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
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This camera lets you choose what to photograph—and ignores the rest
Using several diffractive layers, the camera filters out unwanted information in the light propagation phase before it is recorded. Bijie Bai, Yi Luo, Tianyi Gan, Jingtian Hu, Yuhang Li, Yifan Zhao, Deniz Mengu, Mona Jarrahi & Aydogan Ozcan The concept of selective imaging—the idea that you only keep the parts of an image you need—isn’t… Continue reading This camera lets you choose what to photograph—and ignores the rest
Here’s how the Instagram algorithm suggests posts
If you understand why a suggested post hits your feed, is it less rage-inducing?. Meta Since 2016, Instagram’s algorithms have been a source of drama. Many users insist they want a chronological feed of the accounts they follow while the developers keep adding more algorithmically suggested content. Things came to a head a few weeks… Continue reading Here’s how the Instagram algorithm suggests posts
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
US Copyright Office sides with photographer in Warhol infringement case
Warhol in Paris, 1986. Getty Images First Dua Lipa, then Snoop Dog, and now Andy Warhol. The unlikely group have something in common: All have had a copyright entanglement. From Snoop Dog’s controversial opinions on the topic to Lipa being sued twice, the laws surrounding image rights come back to bite. Such is the matter… Continue reading US Copyright Office sides with photographer in Warhol infringement case
$4000 in prizes to be won this World Photography Day
Hey Photographers! This one’s for you. No matter where you live or what your skill set is you’ll have a chance to win one of seven amazing prizes this World Photography Day (or month as we’re calling it). Starting today and running until September 17, you can submit your photos to “Around the World in… Continue reading $4000 in prizes to be won this World Photography Day
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
Hubble’s latest: colorful cloudscapes of the Orion Nebula
The image is one of 520 that make up a larger composite photo of the entire nebula. ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Bally; Acknowledgment: M. H. Özsaraç With all the hubbub surrounding the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) it’s easy to forget about NASA’s other eye in the sky, Hubble, which is still capable of producing… Continue reading Hubble’s latest: colorful cloudscapes of the Orion Nebula
How to manage your creative budget
Late last year, a survey from Upwork revealed that 59 million Americans performed freelance work in 2021, with more than half (56%) of non-freelancers saying that they’re likely to do so in the future. For creative professionals like photographers, freelancing offers its fair share of perks: you get to be your own boss, set your… Continue reading How to manage your creative budget