Since fxphd is so much more than what Mike and I are up to, we thought we’d start highlighting some of the classes which are coming out each week. If you’re like us, even though you might no be taking a specific course, it’s fun to hear about what is going on in them.

One of our most popular offerings this term has been our After Effects motion graphics course, taught by Tim Clapham of hypa.tv in the UK. This week, Clapham looks at getting the most out of multipass 3D renders in AE. His work for The Discovery Channel UK provides a great real world example of rendered elements in 3D space, including using camera data and lights to add Particular and Trapcode to enhance the result. If you haven’t checked out the preview classes for AFX222, you should…..you’ll see why people are loving the classes so much.