Escape Studios' Vimeo & Panopto Tutorial Libraries

The Escape Studios Tutorial Libraries (Vimeo and Panopto) are our main hubs for our animation and VFX video tutorials, making it easy for our students to find tutorials to support their classroom studies. 

Our tutorials cover Animation, 3D VFX,  Compositing, Rigging, Motion Graphics, Storyboarding & Character Design, Unreal Engine and Cinematography.  Many hundreds of tutorials can be found at our Vimeo and Panopto Libraries. 

Vimeo & Panopto Video Tutorial Libraries

Online learning forms one of the Five Pillars of "The Escape Method", which you can read about here.  Our goal is to provide online digital support to supplement classroom studies; video tutorials make it easy for students to catch up quickly and painlessly, both at Vimeo and also at also at Panopto.  

Password Protection

Panopto Video Library

Tutorials are available all our students at Escape Studios.  Below you can find album links to the video tutorials at Vimeo.  These are mostly password protected; if you don't have the password, ask your tutor, or send me an email at alex.williams@escapestudios.com

Free for Current Students and Recent Escapees
All our tutorials are free for our current students and recent Escapees (those who have taken a course with us within the last two years).

Tutorials by Subject
To find individual Vimeo Tutorials by Subject, follow the links below:

Character Animation Tutorials

Animation - 3D

• All Animation Tutorials (includes 2D and 3D Animation)
• Animation Beginner Tutorials
• Animation Tutorials - Locomotion & Mechanics
• Character Animation (Acting & Performance)
• Animal & Creature Animation
• Previs Animation, Cinematography, Camera & 3D Layout
• Rigging Tutorials with Michael Davies
• FX Animation in Maya (includes nCloth and Muscle Systems)
• Motion Capture Animation & How to Use Live Action Reference for Animation
• Maya Plugins & Tools (includes the Tween Machine and the Parent Master)
• Animating with Blend Shapes

2D Animation with Harmony

Animation - 2D

• 2D Animation with ToonBoom Harmony
• 2D Animation Webinar with James Baxter

Animation - Motion Graphics

• Motion Graphics Animation Tutorials

Storyboarding

• Storyboarding Tutorials

Character Design

• Character Design Tutorials

FX Animation (Houdini, Maya and After Effects)

Houdini Tutorials

• FX Animation in Houdini
• FX Animation in Maya (includes nCloth and Muscle Systems)
• FX Animation in After Effects

Maya Tutorials

VFX - Gen

• 3D VFX Tutorials (all tutorials)
• Rigging in Maya
• Matchmove (Camera Tracking) in 3D Equaliser
• Matchmove (Camera Tracking) in Nuke

3D Modeling Tutorials

VFX - Modeling

• 3D Modeling (Maya, Mudbox & ZBrush)
• 3D Modeling in ZBrush 
• 3D Modeling in Mudbox

Lighting & Rendering in Arnold

VFX - Materials, Lighting and Rendering

• Materials, Lighting and Rendering
• Texturing in Substance Painter
• Lighting and Shadows in Maya 
• Lighting & Rendering in the Arnold Renderer
• Real-Time Rendering with Unreal Engine
• 3D Stereo Rendering
• Escape Studios Qube Render Farm 

Learn Compositing in Nuke

2D VFX (Compositing)

• 2D VFX - Compositing in Nuke
• Camera Tracking (Matchmove) in Nuke
• Grow a Lawn Using Particles in Nuke

Adobe Creative Suite

• Editing Basics with Adobe Premiere

Unreal Engine

• Real-Time Rendering with Unreal Engine

Artificial Intelligence

• Using AI to Generate Ideas for Short Film Projects
• Using AI to Make Better Animation

Cameras & Cinematography

• Previs Animation, Cinematography, Camera & 3D Layout
• Camera Matching in fSpy with Federico Arculeo

Character & Creature Creation

• Video Tutorial Resources for Character & Creature Creation

Maya Basics

• Maya Basics with Michael Davies: A basic introduction to our Autodesk Maya 

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  Maya Basics with Michael Davies

  How to Use the Layer Editor in Maya with Alex Williams
• Maya Basics with Escape Studios at YouTube (Maya 2016). Free Maya Tutorials

Introduction to Maya

Maya basics by Michael Davies. 

This playlist offers a basic introduction to the Maya interface.
https://vimeo.com/album/5389397

Maya Basics by Escape Studios
A complete introduction to 3D basics in Maya in a series of 36 short videos, recorded at Escape Studios in Maya 2016, including modelling, lighting, animation and rendering.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLu7u7lQGdDyZnpwdedWEKBi9SvGTrQIOf

The Escape Studios Animation Blog offers a personal view on the art of animation and visual effects. To apply for one of our courses, follow this link.