Turn AI Images into 3D Game Characters for FREE | Unreal Engine 5

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to turn AI-generated images into fully rigged, game-ready 3D characters, perfect for Unreal Engine 5.

🎮 This method is especially useful for indie game developers who want to skip the time-consuming character modeling process and focus on building their game.

We’ll cover:

AI image generation

Converting 2D to 3D

Importing into Unreal Engine

Optimizing for game performance

This workflow is beginner-friendly, fast, and FREE! If you’re looking to speed up your game dev process, this video is for you.

Links :

Generate Image : https://designer.microsoft.com/

Generate free 3d model : https://huggingface.co/spaces/Tencent...

Generate 3d model with credits : https://hyper3d.ai/

Mixamo for animation : https://www.mixamo.com/

Timestamps:
00:00 :- Intro
00:11 :- Generating Characters
01:58 :- Method 1
02:50 :- Method 2
06:23 :- Extracting 3D Model
06:37 :- Import Issue
06:51 :- Issue Solved
07:05 :- Assign Material
07:36 :- Texture Issue
07:46 :- Solution for Texture
08:03 :- Rigging the Character
10:19 :- Importing Character
10:42 :- Swapping the Character
11:28 :- Character Texture Issue
12:38 :- Mixamo
13:08 :- Importing Animation
13:30 :- Retarget Animation
14:25 :- Output
14:42 :- Conclusion

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