We’re using a university metaphor for fxphd to help you understand our class structure. Consider going to university — you start out your first year in 100 level courses and then work your way up to 300 and 400 level courses by your fourth year. It’s the same at fxphd, but you don’t have to start with the 100 level if you feel your skills are up to it. If you are a more experienced artist, you can jump in at the 200 or 300 level. The bottom line is that the 100, 200 and 300 numbers give you some guidance as to the content level of the courses.

We offer introductory 100 level courses for many applications. These get you going and allow you to learn an application fully — we assume a basic knowledge level of the application and that you have been through the manual. Maybe you are flame artist wanting to check out toxik, or a shake artist wanting to learn some 3D, or an editor who wants to learn advanced Final Cut Pro, but also get into keying and compositing.

After you’ve completed the 100 level courses — or if you have been using the software and have a base understanding of its concepts and feel you don’t need to take the 100 level courses — you move up to the 200 level intermediate courses. These dive into the more complex details of the software and approach learning the application from a project-based level.

You then move up to the 300 level courses which are our advanced courses.