How To Export Any Animation From Blender To Unreal Engine 5

Learn the power of VAT with Ethan Du Toit.

VFX Artist Ethan Du Toit, whose flying kunai animation and viral dancing Toothless meme we shared in the past, also dedicates time to mentoring and regularly shares useful tips and tutorials. Ethan's latest video outlines a workflow he developed to transfer pretty much any animation from Blender to Unreal Engine 5.

This tutorial covers how to bake any animation into a Vertex Animation Texture and import it into the engine. As an example, Ethan is using a neat effect achieved with little modules:

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