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
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10 Top YouTube Shorts Templates for Final Cut Pro (Vertical)
With YouTube moving into the vertical video market with YouTube Shorts, now is a great time to jump on while the platform is still quite new and not as crowded as it will be in a few years. The best way to make a good impression is by using one of these professionally designed vertical… Continue reading 10 Top YouTube Shorts Templates for Final Cut Pro (Vertical)
3 Top Art Portfolio Slideshow Video Templates for After Effects
These days, video is all the rage. That’s because the dynamic combination of moving images, sound, and sometimes text captures the eye and holds the viewer’s attention. If you want to bring a similar dynamism to your 2D art or still images, then using an art portfolio slideshow is a great idea. Today we’ll share… Continue reading 3 Top Art Portfolio Slideshow Video Templates for After Effects
Best gimbals in 2022
Abby Ferguson Best overall DJI RS3 Pro Check Price Best small DJI Pocket 2 Check Price Best for DSLRs Zhiyun Weebill 2 Check Price Gimbals hold your camera steady so you can shoot buttery-smooth, cinema-ready footage while on the move. Gimbals are a type of hand-held support system that stabilizes your camera on three axes—tilt,… Continue reading Best gimbals in 2022
Best wide-angle lenses for Sony in 2022
Abby Ferguson Best overall Sony FE 16-35mm f/2.8 GM Check Price Best ultra-wide Sony FE 12-24mm f/2.8 GM Check Price Best prime Sony FE 35mm f/1.4 GM Lens Check Price Wide-angle lenses—for Sony shooters and everyone else—represent an essential piece of kit in a well-rounded gear bag. As the name implies, wide-angle lenses provide a… Continue reading Best wide-angle lenses for Sony in 2022
8 Top Typewriter Text Templates for After Effects
If you love the retro look of the typewriter font and are looking for cool templates for After Effects that carry that iconic text, then you’re in the right place. Today we’ll share ten premium typewriter text templates for After Effects, all available from Envato Elements and Envato Market. Top Typewriter Text Templates for After Effects… Continue reading 8 Top Typewriter Text Templates for After Effects
For the film lover: How to choose your camera and film type
In 2017, Kodak brought back Ektachrome color-positive film; in 2018, they revived T-Max P3200 B&W film. In 2019, FujiFilm announced they’d bring back black and white film, launching Neopan 100 Acros II in both 35mm and 120 formats. And this year, Kodak brought back the 120 version of Gold 200. It’s safe to say that… Continue reading For the film lover: How to choose your camera and film type
How to Use Use Auto-Reframe to Crop Your Video in Premiere Pro
In this lesson from David Bode’s FREE Ultimate Premiere FAQ course, you’re going to learn how to use Auto-Reframe to reframe your videos for different aspect ratio outputs. Varying Video Formats 1920 by 1080 is a pretty standard size for videos, but with the popularity of social media, both vertical and square videos have become… Continue reading How to Use Use Auto-Reframe to Crop Your Video in Premiere Pro
How to Make a Rough Cut of Your Photo Portfolio
In this lesson, the sixth in a series from Chamira Young‘s course about making portfolios, you’ll learn how to make a rough cut of your group of images by eliminating the photos that are not the best. In the previous lesson, “How to Assemble Photos for a Photography Portfolio“, you learnt how to review your photo… Continue reading How to Make a Rough Cut of Your Photo Portfolio
How to Build a Basic Photo Post-Processing Workflow With Adobe Camera Raw
Photographing in RAW format gives you the best options for your post-processing as it’s retaining all the information from when you took the image. Due to that, though, RAW files have a large file size and look a little flat, so they might require a little more ‘post-shoot’ thought than some other formats. Here, we’ll… Continue reading How to Build a Basic Photo Post-Processing Workflow With Adobe Camera Raw