Tech Massive data breach at federal credit union exposes 240,000 members Find out what information has been compromised and how to stay safe Published December 19, 2024 10:00am EST close 'CyberGuy': This years most devastating data breaches Kurt Knutsson: Data breaches in 2024 exposed info of millions, stressing the need for better cybersecurity. SRP Federal Credit Union, a South Carolina-based financial institution, had a major data breach impacting more than 240,000 people.The credit union handles highly sensitive information of hundreds of thousands of Americans, which is now in the hands of cybercriminals.SRP revealed in a notice that the data breach was part of a two-month attack by hackers, raising concerns about how it took the company so long to detect unauthorized entry into its systems. I discuss the details of the data breach, its impact on people and what you need to do to stay safe. Illustration of a hacker at work (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)What you need to knowSRP Federal Credit Union has reported a data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 240,000 individuals, according to documents filed Friday with regulators inMaine andTexas.The company said it discovered suspicious activity on its network and notified law enforcement. An investigation determined that hackers accessed the credit unions systems between Sept. 5 and Nov. 4, potentially acquiring sensitive files. The investigation concluded on Nov. 22, the company said.SRP did not specify the exact details exposed in its notice to Maine regulators, saying only that names and government-issued identification were affected in the cyberattack.However, in a filing with Texas regulators, the company said names, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, dates of birth and financial information, including account numbers and credit or debit card numbers, were compromised. SRP said the breach did not affect its online banking or core processing systems. Illustration of a hacker at work (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)Whos responsible for the breachSRP has not disclosed who was behind the attack or the attackers' motives. However, the ransomware group Nitrogen claimed responsibility last week, alleging it had stolen 650 GB of customer data, according toThe Record. Ransomware attacks use malicious software to block access to a victims files, systems or networks and demand payment to restore access.The credit union could face legal challenges following the data breach, as Oklahoma City-based Murphy Law Firm isinvestigating claims on behalf of individuals whose personal information was exposed. The firm is also encouraging affected individuals to join a potential class-action lawsuit.SRP will provide impacted individuals with free-of-charge identity theft protection services, so take advantage of it to safeguard your information.We reached out to SRP for comment but did not hear back by our deadline.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)? A person working on their laptop (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson)7 ways you can protect yourself from SRP data breachIf you have received a notice from SRP Federal Credit Union about the data breach, consider taking the following steps to protect yourself.1. Monitor your accounts: Regularly check your bank accounts, credit card statements and other financial accounts for any unauthorized transactions or suspicious activity. Contact one of the three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian or TransUnion) to place a fraud alert on your credit report, making it harder for identity thieves to open accounts in your name.2. Freeze your credit: Consider freezing your credit to prevent new accounts from being opened without your consent. This service is free and can be lifted at any time.GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE3. Use identity theft protection services: Consider enrolling in identity theft protection services that monitor your personal information and alert you to potential threats. These services can help you detect and respond to identity theft more quickly. Some identity theft protection services also offer insurance and assistance with recovering from identity theft, providing additional peace of mind.See my tips and best picks on how to protect yourself from identity theft.4. Change your passwords: Update passwords for your online accounts, especially those related to banking and email. Use strong, unique passwords and consider using apassword manager to generate and store complex passwords. Also,enable two-factor authentication for added security.5. Beware of phishing scams: Be cautious of emails, texts or calls claiming to be from SRP or related organizations. Avoid clicking on links or providing personal information unless you verify the sender.The best way to safeguard yourself from malicious links is to have antivirus software installed on all your devices. This protection can also alert you to phishing emails and ransomware scams, keeping your personal information and digital assets safe.Get my picks for the best 2024 antivirus protection winners for your Windows, Mac, Android and iOS devices.6. Keep your device's operating system updated:Make sure your cellphone and other devices automatically receive timely operating system updates. These updates often include important security patches that protect against new vulnerabilities