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Sometimes a blank screen isn’t enough to reel someone in. Sometimes you need to add some motion or some type of flare that will bring the viewer in and keep them engaged. Today we have a free animated background for you to help keep your content engaging and appealing! This animated background is perfect for […]
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We recently came across an amazing initiative for visualizing climate change. In a time when the world is changing rapidly, and drastic action is needed, initiatives like this are so important. So we had to share more with our community of photographers and creators. Enter your photos of climate change for a chance to win […]
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What better way to start out the week than a fresh set of free Lightroom Presets? :) We recently had the opportunity to document recording artist, Ren Taylor, during her performance of the National Anthem at Fenway Park for one of the Red Sox games! It was an incredible experience seeing her perform at such […]
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There are 100s of companies offering photo editing services out there. So why should you care about a new one? So glad you asked. We’re Facet, a new platform that’s helping photographers, editors, designers, and artists leverage AI to improve their work and workflow. Now, that may sound complicated, but it’s not. You won’t even […]
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In the March 2021 Adobe update, After Effects received a brand new feature called multi-frame rendering. In this video we’re going to cover what this means and why the update is a big deal. And if you go on to like this video, consider liking the video and subscribing to FilterGrade for more tutorials and […]
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Amongst all of the news around cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Dogecoin, you may have heard NFTs mentioned a few times. And unless you’re fluent in the language and acronyms of crypto you might not fully understand what an NFT is. Not to worry, we’ve done our research and assembled this beginners guide for how creators […]
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Another sad day in the film community…. Fujifilm announces that they will be discontinuing their Fuji Pro400h film stock. Just the other day, Fujifilm announced on their website that they will be discontinuing their Pro 400h film stock. In their statement, they cited the reason being that Fuji Pro 400h requires, ‘specialized raw materials and […]
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When you are a creative staying on top of projects, jotting down your next big idea, and keeping clients and teams on track is a challenging job. You can use various apps and tools to help stay organized, but jumping back and forth from one to another will often lead to details getting lost or […]
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One of the staples projects for videographers is filming interviews. Most of us have had to shoot and light interviews at some point in our career and many times when you’re just starting out you won’t have a team to help with the lighting. Depending on the scenario there are a few basic setups that […]
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Today Facebook launched E.gg publicly in the US on the iOS app store. E.gg is an experimental new app from Facebook for making creative webpages, collages, and artistic creations. The app allows you to compile gifs, images, text, and other artistic flairs like stickers, all on one page. You can also reshare and repurpose other […]
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