5 Top Transition Preset Packs for Premiere Pro

Your footage is stellar. Your camera angles are spot-on. Your choice of lighting, color, sound—it’s all there. Now you just need the perfect transitions to link one scene to the next. There are a ton of professional, pre-made templates to get the job done. In this article, we highlight some of our favorite transition preset… Continue reading 5 Top Transition Preset Packs for Premiere Pro

How to Create Stroboscopic Flash Photography

In this tutorial from the Intermediate Flash Photography course, you’ll learn about a really cool photography technique called stroboscopic photography. We’re going to be using a slower shutter speed, and instead of worrying about whether the flash is going to fire at the beginning or at the end of the exposure, we’re going to fire… Continue reading How to Create Stroboscopic Flash Photography

How to Use the Essential Graphics Panel to Create a Motion Graphic Title in Premiere

In this lesson on How to Use the Essential Graphics Panel to Create a Motion Graphic Title in Premiere from David Bode’s FREE Ultimate Premiere Pro FAQ Course, you’re going to learn how to do some basic motion graphics and title animations, right inside Premiere. Create Text Create a basic lower third title by choosing… Continue reading How to Use the Essential Graphics Panel to Create a Motion Graphic Title in Premiere

Tips for more natural poses and putting your subjects at ease

The renowned photographer Dennis Stock spoke with James Dean for five hours, getting to know his story, before making their iconic portraits. Alfred Eisenstaedt mostly relied on existing light when photographing people, finding too much gear often got in the way of a good picture. George Hurrell, who photographed Hollywood stars, was known to have… Continue reading Tips for more natural poses and putting your subjects at ease

Freeze! This week’s best reader-submitted Photos of the Day

Anthony R Gargano Candid photos may conjure up that really unflattering picture your uncle took at your wedding with his shiny new camera. The angle is wrong, he’s somehow added 50 pounds to everyone, and the facial expressions…well, we don’t need to say any more about that. However, great candid images do exist—case in point,… Continue reading Freeze! This week’s best reader-submitted Photos of the Day