Digital Media Courses and Certifications

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

Kevandram

Stylized Blender 3D and Grease Pencil Tutorial Collection

Create illustrated 2D/3D scenes in Blender by combining Grease Pencil drawings with 3D geometry and painterly, toon-style shaders.

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

Bill Buchanan OBE

Steganography: Techniques for Hiding Information in Digital Media

1 rating

Explore how steganography hides messages in images, audio, documents, and covert channels using JPEG, MP3, least-significant-bit, compression, and secret-sharing methods.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 6 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

School of Visual Arts

Camera Essentials

3 ratings

Move from stills to video: choose lenses, nail exposure and color, work with codecs, lighting and camera support, and edit in Adobe Premiere Pro.

• Kadenze
• 30 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

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

The business of film

16 ratings at OpenLearn

Explore how films are financed, produced, marketed, and distributed as business projects through the value chain and case studies.

• OpenLearn
• 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

The Fundamentals of Screenwriting

6 ratings

Learn to finish a screenplay by structuring stories, developing characters and conflict, writing scenes and dialogue, and formatting a short film script.

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

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

media.ccc.de

DevOps for Artworks in Museums - Preserving Digital Media Art

Explores how software development pipelines can maintain and deploy computer-based artworks in museums and art spaces.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

ADC - Audio Developer Conference

The Architecture of Digital Audio Workstations and Other Time-Based Media Software

Explores how engine, interface, and system design patterns combine to shape modern DAWs and other time-based media software.

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

Justin Brown - Primal Video

Adobe Premiere Pro Tutorial for Beginners - Complete Guide

4 ratings

A beginner walkthrough of Adobe Premiere Pro covering project setup, timeline editing, titles, effects, color grading, audio, and export.

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

Kevin Stratvert

10 Essential CapCut Video Editing Tips and Techniques

4 ratings

Learn ten CapCut editing techniques, from placing text behind people and blurring faces to creating AI presenters and speeding up your workflow.

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

Jesse J. Jones

How to Animate Walking - FlipaClip Tutorial for Beginners

4 ratings

Learn to animate a full-body character walk cycle by drawing key poses, in-betweens, and a looping sequence in FlipaClip or other software.

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

Justin Brown - Primal Video

How to Edit Videos with Premiere Rush - Adobe Rush Tutorial

4 ratings

Step-by-step video editing in Adobe Premiere Rush, covering projects, B-roll, titles, transitions, audio, color grading, export, and landscape-to-portrait reframing across devices.

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

Lightroom Classic Tutorial for Beginners

4 ratings

Learn to turn a photo library into polished, consistently styled images with Lightroom Classic, from organization and corrections to presets and web delivery.

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