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After Effects vs Premiere Pro: Which Should You Learn
This is one of the most common questions from editors who are getting serious about their craft: After Effects or Premiere Pro? Which one do I learn first? Can I get away with knowing only one of them? The honest...
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After Effects Keyframes: Techniques Every Editor Needs
Keyframes Are Not Just Start and End Points Every editor learns what a keyframe is in their first hour of After Effects. You set a value at one time, set a different value at another time, and the software interpolates...
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Automotive Video Editing: Techniques for Car Footage
Car footage has specific editing challenges that general-purpose video editing advice doesn't address. The combination of fast motion, highly reflective surfaces, environmental color casts, and the visual weight of metal and glass creates a set of problems that will make...
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How to Make Footage Look More Expensive (The Edit)
The single most common misconception in video production is that expensive-looking footage requires expensive gear. It does not. The cameras on a $200 million film production and the cameras on a $5,000 indie short both capture light. The difference in...
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Obsidian Shopify Theme Review: What You Get for $349
Obsidian is a $349 Shopify theme. Before this post goes any further, you should know I built it. That means this review comes with an obvious conflict of interest, and I'm not going to pretend otherwise. What I can do...
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Creator Shopify Store: What Top Sellers Do Differently
There are two types of creator Shopify stores. The first kind launches, gets a handful of sales from the creator's existing audience, and plateaus. The second kind builds momentum over time: organic traffic comes in, conversion rate climbs, buyers come...