Advanced Unreal Engine Shader Course
Build elaborate Unreal Engine shaders and learn best industry practices with live art direction and critique.
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Course Length: 4 weeks
Mentors: Ashley Lyons
Next Start Date: September 15th, 7PM CDT
$800 | Pricing options available
Less than $200 per week of live advanced mentorship.
Register NowAdvanced UE5 Shader Course Full Curriculum Breakdown:
Week 1 - The Math Behind Shaders
Learn how games are rendered and what role shaders and materials play in the look of every frame. All while onboarding to a new project environment.
Week 2 - Advanced Shader Techniques
Expand your shader toolkit. Confidently use a variety of shader setups, such as Caustics, Bi-planar Projections, Flow-maps & Parallax Occlusion.
Week 3 - Advanced Interactions & Cleanup
Finalize the Aquanna shader by adding a subtle Vertex Offset alongside a Dynamic Reflection System. Add Normal Maps and Decals to your arsenal of shader tricks.
Week 4 - Shader for VFX & Production
Finalize your shader knowledge with special techniques used in production: Blueprint Interactions, Parallax setups, Refractions, Impact frames and Optimisation.
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What you walk away with
- Advanced Shader toolkit used in production on a daily basis
- Implemented material functions in your workflows
- Understanding of translucency, refraction, and blueprint integration
- The best practices for optimizing UE5 shaders
What you unlock after joining
- Project Files, Assets & Assignments
- Twice-weekly live sessions and direct mentorship
- 1 year access to all curriculum materials
- 2 months of VFX-A All Access FX courses
Your Mentors
Ashley Lyons
Lead VFX Artist
Ashley Lyons is a lead VFX artist at Gearbox Software and has been working in the gaming industry for over 15 years. He has contributed effects to multiple games in the Borderlands franchise, including Borderlands The Pre-Sequel, Borderlands 3 and 4, and Tiny Tinas Wonderlands.
In addition to his professional work in game development, he shares his knowledge and experience by teaching introductory real-time VFX courses at the University of North Texas and Richland Community College, helping prepare the next generation of artists for careers in the industry.
What You Get from this Advanced UE5 Shader Course
- Explore color setups, color blending, and gradient techniques
- Refine the Unreal Engine shader VFX by adding details such as vertex offset and dynamic reflections
- Harness more complex techniques like caustics, flow maps, parallax occlusion, and bi-planar projection
- Use material functions to achieve cleaner workflows with Unreal Engine shaders
- Gain understanding of practical topics such as translucency, refraction, and blueprint integration
- Try the best practices for optimizing UE5 shaders
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Testimonials
Kevin Leroy
VFX Artist - Riot Games
I truly wish this website existed when I first started VFX. It's chock-full of industry-defining resources and tutorials covering a vast diversity of subjects. And maybe even more importantly: it covers different engines and softwares. From concepting to in-engine implementations, these courses have it all, and it is all of the highest quality.
Tyson Murphy
Art Director - Riot Games
Jason is one of the only people I've met throughout my entire career that has world class artistic talent in the craft of VFX, and also has the kindness, wisdom, and dedication of a great teacher. Jason is an incredible value to any of the world's top studios, and I've personally seen him change the lives of aspiring artists and students everywhere. He is passionate about his educational work, and it is truly the best I've seen. Anyone who wishes they were a VFX artist needs to get in touch with Jason and VFX Apprentice.
Drew Skillman
Founder - Tilt Brush
I've had first hand experience learning from, and being inspired by, Jason Keyser. He's an exceptional artist, a leader in the Real Time VFX industry, and a phenomenal teacher who deeply, deeply cares about sharing the elusive techniques behind best in class VFX and helping people realize their creative dreams. Jason is the real deal - I learn from him every chance I get.
Fred Hooper
Lead VFX Artist - NVIDIA
Jason Keyser's VFX Apprentice is THE go-to place to learn real time visual effects. Jason will teach you how to make effects from the ground up from an artistic and technical perspective. The VFX Apprentice courses will start you on the path to becoming a real time VFX artist.
Bill Kladis
Director, Technical Art at Epic Games
When it comes to preaching the art & soul behind real-time FX, Jason is truly the most dedicated of anyone I know. Good FX artists of today and tomorrow must balance so many different artistic & technical disciplines. These courses are a must-have for anyone wanting to break into real-time FX.
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