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Graphics basics

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UC San Diego via edX · intermediate

Computer Graphics (UCSanDiegoX CSE167x)

University course from UC San Diego.

Free to start

University of Tokyo via Coursera · beginner

Interactive Computer Graphics

University of Tokyo course (not the Angel WebGL course; that was not found).

Free to start

Udacity · intermediate

Interactive 3D Graphics

WebGL and three.js fundamentals course; free status not confirmed from the page.

Free

UC Berkeley · intermediate

CS184/284A Computer Graphics and Imaging

Public university course site with lectures and assignments.

Free

Stanford · intermediate

CS148 Introduction to Computer Graphics and Imaging

Stanford intro graphics course materials.

Free

MIT OpenCourseWare · intermediate

MIT 6.837 Computer Graphics

MIT OCW course with lecture notes and assignments.

Free

University of Utah · intermediate

Introduction to Computer Graphics (Cem Yuksel)

Full Fall 2020 lecture recordings from Utah School of Computing.

Free

Cornell · intermediate

CS4620 Introduction to Computer Graphics

Course site taught by Abe Davis and Steve Marschner (Fall 2020 offering).

Free

Carnegie Mellon · intermediate

CMU 15-462 Computer Graphics

Live Fall 2026 course site.

Free

UC San Diego · intermediate

UCSD CSE167 Computer Graphics (Winter 2018)

Course page taught by Ben Ochoa.

Free

CU Boulder · intermediate

CSCI 5229 Computer Graphics

Syllabus page only, not a full online course.

Free

Columbia · intermediate

COMS 4160 Computer Graphics

University course site.

Free

UC Santa Barbara · intermediate

GAMES101 Intro to Computer Graphics (Lingqi Yan)

Page is in Chinese; English subtitles NOT confirmed.

Free

raytracing.github.io · beginner

Ray Tracing in One Weekend Series

Widely used free path tracer series.

Free

Scratchapixel · intermediate

Scratchapixel

Free graphics theory and implementation lessons.

Free

learnopengl.com · beginner

LearnOpenGL

Standard free modern OpenGL tutorial.

Free

Animation basics

7

Rendering theory

2

Houdini

6

Look dev and lighting

1

Motion graphics

1

YouTube creators

26 channels

blender · lighting

Gleb Alexandrov (Creative Shrimp)

Blender lighting, lookdev and composition

Watch

blender

Andrey Lebrov

Blender geometry nodes and procedural 3D

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houdini · motion-graphics

Entagma

Houdini and procedural motion graphics

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blender · compositing

Ian Hubert

Blender VFX and compositing workflows

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blender · animation-basics

Blender Studio

Blender open movie production

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rendering-theory

Two Minute Papers

Research paper summaries in graphics and AI

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real-time

Acerola

Real-time graphics and shader techniques

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real-time · graphics-basics

Sebastian Lague

Graphics and simulation coding experiments

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rendering-theory · real-time

Inigo Quilez

Shader maths and SDF techniques

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real-time · graphics-basics

Freya Holmer

Shader and graphics maths

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real-time

SimonDev

Real-time graphics programming

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graphics-basics · rendering-theory

Cem Yuksel

University of Utah graphics lectures

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rendering-theory

Disney Research Hub

Disney Research publication videos

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graphics-basics

ACM SIGGRAPH

Conference and community videos

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houdini

SideFX

Houdini tutorials (channel titled 'sideFX'; handle SideFX)

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real-time

Unreal Engine

Official Unreal Engine talks and tutorials

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real-time · rendering-theory

NVIDIA Developer

GPU and rendering technical talks

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lookdev · lighting

The Gnomon Workshop

Previews and free lessons from the Gnomon library

Watch

motion-graphics

School of Motion

Motion design education

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blender

Rohan Dalvi

Blender and CG tutorials (focus from channel title only, unreviewed)

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lookdev

Kevin Kopp

CG tutorials (focus unreviewed)

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lookdev

Jesse Burdick

CG tutorials (focus unreviewed)

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lookdev

Maxime Marcoux

CG tutorials (focus unreviewed)

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houdini

Wayne Dixon

CG tutorials (focus unreviewed)

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lookdev

Ben Marriott

CG tutorials (focus unreviewed)

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motion-graphics

Greyscalegorilla

Motion design and 3D tutorials

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