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A teaser of our game "Project V" has been released. Add to your Steam wishlist now! https://lnkd.in/detsnSJv and supports us. "Together, we can restore nature's masterpiece." Youtube : https://lnkd.in/dqPpseNB #projectvalorant #Teaser #SneakPeek #Innovation #FutureTech #StayTuned #StayUpdated #ComingSoon #TechRevolution#NextGen #CuttingEdge #TechInnovation #ExploreTheFuture #ExcitingTimes #beinspired #DigitalTransformation #unlockpotential #UnlockPotential #DiscoverTomorrow #ChangeIsComing #DreamBig #TechForward #GameChanger #ExploreInnovation #BeyondExpectations #TransformingTech #PioneeringTheFuture #JoinTheMovement #StayCurious

The void sings, and the abyss resonates in turn. 🎶 We're excited to unveil our latest project, 'Voidsong', which utilizes particle trails, carefully designed displacement textures and custom mesh deformation to create an energetic, powerful ability in Unreal Engine 5. 👀 - Looking for a team of real-time VFX specialists for your project? 🔥 - Get it touch and find out how Inferno Studios can support your team. #FuelTheInferno #RealtimeVFX #GameVFX #VFX #GameDevelopment #ExternalDevelopment #UnrealEngine5

The Game Awards 2023 First Descendants trailer has been released. I tried to work as much as possible like the movie Lighting. To express the lonely and desperate feelings of the new characters Rather than strong mood and various directing lighting The direction of light desired by the art director, tried to express the beauty of natural light. This is a trailer that I worked with my team members I'd appreciate it if you enjoyed watching it a lot. Director intention: depression, It's cold, Loneliness Reference: The Covenant Movie  Unrealengine5: No Ray tracing, Game optimized engine Date: In Game Date Resources Gi: Lumen Reflection: Lumen Shadow: VSM #TheFirstDescendant #퍼스트디센던트 #trailer #cinematic #lighting #unrealengine #unrealengine5 #unreal #unreal5 #ue #ue5 #TheGameAwards2023 #TGA #TGA2023

Our latest VIVE MARS tutorial walks you through how to calibrate your camera. Learn the proper way to set up your base stations, adjust your camera, and apply your lens files in Unreal Engine. Learn how to maximize your results working with both single and multiple focal lengths. Watch the full tutorial on VIVE MARS’ YouTube channel at https://lnkd.in/ekEgKJc5 HTC VIVE #VIVEMars #Calibration #UnrealEngine #virtualproduction #filmmaking #cameratracking

Striking the right balance between creative vision and client expectations is key to producing content that both resonates and meets business goals. How do we try to go about it? 1. Open Communication from Day One: It all starts with a clear and honest conversation. We dive deep into understanding the client’s vision, brand, and audience. By getting on the same page from the beginning, we can align our creative direction with their strategic objectives. 2. Collaborative Iteration: Creativity thrives when there’s room to explore, but it also needs structure. We build in feedback loops— after storyboarding, scene creation and video drafts—to keep clients engaged at every step of the process. This ongoing feedback prevents misalignment and allows us to adjust in real-time, making sure the creative process stays on track with client needs. 3. Maintaining Creative Integrity: While feedback is crucial, we also make sure to bring our expertise to the table. Clients come to us for our innovative ideas and unique visual approaches. We balance their needs by staying true to our creative strengths—whether it’s bold storytelling or cinematic animations. This allows us to push boundaries while still delivering what the client is expecting. 4. Managing Expectations with a Clear Process: A successful project needs clear timelines and expectations. By laying out a well-defined process from concept to delivery—complete with checkpoints and revisions—we can manage expectations and ensure both quality and deadlines are met. This structure gives clients confidence in our ability to deliver while giving us the freedom to explore creative solutions. Balancing creativity with client expectations isn’t easy, but it’s where the magic happens. When both sides are engaged and aligned, the result is work that pushes creative boundaries while delivering measurable value for the client.

Thought we'd close out the week by sharing our new project, 'Banished', with you all! Our aim was to build a number of looping effects that layer together to produce a sequence of stages that would play out over the duration of a banishment ritual. From a gameplay perspective, this banishment ritual is triggered by a player when a demon is slain and then must be protected by the player until the ritual is completed. For this project, we heavily utilized Houdini to generate data that we then converted into vertex colours to drive our effects shaders in Unreal Engine 5. We then combined this with Niagara parameter bindings to allow us to achieve complex behaviour and coherent blending between the different stages of the effect systems we built. 👀 - Looking for real-time VFX support on your project? 🔥 - Get it touch and find out how Inferno Studios can assist your team. #FuelTheInferno #Houdini #RealtimeVFX #GameVFX #ExternalDevelopment

VFX enthusiasts, check out this crystal cluster flying over a house in a VFX breakdown from "Don't forget". Maya was used as the engine and Arnold as the renderer to remap stills of the house, fence, and ground onto geometry rebuilt in their respective shapes. A quick tip for those wanting to render many crystals: reflection and refraction can take quite a while to render, so plan accordingly. "Don't forget" is in the festival circuit now, written and directed by yours truly. #VFX #Maya #Arnold #shortfilm #filmfestivals #VFXBreakdown #Behindthescenes #BTS #

Music redesign from Dead Space 1 using Reaper and Wwise! I Tried to capture the eeriness and constant fear of being devoured by Lovecraftian monsters in a isolated spaceship using extended techniques of instruments mixed with some synthetizers. The music is following two gameplay states: Exploration -> Combat Combat -> Transition (suspense) -> Exploration Additionally, there are two triggers: - Resolving a locked door - Animation of a monster passing above you Also, all gamesyncs in #Wwise are being controlled by #Reaper! This is almost the most accurate way to represent the music in the game by using all the effects, transitions and variations of Wwise like: - Volumes, Fades in/out, EQ - Time Envelopes - RTPCs (Monster distance, Player Health, etc) - Reverbs, Lfos, chorus, distortion, Flanger, etc - Panning - Etc The redesign is played twice so you can hear the difference. The DAW only sends MIDI notes and Wwise takes care of the rest. #GameAudio #GameMusic #GameComposer #MusicDesign #Horror #Orchestra

FX and Method Studios worked closely in parallel to create 'The World of Shōgun: History & Backstory,' a companion piece depicting the history behind FX's hit series Shogun. It showcases the rise of warlords, samurai, and a powerful new empire in Feudal Japan. Method's involvement early in the production process proved instrumental as they developed innovative tools to translate FX's signature Shōgun aesthetic into a unique creative look dev inside Unreal. Jon Noorlander, Global ECD at Method, added, "With its real-time rendering, world-building, and metahuman capabilities, there was no better tool for this film than Unreal."    Read more: https://lnkd.in/dpT2HP2K

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