How to Make a Video Transparent & Remove the Background in DaVinci Resolve

What You’ll Be Creating DaVinci Resolve is a powerful video editing software. There is one common task you may need to perform. Removing backgrounds in DaVinci Resolve to make them transparent. This process can be applied to two main types of background situations. First in black or white element backgrounds. Second in colored backgrounds (like blue… Continue reading How to Make a Video Transparent & Remove the Background in DaVinci Resolve

How to Retouch Skin in Portraits Using Frequency Separation

Portrait photographers strive to achieve beautiful skin in their images—skin that’s realistic and preserves the natural texture. Expertly applied makeup and good lighting are the foundation for beautiful skin, but careful retouching is the finishing polish.  In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to retouch skin in Adobe Photoshop by using three great techniques. You’ll also… Continue reading How to Retouch Skin in Portraits Using Frequency Separation

Master Motion Design: Dynamic Character Animation in After Effects

Learn how to create a fun, animated video introduction using some advanced techniques in this After Effects motion design course. Watch the Full Master Motion Design: Dynamic Character Animation in After Effects Course What You’ll Learn How to take your work from Adobe Illustrator into Adobe After Effects using a plugin How to time out your… Continue reading Master Motion Design: Dynamic Character Animation in After Effects

How to Quickly Remove Green Screen From Video in DaVinci Resolve

Green Screen Removal or Chroma Keying is a long used technique in the world of compositing. It allows you to quickly and easily remove the background of a piece of footage while leaving the subject intact. In the past, the tools that are available to achieve a clean key were a little tricky to use,… Continue reading How to Quickly Remove Green Screen From Video in DaVinci Resolve

Lens Flare Trends! What Is Lens Flare and How to Add It?

What You’ll Be Creating Today, we will be taking a look at what a lens flare is, why it can be both good and bad, and how to add lens flare in Photoshop. Let’s find out how this hardware error turned into an artistic asset! What We’ll Learn You’re ready to begin learning about lens… Continue reading Lens Flare Trends! What Is Lens Flare and How to Add It?

How to Composite Multiple Videos Using Clean Plates in After Effects

What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at how to composite multiple videos using clean plates in After Effects in order to get the best out of our lighting tools that we have on hand, when creating content on a budget. In a previous tutorial we talked about how we can create… Continue reading How to Composite Multiple Videos Using Clean Plates in After Effects

How to Light Video Scenes on a Budget

In this tutorial, we’ll be looking at some tips and tricks we can employ on set, in order to get the best out of our lighting tools that we have on hand, when creating content on a budget. First up, let’s talk about clean plates and taking the extra time and effort on set to… Continue reading How to Light Video Scenes on a Budget

The best photo editing software for Macs in 2023

Stan Horaczek We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Best overall Adobe Lightroom SEE IT Adobe’s raw workflow software has become a standard for photographers. Best for raw photos Capture One Pro 22 SEE IT Pull every last bit of image quality out… Continue reading The best photo editing software for Macs in 2023