Lost Boys
School of Visual Effects

Lost Boys | School of Visual Effects is an Accredited School offering training in VFX pre-production and shooting, 3D for VFX with Autodesk’s MAYA and VFX compositing using The Foundry’s NUKE, led by award-winning mentor/VFX Supervisor Mark Bénard. We are located in a culturally rich and diverse community in one of the most naturally beautiful places in the world, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Vancouver, Canada

Online VFX Postproduction School

Online VFX is a Learning Center for the visual effects for film, advertising and gaming industries. Online VFX offers training in specialties 3D Artist, Destruction Artist, Technical Director. Training covers basic Houdini knowledge and advanced VFX skills.

Moscow, Russia

CICE
La Escuela Profesional de Nuevas Tecnologías

CICE, La Escuela Profesional de Nuevas Tecnologías, is an accredited school offering education programs in VFX, 3D, compositing, NLE and Sound, authorized by most leading software companies from around the world. They are located in Madrid, Spain - one of the most important European cities in terms of production, quality and innovation.

Madrid, Spain

CG Spectrum

CG Spectrum is an online school offering industry-driven programs with personalized training from instructors who have worked on some of the biggest and most impressive films. In their 1 year certificate program, Houdini FX, you can learn the fundamentals of 3D as they apply to the creation of stunning effects for feature film.

Online

Digital Media Arts College

Digital Media Arts College (DMAC) is designed to energize your creativity and refine your artistic skills as it readies you for a career in the ever-changing design industry. DMAC offers specialized Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Computer Animation, Graphic Design, and Advertising Design as well as Master of Fine Arts degrees in Visual Effects Animation and Web Design.

Boca Raton, Florida

VFXlab

VFXlab is a specialized school for visual effects located in Seoul, Korea, and one of the first schools in Korea providing a Houdini FX course. VFXlab offers a 9 month intensive course led by industry professionals. Training covers basic computer graphics knowledge to advanced Houdini FX skills.

Seoul, Korea

CG Masters Academy

Located in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, CG Masters Academy offers current, affordable, effective training by current industry professionals for today’s film, broadcast and gaming industries. The first priority is to see graduates possess the skills, knowledge and experience for a realistic opportunity at industry employment.

Greater Vancouver,
British Columbia

AulaTematica

AulaTematica Digital Training Center is an FX & Animation school that has resided in Spain since 1994. They are a pioneer in the spanish market, developing 3D & FX culture. AulaTematica trains students from all continents, especially from Europe and LatinAmerica and have training programs involving Video Game Production, 3D Productions, 3D Architecture, Post-Production and Animation.

Spain

Nanyang Polytechnic

The SIDM (School of Interactive and Digital Media) is one of 7 schools in Nanyang Polytechnic Singapore. They offer 6 full-time diploma courses in various digital media specializations. Students from the Diploma in Digital Visual Effects and the Diploma in Digital Entertainment Technology (Technical Direction Track) learn Houdini throughout the 3-year course and use it for their projects. They have been enjoying the Houdini's procedural workflow and have learnt to use it alongside other software in the visual effects pipeline.

Singapore

Academy of Art University

The Academy of Art University was established in San Francisco in 1929. The University prepares aspiring artists and designers for careers in the fields of art and design by delivering excellent undergraduate and professional degree and certificate programs.

San Francisco, CA

Academy of Entertainment
and Technology

The Academy of Entertainment and Technology, a satellite campus of Santa Monica College, offers courses in Animation, Game Development, Post-Production and Visual Effects. Day and evening courses available.

Santa Monica, CA

Drexel University

Digital Media at Drexel University is where students seeking to learn the skills of animation, 3D modeling, web design, gaming and interactive media come together to realize their dreams in the context of a major research university.

Philadelphia, PA

Filmakademie

Houdini is important at the Filmakademie. The Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction focuses in animated shorts, visual effects, realtime animation and concepts and designs for animated formats as well as the training of technical directors.

Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Fxphd.com

FXphd is an online school focusing on real world FX production techniques. Each course at Fxphd is run by a practicing vfx or editing professional. Fxphd offers a course in Houdini Production Techniques: The topic is debris: a staple of fx work. The course covers traditional and procedural modeling techniques, instancing, shading, rendering and compositing. More Houdini courses are coming online soon.

Victoria, Australia

Gnomon School of Visual Effects

Gnomon School of Visual Effects teaches Houdini's powerful step-by-step procedural approach to achieving a faster production workflow.

Hollywood, CA

St. Clair College

St. Clair College offers a 3 year traditional and computer animation diploma which uses Houdini in the 3rd year to teach procedural animation skills as well as different approaches to problem solving. An intensive 1 year certificate program focusing on Houdini and Effects will be offered soon.

Windsor, ON

SVA Computer Art

The School of Visual Arts is the premier college for the visual arts in New York. The BFA Computer Art department offers comprehensive instruction in computer animation, motion graphics, compositing and visual effects. SideFX Houdini is an elective offered in the SVA undergraduate program.

New York, NY

Vancouver Institute of
Media Arts

VanArts offers a one year industry-driven diploma program in Visual Effects for Film, TV & Games. We are pleased to include SideFX Houdini within our comprehensive curriculum.

Vancouver, Canada

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