3D Lighting Courses and Certifications

Freedom Arts - 3D Animation & Game Developer

iClone 8 Lighting Tutorial

Master the fundamentals of lighting in iClone 8 with this step-by-step tutorial covering point lights, spot lights, directional lights, and rendering techniques for 3D animation projects.

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

SouthernShotty

Blender 3D - Fix Your Lighting Instantly

Master common Blender lighting mistakes and transform beginner renders into professional-looking images using practical cinematography principles and advanced techniques.

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

SouthernShotty

Learn Everything About Lighting in Blender 3D

Master Blender 3D lighting fundamentals with practical techniques for creating cinematic renders, understanding light types, shadow contrast, and mood through color.

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

Reallusion

Create 3D Animation for Scene Design and 3D Lighting with iClone and ActorCore

Build a complete animated scene in iClone, from props and character dialogue to dramatic lighting and camera framing.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Derek Banas

After Effects 2021 Tutorial - 3D Shapes and Lighting - Part 9

Create and animate 3D shapes in Adobe After Effects using efficient 3D setups, lighting, extrusion, geometry options, shadows, and null objects.

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

Realistic Lighting with the Phong Model

Implement the Phong lighting model to give textured 3D objects convincing volume, depth, and material response.

• CodeSignal
• 5 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Unreal Engine 5 Blueprint Game Development (Updated to 5.6)

8123 ratings at Udemy

Created in collaboration with Epic Games. Master UE5 Blueprints, no coding needed. Build 3 fun, playable games.

• Udemy
• 11 hours 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Kevin Powell

3D CSS - Lighting, Animations, and More

Build a spinning, bouncing 3D scene using only CSS, with perspective, gradients, shadows, transforms, and animations.

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

Epic Games

Unreal Engine Fundamentals

96 ratings at Coursera

Build immersive 3D environments in Unreal Engine 5: sculpt landscapes, import Quixel Megascans, create materials, set up Lumen lighting and audio, and manage version control with Perforce.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Unity Tech Art: Realistic Lighting For Game Development

1152 ratings at Udemy

Learn AAA cinematic tech art techniques in the Unity game engine (Global Illumination and Shader Graph)

• Udemy
• 10 hours 57 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

MAYA Architecture - Lighting and Rendering with Mental Ray

23 ratings at Coursera

Light and render architectural scenes in Autodesk Maya with Mental Ray: compare light types, tune occlusion shaders and reflections, organize render layers, and optimize final output.

• Coursera
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

3ds Max Architecture: Model, Texture & Light

11 ratings at Coursera

Model furniture like TV units, tables and lamps in 3ds Max, then texture them with UVW mapping and PBR materials and light interiors photometrically for photoreal renders.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Enscape for SketchUp (Live Online)

11 ratings at CourseHorse

Elevate your SketchUp models with professional-quality renders using real-time tools.

• CourseHorse
• 6 hours
• Self-Paced
• $399.00

Career Certificate

Unreal Engine for Beginners

5 ratings at Coursera

Build cinematic environments in Unreal Engine 5, covering world building, character creation, interior lighting, camera animation, and end-to-end virtual production workflows.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 3 courses

Unreal Engine 5 For Beginners: World Building Basics

Build photo-realistic worlds in Unreal Engine 5: navigate the interface, sculpt landscapes, apply materials and atmospheric lighting, import 3D models, and add bloom, color grading and depth of field.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course