exploited by hackers. For reference, see my guide onhow to keep all your devices updated.7. Invest in personal data removal services: Consider services that scrub your personal information from public databases. This reduces the chances of your data being exploited in phishing or other cyberattacks after a breach.Check out my top picks for data removal services here.Kurts key takeawayThe SRP Federal Credit Union data breach is a harsh reminder of how vulnerable our sensitive information can be. Over 240,000 individuals had their personal data compromised, including Social Security numbers, drivers licenses and financial details. Even more alarming is the two-month window hackers had to exploit the credit union's systems before being detected. This highlights significant gaps in cybersecurity protocols. If youre an SRP customer, monitor your accounts closely, enable fraud alerts and consider identity theft protection services to stay ahead of potential threats.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPDo you think financial institutions should be held more accountable for data breaches like this one? Let us know by writing us at Cyberguy.com/Contact.For more of my tech tips and security alerts, subscribe to my free CyberGuy Report Newsletter by heading to Cyberguy.com/Newsletter.Follow Kurt on his social channels:Answers to the most asked CyberGuy questions:New from Kurt:Copyright 2024 CyberGuy.com.All rights reserved. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson is an award-winning tech journalist who has a deep love of technology, gear and gadgets that make life better with his contributions for Fox News & FOX Business beginning mornings on "FOX & Friends." Got a tech question? Get Kurts free CyberGuy Newsletter, share your voice, a story idea or comment at CyberGuy.com.

Amazon warehouse workers and delivery drivers at seven facilities in the metro areas of San Francisco, Chicago, Atlanta, Southern California, and New York City are out on strike today, in what the union says is the largest strike against Amazon in U.S. history. Unionized workers at Staten Islands JFK8 fulfillment center have also authorized a strike and could soon follow.Workers in all these locationsfive delivery stations and two fulfillment centershave already shown majority support and demanded union recognition. The Teamsters set Amazon an ultimatum: recognize the unions and agree to bargaining by December 15, or face strikes. Amazon hasnt moved.They are skirting their responsibility as our employer to bargain with us on higher pay and safer working conditions, said Riley Holzworth, a driver who makes deliveries from the DIL7 delivery station in Skokie, Illinois. At the DBK4 delivery station in Queens, New York, cops swarmed and arrested an Amazon driver who stopped his van in support of the strike. Then they forcibly broke the picket line. In anticipation of a possible strike at JFK8, police had camped out by the facility in advance.The Teamsters have made organizing Amazon a priority; the New York Times reported that the union has committed $8 million to the project, plus access to its $300 million strike fund.ALL YOU CAN THINK OF IS SLEEPThe strikes timing is strategic: package volumes balloon around the holidays, known as peak season, so its no easy feat for Amazon to cope with disruption. During the 2023 holiday season, Amazon netted 29 percent of all global online orders.To keep up with the surge in demand, many workers are forced to work mandatory overtimechildcare and other obligations be damned. They give us one day extra, plus one hour extra a day, said Wajdy Bzezi, a shift lead steward who has worked at JFK8 since 2018. I barely see my son. Whan you think of the holidays you think of spending time with your family, you think of reconnecting, said Ken Coates, a packer who has worked at JFK8 for five years. And during peak, all you can think of is sleep.To help meet the increased demand the company has hired 250,000 seasonal workers across the country. This influx could also dilute strike power, though seasonal workers face the same stressors and often support the union push.PEAK SEASON, INJURY SEASONRushed training for the seasonal hires has knock-on effects that leaves everyone less safe.Just this past month I think I ran into half a dozen new employees that didnt know how to do the job, Coates said. Not due to any fault of their own, due entirely to the fault of their trainer not giving them adequate time.For instance, Coates says, new workers assigned to rebin duties (moving items from the conveyor belt to a designated shelf so packers can package and ship them) can unintentionally push items too far across the shelf, where they fall off the other side and hit packers.Peak season at Amazon means peak injuries for workers. A July interim report from the Senates Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee found that injury rates skyrocket during Prime Day and the holiday season.During the week of Prime Day 2019, the report found, Amazons rate of recordable injuries would correspond to more than 10 annual injuries per 100 workersmore than double the industry average. During that same period, Amazons total rate of injuries (including those that do not need to be reported to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA) would correspond to almost 45 injuries per 100 full-time workers. That is to say, if they kept up the Prime Day pace, nearly half the workers