My favourite film of all time is 2001: A Space Odyssey. Written by Arthur C Clarke and directed by Stanley Kubrick, this film regulalry makes it into the top 3 of the best movies of all time. The special effects are stunning – and this was w-a-y before the days of CGI....
Demystifying Post-Production Wonderful World Of Particles
Join the Maxon Training Team every Monday as they explore a wide variety of tools for creating particles in post-production, featuring Cinema 4D, Redshift, X-Particles, After Effects, Particular, Houdini, and Unreal Engine. They cover a brief history of particles, explore workflows for different situations, show unconventional creative treatments, and help...
Red Giant Trapcode Tutorial
I’ve been using Red Giant tools for years. Plugins like Trapcode, MagicBullet and Plural Eyes are staples that every serious filmmaker should have in my opinion. Even if you just get Red Giant Universe, you’ll open up a whole new world of creativity. So, I thought it might be a good idea to...
Adobe Premiere Pro? Subscription? No Thanks. But take a second for a bit of lateral thinking here…
Although probably impossible to prove, it is more than likely the most popular and widely used NLE is Adobe Premiere Pro. If you look through the various forums on video editing programs however, any number of people will tell you that they will not use it as they do not want...
Basic After Effects. A Tutorial
Many people seem to think After Effects is either some sort of voodoo, or siomply too difficult for mere mortals to comprehend. This tutorial will get you into the basics and then you’ll be able to see the possibilities it offers for your filmmaking.
Tutorial: Inception still image using Photoshop
Whilst this tutorial creates the imkage of the horizon moving away and above you, it is also a technique that can be used for a backdrop insde a space station for example, where the floor is at 90 degrees to the horizontal due to centrifugal force. The technique was also...
Adobe Express
Adobe Express enables drag-and-drop content creation, empowering every user to express their creativity with just a few clicks. Coming from the undisputed leader in creativity, Adobe Express offers thousands of high-quality templates, 20,000 premium Adobe fonts and 175 million licensed Adobe Stock images. Adobe Express leverages Adobe Sensei, Adobe’s powerful AI/ML...
Photoshop Tutorial: Basic Masking
Masking is one the skills that are essential in both video and still imagery. If it all escapes you, watch this video to get a decent start and understanding.
Adobe Unveils Powerful New Collaboration and AI Capabilities in Photoshop
Adobe has announced at Adobe MAX new innovations in Photoshop that make the world’s most advanced image editing application even smarter, more collaborative and easier to use across surfaces. Share for Review (beta) enables users to conveniently collaborate on projects without leaving Photoshop, and new features make editing images in a browser far...
Review: SanDisk Pro-Blade Ecosystem
The concept is stunningly simple in its execution. Imagine a “memory stick” on steroids capable of holding 1TB and with units available up to 4TB. To get data on and off it, there is an aluminium cradle affair that looks like, and is about the same size as, say a...