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How long does it take to learn After Effects?

How long does it take to learn After Effects?

A drummer who sits down at a piano already knows tempo, bars and exactly where a fill should land. What’s new is the hands. Editors moving into After ...
How long does it take to learn Illustrator?

How long does it take to learn Illustrator?

Try a quick test before reading on. Open Illustrator, or just picture it, and draw three things: a circle, a square and a heart. The circle and the sq...
AutoCAD vs Revit: which should architects learn?

AutoCAD vs Revit: which should architects learn?

Picture a single-storey rear extension, drawn up and nearly ready for planning. Then the client calls: could the back wall go out another 600 mm? In A...
How to colour grade in DaVinci Resolve: a beginner's workflow
DaVinci

How to colour grade in DaVinci Resolve: a beginner's workflow

“Which LUT should I use?” is usually the first thing people ask when they open the Colour page in DaVinci Resolve, and it’s the wrong place to start. ...
Photoshop layers and masks explained for beginners
Photoshop

Photoshop layers and masks explained for beginners

A marketing manager sends you a photo of a bottle on a grey studio table and asks for a web banner on a red background. You pick up the Eraser, spend ...
What is motion design? A beginner's guide
After Effects

What is motion design? A beginner's guide

Count the moving graphics you saw before lunch. The weather map where the rain symbols slid in from the west. A product card that bounced into your fe...
Is Blender good enough for professional work?
Blender

Is Blender good enough for professional work?

The first independent film ever to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature was made entirely in Blender. Flow, the wordless story of a cat riding out ...

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How long does it take to learn After Effects?
After Effects

How long does it take to learn After Effects?

A drummer who sits down at a piano already knows tempo, bars and exactly where a fill should land. What’s new is the hands. Editors moving into After ...
How long does it take to learn Illustrator?
Illustrator

How long does it take to learn Illustrator?

Try a quick test before reading on. Open Illustrator, or just picture it, and draw three things: a circle, a square and a heart. The circle and the sq...
AutoCAD vs Revit: which should architects learn?
AutoCAD

AutoCAD vs Revit: which should architects learn?

Picture a single-storey rear extension, drawn up and nearly ready for planning. Then the client calls: could the back wall go out another 600 mm? In A...
How to colour grade in DaVinci Resolve: a beginner's workflow
DaVinci

How to colour grade in DaVinci Resolve: a beginner's workflow

“Which LUT should I use?” is usually the first thing people ask when they open the Colour page in DaVinci Resolve, and it’s the wrong place to start. ...
Photoshop layers and masks explained for beginners
Photoshop

Photoshop layers and masks explained for beginners

A marketing manager sends you a photo of a bottle on a grey studio table and asks for a web banner on a red background. You pick up the Eraser, spend ...
What is motion design? A beginner's guide
After Effects

What is motion design? A beginner's guide

Count the moving graphics you saw before lunch. The weather map where the rain symbols slid in from the west. A product card that bounced into your fe...
Is Blender good enough for professional work?
Blender

Is Blender good enough for professional work?

The first independent film ever to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature was made entirely in Blender. Flow, the wordless story of a cat riding out ...
The Autodesk Certified User exam for AutoCAD: what it covers and how to prepare
AutoCAD

The Autodesk Certified User exam for AutoCAD: what it covers and how to prepare

It’s the last afternoon of your course. You sign in to AutoCAD, read a short tutorial, and the clock starts. A panel opens down one side of the screen...
Premiere vs After Effects: what's the difference?
Premiere Pro

Premiere vs After Effects: what's the difference?

Premiere is where you edit a video. You choose the shots, put them in order, trim them, mix the sound, add captions and export the finished film. Afte...
How long does it take to learn InDesign?
InDesign

How long does it take to learn InDesign?

Most people who ask how long InDesign takes to learn have a particular document in mind. It might be the company brochure that keeps going out to an a...
What is Cinema 4D used for?
Cinema 4D

What is Cinema 4D used for?

Picture a company logo. In Cinema 4D you can extrude it into a solid 3D shape, clone it into a wall of a few hundred copies that ripple in time to a m...
Is DaVinci Resolve free? Free vs Studio explained
DaVinci

Is DaVinci Resolve free? Free vs Studio explained

Ask around and someone will tell you the free version of DaVinci Resolve is a trial: use it for a month, then the watermark arrives. That isn’t how it...

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