Transform your ideas into 3D-rendered scenes with our beginner 3D visualization course. With technical and creative training from industry experts, learn 3ds Max software essentials, including hotkeys, along with 3D modeling, lighting, shading, and rendering fundamentals.
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CG Spectrum brings you a job-focused study pathway to ensure you are well-positioned to enter the diverse field of 3D visualization—including architecture visualization, product visualization, industrial visualization, film, and games.
Expect training with personalized feedback and mentorship from professionals with years of industry experience. After completing this beginner's course, continue along the study pathway with the more in-depth Foundations of 3D Visualization Course.
Certificate
3 months
20 hrs weekly
Beginner
Basic computer skills
Weekly online classes, feedback and support
3ds Max, V-Ray
Jul 10, 2023
Our mentors have the right knowledge, experience, and talent to help guide you toward an enriching career in 3D visualization including archviz, product visualization, industrial visualization, and film and games. Build the skills studios are seeking.
Plan your studies around your work and family commitments
Learn from industry experts who have worked at top studios
Build practical and relevant job skills that studios are looking for
Pursue your passion and start working sooner with flexible payments
In this introductory course, you'll learn the fundamentals of industry software 3ds Max and V-Ray, building 3D modeling and 3D rendering skills. You'll get to model, texture, and light digital kitchen items, blocking them out in a 3D virtual scene using physical cameras, and adjusting focal lengths to achieve better results.
Note: This short course is also the first term of our more comprehensive course, Foundations of 3D Visualization, so you’ll be one-third of the way through if you choose to continue your studies.
Our mentors have years of 3D visualization industry experience across archviz, product visualization, games, and digital fashion, and have worked for clients including Epic Games, Audi, Nespresso, and ICONIQ.
Mentor of Visualization
Known for Founder of Chaos Theory
Mentor of Visualization
Known for Architectural Visualization
Mentor of Visualization
Known for Product Visualization
Mentor of Visualization
Known for Architectural Visualization
Mentor of Visualization
Known for Digital Fashion
The most affordable way to learn from top industry mentors in a fun, collaborative environment, while still getting plenty of personalized feedback.
Progress faster and enjoy more flexiblity with private mentorship. Ideal for busy schedules, career-changers, or artists upgrading skills or changing specialties.
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Any student enrolling in this course will need to have basic computer literacy (i.e. knows how to use a computer and operate everyday applications such as email, Zoom, and Slack).
This short course is the same as the first term of our more comprehensive course, Foundations of 3D Visualization, so you’ll be one-third of the way through if you choose to continue your studies.
You will also need a computer that meets the minimum specifications—see the next question for more information.
Software:
An educational license will be provided for 3ds Max and V-Ray.
Hardware:
Students will need a dedicated graphics card and a computer that meets the minimum requirements for Autodesk 3ds Max and Chaos V-Ray.
The software and skills you will be learning in this course do not require a background in architecture.
What we teach you can definitely be applied to architecture, if you desire, and can help you work towards a career in architectural visualization (archviz), if that is your goal.
If you choose the 1-on-1 private mentorship option, then yes, you can decide to skip and adjust the pacing with your mentor.
Yes! 3D modeling is a significant part of 3D visualization, and we welcome modelers to our course.
If you have previous 3D modeling experience, you may not need to take the Introduction to Visualization Course and could enroll straight in term 2 of the Foundations of 3D Visualization Course. However, the intro course may still be beneficial if you are unfamiliar with the software we teach (3ds Max and V-Ray).
Term 2 is currently not available to start in July; you will have to wait until later in the year (please reach out to our admissions team for more details).
This short course will get you started on your journey as a 3D visualization artist, but in a competitive industry, continuing your studies with terms 2 and 3 of the more comprehensive Foundations of 3D Visualization Course will better prepare you for a job and help increase your employment opportunities.
The Foundations course covers more complex techniques and includes personalized career services and 1-on-1 time with our Career Development Manager which can help when applying for junior positions in architectural visualization, production visualization, and other roles across a range of industries.
Discover more about the different roles in visualization, including software and salary expectations on our careers page:
With a focus on portfolio preparation, we help students build their competitive edge with high quality work that gets noticed.
I left every session feeling inspired.
Having studied on my own before CG Spectrum, I realized that there are a lot of things you just can’t get from Google. My mentor was very generous in sharing his own experience and lessons learned along the way. I was able to gather so much knowledge on light theory, post-production workflows, tips to add realism to a scene, and more.
The flexibility and online approach really worked for me.
Having a mentor that works in the industry facilitated both guidance and support in the weekly submissions. Their critiques guided my skill set and put me in front of the competition by helping me learn to troubleshoot from my mistakes.
From the get-go, you’re thrown into hands-on projects that have you itching to learn more.
This doesn’t feel like online studying. The mentors are always there to help and the live chats and forum help you get to know your fellow students who are also more than willing to give insightful feedback. Every step of the way you’re growing into a wonderful community.
I enrolled looking for a career change...
I didn't have any knowledge about digital arts. Now I can accomplish my dream of creating cinematics within fantasy worlds to tell stories or apply any artistic idea and make it happen with all the new tools under my belt. If you have passion, and need time flexibility, consider joining the amazing community and start your new journey exploring, exchanging, sharing and, most importantly, learning.
I learned more in 9 months than other students do in 2 years.
The level of education I have received is unlike any other school I've come across. What separates CG Spectrum from other schools is that the mentors are not only talented professionals in their own right, but they also care about your success as an artist both in school and after you graduate. CG Spectrum is incredible, I cannot recommend it enough.
CG Spectrum is my ideal way of learning.
With mentors active in the industry keeping you on track with industry proven skills and workflows, you know you're not wasting your time. You get what you put into this course and there isn't such thing as being too keen. I couldn't be happier with the progress and skills I've gained since starting.