- 7+ years teaching VFX to thousands of students
- Recorded over 1000 lessons & 15 premium courses
- Niagara Fluids training featured by Unreal Engine’s Community Spotlight and 80 Level
- Featured in Autodesk Media & Entertainment Showreel 2023
- Torque featured in Autodesk’s Oscars Commercial Campaign
- Official Judge in The Rookie Awards 2023
- Autodesk Excellence Award Winner 2022
- First ever Chaos Phoenix Certified Instructor
- 70K subscribers on the RedefineFX YouTube channel
- Freelance 3D Artist (125+ clients served over 7 years, incl. Dell, Hershey, Western Digital…)
- Jury Prize for Best Trailer Award – Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival 2016
“Jesse Pitela has got you covered with his easy-to-follow and breathtaking tutorials and examples that deep dive into Niagara Fluids”
– Unreal Engine Community Spotlight, Epic Games
Learn Unreal Engine
Create real-time, high-quality volumetric simulations to be used in AAA cinematics or real-time games. The course is ultra beginner-friendly, teaching you fundamental concepts and slowly introducing more advanced setups. Included are many unique FX & examples. Go from an absolute beginner to an advanced level at creating breathtaking volumetric and particle effects.
Learn Niagara, Chaos & Real-Time VFX
Craft cinematic, real-time destruction VFX at a level of detail previously only possible in traditional 3D software. Follow Jesse along as he adds fine dust trails & secondary debris, all without leaving Unreal Engine. Add particles with Niagara, and enhance your reel, portfolio, cinematic, or a short film with blockbuster VFX.