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CSPA Basic Skills Indicator

Alex 3551 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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Education & Development – Animated Overview

ah-blogEditor-SC 1936 Views ACER, Animation, Education, International Development, Learning, Video

Animated video overview for ACER’s ever expanding range of International Education & Development projects across the globe. © acer.org

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Principal for a Day – Leadership & Collaboration

ah-blogEditor-SC 3418 Views 0 Comments ACER, Education, Learning, PFAD, Principal for a Day, Video

Promotional video for Principal for a Day. © acer.org

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Australian Child Well-Being Project

ah-blogEditor-SC 3012 Views ACER, ACWP, Education, Kids, Learning, Video

Promo video for the ACWP National Survey. © www.acer.edu.au

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PAX – Event Highlights

ah-blogEditor-SC 1808 Views Education, Event highlights, Learning, PAX, STEM, Video, Video Games

Event highlights from PAX 2016. Find out more or register for 2017 at stemgames.org.au © acer.edu.au

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Digital Storytelling – John & Phyllis Wood

ah-blogEditor-SC 2125 Views Digital Storytelling, Parallax, Video

Organise your own Digital Story, Download a Brochure (PDF) and find out at more Digital Storytelling.

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Life at ACER

ah-blogEditor-SC 2291 Views 0 Comments ACER, Education, HR, Learning, Video, Video Testimonial, Workplace Satisfaction

The Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) is an independent, not-for-profit research organisation established in Australia as a company limited by guarantee. Our mission is to create and promote research-based knowledge, products and services that can be used to improve

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Creative Activities for Kids – Apple Education – 9to5Mac

Alex 2541 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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Easy Stereo Recording

Alex 3629 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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Animate Faces in Old Photos

Alex 1390 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 1024 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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PunchUp Boring Shots with Rotobrush

Alex 3232 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 3572 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 2302 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 2935 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 2983 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 2117 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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