Introduction to Visual Effects

The art of VFX (visual effects) and CGI (computer-generated imagery) allows you to create seamless and mind-bending scenes thanks to software like Maya and After Effects. For renowned digital artist and director John Bashyam, this art form has led him to create striking visuals for Coachella’s top musical acts, as well as for Hollywood feature films.

Creating robots and science fiction characters with stories that go beyond the present is what Victoria Passariello — 3D video game and visual effects artist — loves. Specializing in modeling hard surface , a method with which he works rigid surfaces achieving the smoothness, details and textures of the material, he has created characters and models of mechanical appearance for games like BattleTech or The Mandate, trailers like Outriders and Destiny Warmind, and Netflix series.

Modeling, painting, animation, simulation, rendering…is there anything you CAN'T do in Blender? The possibilities are seemingly endless, and 3D tools like Blender have made visual storytelling even more attainable for artists, while also giving artists the tools they need to be able to create the high-level 3D art that creative industries seek today. In this course, 3D generalist, lead environment artist, and matte painter, Sonja Christoph, will teach you all the tools and techniques you need to get started in creating your own 3D art in Blender!

Your complete guide to Visual Effects and Motion Graphics using Adobe After Effects CC.

In this course, film-maker Chris Kenworthy will give you a hands-on introduction to visual FX compositing in Adobe After Effects CC, showing how an ordinary shot can be used to build an underground tunnel, complete with sparks, smoke, and an exploding metal grate.