# @joshtoonen on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DatRqkzgePy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67703843-joshtoonen-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f8212d7afe.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-12T21:11:39.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Josh Toonen (@joshtoonen) — https://gondola.cc/joshtoonen

## Caption

Unreal Engine 6 was just announced and Unreal 5.8 just dropped! Instead of every single feature, here are only the ones that actually matter for VFX artists and filmmakers.
The big one: you can now turn a webcam into full character animation right inside Unreal, no mocap suit needed.

In this video you'll learn…
✅ The new webcam-to-animation pipeline built into MetaHuman Animator
✅ How to turn any phone or webcam footage into markerless motion capture
✅ How to act out your characters without ever leaving Unreal Engine 5
✅ Accumulated Depth of Field for realistic, artifact-free renders
✅ How to build your own stylized characters with the Mesh to MetaHuman pipeline
✅ Sculpting custom blend shapes and facial poses inside Unreal 5
✅ Smarter retargeting, production-ready MetaLights, and Movie Render Graph updates
✅ Procedural trees and 25 free MegaScans plant presets
✅ When you should (and shouldn't) update your Unreal Engine version

Whether you're just starting out or already making films, these are the Unreal 5.8 features that actually make your work look better.

#unrealengine #unrealengine5 #cinematics #ue5 #motioncapture #filmmaking #filmmaker #animation #vfx #vfxbreakdown #previs #blender3d #substancepainter #behindthescenes #stylizedcharacter

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## Tags

ue5, unrealengine, filmmaking, animation, motioncapture, stylizedcharacter, previs, vfx, substancepainter, cinematics, behindthescenes, vfxbreakdown, filmmaker, blender3d, unrealengine5

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