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Original work.Built all the way through.
Films, music, music videos, VFX, and honest teaching from inside the process—not outside of it.
The work behind the work
No gatekeeping.
No fake perfection.
This is the studio with the door left open—films, tutorials, music, experiments, mistakes, breakthroughs, and the decisions that make the final frame possible.
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In developmentA CMD original film
Renegade
This is what CMD is building now: an active short-film world shaped through live action, VFX, compositing, and an evolving edit.
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Tutorials & Learning Out Loud
10 stories in this collection
Watch freeLearning Out Loud
Peeling Back the Layers
Watch freeFusion · Under 10 Minutes
2D → 3D Space + Camera Tracking
Watch freeVFX · Without the Headache
Green Screen Spill Removal
Watch freeCamera Lab · Live
Canon C50: The R5 C Replacement?
Watch freeResolve 20 · VFX Field Notes
DaVinci Resolve 20: VFX That Changes the Work
Watch freeFairlight · Creative Technology
Is DaVinci Resolve the Future of Music Production?
Watch freeDaVinci Resolve · AI Audio
AI Audio Assistant in DaVinci Resolve
All AccessLearning Out Loud · Part 4
Fusion to Blender: The Messy Reality
All AccessLearning Out Loud
Unjamming the Creative Block
Watch freeLearning Out Loud
Making Progress
Inside the frame
Films & production stories
4 stories in this collection
The rooms that changed the work
NAB & industry field stories
6 stories in this collection
Watch freeNAB Show · On the Road
They Let UNK Into NAB Show 2025
Watch freeNAB Show 2024 · Journey
From Motor City to Sin City
Watch freeNAB Show 2024 · Field Notes
No More Locked Doors
Watch freeIndustry Interview · Workstations
Create More With Less: Puget Systems
Watch freeIndustry Interview · Creator Tools
Content Creation, Upgraded: Opus Clip
Watch freeNAB Show · Conversation
NAB Show Insider Tips with Create2Relate
International music milestone
Charted in VietnamPart of Leon Cuttem’s independent music story—an international milestone earned by taking the work beyond its home base. The releases below are a verified selection, not the limit of the catalog.
Open the full Apple Music catalogMusic from the story
Soundtrack chapters
7 stories in this collection
ListenStory Soundtrack · Leon Cuttem
Till the End
ListenStory Soundtrack · Leon Cuttem
Still
ListenStory Soundtrack · Leon Cuttem
Touch Down in the D
ListenStory Soundtrack · Leon Cuttem
Diaries of a Hustla
ListenStory Soundtrack · Leon Cuttem
BET ON ME
ListenStory Soundtrack · Leon Cuttem
A'leon
ListenStory Soundtrack · Leon Cuttem
TrailBlazing
Songs with a world around them
Music videos & visuals
8 stories in this collection
Watch freeMusic Video · Behind the Message
Behind ‘Don’t Put Me Away’
Watch freeOfficial Music Video
A'Leon (Official Music Video)
Watch freeTrailBlazing Soundtrack
A'Leon: The Visual
Watch freeOfficial Music Video
Diaries of a Hustla (Official Music Video)
Watch freeCinematic Visual
TrailBlazing: Identity Crisis
Watch freeCinematic Visual
TrailBlazing: The Unforced Path
Watch freeCinematic Short
TrailBlazing: N.O.E.L
Watch freeOfficial Trailer
TrailBlazing: Official Trailer
Austin, Texas · Renegade presentationLeon Cuttem · Founder
A creative who can create.
And teach.
The camera, the edit, the music, the VFX—the lane changes. The purpose does not: make the story connect, hand over what the long way taught, and leave the next creator something they can actually use.
Meet Leon & CMDCMD All Access
Come for the finished work.
Stay for how it got made.
CMD All Access is being built as one membership for the tutorial library, CMD films, production diaries, private workalongs, and new releases as they land.
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