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Tips for photographers on how to tackle pre-shoot anxiety

Consider this: according to research from the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, artists experience more stress and anxiety when compared to those in other fields, but they also measure higher in terms of strengths such as hope or ego resilience—or the ability to recover from difficult times. In other words, artists might have more anxiety… Continue reading Tips for photographers on how to tackle pre-shoot anxiety

How to Use Advanced Motion Tracking in After Effects

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 Advanced Motion Tracking in After Effects

3 Top Spooky Halloween Video Templates for Premiere Pro

If you’re creating video to mark the horrifying holiday of Halloween, then give our top Halloween video templates for Premiere Pro a try—they’re a scream! Halloween holiday background – available from Envato Elements 3 Top Spooky Halloween Video Templates for Premiere Pro Halloween has developed into a good excuse for us all to get dressed… Continue reading 3 Top Spooky Halloween Video Templates for Premiere Pro

How to Use Basic Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, and Text in After Effects

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 Basic Motion Tracking, Camera Tracking, and Text in After Effects

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

20 Top Lightroom Presets for Photography — Instant Image Filters and Photo Effects

Lightroom presets can speed up your photo-editing workflow and help create a consistent look in your photography. Here, we showcase our favorite Lightroom Presets from Envato Elements. If you’re a professional photographer who constantly uses Adobe Lightroom or other editing software, you’ll love our subscription-based marketplace. For a low monthly fee, Envato Elements gives you… Continue reading 20 Top Lightroom Presets for Photography — Instant Image Filters and Photo Effects

How to use a trail camera for hunting

Here are some tips on how to successfully use a trail camera. Brandon Miller Every hunting season, many hunters grab their trail camera and set up on a game trail in hopes of capturing glimpses of their next potential target. Using a trail camera can be highly rewarding, giving you insight into the animals that… Continue reading How to use a trail camera for hunting

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

How to Use and Choose Wide-Angle 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. In this lesson you’ll learn all about wide-angle lenses and get some photo tips on when best to use them. How to Use and Choose Wide-Angle Lenses for Photography What Is… Continue reading How to Use and Choose Wide-Angle Lenses for Photography