Course Catalog

Learn to design and animate incredible, film-ready UI for your next project with Kris Brady's comprehensive new course. With 20 years of industry experience, Kris guides you through every stage of the process, from rough sketches to full-on animation and compositing, using techniques from high-budget film productions. Master the art of creating stunning interfaces that seamlessly integrate into any film project, and take your design skills to the next level.

Learn cutting-edge techniques for creating real-time visual effects in Unreal Engine from industry-leading artist Tyler Smith. With a fully constructed sandbox level included in your purchase, you'll craft stunning and dynamic effects to enhance your game worlds, exploring unique methods for generating fire, water, snow, wind, and more.

A deep-dive session where director Sava Zivkovic walks through his evolution from CG artist to filmmaker, showing how personal work, collaboration, conferences, and studio experience shaped his approach. He breaks down his Unreal Engine workflow, mocap pipeline, editing, sound, and release strategy, emphasizing the importance of developing your own voice and story.

Looking to add some dimension to your matte paintings? ILM and Axis Animation lead matte painter Steven Cormann will teach you to create cinematic environment shots, from scratch to final comp utilizing professional studio techniques. Whether you’re a 2D matte painter looking to learn more about 3D techniques, a 3D environment artist looking to learn more about matte painting, or an aspiring artist hungry to learn, this course will teach you the knowledge and skills required to make it in the industry.

Bring your HUD and UI designs to life in this After Effects-focused course by industry veteran Ryan Cashman.  If you have an interest in animating HUDs for feature films or AAA video games, this course will be a perfect solution for you.

For those looking to learn the full design + animation pipeline, this course acts as a followup to Ash Thorp's HUD Design course. Buy as a bundle below and save an additional 10%!

Simulating particles might seem complicated, but it doesn't have to be. Under the guidance of VFX veteran Adam Swaab, you'll create a fully-featured particle system from scratch. Learn the ins and outs of Houdini's robust tools for dynamics to achieve incredible simulations which would be impossible using keyframes alone.

NOTE: It is recommended that students have a basic understanding of Houdini before signing up for this course. Adam's Houdini Procedural Foundations course is a great place to get started!

Bring your designs to life as award-winning art director Michael Rigley guides you through his entire 3D animation and production workflow. Start off by planning out your scenes, experiment with the editorial process, learn detailed 3D animation techniques in Cinema 4D, and finish up by compositing in After Effects. Whether you’re taking this course as a follow-up to Design for Production: Workflow, or just want to follow along and sharpen your skills, this class will teach you professional workflows to produce incredible projects of your own.

Houdini is one of the most intimidating pieces of software out there, but it doesn’t have to be! Industry-leading artist and creative director Adam Swaab breaks it down for you in an easy and accessible way. He’ll take you through the foundations of the program, getting you started on making your first mind-blowing procedural images in Houdini.

Starting from square one, veteran graphic designer Ash Thorp will show you how to create production-ready UI and data elements for Hollywood films. Learn alongside Ash's professional Apprentices as you journey from client brief, all the way to final render and professional presentation.