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Easy Stereo Recording

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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Shrine of Remembrance

Alex 118 Views Digital Storytelling, Editorial, Photography

Right place, Right time to catch my eldest engaging with his great grandfather. Australia’s last surviving member of the illustrious Light Horse Brigade who served on many battlefronts across WWI. Hugh St Clair, my mother’s maternal grandfather and a damn

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Animate Faces in Old Photos

Alex 191 Views 2D to 3D, AI, Deepfake, Digital Storytelling, Photos, Vintage

This is pretty cool… Utilising applications from the current trend in AI generated DeepFake videos, animated images can now be created from still photos. Ancestors move, smile and look alive. It even works from paintings. You can now see ancestors

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Kew Traffic School

Alex 131 Views Canon 70-200/f2.8, Canon EOS R5, Kew Traffic School

Quick test of the new Canon EOS R5 with a 70-200/f2.8 lens. Key features tested included eye tracking, multi-faces eye tracking, obstacle avoidance tracking, continuous autofocus and RAW Lite. Bucketload of Manfrotto MVG460 Gimbal video also shot in CanonLog3 (CLog3).

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CSPA Basic Skills Indicator

Alex 446 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 525 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 410 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 351 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 383 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 391 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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