would be injured in a year.There hasnt been a year that Ive worked at Amazon where we havent broken a record in the number of packages weve handled, said Coates.IT DOESNT FEEL LIKE A JOB THAT SHOULD BE LEGALEven outside the busy season, the work is grueling. Amazons relentless productivity quotas are nearly impossible to meet safely, forcing workers to barter their backs and knees for $18 an hour.A new report from the same Senate committee has found that Amazons injury rate is having a significant and growing impact on the average injury rate for the entire warehouse sector.Amazon is a corporation that transports goods and breaks down bodies. And why wouldnt it, when this level of exploitation is incentivized at every turn? Reporting requirements are easily bypassed; the company appears to be using its on-site health facilities to obscure the true number of injuries sustained by workers on the job, or to shift the blame to workers for using improper technique.SUPPORT LABOR NOTESBECOME A MONTHLY DONORGive $10 a month or more and get our "Fight the Boss, Build the Union" T-shirt.I couldnt tell you how many times Ive been injured on the job, said Coates. In our bathroom theres a mirror that says, Youre looking at the person who is most responsible for your safety. It pisses me off every time I have to see it. Thats just them passing off the buck. The OSHA penalties for instances that do get reported are capped at around $16,000 for each serious violation, the report notes. For a company making $70,000 in profits per minute, thats just the cost of doing business. It doesnt feel like a job that should be legal, Holzworth said. Ive had a lot of different jobs in this industry, and this one by far feels like my employer is really getting away with a lot. A GLOBAL FIGHTWorkers organizing at key chokepoints in the supply chain have managed to extract a few concessions from Amazon, including increased pay for Chicago-area delivery station workers and the reinstatement of a suspended air hub employee in San Bernardino and another in Queens. But Amazon has made significant investments that reduce its vulnerability. The expansion of its fulfillment network allows the company to reroute orders within its network of warehouses and reduces its reliance on any one location in the event of strikes or disruptions. Building sufficient power to tip the scales will require organizing across the global supply chain.Around the world, the company has fiercely opposed organizing efforts, leaning on anti-union tactics like delaying elections, holding captive-audience meetings, and going on a hiring spree ahead of a union election to dilute the vote.Between 2022 and 2023, Amazon spent more than $17 million on union avoidance consultants. And where other companies are content to bring in these swindlers to train management, Amazon is sometimes cutting out the middleman and hiring them directly as managers.TAKE SOME ACCOUNTABILITYFor delivery drivers, theres another wrinkle: The drivers officially work for third-party contractors known as delivery service partners (DSPs), allowing Amazon to skirt responsibility.When drivers unionized last year at a DSP in California called Battle-Tested Strategies, Amazon ended its contract and cut tieswith the contractor, effectively firing the 84 drivers (Amazon was the companys only client, and the company hasnt operated since.)This year, Amazon pulled the same stunt when drivers organized at a DSP in Illinois, Four Star Express Delivery.Amazon maintains that since drivers are employed by DSPs, it has no duty to bargain with the workers. But drivers call bullshit, insisting that Amazon meets the legal standard for a joint employer: We drive your branded van, we wear your uniform, said Rubie Wiggins, a delivery driver at Amazons DAX5 facility in Southern California. Take some accountability. WE CAN BRING THEIR STANDARDS HERESafety is a central concernand a key organizing issue. Delivery vans are packed to the brim, forcing some drivers to jam packages behind seats and behind any available crevice.It looks like a crypt in your van, said Andrew Wiggins, Rubies husband, who works for the same DSP. A lot of drivers put packages on the dash, wherever they can. Its very unsafe, but people are just doing what they have to do.Rubie and Andrew talk regularly with UPS delivery drivers about the benefits of a strong union contract. Its amazing what you hear that they have, Rubie said. They have mechanics on site, they can watch their vehicles on site, we dont have any of that. When you see that UPS is less profitable than Amazon and theyre able to do that for their drivers, you really want to tell Amazon, Please take care of me like that. At Amazon its like, in order to perform, you have to think in your head a complete system of exact steps, Holzworth said. Im gonna organize my packages in this way and as soon as I stop, Im gonna engage the brake, pull out the keys, take off my seatbelt, in this order every single time so that youre wasting as few seconds as possible. If Amazon can have this as their business model, whats the future working conditions gonna look like for other corporations? Rubie Wiggins said. We have nieces and nephews, I have younger brothers. Whats the workforce gonna look like for them in a couple years?You get a lot of Why dont you work for UPS? she said. Were drivers already. We can bring their standards here. We can start making the working conditions better here.

