Animation Courses
Animation courses can help you learn character design, storyboarding, 2D and 3D animation techniques, and visual storytelling. You can build skills in timing, movement, and creating engaging narratives that resonate with audiences. Many courses introduce tools like Adobe After Effects, Blender, and Toon Boom Harmony, that support bringing your animated projects to life and enhancing your creative workflow.
Popular Animation Courses and Certifications
Skills you'll gain: Adobe After Effects, Motion Graphics, Animations, Layout Design
University of California, Santa Cruz
Skills you'll gain: Scientific Visualization, Data Literacy, Data Visualization Software, Animations, Data Presentation, Video Editing, Data Storytelling, Adobe After Effects, Graphics Software, Storyboarding, Adobe Premiere, Peer Review, Motion Graphics, Autodesk Maya, Post-Production, Computer Graphic Techniques, Technical Communication, Style Guides, Scripting, Professional Development
University of California, Davis
Skills you'll gain: jQuery, Javascript and jQuery, UI Components, Scripting, JavaScript Frameworks, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), HTML and CSS, Javascript, Hypertext Markup Language (HTML), Frontend Performance, Animations, Event-Driven Programming
Skillshare
Skills you'll gain: Logo Design, Packaging and Labeling, Adobe Illustrator, Brand Strategy, Competitive Analysis, Graphic and Visual Design, Presentations, Content Creation, Target Audience, Web Presence, Storytelling, Branding, Color Theory, Social Media Content, Typography, Design Strategies, Graphic Design, Animations, Design Software, Graphical Tools
Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, Storytelling, Canva (Software), Visual Storytelling, Graphical Tools, Animations, Graphic Design, Design and Product, Business, Marketing
Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Animations, Adobe Express, Content Creation, Design Elements And Principles, Adobe Creative Cloud, Creative Design, Graphic and Visual Design, Graphic Design, Design, Digital Design, Design Software, Typography
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Computational Thinking, Animations, Computational Logic, Programming Principles, Computer Programming, Storytelling, Game Design, Scripting, Solution Design, Event-Driven Programming
Skills you'll gain: Animations, Video Editing, Motion Graphics, Adobe Creative Cloud, Timelines, Design Elements And Principles, Typography, File Management
Skills you'll gain: Video Game Development, Game Design, Animation and Game Design, 3D Assets, Computer Graphics, Visualization (Computer Graphics), User Interface (UI), Animations, Computer Graphic Techniques, UI Components, User Interface (UI) Design, Event-Driven Programming, Python Programming
Skills you'll gain: Animations, Motion Graphics, Editing, Animation and Game Design, Developing Training Materials, Content Creation, Video Editing, Video Production, Training and Development
Skills you'll gain: Adobe After Effects, Motion Graphics, Animations, Video Editing, Typography
Coursera
Skills you'll gain: Storyboarding, Canva (Software), Storytelling, Visual Storytelling, Marketing Design, Marketing Collateral, Content Creation, Presentations, Animations, Motion Graphics, Dashboard, Graphic Design, Marketing, User Accounts, Business
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular animation courses
- Master Motion Graphics in After Effects: Create & Animate: EDUCBA
- Data-Driven Animation for Science Communication: University of California, Santa Cruz
- Animation with JavaScript and jQuery: University of California, Davis
- The Complete Graphic Design Masterclass: Skillshare
- Create a Storyboard using Canva: Coursera
- Getting Started with Adobe Spark: Coursera
- Programming with Scratch: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Adobe After Effects for Beginners: Motion Design Essentials: Coursera
- Python Game Development: Design, Animate & Render: EDUCBA
- Create Training Videos with Powtoon: Coursera
