Lighting & Rendering Courses and Certifications

Blender Guru

Blender Beginner Tutorial - Rendering

Learn Blender rendering with Eevee and Cycles, focusing on key settings for better results in less time.

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

Polyfjord

Creating a Fireball in Blender

Simulate and render a fireball in Blender with custom fire shading and compositor glow.

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

Lighting in Unreal Engine 5 for Beginners

Learn to light Unreal Engine 5 environments from scratch for daytime and overcast moods using real-world lighting principles.

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

How to Draw Comics . NET

Comic Book Character Design - Swift Shock Colors - Choosing a Color Scheme, Lighting & Rendering

Color a comic-book character by matching hues to personality, then build form with structured shadow, highlight, and rendering passes.

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

GDC

Rendering 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' - GPU Driven Pipeline and Lighting Improvements

Dive into the rendering challenges and solutions for Assassin's Creed Shadows' dynamic open world, exploring GPU-driven pipelines and lighting improvements for this complex game environment.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender Guru

The Basics of Lighting and Rendering in Blender - Donut Finale

Master lighting and rendering techniques in Blender to bring your donut project to life with realistic illumination using both Eevee and Cycles render engines.

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

Master Chaos Corona in 3ds Max: Realistic 3D Rendering

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Master Lighting, Materials, and Rendering for Photorealistic Architectural Scenes in 3ds Max with Chaos Corona

• Udemy
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Pixologic ZBrush

Spooky Scene Workflows - Lighting, Rendering, and Atmosphere - Week 4

Learn advanced lighting, rendering, and post-production techniques to create a spooky Halloween scene using ZBrush, Cinema 4D, and Photoshop. Master atmosphere, composition, and creative effects for stunning visuals.

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

3ds Max: A Quick Start from Zero to One

This beginners course in 3D design can help you quickly and efficiently master the concepts and techniques of working on models, texture, lighting, and animation in 3ds Max. It also lays a foundation for learning game design, virtual reality (VR), and au…

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

NITTTR

3D Modelling and Rendering for Virtual Reality

Learn to create immersive VR experiences by modeling and rendering 3D assets in Blender, integrating them with Unity, and building a tested mini-application.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 31, 2026
• Free Online Course

Unity Career Certificate

Creative Core

Bring ideas to life in Unity without code: work with shaders and materials, lighting, animation, VFX, cameras, post-processing, audio, and UI.

• Unity Learn
• 44 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Toon Character Workflow

Build a toon-shaded character from concept art through modeling, rigging, shading, animation and final render, choosing character designs, shading colors and workable animation styles.

• Blender Studio
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Blender Launch Pad

Learn everything important to kickstart your Blender journey.

• CG Boost
• 23 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

How to get the best possible lighting when in sculpt mode in Blender. Light settings and turntable creation. Eye texture and material setup.

• Outgang
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

A three hour detailed breakdown of Tifa Lockhart's character model from Final Fantasy 7 Remake. We cover: Material expression and the use of detail maps on surfaces. The unwrapping strategy used

• Outgang
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course