Using Video Blending Modes to Remove Black Backgrounds

  • Simon Brough
  • February 8, 2022
  • 3 min read

Need to remove black background from your VFX footage? Often with overlay video effects such as snow, fog, glitch and flash fx the files will have black backgrounds. This is due to pre-keyed video formats (which include transparency) having incredibly large file sizes and issues with software compatibility. Sometimes you might have green screen backgrounds, […]

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25 Free Animated Backgrounds for PowerPoint

  • Simon Brough
  • February 13, 2020
  • 3 min read

Need some awesome animated loop backgrounds to use in your next corporate PowerPoint presentation? Here’s 25 of our finest loopable animations, all HD definition and totally free to use. These are perfect for adding instant color and motion to title and logo slides. They’re also ideal for powerful quotation slides – when you really need […]

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How to add video to PowerPoint slides

  • Simon Brough
  • February 12, 2020
  • 5 min read

Ever needed to spice up a dull slide presentation? Microsoft’s PowerPoint has long been the go-to app for quick and effective slideshow creation, but are you doing enough to keep the attention of your audience? What’s the quickest way to turn your tedious AGM data presentation into an engaging production for the whole office to […]

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How to create traditional 2D animations using Adobe Fresco

  • Simon Brough
  • October 8, 2019
  • 2 min read

Have You Tried Adobe Fresco yet? Fresco is a digital painting app from Adobe, specifically for tablets. It includes both pixel-based painting as well as vector drawing tools. We especially like the new Live Brushes which behave like real watercolor and oil, mixing and blending together as they would in the real world. In this […]

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How to Animate Text – After Effects Tutorials

  • Simon Brough
  • December 19, 2017
  • 4 min read

Let’s Create some animated text in Adobe After Effects! After Effects is universally accepted as the best software for motion graphics, and absolutely excels at animating text, though for the After Effects beginner its interface and multiple panels and settings can seem a little daunting. Fear not, help is at hand! With these handy, step-by-step […]

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Free Christmas Animations from Enchanted Media

  • Simon Brough
  • November 10, 2017
  • 2 min read

Let’s get all Festive! Get a head-start with your corporate Christmas campaign video or personal festive messaging with these two free animations from Enchanted Media! Christmas Tree Lights Message – Free Animation This animation is perfect if you want an instant Christmas greetings video message for your friends or customers. The Christmas tree particle effects […]

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Motion Graphics Templates – Frequently Asked Questions

  • Simon Brough
  • November 3, 2017
  • 12 min read

Everything you need to know about Motion Graphics templates for Premiere Pro Ever wanted to add awesome animated graphics into your Premiere Pro video sequence, fast and easy? Well now you can, with Motion Graphics templates. Watch our short video introduction (below) to the exciting new world of Motion Graphics templates for Premiere Pro and […]

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What’s all the buzz about Motion Graphics Templates?

  • Simon Brough
  • September 29, 2017
  • 6 min read

Editable animations inside Premiere Pro – get excited about Motion Graphics Templates! Have you heard of Motion Graphics Templates (MOGRTS)? Well, if you’re a video editor then things have just got very exciting inside Premiere Pro! Finally you can edit animations, created in Adobe After Effects, directly inside Premiere Pro – and you don’t even […]

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How to use green screen footage in your video

  • Simon Brough
  • February 28, 2017
  • 3 min read

Removing the Green How to use green screen footage in your video production We’ve collected together a bunch of handy video tutorials which teach us how to successfully key out green screen footage clips from within Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut Pro, iMovie and Sony Vegas. Why not grab one of the green screen clips […]

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