School of Motion Courses

Animating the iPhone 14's Dynamic Island in After Effects - An Animation Workshop

Recreate the iPhone 14 Dynamic Island in After Effects while applying animation principles, graph-editor techniques, and fluid shape-morphing details.

• YouTube
• 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Hacky After Effects Tricks to Improve Your Renders

Learn 10 quick After Effects techniques for enhancing motion graphics with flares, blur, distortion, texture, animation, and expressions.

• YouTube
• 42 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Your First Day in ZBrush

A first-day ZBrush walkthrough that builds a small alien sculpt while introducing the interface, core brushes, Dynamesh, surface texture, Polypaint, and saving.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Mixing After Effects and Cinema 4D

Turn Cinema 4D multipass renders into polished, cinematic motion graphics by compositing and stylizing them in After Effects.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Simple 3D Character Design Using Cinema 4D

Create a stylized 3D character in Cinema 4D using concept sketches, low-poly box modeling, clean topology, sculpted details, and Substance Painter textures.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Intro to Redshift Renderer

Learn Redshift rendering in Cinema 4D through node materials, lighting, cameras, render settings, and RenderView.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Create Eye-Popping Visuals in Photoshop with Boris FX Optics

Use Boris FX Optics inside Photoshop to ideate, build, and finish cinematic composites with custom glows, warps, grain, and light effects.

• YouTube
• 22 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Animate a Social Media Post in 5 Minutes

Turn a Photoshop design into a subtle social media animation in After Effects using cutouts, moving backgrounds, keyframes, motion blur, and rendering.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Resize Images in Photoshop

Learn six Photoshop methods for resizing images, from canvas and export settings to AI Super Zoom and batch processing.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How to Prep Photoshop Files for After Effects

Learn how to restructure Photoshop designs for smooth, editable import into After Effects, preserving the layers and flexibility needed for animation.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Ultimate Guide to Cutting Out Images in Photoshop

Learn nondestructive techniques for cutting out images in Photoshop, from layer masks and selection tools to color range and channel-based edge refinement.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

How 3D Artists Can Use Procreate

Paint 3D models in Procreate on iPad, then export the textures back to Cinema 4D.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Tricks for Creating a Hand-Drawn Look in After Effects

Give After Effects animations a hand-drawn, organic look using native effects such as Roughen Edges, Fractal Noise, and Posterize Time.

• YouTube
• 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Getting Started with Wave and Taper in After Effects

Animate waving, tapered strokes in After Effects using shape layers, expressions, trim paths, and ponytail and fern examples.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Intro to Expression Rigs in After Effects

Build flexible After Effects rigs with expression controls, linking properties and adding simple code to create coordinated animation without extensive coding.

• YouTube
• 35 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video