Individual Creative Workshops

Grunge Style Frames

$49 $147 

Design style frames with a distressed vibe. Over 7 lessons, you'll break down the creative brief, find inspiration, gather assets, and create three grunge style frames in Photoshop. Advance your motion design skillset with this workshop made for anyone who wants to get better at style frame design. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Photoshop & After Effects.

Screen Graphics

$49 $147 

Go behind the scenes to see a screen graphics project being created firsthand, and understand the elements needed to create strong screen graphics yourself. Over 10 lessons, you’ll learn the entire process from designing graphics in Adobe Illustrator to making them come to life in After Effects using animation, effects, and textures. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Adobe Illustrator and After Effects.

Nike Nebula

$49 $147 

Advance your Cinema 4D skills with an understanding of X-Particle systems. Over 12 lessons, you'll dive deep into volume particle systems and build a Nike shoe shot. With hours of hands-on content, you'll leave this workshop knowing how to use X-Particles in a unique and interesting way. This workshop requires no prior knowledge of particle system techniques. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Cinema 4D, After Effects & Photoshop.

Grunge Typography

$49 $147 

Give a LoFi, gritty look to any project title and demo reel with the popular Grunge aesthetic. Over 4 lessons, you’ll create your own custom, grunge-inspired moving type. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects.

Sea Shell

$49 $147 

Learn how to merge After Effects and Cinema 4D assets in ways you haven’t thought of before. Over 3 lessons, you'll learn how to import, light, and animate a 3D model, import it into After Effects, break apart the render, and then merge the 2D and 3D assets into a visually pleasing result. Plus you will learn some tips and tricks to add incredible depth of field and a stylized look to your composite. What looks complex in the preview is actually easy to achieve. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite.

Transfer Modes

$49 $147 

Leave trial-and-error behind. Get a solid, scientific understanding of how layering with transfer modes works in motion design. Learn “the why” behind the results you’re seeing, so you can experiment with transfer modes more confidently. Over 7 lessons, you’ll dive deep into the theory behind transfer modes and how they actually work under the hood. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects.

Cinema 4D Fractals

$49 $147 

Transform a shape into intricate fractals by adding details like edges and polygons, and animate the fragmentation process to create a killer dimensional effect. Over 7 lessons, you’ll work on illustrating the progressive fragmentation of a shape in Cinema 4D. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Cinema 4D (full version).

Distressed Texture

$49 $147 

Learn how to make your own versatile textures to use and layer in any type of footage. Over 5 lessons, you’ll create gritty textures that will amplify your visuals for years to come. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects.

Kinetic Type

$49 $147 

Use distortion and displacement mapping to create warped, animated type that hooks your audience. Over 6 lessons, you’ll animate song lyrics using kinetic type to amplify the words’ meaning and impact. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects.

Color in Motion Design

$49 $147 

Get a deep base understanding of color theory and develop a keen color sensibility to inform your designs. Over 7 lessons, you’ll learn how color works, how the human eye perceives color, the basics of color correction within Lumetri Color, and how to apply it all to your work. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects.

Color 2

$49 $147 

Go deeper into color theory, color grading, and typography to master the use of color in your work. Over 7 lessons, you’ll learn how to maximize the impact of color in your designs. Includes a bonus lesson using DaVinci Resolve for color correction. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects and Cinema 4D (optional).

FUI Headphones

$49 $147 

Learn how to design dynamic first-person user interfaces that put your audience’s experience front and center. Over 7 lessons, you’ll create a rendering of headphones complete with an audio wave-form spectrum, node-based lines, and interesting color dynamics. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects and Cinema 4D (full version).

C4D Projection Mapping

$49 $147 

Transform standard 2D images to dynamic 3D shots that add depth to your visuals. Over 10 lessons, you’ll learn how to tear apart a 2D image in Photoshop and rebuild it into a 3D rendering using Cinema 4D. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Photoshop and Cinema 4D Lite or Full Version.

Neon Techniques

$49 $147 

Create captivating contrasting designs in standout neon colors. Over 8 lessons, you’ll combine your trendy neon shapes to create a multi-dimensional animation sequence using both 2D and 3D elements. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite.

3D Motion Tracking & Compositing

$49 $147 

Learn how to seamlessly integrate 3D elements and characters into pre-shot footage to construct a hyper-realistic world. Over 10 lessons, you’ll learn how to track 3D characters into a live plate to make them look like they’re part of the existing background scene. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Cinema 4D (Full).

Brush Mattes

$49 $147 

Learn how to manipulate brush mattes to reveal and conceal parts of your footage. Over 2 in-depth lessons, you’ll use brush mattes to highlight, circle, and cross off elements on footage depicting a top-secret style document. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects.

Glitch FX

$49 $147 

Add a distressed vibe to your work by learning the ins and outs of glitch effects, and the different ways to achieve the exact effect you’re envisioning. Over 10 lessons, you’ll advance your glitch FX skills to create eye-catching glitchy text, different types of glitchy shape layers, and a final glitch project depicting a 3D statue. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Shape Monkey, Red Giant Universe, Video Copilot Twitch, Boris FX Sapphire, AE Pixel Sorter, Rowbyte, and Overlord.

