Facial Animation Pipeline & Morph Targets Showcase | Character Creator to UE5

🎭 Technical Animation Showcase: Character Creator Facial Rigging & Animation Setup In this video, I showcase the facial animation and morph target setup for one of the main characters in "Ordem e Porrada"—a 2.5D fighting game project where I served as Project Lead and Primary Developer. I was responsible for configuring the character's facial rig, expressions, and lip-sync blendshapes using Reallusion Character Creator and iClone, preparing the facial animation pipeline for real-time performance and cinematic dialogue delivery in Unreal Engine. 🔧 Technical Highlights & Pipeline Implementation: • Facial Rigging & Viseme Setup: Mapped comprehensive facial blendshapes (morph targets) to support nuanced lip-sync, visemes, and expressive emotional transitions. • Reallusion Pipeline Integration: Utilized Character Creator and iClone toolsets to generate, refine, and test facial deformation behaviors prior to engine import. • Real-time UE Integration: Configured skeletal mesh morph targets and animation assets for seamless execution inside Unreal Engine Animation Blueprints and Sequencer cutscenes. • Performance Optimization: Maintained high-fidelity facial geometry and bone weights while optimizing morph target counts for real-time rendering. 💻 Tech Stack & Tools: • Software: Reallusion Character Creator, iClone, Unreal Engine 5 • Character Pipeline: 3D Character Generation, Facial Blendshape Mapping, Viseme Rigging • Target Game: Ordem e Porrada (2.5D Fighting Game Concept) --- 💼 About Me: Nidal Nijm – Senior Unreal Engine Gameplay Programmer & Technical Artist with ~15 years of experience across UE3, UE4, and UE5. Solo developer of Fursan al-Aqsa (Steam). 🌐 Portfolio & Contact: • Full Channel Portfolio:    / @nidalnijmgames   • LinkedIn:   / nidal-nijm-games   • ArtStation: https://www.artstation.com/nidalnijmg... • Email: nidalnijmgames@gmail.com