A thing of beauty is a joy forever No home studio would be complete without some eye-catching and inspirational wall art, right? From posters to canvas prints our list of credible wall art suppliers will have your room adorned with beautiful artworks in no time. Redbubble Redbubble is a vibrant marketplace containing works from over 700,000 independent artists, photographers and designers. The site specializes heavily in giftable items such as T-shirts, phone cases and stickers but also has a large variety of print-on-demand framed and unframed artworks, at very affordable prices. The Redbubble wall art collection features a wide variety of ready-to-hang photo prints, canvases, wood and metal prints for home, office or dorm. Zazzle Similar to Redbubble, Zazzle‘s core products are printed clothing and gifts though Zazzle’s unique proposition is the ability to edit items by adding text and adjusting image placements. If you are not satisfied… read more
Video Production Articles, Tips and Tutorials
Want to make confetti cannon video effects? Wondering how to add confetti explosion overlays onto video? Well, if you have Adobe After Effects look no further! We’ve got three simple video tutorials which will have you emitting colorful particles in minutes. These short video guides explain how to create amazing confetti particles using both the built-in CC Particle World effect, and the additional (but highly recommended) Trapcode Particular plugin from Maxon. So, if you need to add a celebration effect to your event promotion, product launch or milestone achievement video, fire up After Effects and follow these handy tips. How to make a confetti cannon – no plugins In this short video tutorial Joe, from Goatman Arts, explains how to create a confetti cannon in After Effects using the built-in CC Particle World effect. Joe adjusts the Particle World physics and emitter settings to produce a confetti explosion with falling… read more
Learn After Effects Today, For Free! 15 Essential After Effects Tutorials for Beginners Want to pick up Adobe After Effects basics quickly? There’s no better way of learning a new piece of software than by sitting back and watching some video tutorials from pro users revealing their secrets! So, grab a coffee and a notepad and get ready to learn something new with our list of the best basic After Effects tutorials! Try After Effects for Free Use the link below to access a trial version of Adobe’s incredible motion graphics software. What is Adobe After Effects? Want to know what After Effects is? Brian Maffet from Total Training gives us a short intro, explaining why it’s an essential software tool for video creators. He touches on its flexibility to offer simple-to-use non-destructive color correction, video compositing and motion graphics whilst maintaining the high level of fine-tuning required by broadcast… read more
Need to remove black background from your VFX footage? Often with overlay video effects such as snow, fog, glitch and flash fx the files will have black backgrounds. This is due to pre-keyed video formats (which include transparency) having incredibly large file sizes and issues with software compatibility. Sometimes you might have green screen backgrounds, where you would need to use keying effects to create transparency, but in cases where you want to remove a black background the simplest way to achieve this is to use blending modes. Blending modes change the way your effect layer displays over the footage beneath by, in short, only showing the bright or the dark areas depending on the setting. Add or Screen modes will only display the light areas, effectively keying out the blacks. This is useful for VFX overlays which are generally bright elements on dark backgrounds. Conversely, Multiply or Darken blending… read more
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Need some awesome animated loop backgrounds to use in your next corporate PowerPoint presentation? Here’s 25 of our finest loopable animations, all HD definition and totally free to use. These are perfect for adding instant color and motion to title and logo slides. They’re also ideal for powerful quotation slides – when you really need your message to stand out. TIP: As loop ready video files you’ll need to know how to set up video looping in PowerPoint. Luckily we have a blog post which takes you through this process here. Visual stimulation greatly emphasizes your messages, and it keeps viewers engaged. You may also want to use Flaticon’s logo in your slides as a way of adding personality or branding to the slide show. This will help you stand out from other presentations, and can be a great way to make your content more memorable. Well, onto the freebies!… read more
