Character Animation Courses and Certifications

EDUCBA

Unreal FPS Development - Core Game Mechanics

19 ratings at Coursera

Build a first-person shooter in Unreal Engine with Blueprints: health and armor UI, damage feedback, weapon firing and projectiles, and crouch, sprint and aim states.

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

Adobe Character Animator (Live Online)

8 ratings at CourseHorse

Unlock the power of digital performance with cutting-edge technology at Key Code Education.

• CourseHorse
• 16 hours
• Self-Paced
• $1,175.00

Animated Storytelling: Emotive Animation in Procreate Dreams

Plan and execute an animated short in Procreate Dreams: storyboard and script a story, build characters and backgrounds, pair music, and apply Performing tool, blur and glow effects.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Packt Career Certificate

Unreal Engine 5 - The Intermediate Course

Craft materials with dynamic instances, UV mapping and texture masking, sculpt landscapes using World Partition and Nanite, and animate skeletal meshes with blend spaces and Blueprints.

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

Packt

The Ultimate Guide to Blender 3D Rigging and Animation

Rig and animate 3D objects in Blender: bone hierarchies and inverse kinematics, shape keys, soft body and particle simulations, material nodes, and character walk cycles.

• Coursera
• 17 weeks, 1 hour a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Unreal Engine 5 For Beginners: Characters & Interiors

Design cinematic interior scenes in Unreal Engine 5: lay out a virtual studio, create Metahuman characters, capture facial motion, and light indoor environments for mood.

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

Packt

Skeletal Meshes and Animation

Animate characters in Unreal Engine 5 using skeletal meshes, sockets, animation sequences, blend spaces, state machines, animation blueprints, aim offsets, montages, notifies, curves, and morph targets.

• Coursera
• 6 hours 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

EDUCBA

Unreal Engine: Apply & Demonstrate Skeletal Animation

Import FBX character assets, configure skeletal mesh settings, edit animation sequences in the Persona Editor, and control playback of animated characters in Unreal Engine 4.

• Coursera
• 2 hours 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Genevieve's Design Studio

How to Draw a Celebrating Character and Confetti Animation - Procreate Tutorial

Draw a colorful celebrating cartoon character in Procreate, then animate falling confetti for social media.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dikko

Modeling for Animation - Converting an Existing Character into a New One

Repurpose Sophie’s existing model into a new character, showing how one mesh can support multiple designs and save modeling time.

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

W3 Productions

Daz to Blender Workflow - Genesis 8 and 9 Character Import and Animation

Master the complete workflow for importing Daz Studio Genesis 8 & 9 characters into Blender using Diffeomorphic Importer, FaceGen Artist Pro, and animation files for full-body animation.

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

Mastering 2D Animation in Adobe Animate (Basic to Advance)

336 ratings at Udemy

Adobe Animate Basics | Tween and Keyframe Animation | Visual Effects | Character Animation | Animal Walks and Runs

• Udemy
• 1 day 10 hours 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Puppet Pin Rigging in After Effects

286 ratings at Udemy

Rig and animate a 2D cartoon character in After Effects: import layered PSD files, apply Puppet Pins, adjust mesh expansion and density, and export the animation.

• Udemy
• 1 hour 19 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

JAMES CUNLIFFE

Anime Character Design and Animation with Stable Diffusion, Photoshop, and After Effects - Part 1

Create an anime character asset with Stable Diffusion, refine it in Photoshop, and prepare separated layers and features for animation.

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

Freedom Arts - 3D Animation & Game Developer

Character Creator 3.4 to Unreal Engine 5 Tutorial - Avatar Import and Animation 2022

Transfer a Character Creator 3.4 avatar directly into Unreal Engine 5 and set it up as a playable character or NPC with movement animations.

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