Classes, Courses & Events

Upcoming Events & Courses

>> Introduction to Blender – January 11 + 12, 2024

In cooperation with Visualisierungsakademie Schweiz I will teach you online taking your first steps in Blender (in German).

If you are interested in the German “Blender Einführungstraining” please check out the detailed information here:
https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/bildung/blender-einfuehrungskurs/

On request I also teach this online course in English. Please do not hesitate to ask your questions (info(at) pixeltrain.net). I am always happy, to hear from everyone who is interested to become an Artist in Blender, Houdini FX, Fusion or Unity.

Some of the topics you learn in this course:

Getting to know the Blender Infrastructure
Installation, AddOns and Konfiguration
User-Interface and Navigation
Scene-Organisation, Outlines, Collections
Polygone-Modeling Techniques
Working with Curves & Surfaces
Modifier
SubDivision Surfaces
UV Editor
Lightening, Types of Lights, Previews
Camera & Physical Setting
Materials & Shader
Using Textures
Photorealism & PBR
Preview with Eevee (Realtime)
Using Shading Workspace
Rendersettings with Eevee and Cycles
Final Rendering
Simple Compositing in the Compositing Workspace
Introduction to Sculpting Workspace
First Keyframes and Animationen
Rendering of Animations

>> Rendering with Eevee and Cycles, January 18 + 19, 2024

In cooperation with Visualisierungsakademie Schweiz I will give an Online-Training on Rendering in Blender (in German) -> https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/bildung/blender-vertiefung/

On request I also teach this online course in English. Please do not hesitate to ask your questions (info(at) pixeltrain.net). I am always happy, to hear from everyone who is interested to become an Artist in Blender, Houdini FX, Fusion or Unity.

Two days of intensive advanced training for everyone who wants to use Blender to create sophisticated materials and visualizations for architecture, product design, games & film.
In addition to photorealistic rendering, you will also learn techniques for non-photorealistic rendering for animation, motion design, manga, comics and architecture / product sketching.

Some of the topics you learn in this course:

CyclesX Render-Engine for Photorealism
Physical Lighting and physical settings in Cameras
Eevee for Realtime Rendering
Using the powerful Asset Manager for Objects, Materials, Light- & World setups
Deep dive into the Shader Editor
Building complex Shaders
PBR Workflows
Creating photorealistic Materials
Architecture- & Design Materials
Photorealistic Lighting through HDRIs, World Settings and Light Sources
Advanced Cycles features like Micropolygon Displacement, AOVs, LightGroups, Caustics
Introduction to Sculpting & Color Attributes for detailing Objects
Detail-Sculpting & Baking of Normals and Displacement
Introduction to Texture Painting in Blender
Introduktion to Grease Pencil
Image-Finishing with the internal Compositor
Exchange with Photoshop, Affinity Photo, After Effects, Fusion & NUKE
Internal Freestyle Renderer for Sketch & Toon
Creating Freestyle Materials
Creating Comic Shader
Refining Comic & Manga styles in the Compositor

For further information, please visit this website:
https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/bildung/blender-vertiefung/

>> Blender Animation Training, January 25 + 26, 2024

I give Online-Trainings on Animation in Blender -> „Introduction to Animation and Rigging“

On request I also teach this online course in English. Please do not hesitate to ask your questions (info(at) pixeltrain.net). I am always happy, to hear from everyone who is interested to become an Artist in Blender, Houdini FX, Fusion or Unity.

You learn how to work with the powerful Animation Tools of Blender. You get to know helpful add-ons for MotionGraphics and Rigging and you build your first technical and organic animation rigs. We bring camera animations to life and also learn how to export these animations for game engines like Unity, Unreal or Godot. You will get to know Timeline, Dopesheet, Graph Editor, NLA, Shapes and Drivers.

Overview of topics of this online class:

Important Blender Concepts for Animators & Riggers
Project Settings for Animation
Blender Timeline
Keying, Keying Sets & Autokeys
Channels & Keyframes in the Dopesheet
Making of Playblasts
Motion Path Tool
Graph Editor & F-Curves
Interpolation & Handles
Curves Modifiers
Channel Groups
Basics of Rigging
Armatures
Building Rigs for mechanical / organic Objects
Bone Layers, Bone Groups & Bendy Bones
Binding Meshes & Weight-Painting
IK Setups
Poses
Shape Keys
Working with Constraints
Drivers & Expressions
Action Editor & Blender’s Action System
Pose Libraries
Asset Manager
NLA System
Working with Audio
Basics of Grease Pencil

For further information, please visit this website:
https://visualisierungs-akademie.ch/bildung/blender-animation/

Hope to see you soon!

Yours,
Helge

>> DaVinci Resolve Training

Learn the fundamentals of Editing, Grading, Audio & Post-Production in DaVinci Resolve 18 in two days. This training is meant for everyone who wants to make professional video edits for social media or company presentations. It’s a beginners course, you also learn many useful tipps and workflows you need for an efficient production of video content. Also if you have some knowledge from other NLAs like Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple Final Cut etc.

Overview of topics of this online class: