In June, the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston minted pastel pieces by Impressionist masters such as Degas, Pissarro, and Monet as NFTs. The funds will go toward the conservation of two (physical) Degas paintings. With that sale, the MFA joined a handful of major arts institutions to have experimented with NFTs, among them… Continue reading Why NFTs will be around for a long time
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How to Create a Layout in After Effects
What You’ll Be Creating In this After Effects tutorial, you’ll learn how to import graphics into After Effects to create a layout, so we can begin the process of animating this design. In this example, we have a design that’s already been prepared in Adobe Illustrator with individual layers, and we would like to import… Continue reading How to Create a Layout in After Effects
New gear: Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 in development for Sony full-frame mirrorless
Tamron Japanese lensmaker Tamron is doing quite the job of ferreting out new niches for itself in the full-frame Sony E-mount lens market. A few weeks back we told you about a uniquely long-zooming 50-400mm lens the company has in development, and now it’s revealed another lens that should also be arriving this fall, the… Continue reading New gear: Tamron 20-40mm f/2.8 in development for Sony full-frame mirrorless
Tips for incorporating action photography into your commercial portfolio
In 2002, Nike won an Emmy for Move, a campaign featuring gymnasts, joggers, basketballers, hockey players, footballers, and more in constant motion: skating, dribbling, sprinting, vaulting, and dunking. In 2003, Apple’s iPod Silhouettes campaign highlighted people mid-dance, capturing the energy of movement. And in 2012, Red Bull financed the skydiver Felix Baumgartner, as he broke… Continue reading Tips for incorporating action photography into your commercial portfolio
How to Animate With a Wiggle Expression in After Effects
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, we will learn about a really useful expression called wiggle in Adobe After Effects by using an example project. In the example project, we have a bunch of separate leaves layers in the corner. And we already have some basic scale animations applied to each of them that… Continue reading How to Animate With a Wiggle Expression in After Effects
Where art and documentary meet: PHotoEspaña 2022 preview
Helen Levitt’s candid street scenes fill a room at Casa America through September 4. Courtesy PHotoEspaña The phrase documentary photography was coined by one of its chief proponents: Walker Evans. “The term should be documentary style,” the master photographer reflected in 1971. “An example of a literal document would be a police photograph of a… Continue reading Where art and documentary meet: PHotoEspaña 2022 preview
How to Post to Instagram From Lightroom Mobile
What good is a photograph if it’s not shared? And what good is a mobile app that doesn’t allow you to share it? The answer is: no good. Lightroom Mobile allows you to take a picture, edit it to your heart’s desire, and then share it to Instagram without ever leaving the app—or your mobile… Continue reading How to Post to Instagram From Lightroom Mobile
How to Use Edit Presets on Photos in Lightroom CC
The editing presets in Adobe Lightroom CC are extremely helpful to use for two main reasons: They offer a recipe of visual aesthetics, or presets, for you to try out on an image. They show how the controls in the editing panel change to achieve each preset, so you’re able to learn how to achieve… Continue reading How to Use Edit Presets on Photos in Lightroom CC
How to Use After Effects: Precomposing
What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial, you’ll learn about precomposing in After Effects using an example project. When working in After Effects, there will be times when you will need to precompose your layers. For example, let’s say you have a text element that you need to use multiple times. Instead of duplicating your… Continue reading How to Use After Effects: Precomposing
How to Animate Text Reveal Rectangles in After Effects, Part 2
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. This is part 2 of the tutorial, so we’re going to pick up right where… Continue reading How to Animate Text Reveal Rectangles in After Effects, Part 2