Course overview
Studios and brands now want creative people who can use AI well and still have strong craft skills. This diploma builds both. You learn graphic design, video editing, animation and 3D in professional software, use AI to work faster at every stage, and graduate with a portfolio, a showreel and studio experience.
What you will learn
- Term 1: Design and AI foundations (3 months): Design principles, Photoshop, Illustrator and Canva; prompting with ChatGPT; image generation with Midjourney and Adobe Firefly.
- Term 2: Video and AI filmmaking (3 months): Premiere Pro, After Effects and DaVinci Resolve; AI video generation, voice and music; short films and reels.
- Term 3: Animation and 3D with AI (3 months): 2D animation in Adobe Animate, 3D in Blender, AI concept art, image-to-3D and AI textures.
- Term 4: Specialisation and portfolio (3 months): Choose design, video or 3D; work on studio projects in the Pepper Animation Studio; build your portfolio and showreel.
- Throughout: professional practice: Client briefs, AI ethics and rights, presenting work, freelancing basics and interview preparation.
Tools you will use
Photoshop · Illustrator · Canva · ChatGPT · Midjourney · Adobe Firefly · Runway · ElevenLabs · Premiere Pro · After Effects · DaVinci Resolve (free) · Adobe Animate · Blender (free)
We teach the tools studios and agencies use and that are quickest to learn, mainly Adobe Creative Cloud and leading AI services, and point out free alternatives where they are just as good. The tool mix changes as the technology moves on.
Your portfolio project
A complete portfolio: a brand campaign, an AI short film, an animated short and a 3D product render, presented with a showreel.
Career opportunities
- AI content producer
- Graphic designer
- Video editor
- Motion and 2D animator
- 3D visualiser
- Creative at an agency, studio or brand
- Freelancer
Who should join
Students after Class 12, graduates and career changers who want a full creative career with AI skills. No minimum qualification is required.
Every student learns to use AI responsibly: copyright and licences, consent for faces and voices, and when to disclose AI use.
