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Creative Activities for Kids – Apple Education – 9to5Mac

Alex 1414 Views Children, Creative, Education, Kids, Learning

9-5 Mac reported that Apple released a new “30 Creative Activities for Kids” worksheet designed specifically for those learning from home due to COVID-19. The worksheet includes 30 creative tasks for kids, ranging from photo walks to creating a comic

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Recording Voiceovers

Alex 2598 Views Audio, Editing, Post- Production, Sound, Voiceovers

Shutterstock has compiled a bunch of useful resources for recording voiceovers and working with audio in general. These aren’t aimed at music producers but more for those creating voice files. Drill down and there are workflow tips, mic selection ideas,

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Easy Stereo Recording

Alex 2543 Views Audio, Recording, Stereo

Want the versatility of stereo recording in your video without breaking the bank or too much setup? Then try out these 3 techniques.

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CSPA Basic Skills Indicator

Alex 2580 Views 2D, Animation, Corporate, Explainer Video, FCPX, Voiceover

Animated explainer video outlining key aspects of ACER client’s new Basic Skills Indicator. Minimalist graphics and motion accommodate a lot of text.

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PunchUp Boring Shots with Rotobrush

Alex 2705 Views 3D, After Effects, Clean Plate, Rotobrush, Rotoscoping

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to add life to a static shot with this powerful After Effects tool.

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Seamless Patterns

Alex 2542 Views Background, Design, Illustrator, Layout, Pattern, Vector

A seamless pattern is an image or texture that can be duplicated and placed side-by-side, without distinct borders or separations. These patterns enable a single image to be endlessly repeated to create unique backgrounds, text effects, or brand elements.

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What is Video Bitrate?

Alex 1913 Views Bitrate, Compression, Streaming, Transcode, Video

As video file sizes get smaller and resolutions get bigger, it’s easy to confused about video bitrates. This quick read outlines the basic video bitrate settings required to get your content looking its best at various common sizes and frame

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Advanced Time-Lapse

Alex 1905 Views Exposure, Timelapse, Video

Creating a great time lapse will rely on the quality of your photographs. This means you should be shooting in raw and nailing your exposure. Make sure you have some big hard drives and some serious power if you want

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Create Cyberpunk Animations in After Effects

Alex 2223 Views After Effects, Animation, Distortion, Glitch Effects, Infographics, Motion Design, Motion Graphics, VFX

There are a bunch of plugins reviewed in this post from RocketStock that can be applied to not just Cyberpunk projects but anywhere you need a Glitch or similar effect. Very useful for adding a signature style to Infographics too. Take

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What Does a Circular Polarizer Do?

Alex 1766 Views Filming, Filters, Highlights, Lighting, Photography, Polariser, Polarizer, Videography

If you watch more than a few filmmaking videos, you’ll hear how it’s almost essential to own a neutral density filter to shoot at a shallow depth of field while in bright circumstances. One filter that isn’t talked about much

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