There are a multitude of techniques you can use to animate a photo in After Effects, but our favorite approach has to be utilizing a depth map. This hasn’t always been easy. In the past, artists had to manually create a depth map by estimating and painting the greyscale images themselves. With the advances and […]
We have 5 new tracks added to our Hip-Hop category. These Hip Hop tracks are perfect for commercials, tutorials, and vlogs. These steady beats are perfect to match up voice-overs and cuts in your edit. Find them all here. Simple Loop Beat (Pro) Is basic, easy to use and loop indefinitely. Borderline positive-vibes with a […]
Download a free JPG exporter script for After Effects. ProductionCrate has released a free JPG exporter for Adobe After Effects, so now it only takes a single click to save and share your art. This script is easy to set up and enhances your ability to work in After Effects. From mockups to pre-visualizations of […]
3D artists want to see results fast. We’re getting spoiled in this wonderful age of GPU rendering, and can’t we get enough. The tools of the trade get better every year, and 2022 is no exception. NVIDIA has been making waves with Omniverse, a creator suite with amazing tools for 3D Artists. Mike has been […]
We have half a dozen VFX artists working at ProductionCrate, with our education ranging from completely self-taught to entirely curriculum based. For new and prospective VFX artists, there eventually comes a time in your educational journey to choose between taking online classes, or to be entirely self-taught. Our artists are very familiar with this fork […]
Let’s hope this doesn’t become the standard dress code for 2021. We’ve added a new, 3D Character to RenderCrate. The Hazmat Suit Character works perfect for your apocalyptic short films, horror movies, Sci-Fi fun and daily renders. We’ve also created 30 Hazmat Animations, pre-rendered and ready to drag and drop into any editing software. We’ve […]
We know how expensive adding visual effects to your films and videos can be. ProductionCrate started because utilizing VFX was a difficult and costly process. In our journey to bring you professional and accessible assets for your projects we have come across software that shares a similar vision. Here is our list of the top […]
Download loopable COVID-19 backgrounds, overlays and effects for your videos here. We have recently received many requests to help editors create their videos covering the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. In response, we created a brand new collection of assets and stock footage that will help you create your information videos, PSAs, news reports, infographics and more. […]
Youtube has it all. Big studio work, family videos, instructional tutorials of every kind, cats, more cats, meditation walkthroughs, music videos, gaming screencap, reviews and so much more. It’s absolutely massive. Youtube, more than any platform, has helped of connect people through their curiosity. It enables you to pursue, learn, teach and be entertained. […]
Download the free Heat Radiation plugin for After Effects here. ProductionCrate is releasing a free plugin for Adobe After Effects – Heat Radiation. We’ve lost count of the number of times that we have added any fire-based effect to our VFX. Maintaining realistic colours is always a challenge for artists, as different fire VFX assets […]