Unreal Engine Pipeline – Vr Animation For 3D Artist

’VOODOO EYE’: A Case Study in Quill-to-Unreal Workflow Mastery

What you'll learn

You will learn how to import and refine animated Quill scenes in Unreal Engine to create a high-quality short film.

You will set up a complete Unreal Engine scene, including materials, camera setup, lighting effects, and post-processing for professional film production.

You will understand how to optimize Quill for VR animation by sorting layers, baking animations, and adjusting export settings.

You will learn how to optimize your scene for VR experiences, connect a VR headset, and interactively review your project in Unreal Engine.

Requirements

Basic knowledge of 3D software and short film production, as well as some experience with Unreal Engine and VR software like Quill, is beneficial.

Unreal Engine 5.2 or newer

Oculus Rift/Meta Quest/Quest 2/Quest 3 VR Headset or newer

Quill (Software by Smoothstep via Meta Store)

Description

Course Description:In this comprehensive tutorial, you will learn how to create an animated short film using the Quill-to-Unreal-Engine pipeline, based on the short film "Voodoo Eye", which I created during the EPIC Animation Bootcamp. Together, we will go through every essential step, from creating and animating in Quill to finalizing the scene in Unreal Engine.You will gain a deep understanding of how to optimize, export, and import Quill scenes into Unreal Engine, enhance them with materials, lighting, and post-processing, and set up cinematic cameras for professional storytelling. Additionally, you’ll learn how to manage animations in the Sequencer, adjust depth of field, refine vertex-based materials, and prepare your project for VR interaction.You’ll get insights into the best export settings, post-processing techniques, and rendering optimizations for high-quality output.This course is designed for Unreal Engine beginners with basic knowledge of 3D software and short film production. Whether you're an aspiring animator, a digital artist, or a filmmaker, this tutorial will help you develop essential skills for bringing your VR animation projects to life. By the end of this course, you will be able to create your own VR animations, refine them professionally in Unreal Engine, and even optimize them for immersive VR experiences.Additional content: You will receive the full Unreal Engine scene from "Voodoo Eye" + Materials, the original Quill file.  ( English + English subtitles)

Overview

Section 1: 1. Intro

Lecture 1 Intro Quill To Unreal - "Project Entropy"

Section 2: 2. Quill (VR) Animation and export

Lecture 2 Quill Scene Setup

Lecture 3 Keyframes baking & export settings

Lecture 4 Export your animation: the correct way

Lecture 5 Frames per second (fps) & stop motion style

Section 3: 3. Unreal basics & scene setup

Lecture 6 Example Unreal scene "Voodoo Eye"

Lecture 7 Camera appearance tips

Lecture 8 Sequencer preperation for animators

Lecture 9 Overview: sorting & layout

Lecture 10 How to use "unreal levels"

Lecture 11 Vertex color import & tips

Section 4: 4. Unreal scene walkthrough

Lecture 12 Unreal: basic scene setup

Lecture 13 Create a simple material

Lecture 14 Material finetuine

Lecture 15 Postprocessing volume & save tips

Lecture 16 Timing & animation & level sequence

Lecture 17 Material addition and transparency

Lecture 18 First camera

Lecture 19 Add camera cuts & bugfixes & good to knows

Lecture 20 The renderquere-manager

Lecture 21 Settings: Focal lenght & adding manual keyframes

Lecture 22 Finetuine background material

Lecture 23 Add shadow

Lecture 24 Add style texture

Lecture 25 Second light & light effects

Lecture 26 VR Heaset connection

This course is designed for aspiring and experienced 3D artists, animators, and filmmakers who want to learn the Quill-to-Unreal-Engine workflow, as well as VR creatives and indie studios looking to create immersive animations and short films for VR or digital platforms.