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Ableton · Learning Music

Sound & mixing

First steps in musical creation

Create rhythms, basslines, chords and melodies in an interactive journey. Sounds are manipulated in the browser; no software to install.

Text and interface available in this language. Starts the sound with the lesson controls.

Royal Shakespeare Company · Michael Corbidge

Acting & casting

Voice: warm-up and projection

A series of video workshops to work on the voice and approach the theatrical text. Exercises offered by an RSC coach.

Framestore

Animation

How to Train Your Dragon — Toothless' performance

Kayn Garcia's masterclass on dragon performance and character animation choices.

Gnomon · Jort van Welbergen

Concept art & Illustration

Designing Spaceships for Games

Design the exterior and interior of a ship, from brief to design model. A useful workflow to go beyond just a beautiful silhouette.

Selection: complete design approach, author identified and application to games. Access according to the Gnomon formula.

Gnomon · Kosuke Iwasaki

Unreal / virtual production

Creating Cinematics in Unreal Engine 5

Prepare a cinematic plan: composition, blocking, lighting and organization of the scene. Project files accompany the workshop.

Pixar · Eugene Riecansky

3D

RenderMan Fundamentals

Official rendering training: handling, color, materials and light with projects to follow.

Training available for free; Use of the software depends on its license.

School of Motion

Graphic design

Design Bootcamp

Work composition, typography, color and style frames in motion design projects.

Selection: design and practice oriented program. Consult the current terms and conditions of the All-Access offer.

Pixar · Khan Academy

Storyboarding & previs

Pixar in a Box — The art of storytelling

Understand how Pixar artists develop story, characters, and visual language, with activities to practice.

StudioBinder

Screenwriting & writing

How to Write a Screenplay in 7 Steps

A clear guide to moving from idea to first screenplay, with structure, format and writing method.

Sundance Collab

Directing

Directing: Core Elements

Fiction production, actor direction, cutting, collaboration and preparation for filming.

Sundance Collab

Production

Film Producing: Core Elements

Development, financing, budget, production strategy and pitch for independent cinema.

Blackmagic Design

Color grading

The Colorist Guide to DaVinci Resolve 20

Official guide to calibration, scopes, primaries, secondary, color management and professional workflows.

SideFX

Houdini / FX

Houdini Start Here / Foundations

Official starting point for understanding Houdini, his contexts and his procedural logic.

Epic Games

Technical / code / scripts

Unreal Editor Scripting Tutorials

Automate production tasks in Unreal with Python and Blueprints.

StudioBinder

Production design & Sets

What Is Production Design in Film?

Understand how sets, props, colors, costumes and space construct the visual world of a film.

StudioBinder

Costume & makeup

What Is a Costume Designer?

Research, script, character design, palette, purchasing and manufacturing: costume as a storytelling tool.

Berklee Online

Music for picture

Movie Scoring 101

12 weeks on spotting, synchronization, musical narration, writing to image, DAW workflow and professional realities of the profession.

Foundry Learn · Austin Meyers

Compositing / Nuke

Practical Compositing — Script Organization

Organize a Nuke script to work faster, make the node graph readable and facilitate exchanges in the studio.

Rhino · official McNeel catalogue

Architecture & spaces

Rhino · Clip & Section | Sectioning Workflows in Rhino

A lesson from the official Rhino catalogue. Study its design and modeling method, then apply the tools to your own project.

Rhino · official McNeel catalogue

Product & industrial design

Rhino · Getting Started for Product Designers

A lesson from the official Rhino catalogue. Study its design and modeling method, then apply the tools to your own project.

Rhino · official McNeel catalogue

Automotive & transport design

Rhino · Creux de poignée automobile

Étude de modélisation d’un item automobile. Observe les volumes et la continuité des surfaces, puis applique la méthode à ton propre design.

Penpot · official team

UX / UI & interaction

Penpot · Prototyper des interactions

Build a journey across screens and define the interactions to present or test.

Blackmagic Design

Editing

DaVinci Resolve 20 — Beginner’s Guide

Official manual with lessons and exercises. Training files are available on the Blackmagic Design training page.

Pixar

Cinematography & Light

RenderMan Fundamentals — Lighting

Study Pixar's lighting tools in Solaris and build a light that supports the shot.