Do you need to come up with a new name for your business, product or service – one that people love to promote to their friends and colleagues?  Then tune in to this BOD and get a simple checklist to help you quickly and easily choose a super-strong name. Read more…

Due to popular demand we now have a simple forum on Motionworks. The purpose of this forum is to give us a place to discuss Motionworks products, tutorials and posts separate from post comments. This is the first of a number of updates you’ll be seeing on Motionworks in the new year. Best wishes, John.

I picked up this book recently and highly recommend it if you want to learn more about font selection, colour selection and type design and layout. Although print and web focussed, it is still highly relevant for motion graphics and contains instruction and inspiration for all designers. Also check out before and after magazine for a series of handy design articles.

In this Unplugged challenge review we look a the work of Hussin Kahn, Joshua Timmer, Jens Arnold, Hakan Acarel, David Kopidlansky and Laura Daniels.

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Lloyd Alvarez, the talented and generous founder of aescripts.com, planned to be a doctor. Somehow that didn’t work out and these days he’s an in-demand freelance designer and creative director, working for some of the biggest name companies around. Read more…

Are you ready to make that next great leap in your career, take on a bigger, more challenging job or stretch yourself to much more ambitious and exciting work?  Then this BOD will give you just the boost you need to jump with confidence to that next level. Read more…

In this Unplugged challenge review we look a the work of Marc Leonard, Fabian Van Der Meer, Sarffi Tamas, Daniel Thurau and Denis St-Pierre.

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For many years Knoll Light Factory Pro (KLF) has been the go-to tool for lens flares for Adobe After Effects (and other applications). I’m a big fan and have used and relied on it for dozens of projects. Just recently Video Copilot announced that a new kid is moving into the neighbourhood. Well I’m here to tell you, that kid is one big dude, Read more…