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
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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
Juxtaposition in photography | 26 Examples to inspire your photography
The word “juxtaposition” has long dominated exhibition catalogs and artist statements, used by everyone from architects to painters, but some of today’s biggest mainstream photography trends also revolve around the theme of juxtaposition. From forced perspectives of people “holding up” the sun or moon to landscape photos of “tiny people in big places” to double-take… Continue reading Juxtaposition in photography | 26 Examples to inspire your photography
The Bottom Line: The Psychology of Lines and How to Use Them
Learn how to effectively use vertical, horizontal, diagonal, and curved lines in your logos, flyers, and other marketing materials. The post The Bottom Line: The Psychology of Lines and How to Use Them appeared first on The Shutterstock Blog.
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
How to Use After Effects for Advanced Camera Tracking
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn the basics of camera tracking. To follow along, make sure to open up the camera tracking.aep file, which you can download here. You’re also going to need the HYPERLAPSE LOUVRE.mov file which you can download from Envato Elements: Louvre Museum To start, I’m going to create… Continue reading How to Use After Effects for Advanced Camera Tracking
8 Top Anime Templates to Make Intros, Openers, and Trailers in After Effects
Blast your new anime into viewers’ eyes, ears, and hearts using one of these stellar intros, openers, and trailer templates for After Effects. Cinematic, brazenly vibrant, and replete with dramatic transitions, they’re also customizable, allowing you to build your trailer’s crescendo of anticipation with precision. 8 Top Templates for Anime in After Effects Ink Trailer… Continue reading 8 Top Anime Templates to Make Intros, Openers, and Trailers in After Effects
How to Use After Effects for Advanced Motion Tracking
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we are going to pick up right where we left off in the last tutorial talking about basic motion tracking. Today, you’ll learn how to apply that motion tracking data to an object. You’ll learn how to attach some text to the object we worked with in the… Continue reading How to Use After Effects for Advanced Motion Tracking
How to score an awesome garage sale camera
Not quite sure what I was thinking when I pulled the trigger on this beauty. Stan Horaczek This post on garage sale cameras has been updated. It was originally published on May 17, 2016. As you walk through a local garage sale, your eyes bounce from a pile of ugly jackets to a bin full… Continue reading How to score an awesome garage sale camera
How to Use After Effects for Basic Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, and Text
What You’ll Be Creating In this lesson you’re going to learn how to do some basic motion tracking to add text to a shot. To follow along with this lesson, make sure to open up the motion tracking.aep file which you can download here. You’re also going to need the video file below, which you… Continue reading How to Use After Effects for Basic Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, and Text