“I really enjoyed the experience because previously, as a student, I didn’t have the opportunity to work on a professional project. It was really nice, and I managed to learn a lot from other people. I particularly enjoyed working in a team.”

“I always have a brilliant time at CGA, and it’s because of the whole experience – the venue, the programme, and the way that CGA’s team looks after their guests. It is always fun, and I have met a lot of really good people from other countries thanks to CGA – probably more than any other conference I have attended.”

My experience with CGAcademy is great. This was my first public lecture, and the team that organized the event was there to provide full support and make sure everything went smoothly.

The course was substantial, very well conceived. The classes were amazing and contained enough theoretical background that helps you understand this subject fully. Our lecturers were Bogdan and Zoran, and they really made an effort to share everything with us. I’d like to point out that the lecturers are the biggest advantage of this course. They were just so engaged in our learning process by helping us even outside the classroom with everything we needed to master the basics of compositing. What I appreciate the most is when I see that the lecturers care so much about students and their learning journey. That was also motivating me to learn everything I could thanks to their exceptional experience gained through working in this software. I would recommend this course to anyone who enjoys films and TV shows, especially if they want to go into post-production and VFX magic.

I’ve always considered myself open minded right until I attended VFX Essentials course. The amazing lecturers I met really burst my “designer bubble” and helped me not only to learn essentials of 3D workflow but also change my approach to solving problems and observing the same thing from various angles. I’m grateful to Crater for this experience and all the knowledge I got. I would recommend this course to every creative soul out there.

I would like to thank everyone at Crater for giving me this unique opportunity. I have always wanted to enter the animation world (especially 3D), but I also thought that would never be possible locally, at least not at such a highly professional level. Nevertheless, I decided to sign up for the Character Animation course. I didn’t have high expectations especially because we were the first generation of students for this particular course. I was wrong! I am so pleased with the results, especially because my animation skills improved so much and the course really opened up possibilities for further specialization. Our lecturers Snežana Ćubrilović and Sofija Leškov were beyond amazing, as well as Aleksa Gajić and his lecture on traditional animation. They all were very patient and clear while answering every question I had. That helped me so much to get my work on a higher level.

I’m really content with the course and what I learned in Maya. I improved my skills so much. The lecturers were amazing and very devoted to the work. This course will help everyone who wants to start doing 3D modelling and make first steps towards the VFX industry.

I just want to thank everyone at Crater School for the amazing time and acquired knowledge. Our lecturer Marina Vasić was beyond amazing and I’m grateful for her patience in helping us with such a complex area of studies. Occasional theory tests were a great idea because that really helped us get the insight into our strong and weak points.

The course was wonderful and the lecturer phenomenal. It requires maximum and constant effort, but the results are amazing. A whole new magical world!

I was blown away with the Environment Design and Matte Painting course. I started dreaming of the trees and our whole class, together with the lecturer Dejan Vukadinović, as we walked through the environment. This course was very interesting and useful in every way. I come with a lot of visual communication background as I have 11 years of education in visual arts. But this course has opened a completely new world of 2D art. Apart from providing me with the basic knowledge for getting started in environment design, it really opened a whole new field of opportunities for me to connect my art with digital arts. I think this is just something that was bound to happen sooner or later – connecting traditional knowledge with contemporary digital techniques.

I have always been interested in studying light, but no art school or college in Serbia offers serious education in digital lighting. The only way for me to enter this work field was through Crater School’s course Digital Lighting. The fantastic team of lecturers Ivan Vasiljević and Ognjen Vuković will guide you through the processes of using all types of real-life lighting, shaders for defining materials and getting the project ready for rendering. Everything else after the technical stuff you learn is up to you and your own gut.

As a huge fan of Star Trek at the age of 7, I always wondered how Data and Pikar just disappeared in thin air and I found out that it was a movie effect. I can say that my childhood dream came true – I solved the mystery of Data’s disappearance. All thanks to Crater Studio and Crater Training Center.
When I found out that they offer special effects courses, I started saving money for it. It was an excellent experience. I got the opportunity to see how one of the best VFX studios in our region works. This really helped me with the other areas of my work, such as illustrations, and it widened my horizons and knowledge of post-production. I learned a lot of things I was interested in. Our lecturer Bogdan was extraordinary and he would always answer all my questions very patiently, keeping in mind that as a user of After Effects it wasn’t easy for me to shift to node based software such as Nuke so easily.
I have only words of praise for Crater VFX Training Center.