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Five ways to personalise assets for your portfolio

When contemplating making mockups to present our design solutions, we often jump to using pre-made PSD templates. This is very common and most designs will rely on these kinds of tools to present work. It is very easy to source PSD templates at website like these: Graphic burgerLinks to an external site. Mockup worldLinks to […]

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Expressions in After Effects: The very, very, very basics

Connecting layer properties with expressions In this video, I introduce the basics of expressions in After Effects. Expressions are a form of code, written in JavaScript, that can be applied to specific properties of layers. You can link the properties of one layer to another using expressions, creating a relationship where changes in one layer […]

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Up and running with Adobe Premiere Pro

In this series of Adobe Premiere Pro tutorials, we’ve covered a wide range of essential video editing skills. We began with project setup and file management, followed by importing files and understanding the interface. We also explored setting up sequences and adding clips, diving into the world of video editing.

We moved on to more advanced topics, including animating images, adding various effects to footage, and mixing and editing sound for a professional audio experience. Lastly, we learned the crucial step of rendering a sequence to create the final video.

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Creating Video Slideshows in Adobe Photoshop: A Step-by-Step Guide

Video slideshows are a popular way to share memories, showcase work, and create engaging content for social media. Adobe Photoshop is a powerful tool that can be used to create visually appealing video slideshows. To create a video slideshow in Adobe Photoshop, follow these steps: Organize your images in a folder and open Photoshop to […]

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Making GIF animations with the Photoshop timeline

Creating frame-by-frame GIF animations are a simple way to enhance your digital media projects, and Adobe Photoshop’s timeline feature provides a useful tool to bring your ideas to life. You can create animations by assembling a series of individual frames, each with slight changes in position, scale, or opacity.

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Make a product mockup template in Photoshop with Smart Objects and Perspective Warp

Using Smart Objects and Perspective Warp, you can create mockups that are easy to customise and reuse.

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Photoshop Neural Filters: Enhancing Your Creativity and Productivity

In recent years, Adobe Photoshop has introduced a new feature called Neural Filters, which uses artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to enhance and transform images in new and exciting ways. With Neural Filters, you can restore old photos, add colors to black and white photos, smooth skin, transfer makeup, mix landscapes, and even apply […]

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Live Mirror Drawing in Adobe Illustrator

Live Mirror Drawing is a feature in Adobe Illustrator that allows users to create symmetrical designs in real-time. When using the Live Mirror Drawing tool, any changes made to one side of the design are automatically mirrored on the other side. This makes it easy to create symmetrical shapes, patterns, and designs without having to […]

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Approaches to texture in Adobe Illustrator

If you’re looking to add more depth and character to your designs, experimenting with textures in Adobe Illustrator is a great place to start. In this tutorial series, we’ll explore five different approaches to creating texture in Illustrator, from using bitmaps and custom brushes to raster texture effects and more. Incorporating bitmap tiff Explore how […]

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Exploring Dynamic Effects and the Appearance Panel in Adobe Illustrator

Dynamic effects and the Appearance panel are powerful tools in Adobe Illustrator that allow designers to create complex and visually stunning graphics. With dynamic effects, designers can add special visual effects and transformations to their artwork that can be edited and updated at any time. Meanwhile, the Appearance panel allows for easy management and organization […]