A school for people
who refuse to make
AI slop.
Learn to direct cinematic video, shoot editorial photo, and ship performance ads with the best of 2026 — Sora 2, Veo 3, Midjourney v7, Flux Pro, Runway Gen-4 — taught by working creative directors who actually ship.
- 4,200+
- Students enrolled
- 62
- Countries reached
- 94%
- Finish their capstone
- $1.8M
- Tracked student ad spend
Tools we teach
Most "AI courses" teach tools. We teach taste.
Working directors, not influencers
Every program is taught by someone whose day job is shipping creative for real clients.
Brief-first, not tool-first
We start with the brief — the client, the audience, the deadline. The tool is just the brush.
Small cohorts, real reviews
Live workshops capped at 30. Capstones get a 1:1 director review on camera.
Built for the work, not the algorithm
We're not training you to chase trending sounds. We train you to make work that lands clients.
Five programs. One curriculum philosophy.
Cinematic AI Video
Direct short films, music videos and brand spots with Sora 2, Veo 3 and Runway Gen-4.
Tuition
$690
Editorial AI Photography
Build editorial portfolios with Midjourney v7, Flux Pro and Magnific that look shot, not rendered.
Tuition
$490
Performance Ad Creatives
Ship Meta, TikTok and YouTube ads that beat live-action — with measurable ROAS lifts.
Tuition
$590
AI Product & Brand Shoots
Replace the photo studio: ecommerce hero shots, packshots and lifestyle imagery with one prompt.
Tuition
$390
Start free. Decide for yourself if AI is your medium.
Foundations is our free weekend program. Set up your stack, learn the vocabulary, and build a taste filter that protects you from AI slop forever.
Sixteen tools, taught well.
We keep the stack short on purpose. Every tool here earned its place by shipping client work. We update this list four times a year — not when Twitter screams.
Video
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Sora 2
OpenAI's flagship narrative video model
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Veo 3
Google DeepMind, 4K + native sound
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Runway Gen-4
Camera & motion control
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Kling 2.0
Long takes, strong physics
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Luma Dream Machine
Fast iteration, fluid motion
Photo
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Midjourney v7
Editorial fidelity, taste
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Flux Pro 1.1
Photographic realism
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Magnific
Detail-preserving upscales
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Krea
Realtime, hands-on
Ads
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HeyGen
Avatar UGC at scale
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Arcads
Spokesperson ad factory
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ElevenLabs
Voice cloning & dubbing
Finish
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DaVinci Resolve
Color & finishing standard
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CapCut
Social-native edit
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Topaz Video AI
Cleanup & upscale
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Photoshop
Generative + manual craft
One week at Nexlyx, on repeat.
We design every program around the same four beats. Predictable rhythm, unpredictable outcomes.
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Brief
Every week starts with a real brief from a working director — not a contrived exercise.
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Studio
Self-paced video lessons, downloadable templates, and a step-by-step workflow you can re-use.
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Ship
You ship the assignment by Sunday. No exceptions. Volume is the teacher.
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Review
A live, on-camera critique with your instructor. By name. Every week.
Work that pays you back.
We don't promise a six-figure side hustle. We promise a portfolio piece you'd put on your website, a workflow you can repeat, and feedback that respects your time.
34%
Median CPM reduction in Ads capstone
12
Editorial frames in the Photo final
60s
Final spot length in the Video capstone
1:1
Capstone review with your lead instructor
From the students.
"Six weeks in and our paid social CPMs dropped 34%. We ship 25 ads a week now without a film crew."
Marisol Reyes
Creative Director, INKO
"I'd watched ten 'AI video' courses. Nexlyx was the first that talked about lenses, blocking and pacing — not just prompts."
Daniil Voloshyn
Indie filmmaker
"Our seasonal lookbook used to cost $18K. We did the latest one for $400 in software and three days. Same retailer signed off."
Priya Anand
Brand designer, Heron Goods
"The retouching unit alone was worth it. I stopped fighting the plastic look and finally got skin that prints."
Lukas Behrens
Photographer
"Honest critique, no hype, no upsells. A creative director reviewed every assignment by name."
Femi Adebayo
Growth lead, B2B SaaS
"We re-built our whole content stack around Nexlyx's workflow. Three of my team graduated together."
Aiko Tanaka
Studio founder
Notes from the studio.
The anti-slop checklist: 11 details that separate AI work from AI slop
A field guide to the details we obsess over.
Directing Sora 2 like a DP: the vocabulary that actually moves the model
Why "cinematic" is the worst word in your prompt.
Running a creative test without lying to yourself
A testing protocol that beats Twitter screenshots.
Stop watching AI break everything. Make something with it.
Apply for the next cohort, or start free with Foundations this weekend.