Unreal Engine Speed FX Tutorial
In this tutorial you will learn how to create Speed FX in unreal engine. you will learn every step for this effect texture, materials, mesh and emitters.
This tutorial shows how to create speed effects for a running character in Unreal Engine 4, with glowing eyes and hands, GPU particles driven by vector fields and 3D flashes.
Use it for sprint abilities, speedster heroes and dash moves, and see the related posts below for more trail and character effects.
More character effects: AnimTrail Tutorial · Shooting Trails · Teleportation Effect
⚡ In this video, we break down how to create dynamic Speed Effects for a running character in Unreal Engine! We explore character glow masks, GPU hand particle emitters with vector fields, 3D flashes, foot trail effects, velocity inheritance, and distorted shockwaves/rings.
📌 What You’ll Learn:
👁️ Character Glow: Setting up texture masks for emissive glowing eyes and hands.
✋ Hand Effects: Using GPU particles with velocity vector fields, 3D planar flashes, and dynamic lights attached to bones.
👟 Foot Trails & Sparks: High-speed stretched particles, velocity alignment, and light emission.
💨 Velocity Inheritance: Emitting sparks and smoke trails that inherit movement directly from the character’s animated legs.
🌀 Distorted Shockwave Rings: Creating expanding distorted circular impact effects using noise textures and dynamic parameters.
💡 Viewport Breakdown: Testing and combining all particle systems together in real-time.
⏱️ Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro & Speed Effect Overview 🏃♀️
00:46 – Character Material (Glowing Eyes & Hand Masks) ✨
02:06 – Effect Composition Breakdown 🧩
03:04 – Hand FX: GPU Particles & Vector Field 🔮
04:43 – Hand FX: Dynamic Lights & 3D Flashes ⚡
05:58 – Foot FX: High-Speed Stretched Sparks 👟
07:05 – Foot FX: Inheriting Parent Velocity (Sparks & Smoke) 💨
08:26 – Foot FX: Distorted Shockwave Rings 🌀
09:16 – Full Viewport Playback & Final Result 🎬
10:32 – Outro & Creative Ideas 🚀
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