Do you want to upskill or learn something new this year? We’ve got you covered with a round-up of the best Envato Tuts+ courses to help boost your skills to the next level! 

Get to grips with graphic design or find out how to market your business – whatever area you decide to focus on, you’ll find everything you need on Envato Tuts+ and the best part is, it’s totally free! 

So, if you’re looking to supercharge your skillset then unleash your creative potential and kickstart your learning journey now!

Design Courses

Ever wanted to master the art of photoshop? Well, now you can as this Photoshop course on Envato Tuts+ is perfect for beginners. It’ll teach you all the essential Photoshop tools and techniques, starting from scratch and building to more advanced skills. Learn to use layers, work with color and adjustment layers, retouch and manipulate images, and heaps more. To find out more, check out the course run down here.

Learn about the principles of design and their importance. This set of visual tools can help you create an organized structure to deliver a clear message. These principles are also applied in art and different design sub-disciplines. Along with definitions, this course will show you a few examples of the principles of design that will help you better understand their meaning. 

Looking to up your Adobe Illustrator game? Then check out this Advanced Adobe Illustrator tutorial. You’re sure to learn something new, whether that be alternative ways of using Illustrator’s 3D features, working with custom lettering, or other pro tips like isolating rounded corners, using compound paths, and upping your gradient game with colour swatches.

Illustration

Learn how to use Adobe Illustrator in this free course. Start by mastering the Illustrator basics, and then learn to create effects, patterns, and more. You don’t need any previous knowledge of the software, and you don’t need design or illustration skills. By the end of this course, you’ll know how to draw in Adobe Illustrator, how to make a pattern in Illustrator, and so much more.

Video Courses

Learn everything you need to know to edit videos in DaVinci Resolve. You’ll discover how to set up your project, import your footage, edit the best takes, add graphics, logos, and text, and more. 

“If you’ve never touched video editing software before, this is the course for you. Stick with me, and I’ll show you from start to finish all the processes that you need to know.”— Tom Graham, Video Producer and Presenter, Tuts+.

Are you a beginner or intermediate colorist looking to up your skill level? Get stuck into color correction and color grading with DaVinci Resolve right away! This in-depth course explains everything you need to know about the color page in DaVinci Resolve. You’ll learn the layout of DaVinci Resolve, how to set up your project using scene cut detection, how to read scopes in DaVinci Resolve, how to use noise reduction to get clean skin tones, and how to use film grain to get cinematic looks.

Take your editing skills to the next level with this free advanced Premiere Pro course. You won’t just learn Premiere Pro, you’ll master it, with instruction on edit techniques like source patching and track targeting. You’ll learn how to work with footage of all kinds, how to use LUTs, and use color-checker cards. It even covers audio by looking at fixing audio drift, using multiple compressors, loudness normalization, and more.

Motion Graphics Courses

Ever wanted to learn how to use Adobe After Effects? Well, now you can with this free course that’s perfect for beginners. You’ll get to grips with the After Effects interface, tools, workflow, keyframing, compositions, precomposing, and much more.

Animation is a surefire way to add a dynamic element to your graphic designs and digital drawings. Add marvelous motion to your skillset by watching this After Effects tutorial and discover more graphic design trends in our article.

Jump into After Effects and learn how to create beautiful cinematic effects on any footage. Learn about depth, texture, and motivation, and discover how to create new lighting or enhance the existing lighting.

Photo Courses

In this course, you’ll learn how to use Lightroom to organize, correct, enhance, and share your photos, with lessons on all the Lightroom skills you need to get started editing photos. The course outlines the most efficient workflows, unpacks how to manage a photo archive, asks creative photography questions, and touch on a few of the best ways to use Lightroom in your photographic art practice or business.

Have you ever tried to learn about lenses, only to be overwhelmed by choice and technical information? Whether you’re a first-time photographer or a seasoned professional, it can be a daunting task. If you’ve ever wondered how lenses work, what makes a good or bad lens, and how to pick the one that’s right for the kinds of photos you want to take, this is the course for you.

Go further into the fundamentals of photography by taking an in-depth look at the concepts of exposure and depth of field in this easy-to-follow course. You’ll learn, how to how to understand ISO and the noise implications, how to balance shutter speed and motion for the correct exposure, how depth of field works and heaps more.

Find out more about how to create photos that customers want here.

Music & Audio Courses

Ever wanted to create your own podcast? Well get ready to turn your podcast dreams into reality with this simple course. This course will show you how to edit a podcast using the Reaper software. You’ll go from just having raw recordings all the way through to creating the final render. 

In this 5+ hour free course, you will learn how to edit, process, mix, and master audio for your video projects. Learn how to use essential audio plugins like EQs, compressors, gates, expanders, and de-essers. You’ll learn how to clean up dialogue tracks by fixing noise, reverb, and mouth clicks and will also learn how to mix and process effects so that they sit in the mix. Finally, you will learn more advanced techniques like mixing a multi-person interview and editing music with Remix. By the end of this course, you will have the skills you need to be able to tackle the audio portion of your projects like a pro!

Fonts / Text Effect Courses

Are you interested in typography? This complete course covers everything from typography history to the difference between typefaces and fonts, typeface classification, how to choose a font, and more! Typography is one of the most important elements of Design. In this course, you’ll learn everything about it, from its beginning and its evolution to what it is today.

Code Courses

Learn how to code with modern HTML and CSS, the main building blocks of any website. This HTML & CASS for beginners course covers everything from basic HTML elements to working with Flexbox and CSS Grid. Put your new skills to the test by building a complete web page.

JavaScript is the language of the web. If you want to code for the web, you need to know JavaScript inside and out. This course will help you learn JavaScript from start to finish. Whether you’re a complete beginner who wants to be a web developer, an experienced developer who wants to explore advanced topics, programming enthusiast who enjoy learning something exciting, this course has got something for everyone!

React is the most popular framework for building user interfaces. In this React Developer course, you will learn the fundamental concepts you need to start building applications with React. Whether you’re a designer who wants to branch out, a programmer who wants to expand your expertise or a creative who simply wants to learn something new—this course can help!

Marketing & Business Courses

Learn how to market your business! In this marketing course you will learn everything from creating a business plan to designing a logo, making a website, marketing your business, and more.

“The purpose of this course is to help you to set up a holistic and coherently styled online presence for your new business.“ – Dory Wang.

Find out about the digital marketing trends and branding trends that will shape the year.

We hope this article has inspired you to either upskill in your field or learn something new. Envato Tuts+ has a variety of other free courses and tutorials to help you supercharge your skillset. Happy learning!