Motion Design SchoolReviews of motiondesign.school

It's a great tool, full of options that accelerate my workflow. But I still can't use the 'Crop comp' due to some unknown error and no response from support was send yet. :)

Flashboards really speeds up the workflow. It would be great if it also could support a multi computer cloud workproces. I am working with google drive locally on three computers synching trough the cloud. Because the library folder is stored in the application preference directories of each separate computer, i have to export and import boards to continue on my projects.

The content is very good and I appreciate the effort put into it. However, I ran into challenges with the first video on creating the disco ball character. The plug-in shown by the instructor does not match what I see in my version of Blender. I am using Blender 4.2 as suggested, but the plug-in has different options that do not line up with the instructor’s steps. Because of this, I have to search on Google for each step to keep up. This makes the tutorial more frustrating than it should have been. Tutorials are meant to be fun and exciting to follow, but the plug-in issues made it harder to enjoy the learning process. I hope that in the future this course can be updated so that students using newer versions of Blender have an easier time following along. Some other companies have redone tutorials for newer versions and I think this course would benefit from that as well. Overall, it is a strong course and I am learning a lot. With updates, it could be an excellent experience for even more students.

I have really been enjoying the Animated Typfaces with Animography. The tutorials have been very straightforward and in-depth, which also allow for a student to create their own version of the homework during the course. The experience the instructor has and the wealth of resources offered is great and I feel I have learned a lot already. One of the downsides to this course, I felt, was the lack of preparation for the amount of plugins recommended by the instructor. For example, FontManager may have a free version but it does not allow the user to use certain features. I feel the course should state to expect to purchase these extra plugins as they do feel necessary for the course. During the course, certain links seem to be broken or no longer exist as well which I felt important to point out. Otherwise, it's been an enjoyable experience.

Went from 0 to 100 through their courses and am still learning! They got courses are for every level. My favorite was motion beast. Really learned the most important techniques and tools.

There are so many wonderful, insightful, and (compared to its competition) affordable courses on Motion Design School! I have learned so much from courses by Ben Marriot, Emanuele Colombo, Elias Velho, and Pasha Ho! I'm currently enrolled in 3D Motion Beast and its teaching me techniques that other online schools just don't have yet. Can't wait to make a new reel when I'm done. I also really appreciate the fact MDS offers free trails of courses, so you can test if they are right for you. And now for the caveats: some courses are a little too reliant on plug-ins that MDS created. The knowledge isn't that useful in situations where you don't have the plug in. I've also seen a lot of pro web 3.0 stuff across different ads and classes, which I just don't support. Hopefully they pivot away form this. This would be a 5 star review otherwise!

Everything is great, except that you can't download the videos. I've had tutorials I've paid for vanish before, so I'm taking a star away on principle. Otherwise, everything's fine. :)

Course is great so far! I'm in LS03. I know it is advanced and it does feel like it - which is great! I wouldn't change the content at all I would just love for the instructor to go like 10% slower sometimes. Love everything tho!