Why it matters: It's not just corporate employees leaving over the company's aggressive return-to-office policy that Amazon has to worry about. Workers at seven of its facilities walked off the job this morning in what their union is calling the "largest strike" against Amazon in US history. According to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents 10,000 workers at ten Amazon facilities, warehouse workers in cities including New York, Atlanta, and San Francisco are taking part in the strike.The union had given Amazon a December 15 deadline to begin talks with employees, but the company has refused to negotiate contracts with unionized workers."If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon's insatiable greed. We gave Amazon a clear deadline to come to the table and do right by our members. They ignored it," Teamsters General President Sean M. O'Brien said in a statement."These greedy executives had every chance to show decency and respect for the people who make their obscene profits possible. Instead, they've pushed workers to the limit and now they're paying the price. This strike is on them."The prospect of not receiving your Amazon-bought goods in time for Christmas is certainly concerning. However, Amazon says that it does not expect the strike to impact its operations. A company spokesperson said the union continues to "intentionally mislead the public claiming that they represent 'thousands of Amazon employees and drivers'. They don't, and this is another attempt to push a false narrative."Amazon added that the Teamsters have threatened, intimidated, and attempted to coerce Amazon employees and third-party drivers. It says such actions are illegal and the subject of multiple pending unfair labor practice charges against the union. // Related StoriesStriking during Amazon's busiest period of the year will cause some headaches for the company and customers, but its unionized facilities make up only about 1% of Amazon's hourly workforce, and areas such as New York have multiple warehouses and smaller delivery depots, writes Reuters.Amazon has long faced accusations that its warehouse employees have to endure abusive and dangerous working conditions. The company continues to deny these claims, despite repeatedstrikes by staff.A US senate committee released a report on Amazon's warehouse safety practices on Sunday. It stated that at least two internal studies showed a link between the speed at which workers perform tasks and workplace injuries, but Amazon rejected many safety recommendations as it feared they may reduce productivity.Amazon said the report was "wrong on the facts and features selective, outdated information that lacks context and isn't grounded in reality."November saw the launch of the Make Amazon Pay campaign, in which Amazon workers and allies in more than 20 countries strike and protest against what it calls the company's anti-worker and anti-democratic practices. The actions, which took place over Black Friday weekend, are now in their fifth year.

