What You’ll Be Creating In this After Effects animation lighting tutorial, you’ll learn how to animate strokes and glow effects in Adobe After Effects. Taking an example project, we’re going to punch up the text with some awesome text effects and give it a really cool electronic look. What You’ll Need to Animate Glow in… Continue reading How to Animate Strokes and Glow Effects in After Effects
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New gear: Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 in development for Sony full-frame mirrorless
Tamron Japanese lensmaker Tamron is doing quite the job of ferreting out new niches for itself in the full-frame Sony E-mount lens market. A few weeks back we told you about a uniquely long-zooming 50-400mm lens the company has in development, and now it’s revealed another lens that should also be arriving this fall, the… Continue reading New gear: Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 in development for Sony full-frame mirrorless
Tips for incorporating action photography into your commercial portfolio
In 2002, Nike won an Emmy for Move, a campaign featuring gymnasts, joggers, basketballers, hockey players, footballers, and more in constant motion: skating, dribbling, sprinting, vaulting, and dunking. In 2003, Apple’s iPod Silhouettes campaign highlighted people mid-dance, capturing the energy of movement. And in 2012, Red Bull financed the skydiver Felix Baumgartner, as he broke… Continue reading Tips for incorporating action photography into your commercial portfolio
How to Animate With a Wiggle Expression in After Effects
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we will learn about a really useful expression called wiggle in Adobe After Effects by using an example project. In the example project, we have a bunch of separate leaves layers in the corner. And we already have some basic scale animations applied to each of them that… Continue reading How to Animate With a Wiggle Expression in After Effects
How to Use Edit Presets on Photos in Lightroom CC
The editing presets in Adobe Lightroom CC are extremely helpful to use for two main reasons: They offer a recipe of visual aesthetics, or presets, for you to try out on an image. They show how the controls in the editing panel change to achieve each preset, so you’re able to learn how to achieve… Continue reading How to Use Edit Presets on Photos in Lightroom CC
How to Use After Effects: Precomposing
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn about precomposing in After Effects using an example project. When working in After Effects, there will be times when you will need to precompose your layers. For example, let’s say you have a text element that you need to use multiple times. Instead of duplicating your… Continue reading How to Use After Effects: Precomposing
7 Tips for Stunning Black and White Portrait Photography
The post 7 Tips for Stunning Black and White Portrait Photography appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by John McIntire. Black and white portrait photography is beautiful, it’s powerful, and it often seems to communicate more than just a subject. But how can you capture gorgeous black and white portraits? What are… Continue reading 7 Tips for Stunning Black and White Portrait Photography
How to Animate Text Reveal Rectangles in After Effects, Part 1
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, I’m going to show you how to build a great-looking text animation treatment using Adobe After Effects. The animation is very stylish and a great way to improve the look of your project. What we have in our example are two bars that slide across the screen that… Continue reading How to Animate Text Reveal Rectangles in After Effects, Part 1
New England Guide: Best Things to Do in Cape Cod & Martha’s Vineyard
“There’s a sunrise and a sunset every single day, and they’re absolutely free. Don’t miss so many of them.”― Jo Walton New England Guide Relax your shoulders, close your eyes and fill your lungs with that refreshing, salty sea air… the Cape in Massachusetts is home to some of the country’s best beaches and is a… Continue reading New England Guide: Best Things to Do in Cape Cod & Martha’s Vineyard
How to Add Lens Flares in After Effects
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to add lens flares in Adobe After Effects using an example animation project. Lens flares are just the right thing when you need to add a little bit of flash and pizzazz to your project. Our example animation project has an almost retro-futuristic vibe going… Continue reading How to Add Lens Flares in After Effects