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Wanting to dive into the world of animated and game FX? It's free to start. With VFX Apprentice, you can begin with free courses and walkthroughs on:

FX and Gameplay
Unreal Engine and Unity
Adobe Animate
Toon Boom Harmony
Photoshop
Drawing and Illustration

11 Free Lessons: 3+ Hours

NEW Beginner's Guide to VFX

Start your visual effects journey and learn all about the world of game development and stylized real-time VFX. This FREE course will introduce you to the various departments, game styles, tools, and systems used to make effects for games.

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Free FX Courses

Want a glimpse at what's included with the free VFX Apprentice training?
Here's a look at courses with over 15 hours of lessons waiting for you inside.

Artistic Principles of VFX

6 Free Lessons: 112 Minutes

Learn the five must-know artistic principles of visual FX for games.

League of Effects

2 Free Lessons: 20 Minutes

Break down League of Legends-inspired FX fan art by Kevin Leroy. Includes Unity project files.

Block-In FX: FIRE

2 Free Lessons: 104 Minutes

An introduction to fire FX in both Unity and Niagara in Unreal Engine 5.

Free LIVE Events at VFX Apprentice

Free Lessons: over 18 hours

Watch the recordings of the free events held at the VFX Apprentice Discord server!

FX Artist Interviews

8 Free Lessons: 220 Minutes

We talk to working FX artists and VFX Apprentice alumni about their careers and advice they have for new artists.

Color Theory for VFX

1 Free Lesson: 5 Minutes

Color is a big part of VFX design! Get an introduction to Color Theory with this first lesson of our new foundation series!

Unreal Engine Fundamentals

4 Free Lessons: 124 Minutes

Get started with real-time FX in Unreal Engine. Dive into real-time VFX, materials, and kit bashing.

Photoshop for VFX

5 Free Lessons: 115 Minutes

Get up to speed on the tools, layers, adjustments, and pro tips on Adobe Photoshop for FX.

Character FX Design

2 Free Lessons: 40 Minutes

Drawing fundamentals for illustrating fire and water for FX and 2D animation.

Adobe Animate Intro

7 Free Lessons: 129 Minutes

Get to know all the animation tools and controls and create an FX flipbook in Adobe Animate.

Toon Boom Harmony Intro

5 Free Lessons: 86 Minutes

Learn the industry-standard tools and workflows for Toon Boom Harmony.

Import VFX in UEFN

1 Free Lesson: 11 Minutes

Learn how to bring your own VFX into Unreal Editor for Fortnite.

Magic Orb Follow-Along

1 Free Lesson: 130 Minutes

Mentor Nibilli guides All Access members through creating orbs. Follow along as we create the mesh, draw textures and set everything up in engine.

After Effects for Games

1 Free Lesson: 16 Minutes

Learn After Effects by making a slick animated mouse cursor ready for in-game use.

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