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I Got A Letter...It's been a grim year, hasn't it? 2024s best games are all about disgust, decay, and existential dreadI had a pretty cheerful 2024 in gaming, as you can tell.Image credit: VG247 Article by Kelsey Raynor Guides Writer Published on Dec. 19, 2024 2024 was a big year for folk with a never-ending affinity towards all things survival-horror, largely due to the fact that the Silent Hill 2 Remake finally released. A game that, after its initial announcement, I was truly dreading. I love Silent Hill 2, so much, and for the longest time, all I ever really wanted was for the original trio of games to be ported to modern platforms exactly as they are. Nothing more, and nothing less. I, admittedly, did not trust Konami or Bloober Team to do it justice.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. I couldnt have been more wrong. After a preview event in which we spent three hours with the game, I was wholly obsessed. Converted from the stubborn, bitter Silent Hill fan I was always was (this is with thanks to the cancellation of Silent Hills, which I will never stop banging on about) into, well, someone who finally felt hopeful about the series. Bloober Team alleviated me of all my Silent Hill woes in such a short span of time, and continued to do so once the game was released.The remake was a different game to the original Silent Hill 2, but Bloober Team managed to make something so special; an entirely new iteration of James journey that was just as psychologically tormenting as the last. I will never doubt Bloober Team ever again. As for my trust in Konami, well have to see how Metal Gear Solid Delta turns out first.While the Silent Hill 2 Remake stands tall as my personal game of the year in 2024, it was far from the only game to have impressed me. 2024 wasnt quite the year for horror fans that 2023 was, we got the Dead Space remake, Resident Evil 4 remake, and the exceptional Alan Wake 2 last year but we did receive a good portion of indie horror games trying to make their mark, which some did with ease. Image credit: Bloober Team/VG247Mouthwashing, for example. An acid-trip of a game that, for two hours, is impossible to put down as you try to piece together its non-linear, gruesome story. Beneath all that, though, is a poignant discussion of existential dread. Is there more to life than, well, capitalism? Working your way up the ranks in an increasingly cruel world? Does any of it even matter? It isnt the cheeriest way to spend your time, but its one game that you wont be forgetting in a hurry.My horror GOTYs aside, there is one more game that while it doesnt quite beat Silent Hill 2 for me, personally I spent the most time with this year. A game that some may argue isnt really a game at all, and thats Elden Rings Shadow of the Erdtree expansion.A part of me would argue that Shadow of the Erdtree, given its size and scope, is a game within its own right. Theres just so much to be done, but the folk who argue that you have to fight the likes of Radahn and Mohg to even access the DLC admittedly have a point. Either way, I think one thing many of us can agree on is that Shadow of the Erdtree was an exceptional DLC. I expected something brilliant from FromSoftware, as always, but I wasnt quite prepared to be whisked into a haunting world in which most of my burning questions were finally answered. Armed to the teeth. | Image credit: VG247/FromSoftwareShadow of the Erdtree boasted numerous bosses in a much more compact space. A space that was still huge, however, meaning that exploration was still very much a big and important thing in Erdtree, but the DLC felt one step closer to a Dark Souls game. Boss fights were frequent, the world felt dark and grim, and the characters you meet along the way oh, how they tug at your heartstrings (for the most part). Moore and his friends will forever have my heart.I also owe a shout out to the likes of Persona 3 Reload and Balatro. These are two more games that have helped shape my year in gaming, though Im not quite done with them just yet. And I dont think Ill ever be done with Balatro thats for sure.

Super SantaHelldivers 2 dev Arrowhead comes up with a suitably festive solution to all that Killzone collab price backlash"We will revisit this," the studio says of the item prices folks weren't fans of, while loading up the free gifts onto its sleigh.Image credit: Arrowhead News by Mark Warren Senior Staff Writer Published on Dec. 19, 2024 Since Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead deployed the opening bit of the game's Killzone crossover, the prices players are being asked to pay for this new stuff have been causing some serious backlash. Now, after working to respond to unhappy players, the studio's made the decision to give away the gear coming as second part of the collab for free.As we reported yesterday, the big bugbear players have about this Killzone gear is the fact that the amount of super credits being charged individually - because it's not come as a warbond - for the new assault rifle and armour set are pretty lofty.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. After CEO Shams Jorjani and Johan Pilestedt spent some time on the socials trying to explain to players why they did what they did with this crossover gear, the studio's now deployed a solution that it's hoping will help repair any goodwill the high prices have burned through. Basically, it's giving the second part of the collaboration, which was set to drop on December 23, away to everyone as a free festive gift today.As this was our first crossover offering, weve been listening to the response, and the feedback weve received from our community surveys is that crossover content is really high up on your wishlists," Arrowhead wrote in a Steam post outlining this, "At the same time, some of you are not happy with the prices of the items and we will revisit this. To see this content please enable targeting cookies."Many of you were also concerned that items wouldnt be in rotation for long enough, and there was a bit of concern around how these items exist outside of our usual Warbond releases, which are always themed in our own universe."So, it's made the call to give away the second wave of gear for free to all players, with it set to drop "in two waves", as well as extending the time items currently in the Superstore will be there "from 5 days to 10 days", so you don't have to worry about FOMO as much if you're busy grinding Super Credits to grab the other Killzone bits."Were also investigating solutions for how we can bring these items back permanently in the future," the studio added, "The W.A.S.P. stratagem will be available for you all to unlock via a major order shortly."There you go. Arrowhead's work certainly isn't done - it needs to work on finding an ideal price point for stuff like this that works for both it and Helldivers 2 players, if such a thing exists, but it's a nice gesture. Tis the season of giving, after all.Has this free gift help ease any unhappiness you might have been feeling about Helldivers 2's Killzone crossover and its beefy prices? Let us know below!

Flying Or CrashingJames Gunn's Superman has just received its first trailer: some people love it, some don't, and we can't tell if Krypto or Lois Lane has the bigger stan armyNot everything is praise and hype.Image credit: Warner Bros. Pictures News by Fran Ruiz Contributor Published on Dec. 19, 2024 The generous teaser trailer for Superman, written and directed by James Gunn, has finally arrived, and you can bet that everyone has strong opinions about it, good and bad. Here's a quick rundown of the current buzz online.As far as first looks go, this one, from my personal point of view, feels quite classical and uplifting. It's also the rare sort of trailer that doesn't reveal a lot about the actual plot and character dynamics. That said, we're fully expecting future promo material to be bolder in its approach to selling us on the story and characters. This kind of vibes-based preview is exactly what the people needed right now, especially when it's so openly hopeful and the direct opposite to the now-deceased DCEU's plans for Kal-El/Clark Kent.To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Let's start with the words of praise first. Unsurprisingly, the majority of the online noise seems to be positive following this first trailer, mainly because Gunn has earned the audiences' trust over a decade now with the Guardians of the Galaxy trilogy (and a great Holiday Special), The Suicide Squad, Peacemaker, and Creature Commandos. Even when he explores darker themes and plot elements, he remains hopeful and poignant at the end of the day. This Superman reboot appears to be doubling down on that, and it's also a good exercise for the filmmaker after dealing with bloodier affairs in his other recent works at the DC camp (which he now helms alongside Peter Safran)."This is straight up a comicbook come to life. Superman nation, we won," writes ClarkQuill97 on Twitter. As you can infer from the username, this user is big on Superman and probably had high hopes. So far, they're satisfied.Rachel Brosnahan's Lois Lane is algo gaining tons of stans, even after just one trailer: To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Massive comic book fan account PridefulSin is also sold on the movie due to the special focus put on Superman actually saving and inspiring people. These are the sort of big voices you want to convince with a first look: To see this content please enable targeting cookies."Krypto is gonna put asses in seats," predicts illustrator Dan Veesenmeyer. He's probably right. People love a good boy. "I have got the biggest smile on my face right now," added gaming figure Ultima. It's definitely a clear mission statement to kick your comic book adaptation universe with a super dog with a cape!On the cinephile side of things, buzz seems to be positive for the most part, with users praising the fact Superman is back to being an innocent boy scout instead of a bipolar alien. I kinda liked what Zack Snyder was going for, but that was the kind of stuff you tried to adapt after doing this, not before! "Oh, so this is an actual Superman movie and not an edgy mess." Even 'Out of Context Simpsons Couch Gags' chimed in.Of course, not everyone is happy with a lighter (both thematically and visually) approach to the character, and some raised valid concerns about some scenes looking a bit too 'made for TV' (we must remember the movie has just entered post-production though). "Im not going to be an idiot and claim it looks like a fake movie but this is not matching the quality level I was expecting," expressed ComicAccuracy with a mild take.BroBible's Eric Italiano also wanted to like what he was seeing, but is "concerned by the aesthetic" and tried to put it into words diplomatically: To see this content please enable targeting cookies.Other people haven't been as kind: To see this content please enable targeting cookies. To see this content please enable targeting cookies.You get the idea by now. Some folks are digging the vibes and others aren't, maybe because they're still fighting for the 'SnyderVerse' or just because they'd rather have a different, more adult take on the character. The beauty of comic books, especially when it comes to legendary characters like Superman (who has been around for a very very long time) is that so many approaches to the character are equally valid. Gunn's iteration is simply bringing back some of the Silver Age style, and should his DCU be successful and advance, I'm fairly sure the characters and tone would evolve as well.Regardless of what you think about the trailer and the movie, we all can agree that Krypto alone might make it a box office success and are hoping he isn't hurt by evil businessman Lex Luthor. Everything else is up in the air and will be until the movie opens on July 11, 2025.

