3 Top Tree-Themed After Effects Video Templates to Celebrate Biodiversity and Forests

Trees are such an important part of the world’s ecosystem. Their forests provide essential habitats for animals and other plants, as well as playing a significant role in slowing climate change by absorbing carbon dioxide. But still, each year, we lose an area of forest about the size of England. International Day of Forests has… Continue reading 3 Top Tree-Themed After Effects Video Templates to Celebrate Biodiversity and Forests

Spotlight on flat lay photography and how to incorporate it in your commercial portfolio

It’s a trend you’ve seen all over your social media feeds, initially popularized by brands like Sephora, Apple, and Gap and proliferating under hashtags like #flatlay, #flatlays, #flaylaystyle, #flatlaytoday. “Flat lay photography” is exactly what it sounds like: a straight overhead-style shot of objects arranged neatly on a flat surface. The curated Instagram page @flatlays… Continue reading Spotlight on flat lay photography and how to incorporate it in your commercial portfolio

12 Top Promo Video Templates for Premiere Pro: Make Ads Quickly

Whether you’re promoting a brand, the next new fashion, or even your YouTube channel, you’ll find inspiration here. Meet 12 of the best promo video templates for Adobe Premiere Pro. Each one is professionally crafted and adds instant style to your video project. Top Promo Video Templates From Envato Elements Modern Fashion Promo Featured Premiere… Continue reading 12 Top Promo Video Templates for Premiere Pro: Make Ads Quickly

New B&W film stock produces unique metallic/silver grey tones

CatLABS Boston, Massachusetts-based CatLABS has a brand-new B&W film stock available in both 35mm and 120 formats. A fine grain, ISO 320 film with wide tonal range, CatLABS X FILM 320 is available right now for $6.99 a roll. This is great news for analog shooters as film has been in short supply these days,… Continue reading New B&W film stock produces unique metallic/silver grey tones

This is the last thing a satellite sees before crashing into an asteroid

These are the final two complete images NASA’s DART spacecraft shot before making contact with the asteroid. NASA/Johns Hopkins APL NASA successfully slammed a satellite into an asteroid yesterday, in a first-of-its-kind test of our planetary defense capabilities. Like something out of a blockbuster movie, the objective of the interstellar collision was to see if… Continue reading This is the last thing a satellite sees before crashing into an asteroid

3 Top Live Commerce Video Templates for After Effects

Live commerce is becoming huge, especially in China. Think of it as modern-day teleshopping like QVC: a mix of live streaming plus shopping to promote engagement and encourage sales. Much of this relies on FOMO—fear of missing out—where a limited number of products are available, and consumers can see others buying them in real time,… Continue reading 3 Top Live Commerce Video Templates for After Effects

Portraits from the Summer of Love, and four other photo book picks

Shenandoah Jordan, Super Adaptoid, Lady Glorious, Matthew, and Steve Culligan in a Convertible, Haight Street, August 13, 1968. From Elaine Mayes’ “The Haight-Ashbury Portraits 1967–1968”. © Elaine Mayes In this season’s photo book selection, we look at early color photographs by urban street photographer, Mitch Epstein; Elaine Mayes’s portraits of hippies and oddballs at the… Continue reading Portraits from the Summer of Love, and four other photo book picks

NFT trends: Poetry’s resurgence through NFTs

Late last year, the poet Arch Hades joined forces with the digital artist Andrés Reisinger and the musician RAC to create Arcadia. The nine-minute video sold as an NFT for $525,000 at Christie’s, and it also revealed the ways in which NFTs (non-fungible tokens) could foster a new way of consuming poetry beyond the page.… Continue reading NFT trends: Poetry’s resurgence through NFTs

How to Use and Choose Standard Lenses for Photography

If you’re a photographer and you’d like to know more about lenses, then you’ll love our free course, What Every Photographer Should Know About Lenses. The standard zoom lens is a great lens to have for situations where you need flexibility and quality. In this tutorial, you’ll learn why it’s called a standard zoom and see… Continue reading How to Use and Choose Standard Lenses for Photography