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MrPositive
03-28-2009, 05:56 PM
Online courses and training: Please PM me any suggestions and after review, I will add them to this ever expanding list.

Animation Mentor
http://www.animationmentor.com/
1 on 1 Mentor help: Yes: live chat/email/blogging, etc.
Approximate course/training cost:
18 month program ~ $17,425
Gallery: http://www.animationmentor.com/
CG instruction:
Specialized Character Animation

Cgtalk CGSociety Workshops
http://workshops.cgsociety.org/
1 on 1 Mentor help: Yes, forums, chat, etc.
Approximate course length/ training cost:
8 week program courses~ $500
D’artiste, Expose, Exotique books and videos ~$40-$70
CG instruction:
Specialized courses in VFX, texturing, character modeling, rigging, etc. (realism and stylism)

CG Academy
https://www.cg-academy.net/es_catalog/index.php
1 on 1 Mentor help: No
Approximate course/video training cost:
Free to ~$75 per video tutorial
CG instruction:
General Studio Max

Digital Tutors
http://www.digitaltutors.com/digital_tutors/index.php
1 on 1 Mentor help: No
Approximate course/video training cost:
Free to ~$75 per video tutorial
CG instruction:
General CG

FXPHD
www.fxphd.com
Approximate course/video training cost:
Membership costs a flat fee of US$330 for the 12-week term
CG Instruction: Maya, After Effects, Cinema 4D, etc.

Gnomon Online
http://www.gnomononline.com/pages/classes.php
1 on 1 Mentor help: Yes: live chat/email
Approximate course length/training cost:
1-10 week class ~ $1675
1-5 week class ~ $875
Gallery: http://www.gnomononline.com/pages/gallery/student.php
CG instruction:
General CG with heavy focus on character modeling, envionrments, realism, etc.

Gnomonology
http://gnomonology.com/
1 on 1 Mentor help: No
Approximate course/video training cost:
Free to ~$50 per video tutorial
CG instruction:
General CG

Escape Studios
http://www.escapestudios.com/en_GB/training/online-courses.html
1 on 1 Mentor help: Yes: live chat/email
Approximate course/video training cost:
1 video training ~ $299 - $399
Full Set ~ $1800-$10,000
Gallery: http://www.escapestudios.com/en_GB/training/showreels.html
CG instruction:
General CG with heavy focuses in realism

I3D Tutorials
http://www.i3dtutorials.com/
1 on 1 Mentor help: No
Approximate course/video training cost:
Free to ~$60 per video tutorial
CG instruction:
Lighting and Shading

MentalBoutMax:
www.mentalboutmax.com (http://www.mentalboutmax.com/)
1 on 1 Mentor help: Can be Arranged.
Approximate course/video training cost:
Free to ~$18 per video tutorial
CG instruction:
3Ds Max - Mental Ray - Vray - Brazil

Polywood Studios
www.polywoodstudios.com (http://www.polywoodstudios.com/)
Online Maya character animation video training
£250 -£500 for 12 months access
CG Instruction: Character Animation Production Specialists

Schoolism
https://www.schoolism.com (https://www.schoolism.com%20%20)
1 on 1 mentor help: Yes and No. You can choose the mentor price or self taught price. Mentoring includes email and videos critiques of your work
~ $1000 for Mentoring and $500 for self taught.
Instruction: Digital 2D painting, storyboarding

Simply Maya
http://www.simplymaya.com/
1 on 1 Mentor help: No
Approximate course/video training cost:
~ $50 per video tutorial
CG instruction:
General CG

TD College
http://www.td-college.com
1 on 1 Mentor help: Yes, webcam, chat
-$1200 for a 6 week course
CG Instruction: Houdini, Character rigging, texture painting

3DTotal
www.3dtotal.com (http://www.3dtotal.com)
1 on 1 Mentor help: No
Approximate course/video training cost:
Ebooks/video training around $15 to $60
CG instruction:
General CG

3DTraining.com
http://www.3dtraining.com/asp/programs.aspx
1 on 1 Mentor help: N/A
Approximate course/video training cost:
$950 to $3700 for 4 or 12 weeks
Gallery: http://www.3dtraining.com/asp/gallery.aspx
Tiger-Jaws
03-29-2009, 12:40 PM
Rocks rOcks

thanks man
DanielWray
04-08-2009, 04:54 PM
I have a suggestion, however i'm not quite sure if it'll be allowed on the list.

http://blenducation.org/

It offer's training courses (short classes) in 3D modeling, animation, lighting etc in blender.

It's been around for 2 years now, but only recently has it started to attract alot of students, it offer's live classes with students.

It's the only place that offer's this for blender.
KTeitsort
04-21-2009, 04:33 AM
...and that perfectly answers the question I asked today in class,
very helpful.
Thank you!
Karen:)
XAMP
04-21-2009, 07:25 PM
www.animationhive.com this animation school will be in english... in a few months... rightnow is only in spanish :(
J-Bradley
05-04-2009, 01:05 PM
Hi All,

One to add:

MentalBoutMax:
www.mentalboutmax.com (http://www.mentalboutmax.com)
1 on 1 Mentor help: Can be Arranged.
Approximate course/video training cost:
Free to ~$18 per video tutorial
CG instruction:
3Ds Max - Mental Ray - Vray - Brazil


regards
J
wohlstadter
05-11-2009, 04:06 AM
sweet list...I didn't know some of these..

Thanks man!
arquebus
05-11-2009, 04:53 AM
www.vtc.com is a good one, it has video courses on a lot of the more obscure apps like anime studio, carrera, amapi, many more
disanski
05-27-2009, 07:03 PM
thank you very much for this very helpful
tleisher
06-10-2009, 10:54 PM
No FXPHD.com on the list?
whalerider
09-06-2009, 05:11 PM
Just a heads up at fxphd.com you get 10 lectures per class per term (not 12). There is a "break" week in the middle of each term.

Each term they repeat some core courses and add a bunch of new ones.
There's VPN access to several apps, including Renderman (as of this term).
For some courses you can take an exam at the end of the term - see the ones with label 'exam available' in the course listing page - http://www.fxphd.com/courseInfo.php
Courses that will be repeated in Oct'09 term - http://www.fxphd.com/course-grid.pdf
FAQ - http://www.fxphd.com/article20.html

ps: i don't work for them.
whalerider
09-06-2009, 05:16 PM
there is also 3dbuzz.com - videos, on-going courses.
lots of Max, Maya, Houdini videos. Python as well.
whalerider
09-06-2009, 05:19 PM
cmivfx.com - streaming videos at large resolution. mostly compositing and 3D (Cinema 4D and Houdini).
They have some pretty advanced Houdini videos like the ones on L-Systems and VEX.
ThomasTheToolman
09-30-2009, 12:07 AM
Here my friends, I have got something for your brain:

http://www.desktopimages.com
http://www.lynda.com
http://eat3d.com
http://www.doverstudios.com
http://simplymax.com
http://www.totaltraining.com
http://www.videocopilot.net
http://www.geekatplay.com
http://www.asilefx.net
http://www.3d-palace.com
http://www.3d-palace.com/


Have fun.



TTT