CG Foundry Reviews 

To this day, I think taking the CG Foundry course was one of the best decisions I could've made for my career. I worked with lights for quite a long time before, but never had a full picture of the principles and techniques. Karim was the one who made it possible for me to learn them.

The program is really well-structured and honestly gives you a solid idea of what a lighting artist's day-to-day work is like. It offers a good portion of theory, but leans towards practical knowledge, which is exactly what I needed.

And what did it do for me? Well, now I light scenes with confidence and technical knowledge that brings any ideas to fruition. Plus I started getting more offers, which is of course an incredible benefit.

And one of the greatest aspects of the program I just have to point out is Karim's approach to teaching. It was incredibly easy to follow everything during the classes, and Karim was always there for 1-to-1 sessions to give more personal and focused feedback.

So from my side, I cannot be happier with the program, but I have just a couple of suggestions:

- I would consider adding a lesson that covers best practices for baking lights, because it's still used a lot for mobile and VR.
- I would really appreciate having a visual summary board for the lessons, so students don't have to rewatch videos and can find what they need a bit quicker.

Other than that, it's a fantastic program!

I took Karims lighting course in addition to my master's thesis to improve my understanding of lighting in Unreal and to become more inentional with my lighting decisions.

What I especially liked was that Karim explains the reasoning behind his decisions instead of just showing a fixed workflow or recipe. He also gave very helpful feedback throughout the course and was always approachable.

Also the assignments were very useful and some of the smaller exercises even developed into larger personal projects afterwards.

The course that Karim and the others at CG Foundry has built is really great.
You get to learn about a lot of steps and techniques that are used in professional lighting in the industry.
The courses are well built and cover all of the important aspects of lighting.
The course I participated in had people from a large array of experience levels, which made some informations sometimes a little bit redundant but I understand that it is also linked to the timing of applicants.
In the future it might be a good idea to try and seperate courses a bit more per levels to achieve a more custom approach.
Otherwise the knowledge shared was high level and gave great tips and infos on the intricacies of lighting in Unreal and video games in general.

I highly recommend the CG Foundry course taught by Karim. It was a fantastic opportunity to strengthen my lighting skills in Unreal Engine and gain a better understanding of how to create and optimize lighting for both games and cinematics.

The course is very practical and does a great job of combining creative lighting techniques with the technical side of Unreal Engine.

Just take a look at the images to see how much the students improved throughout the course. If you’re looking to take your Unreal Engine lighting skills to the next level, this course is definitely worth checking out!

Taking a course with Karim is the best way to fill in all the gaps in your knowledge of lighting in the Unreal Engine. You’ll get a very in-depth dive into this field; after the course, you’ll understand how everything works under the hood. After the course, I don’t ask “how” or “why” questions anymore, because I’ve come to understand how it works—I might just ask how to make it look visually appealing.
The course is well-structured; you’ll start with the basics and finish with very advanced techniques.
I also liked that you can ask all sorts of questions on Discord and get answers to them—even when my questions seemed very basic to me, I still got answers.

I really like the way Karim presents the material - it’s clear and very thorough. It’s been a few months since I completed his Top 1% Lighting Artist course, but I still go back and rewatch his lessons from time to time.

The course helped me organize all the scattered information I had learned before. It covers different approaches to lighting and, most importantly, provides a practical workflow you can actually use. It addresses both the artistic side of lighting and important optimization considerations that I hadn’t found anywhere else before.

Throughout the course,I learned a lot of technical and artistic skills regarding lighting in unreal engine. The teacher Karim was really proffesional and patient with all the question the students had and always giving us thoughtful feedbacks on our assignment!