Explore over 50 core design concepts, from the 80/20 rule to storytelling, all based on Will Lidwell's landmark design books, Universal Principles of Design.

Although it was developed in the 1970s, Unix remains an essential skill for anyone working in technology today, and serves as the backbone of many modern technologies like smartphones, streaming services, and supercomputers. In Unix Essential Training, Kevin Skoglund teaches Unix from the ground up, starting with the basics of the command line and the most important Unix commands. Regardless of whether you’re using Mac OS, Windows, or Linux, Kevin helps you unlock the powerful capabilities of Unix by walking you through how to use command-line syntax to perform common tasks such as file management, data entry, and text manipulation. By the end of the course, you’ll have tools that you can immediately apply to your own work.

Discover tried-and-true techniques for unlocking creativity from yourself and your teams. Apply creativity to work challenges and identify opportunities for growth and innovation.

What does it take to be a great communicator, particularly in a global and culturally-diverse modern workplace? The answer is, largely, authenticity. In this course, Jonathan Wilson teaches key principles of authentic communication, real-world tips for practicing authentic communication, and how to develop cultural awareness so you can build relationships, support colleagues from underrepresented groups, and be a more effective professional. Jonathan explores what it means to be authentic in a way that celebrates who you are, resonates with others, highlights the importance of cultural differences, and energizes those around you. It may take a while and some work to attain competence and expertise in these areas, but if you’re looking to be someone who can connect with anybody with ease, navigate tricky conversations, and learn what matters to people, join Jonathan in this course.

Unleash creativity in the workplace. Learn how to solve any problem and make the best decisions by shifting your creative mindset.

The world is full of opportunity, but sometimes we get in our own way. Do you find yourself falling into ruts or engaging in unhelpful thinking patterns that keep you from your goals? If so, then this course can help. Join instructor Hallie Avolio as she shares strategies for unlocking your success and creating the life you've always wanted.

Hallie explains how to find your "why," determine your core values, and combine the written word and visualization to reach your goals sooner. She provides tools for dealing with mistakes and setbacks without getting derailed, and explains how to turn your core values into personal affirmations, along with other language-based techniques. Plus, learn how to calm your mind, establish habits that lead to confidence and success, and gravitate towards the right people and jobs. Unlocking your potential starts with you. After completing this course, you'll be prepared to do the work, dive in, and start to make change happen.

This course was created by Madecraft. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Speed up your workflow by leveraging the real-time processing power of Unreal Engine 4. Find out how to take static and animated geometry from Maya and C4D and render it in Unreal.

Quickly create photorealistic architectural scenes using Quixel Megascans, a library of scanned assets and powerful tools that you can use for free with Unreal Engine.

Architectural visualization renderings allow designers to create amazingly detailed virtual building models, and make the designer-client interaction much easier than in the days of hand-drawn designs. As technology catches up with imagination, it’s now possible to generate extremely detailed interactive architectural visualizations, creating a more engaging experience than just watching a video or flicking through still image renders. In this course, Joel Bradley walks you through the creation of four key types of interactions that will give arch viz artists a wide range of options on their next project. Through the creation of interactive items like computer monitors, swinging doors, and functioning light switches, Joel illustrates how adding interactive behaviors can give a client presentation a sense of immersion that helps the project move smoothly through the design phase.

Learn material, lighting, and optimization techniques that can help you efficiently build compelling experiences with Unreal Engine.

Unreal Engine is a real-time 3D game engine often used to create immersive virtual worlds and interactive experiences. This course highlights techniques you can use to build landscapes and terrains, as well as the concepts underpinning terrain objects. Instructor Joel Bradley explains how landscapes can aid our visualization, then dives into ways you can set up the terrain transformations and understand sections and components as they relate to architectural visualizations. Joel goes over Twinmotion and how to use it, as well as recommendations for a new far-distance terrain. He shows you how to use Landscape Edit Layers, import terrain height data, and use the Sculpt tool. Joel steps you through paint layers, map tiling, and enhancing your visualization with landscape materials, then concludes by pointing you toward some helpful next steps.

Starting a new project in Unreal can be an intimidating process. There are a lot of settings that need to be just right for your scene to work correctly and look great. What if you didn't have to start from scratch each time? In this course, instructor Brian Bradley shows you how to create project templates that will make your workflow much more manageable and get you into creating faster. After explaining the benefits of setting up the templates you will need before you start new projects, Brian meticulously steps you through creating an Arch Viz template, including basic master materials that you can use to populate a visualization scene quickly and easily. Plus, he covers in detail the steps in creating a Product Viz template.

Note: This course was created by Brian Bradley. We are pleased to host this training in our library.

Learn how to use Lightmass Global Illumination to light architectural visualization projects in Unreal.

Build your Unreal Engine skills in your spare time. Tune in each week for expert tips and techniques on everything from lighting to interactivity.

Learn how to create and optimize materials for architectural visualization in Unreal Engine. Explore the benefits and drawbacks of some of the most popular visualization workflows.

Discover helpful methods and ways to use UE4. Explore asset design, preparation, and transfer. Learn about blend shapes, rigs, rendering, using FBX and Alembic files, and more.

By mastering the post processing effects in Unreal, artists can have total control over the look and feel of their final scene. In this course, join instructor Joel Bradley as he goes over the essential tools and techniques you need to take your finished scene to the next level of realism. Learn how to add imperfections to the camera to better mimic how real-world cameras react. Discover how to correctly add lens effects, adjust their intensity, and tint the lens flares for greater artistic control. Learn how to use global controls and lookup tables to adjust color and lighting inside a space. Plus, learn how to create a post process material, add animated post process effects to enhance your production, and more.

Learn how to make and manipulate product visualizations using Unreal Engine. Learn about importing geometry, adjusting light settings, creating materials, and building cinematics.

Unreal isn’t just for games. Learn the essential skills you need to build engaging and interactive user experiences of all kinds with Unreal Engine 4.

Learn to use Unreal Engine Blueprints to add camera shake and sway to first-person games and build a more immersive player experience.