TutorialsUsing Gobos And Pro Lighting Techniques In Unreal EngineWant to work like a real photographer or cinematographer in 3D? In this tutorial, learn how to professionally light Metahumans inside of UE5.by Greyscalegorilla Unreal Engine Pro Lighting WorkflowWant to work like a real photographer or cinematographer in 3D? In this tutorial, Jags will show you how to professionally light Metahumans inside of Unreal Engine 5. Using traditional photo and video lighting, you can create realistic studio lighting inside of UE5.Youll start by gathering photo references and add your Metahuman to your project. Then using level sequences you will setup various lighting setups. You can recreate real photo techniques like shaping light and shadow with gobos.Greyscalegorilla lighting textures can help you achieve that look in 3D with an assortment of gobos, such as windows, trees, caustics, and more. Youll also find true-to-life area lights maps of real fixtures or you can test looks with a variety of abstract area light maps.Jags will also show you how to use the Studio app to import paper materials and use them for backdrops, and how to even edit your materials in Unreal Engine. Greyscalegorilla Plus members have access to hundreds of area light maps, gobos, and even HDRI within the Studio desktop app.If you arent a member, you can download the Studio app and connector for Unreal Engine (or your 3D app of choice) and get 50+ free assets, including a selection of gobos, textures, materials, and more.Three Point Lighting in 3DWant to start with the basics? Jags followed up with his Metahuman lighting tutorial to break down a standard three-point lighting setup for beginning 3D and UE artists.You will learn how to use an HDRI to start with environmental lighting, and then create three light sources for your key, fill, and rim light. Each is place around your subject and focused on lighting specific parts, whether that the body or just a hair light. Then you can adjust your light temperature or color to dial in specific looks. Light Textures vs HDRIWhat's the difference between Greyscalegorilla light textures and HDRI? Lighting TexturesArea Light Maps and Gobo textures have a high-dynamic range, but are used with individual area lights in 3D software.Lighting textures allow pinpoint precision and realistic lighting conditions as if you were pointing a real light at your 3D object.HDRIGreyscalegorilla HDRI are panoramic images of real world locations and true-to-life studios and skies.HDRI are used to quickly create realistic environmental lighting in 3D, whether that is in a studio, outdoors, or even in space. Improve your workflow with StudioGet Greyscalegorilla Studio, the desktop app that helps artists stay in the flow and puts the entire Plus library at your fingertipsinstantly.Learn More Leave a Comment:CancelThis site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Update: Developer releases gameplay trailer.If you love cats (and there are plenty of us here at Nintendo Life who do), then you might be interested in checking out this upcoming open-world title known as Catly.There's no release date just yet, but during The Game Awards this year it was confirmed for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms. It will apparently feature some MMO aspects, according to its Steam listing.Read the full article on nintendolife.com