Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Hello guys welcome back to another video. In this video I will show you how to go from an image to a 3D Game-Ready playable UE5 character in under 20 minutes using Tripo AI. I will show you the entire process from the concept image, to generating the character mesh, rigging the character, and setting up the animations in UE5.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - Character Concept Image
1:00 - Generating The Mesh in Tripo
4:52 - Scaling the Mesh in Blender
7:18 - Rigging the Character in AccuRig
10:31 - Importing The Character into UE5
12:42 - Setting Up Materials
14:30 - Retargeting Animations
17:04 - Final Results

UE5 skeleton reference file:
drive.google.com/file/d/1lOEv9hinML8GhO-KIDFoxGaJVQiy4R2D/view?usp=sharing

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