Light & Shadows

$49 $147 

Advance your After Effects 3D skills by understanding how lights and shadows shape and influence dimension and how you can most effectively use different types of light to achieve a desired effect. Over 7 lessons, you’ll establish a solid understanding about lights and shadows that you’ll use to build a flat stage-like animation, a show title, and a short title sequence. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects. Optional plugins include Red Giant Universe and Trapcode Lux.

Grit & Grunge

$49 $147 

Create a montage story piece using a mix of 3D renders, shot footage, and edgy grunge elements. Over 4 lessons, you’ll learn motion design storytelling techniques, including how to piece together animations, shot footage, and stylized elements to create a compelling montage. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite.

C4D Octane SKull

$49 $147 

Learn to use texture, light, and camera movements to maximum effect by applying advanced Cinema 4D and Octane techniques. Over 6 lessons, you’ll create an engaging scene from a cinematic title sequence that will take your storytelling to the next level. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Octane Renderer and Cinema 4D (Full Version).

Rock N Roll Parallax

$49 $147 

Learn how to separate and animate photos in After Effects in 3D space to convey the impression of a virtual moving camera. Over 5 lessons, you’ll work on a rock ‘n’ roll hall of fame opening sequence that will teach you how to separate, position, and animate your images in 3D space. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to Photoshop and After Effects.

Wireframe Renders

$49 $147 

Give a high-tech feel to your work. Learn how to connect texture, render points, and edges to create futuristic-looking shapes in 3D space. You’ll create a different wireframe in each of the 5 lessons included in this workshop. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects and Cinema 4D Lite.

Mospline Organic Animation

$49 $147 

This course is designed to teach you how to build complex, organic simulations in cinema 4d. You'll learn how to set up the simulations using the mospline tool, and then light and render them using the RedShift render engine. The course includes three lessons, each of which covers a different aspect of the process. By the end of the course, you'll have a solid understanding of how to create stunning simulations that are both realistic and visually compelling.

Grunge Distortion

$49 $147 

Infuse your work with a LoFi, gritty look characteristic of the popular and enduring grunge style. Over 4 lessons, you’ll create a title sequence using grunge distortion elements and learn the essentials of creating a grunge distortion look and feel. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects.

Ink Mattes

$49 $147 

Learn how to manipulate ink mattes to reveal and conceal parts of your footage. Over 2 in-depth lessons, you’ll learn how to strategically place and animate ink blots and droplets on typography and imagery. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects.

Rise From The Dead

$49 $147 

This course will teach you everything you need to know about building an immersive and dramatic 3d scene of a hand rising out of the ground. Using cinema 4d and x-particles, you will learn the skills necessary to model, texture, animate, light, and render this captivating visual. Over the course of seven lessons, you will gain a solid understanding of the tools and techniques needed to create your very own dark and moody scene. Whether you are new to cinema 4d or just looking to broaden your skillset by learning new techniques, this course is for you.

2.5D Techniques

$49 $147 

Establish a solid base level understanding of how 3D layers work in After Effects, then build on your knowledge to achieve advanced-level mastery of 2.5D techniques. Over 8 lessons, you’ll learn how to manipulate 3D layers in After Effects with ease and create various stylized scenes that put your new dimensional design techniques to practice. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects. Optional plugins include Boris FX Sapphire and Video Copilot Optical Flares- the workshops can be completed without these plugins.

Flower Growth Animation

$49 $147 

This course is designed to teach you the fundamentals of modeling and animating a growing flower scene in cinema 4d. Over the course of 3 lessons, you will learn everything from building and texturing the flower itself, to setting up lighting and rendering your final animation. Throughout the lessons, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to use cinema 4d's advanced tools and techniques to bring your own animated scenes to life.

Cloth Tear Animation

$49 $147 

In this cinema 4d course, you will learn how to create a realistic cloth simulation. Over the course of 3 lessons, we will explore different techniques for setting up and animating your cloth, including techniques for simulating forces like gravity and wind. We will also cover strategies for lighting and rendering your scene to achieve an optimal level of realism. By the end of this course, you will have all the skills you need to create your own realistic cloth simulations in cinema 4d.

Light Painting with Trapcode Particular

$49 $147 

Surprise and engage your audience by incorporating light painting into your designs! Learn how to animate light to add a whimsical touch to your work and express motion in unexpected ways. Over 4 lessons, you’ll learn how to use light painting in different settings and practice by incorporating a particle system into a live-action plate. To follow along with this workshop, you’ll need access to After Effects and Red Giant Trapcode Particular.

Fun with Fields

$49 $147 

Cinema 4d is a powerful tool for creating animations, and in this course you will learn how to use it to create visually interesting field animations. Over the three lessons you will learn how to set up field animations using noise, light them, texture them, and render the scene. By the end of the course you will have a good understanding of how to create stunning field animations in cinema 4d.