You’ve seen his videos, now hear his story! Daniel Hashimoto (Hashi) of ActionMovieKids sat down for an interview. From film school to Dreamworks, from viral-videos to VFX guru, his story is exciting and inspiring for anyone looking to get into VFX. This is the first video on our new channel, the Craters! We’ll be doing […]
What is the ACES workflow? ACES. It’s a simple term, with plenty of difficult-to-grasp concepts behind it. Nevertheless, let’s take a step forward with an entry-level explanation of what ACES is: ACES, or Academy Color Encoding System is considered to be the ‘industry standard’ for colour. Think of standardised traffic laws but for colours instead! ACES […]
The Airhorn I don’t know when this sound effect took off, but it’s here to stay. From exuberant twitch streamers to trending TikToker’s, the airhorn sound effect will continue to annoy us for eternity. The Dun Dun DunFirst used in the 1970’s for Young Frankenstein, the dramatic sound effect made it’s way into the memesphere in […]
Download high-resolution VDB clouds, wisps and atmosphere effects here. Part of our growing library of 3D assets includes VDB files. But what are VDB files anyway? Developed by DreamWorks, VDB’s are the CGI industries’ solution to storing three-dimensional grids of data. Each grid cell can contain a range of information, such as temperature, density, velocity […]
A lot of us talk about the good old days of ‘Early Youtube’. We like to look back five or ten years and remember the ridiculous sketches, mind-blowing short films, awkward music videos and the initially unique but now tired gimmicks. There were also the early VFX legends inspiring new waves of […]
I came across Jared’s work not so long ago and was instantly impressed by his style and skill. Jared was kind enough to take the time to answer a few questions for us. If you’re looking to enter the field of Visual Effects or Motion Graphics then this interview is a must-read. Jared’s answers were […]
Creating callouts for your video can often be a complicated and time-consuming process, though all that is about to change… We’ve created a free powerful script for Adobe After Effects that can do all the work for you in seconds: Crate’s Callouts! Download the Free Callout Script here. Callouts are the small infographic labels […]
Download space matte painting VFX assets here Space is every VFX artist’s dream! Planets, nebula, galaxies, stars, black holes and thousands of other interstellar features can be built together into a spectacular colorful mess. In cinema, there are no rules to what our galactic scenery can look like. We can experience the dark and dangerous […]
Stylized, magical, dreamlike and unique, these new Water Swell Sound Effects are a must-have for your audio armory. We used them recently in our Water Bending VFX Tutorial There are over 20 in total, Pro Users can download the entire collection here These are wonderful for sound designing your motion graphics projects or adding some […]
New Magical Sound FX are now available for download! We have been needing fantasy/magical sound effects for so long, and we are happy to share the new collection with you. Our content has depended heavily on the SciFi category for supernatural sound design, which work well for some content, but not everything. The new Magic […]