In photography, we work with light, color, lines, and shapes. We decompose the scene into basic elements and then recompose it using the best features of each element and adding our personal touch made of feelings, opinions, and experiences. The result is a visual story in which each element has something to say. A photograph […]
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Hey everyone, welcome to FilterGrade. Today we’re talking about custom workspaces in After Effects, so you can optimize your workflow and finish your projects faster. All Adobe programs offer some sort of customization, and After Effects is no different. These programs can be used for a wide variety of tasks so it needs to be […]
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Shooting documentary shorts or featured interviews about a person or business is a great way to share someone’s story in a visual, emotional way. Think about the about page on someone’s website – probably a few paragraphs of text and a photo or two; pretty boring if you ask me. Now think about if you […]
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Hey everyone, welcome back to FilterGrade. Today we’re going to be talking about creating and exporting your own transitions in After Effects. Some transitions can’t really be exported because you need to use the footage itself to create an effect, but today we’ll be showing you the kind of transitions that can be exported, and […]
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There are plenty of reasons you might want to take a freeze frame in Premiere Pro. Between highlighting a specific moment, filling a gap, or some other reason. I use them all the time when editing Filtergrade videos. Sometimes my voice over is longer than my screen recording, so I’ll create a freeze frame on […]
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Brand ambassadors are an essential part of a sales and marketing strategy. They help give a necessary human element to a brand and can help with one-on-one interactions between a brand and a potential customer. Today we’re looking at the different types of brand ambassadors and how to become one. Cover photo by Matt Moloney. […]
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If you’re serious about blogging and want to work with brands to monetize your writing, then you should create a media kit for bloggers! It can be your gateway to new income streams, exciting partnerships, and a lot of saved time. In this blog, we’ll be covering what a media kit is, why you need […]
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In this guide, we’re using After Effects to turn modern footage into Super 8 style footage and VHS style footage. These two vintage styles look great and can be accomplished pretty easily with the features in After Effects. Today we’ll be using color grading, pre-compositions, creating chromatic aberration, and adding film grain. Let’s get into […]
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A lot of planning goes into writing a script for a video. Whether it’s a YouTube video or and educational course, many videos need some sort of script or rough outline. In this guide, we’ll be talking about how to write a video script so that your video recording sessions go smoothly! Cover photo by: […]
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Hey everyone, welcome to FilterGrade. My name is Mason, and today I’ll be talking through and showing examples of some of the lessons I’ve learned about editing livestreams so that you can make better and more entertaining edits from your livestreams, or from someone else’s streams that you’re editing. Most traditional video editing is based […]
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