The cost of learning PR, AE and C4D software may be around a few thousand yuan to 10,000 yuan, but the specific cost needs to be determined according to the individual's learning needs and actual situation. C4D is a powerful 3D design software with a rich set of rendering and special effects tools that can be used to create a variety of visual effects, including dream-like and bizarre scenes.
If you want to improve your professional and technical skills, I recommend signing up for a training course.
Here I have summarized the relevant domestic educational institutions and selected a few for your reference
Wang's Education
The main courses are: board drawing, original painting, illustration, comics, AI painting, animation, CG modeling, Unreal Engine, post-production special effects, shooting and editing, etc., advantages: good reputation, many campuses across the country, disadvantages: slightly expensive.
cgwang
In the early days of the development of CG in China, there was an influential vocational education, which opened branches all over the country very early, and published many books on painting, animation and games, and post-editing.
Painter Scholar
A treasure-level platform in the field of self-learning, first-class tutorials, complete resource materials, fast content iteration, and the scale of the offline campus is also very large, and the management is also very standardized. Parents who are not at ease and afraid of informality can try this institution.
Goo
The free teaching + employment integration platform is deeply bound to the production companies in the industry, and is suitable for people with a certain foundation to learn.
As to whether AE can be used to explain the Desi effect, the answer to this question is no. The Desi effect suggests that moderate rewards are beneficial to reinforcing an individual's intrinsic motivation, but too much reward may reduce the individual's interest in the thing itself and reduce his intrinsic motivation.
While AE is a digital editing software, the two are completely different fields, so AE cannot be used to explain the Desi effect.