Cinematic Studio Sample

Startup Guide

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 Table of Contents

Overview
Starting up with Unity
Installing the Cinematic Studio Sample
Resources
Support and feedback
Included features
Learning Unity

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Unity Cinematic Studio Sample
The Cinematic Studio Sample is a ready-to-use Unity project that groups together a set of features designed to
help you efficiently make movies within the Unity Editor, along with sample content to demonstrate their use.
This document shows you how to install the Cinematic Studio Sample project and gives you resource links to help
you explore its content and features.

Installation
1. If you are new to Unity, create your Unity ID and install Unity.
2. In all cases, Get and install the Cinematic Studio Sample.

Tutorials
The Unity Learn platform includes tutorials that you can follow once you installed the Cinematic Studio Sample:
Cinematic Content Creation with Sequences
In this short introductory learning experience, you’ll explore the Cinematic Studio Sample and use some of Unity’s
key cinematic features to:
Get familiar with a cinematic built on Sequences
Create and adjust your own content within the sample
Export a video and other data from the sample

Other resources (in this document)

Get help or provide feedback about the Cinematic Studio Sample
Get a quick overview of the included features and access their documentation
Get additional knowledge of Unity in the context of making cinematics

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Starting up with Unity
If you are new to Unity, you might first need to create your Unity ID, get a license, and install all required Unity
software components.

Requirements
1. Create a Unity ID.
2. Obtain the Unity license associated with your usage:
Personal / Plus / Pro license, OR
Trial license (contact your sales representative).

Install the Unity Hub:

1. Open the Unity Hub download page.
2. Select Download Unity Hub.
3. Execute the downloaded file and follow the installation instructions.

Install the Unity Editor:

1. Open the Unity Hub and log in with your Unity ID.
2. In the left pane, select Installs.
3. Use the Add button to install Unity Editor 2020.3.13f1 or a later minor version.

Once you're done

You can install the Cinematic Studio Sample.

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Installing the Cinematic Studio Sample
Requirements

Unity Unity Editor 2020.3 LTS only (earlier and later versions not supported).
Editor See how to install Unity.

Platform Windows or macOS.

This project requires a GPU with compute shaders capabilities. Unity recommends gaming hardware, and
Hardware
ideally a VR-ready grade graphics card. See System requirements for HDRP for more information.
(GPU)
Note: Real-time raytracing features are only available on specific hardware.

Installation
1. Create a new Unity project:
a. In the Unity Hub, use the drop down beside the New button and select the required Unity Editor version
to create your project with.

b. Select either a 3D or High Definition RP template to create your project from.

c. Leave the Unity Editor open on the created project.
2. Get the Cinematic Studio Sample project:
a. Access the Cinematic Studio Sample page in the Unity Asset Store.
b. Log in with your Unity ID.
c. Click on Open in Unity.

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 d. Accept the Asset Store Terms of Service and EULA.
e. If a dialog box appears, asking for permission to open Unity, click on Open Unity Editor.
This brings you to the Unity Editor and locates the Cinematic Studio Sample in the Package Manager,
pointing to "Packages: My Assets".
3. Download and import/install the Cinematic Studio Sample project:
a. In the Package Manager, in the bottom left corner, click on Download.

b. When the content has finished downloading, click on Import.

c. A message warns you that the import will overwrite your current project settings. As you started from a
new empty project, you can safely click on Import.

d. Another message warns you that there are Package Manager dependencies. Click on Install/Upgrade.
Allow this phase of import to complete.

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 e. The "Import Unity Package" window appears. In the lower right corner of this window, click on Import.

4. Finish the setup to get started with the tutorials:

a. In the Unity Editor, the Inspector should display some information about the Cinematic Studio Sample
and its included features.
If not, in the Project window, select the "Readme" asset.
b. In the Inspector, select the Load Sample Scene button.

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Once you're done
You can start with the Unity Learn tutorials.

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Resources
Support and feedback To get help or provide feedback about the Cinematic Studio Sample.

Included features To get a quick overview of the included features and access their documentation.

Learning Unity To get basic knowledge of Unity in the context of making cinematics.

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Support and feedback
Don't hesitate to provide feedback, or ask questions about the Cinematic Studio Sample, its features and
documentation:
Use the Film, TV, Animation & Cinematics Forum.
Report bugs through the Unity Editor:
From the main menu: Help > Report a Bug.

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Included features
This page lists and quickly describes the features included with the Cinematic Studio Sample. To get more
information on them, use the links to access their own respective package documentation.

FE ATU R E /
PACK AG E D ES CR IPTIO N / D O CU MENTATIO N

Alembic for Import and export Alembic files, playback and record animations in the Alembic format directly in Unity.
Unity (See documentation)

A suite of modules for operating the Unity camera to get sophisticated behaviors: tracking targets,
Cinemachine
composing, blending, and cutting between shots. (See documentation)

Import and export geometry, Lights, Cameras, and animation between Unity and other 3D modeling
FBX Exporter
software through FBX files. (See documentation)

High
A high-fidelity Scriptable Render Pipeline built by Unity to target modern (Compute Shader compatible)
Definition
platforms. (See documentation)
RP

Capture and save data during Play mode: animation clips, movies, image sequences, audio, and AOVs.
Recorder
Also record Alembic clips and FBX files. (See documentation)

Efficiently create movies, game cinematics or any other linear content. Organize your project's editorial
Sequences structure and your creative content, assemble the elements for easy authoring and collaboration, and try
out new ideas in a non-destructive way. (See documentation)

Create, manage and record cinematic content, game-play sequences, audio sequences, and complex
Timeline
particle effects. (See documentation)

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Learning Unity
Many resources are available online to learn Unity. This section gives you some links to the main ones related to
cinematics, in addition to Cinematic Content Creation with Sequences.

Cinematics training
To get basic knowledge of Unity in the context of making cinematics, follow the
Cinematics training available online.

Note: This tutorial is targeting users with any kind of machine minimal requirement, hence uses Universal
Render Pipeline (URP) instead of High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP) like in the Cinematic Studio Sample
project hereby described.

Additional resources

HDRP Achieving high fidelity graphics for games with the HDRP | Unite Now 2020 video

Lighting with HDRP How to create cinema-quality lighting with Unity blog article

Setting up Environment Lighting in Unity 2019.3 with HDRP! video tutorial

Create believable visuals training tutorial

Animation Rigging Improve your animation workflow with Animation Rigging | Unite Now 2020 video

Environment Introducing the Terrain Editor | Unite Now 2020 video

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