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
Status: Free TrialCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Skills you'll gain: Animation and Game Design, Game Design, Animations, Prototyping, Conceptual Design, Video Game Development, Storytelling, Software Design Documents, Ideation, Technical Communication, Design, Virtual Environment, Art History, Technical Design, Software Visualization, Design Strategies, Design Elements And Principles, Usability Testing, Creative Design, Visual Storytelling
Status: Free TrialSkillshare
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
Status: PreviewUniversity 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
Status: NewSkills you'll gain: Animations, 3D Modeling, 3D Assets, Graphical Tools, Computer Graphic Techniques, Computer Graphics
Status: NewStatus: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Adobe After Effects, Motion Graphics, Animations, Layout Design
Status: FreeSkills you'll gain: Animations, Motion Graphics, Editing, Animation and Game Design, Developing Training Materials, Content Creation, Video Editing, Video Production, Training and Development
Status: PreviewThe 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
Status: Free TrialSkills you'll gain: Adobe After Effects, Motion Graphics, Animations, Video Editing, Typography
Skills you'll gain: Animations, Video Editing, Motion Graphics, Adobe Creative Cloud, Timelines, Design Elements And Principles, Typography, File Management
Status: FreeCoursera
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
Status: Free TrialSkills 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
Status: PreviewSkills you'll gain: 3D Assets, 3D Modeling, Computer Graphics, Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk, Animation and Game Design, Computer Graphic Techniques, Data Import/Export
In summary, here are 10 of our most popular animation courses
- Game Design: Art and Concepts: California Institute of the Arts
- The Complete Graphic Design Masterclass: Skillshare
- Data-Driven Animation for Science Communication: University of California, Santa Cruz
- The Ultimate Guide to Blender 3D Rigging and Animation: Packt
- Master Motion Graphics in After Effects: Create & Animate: EDUCBA
- Create Training Videos with Powtoon: Coursera
- Programming with Scratch: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Learn Non-Scary Adobe After Effects: Parenting & Tracking: Skillshare
- Adobe After Effects for Beginners: Motion Design Essentials: Coursera
- Getting Started with Adobe Spark: Coursera
