Browse and apply animation presets in Adobe After Effects with these simple steps. Animation presets can come in handy in a variety of different scenarios. Newbies can use them to learn their way around Adobe After Effects and introduce themselves to the wonderful world of animation. Season

Browsing RW2 photos and videos on the same GH5 memory card can be a problem for Windows 10 users. Here’s the solution. If you’re like me when returning from a day of casual filming with the GH5, I’m sure your media folder gets filled with as many photographs as video files

Harness the power of modifier keys with this new After Effects keyboard. Logickeyboard has released their new After Effects keyboard, and it’s a drastic improvement over the previous model. The design relies on an entirely new color system, focusing more on modifier keys such as ALT, SHIFT

Your Creative Cloud account allows you to store, manage, and share your videos, project files, and more online. If you have an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription, then you have available cloud storage you may not know about. You can store, access, manage, and share cloud assets in a variety

Adobe’s Capture app can instantly turn your drawings into vectors using your phone’s camera. Now you can take your After Effects projects everywhere. Adobe offers a number of really great mobile apps that work in conjunction with their desktop programs. One of my personal favori

Character title cards avoid exposition while telling your audience what they need to know. Learn when (and when not) to use them in this in-depth look. Creating a scene that is solely expository is a cardinal screenwriting sin. Exposition refers to background information that explains the c

Rapid-cut edits have their place in certain projects. Here are a few things to consider before undertaking one of your own. One of the most difficult aspects of editing and video production is knowing exactly how your edit will look when it’s all said and done. Creating engaging conte

The Essential Graphics panel in Adobe Premiere Pro offers a drastically different workflow from the original Title Tool panel. See how easy it is to create repeating titles and graphics. Working with text in Adobe Premiere Pro has always been a bit clunky, so I was happy when the latest upd

Media Composer First is a free and “limited” version of the industry-standard NLE, but is it worth a download? Avid has released the free version of the Hollywood film- and television-standard non-linear editor: Media Composer. With Media Composer First, you have free access to

Dive into the real time production and post-production workflow of this tightly synced film. Editor Paul Machliss, ACE has cut some of the most ambitious film and television projects. Most recently, he cut the hit musical thriller Baby Driver. My brother and I were fortunate enough to stu

What are all those job titles you see in the credits? This video breaks them all down. After quite the hiatus, FilmmakerIQ is back with some great new content. This new video tutorial is packed with knowledge, and it even comes with a course on the Filmmaker IQ website. In a nearly 30-minut

Liven up your real estate videos with our hand-picked playlist of royalty free music. The number of real estate videos online has exploded in recent years. And it’s easy to see why: for agents, walk-through videos can help spread the word about the latest properties to hit their books. Bu

In this video tutorial, learn how to create the beautiful titles in the trailer for Dunkirk in both Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro X. The titles in the Dunkirk trailers and posters are simple and elegant. It’s easy to create this see-through text effect in any NLE. In this tutorial, I

Here are a few simple tutorials on building digital HUDs for your next science fiction epic. Plus 35+ FREE HUD elements and clips to use. Whether you’re re-creating an infamous Marvel hero’s helmet interface, reaching across the galaxy with a hologram, or tackling your own scien

Subscribe to these 10 YouTube channels on filmmaking, video editing, and production. They’re all better than film school! There’s nothing better than learning about video by watching videos. We’ve already covered 16 must-follow channels that you’ve certainly already

A few tips from the latest Apple iPhone 7 instructional video can help you create captivating instructional videos. Let’s face it, instructional videos are never the most entertaining projects, and they can even be daunting. I’ve personally created many of these videos, and I have always lo

Learn how to create a drone selfie loop in Adobe After Effects with this video tutorial. With free project files! In this tutorial, we are going to create a dronie loop (drone selfie) using some time-remapping techniques in Adobe After Effects. Before we get started, I want to mention that

Check out these 3 easy ways you can use SFX to add depth to your next video. The proper use of a single sound can change the entire feel of your production. Your audience might not notice it, but their their viewing experience will be better for it. Let’s have a look at three ways you can u

Improve your transitions with this audio trick you don’t even know you should be using. There are millions of ways you can use audio cues to beef up your film, but keep in mind that an action must motivate the cue. You can find prime examples of great cues in nearly every narrative fi

Learn how to add a hand-drawn lower-third effect to your next video in three easy steps. A fast and effective way to put a unique spin on lower thirds is to draw them yourself. Nothing screams originality like your own handwriting for a lower third animation. You can apply this effect to a