Be it our summer holidays or winter, be it a Sunday or any other weekday, be it just Netflix and chill all day. What's that one thing that makes our holidays fun? I think you got it right! MOVIES and TV SHOWS!!. We love watching movies and TV series all the time but what do we actually do? We watch it, discuss the storyline, how the actors were, how was the dress, set and the list goes on. But do we actually know how the movies are made? No I don’t mean direction or production. I mean how we see the scenes or effects. How do we see all these actors and places moving in a Movie? These are actually possible due to the frame rates. Remember during our childhood years, we had those flip books, where each pad of paper contained an image and when we flipped through the pages in a go, it’d appear as if the pictures were moving. Similarly Frame rate is actually the number of individual images that are displayed per second in a film. In a movie series of still images are viewed in order at a certain speed (at which one wants to show them) known as the frame rate and represented as FPS. Each image represented as a frame so if a video is captured or played at, say, 24 fps, it means each second of the video shows 24 distinct still images, all at once. MIND= #BLOWN!!!! Now one may wonder why to use frame rate? Well frame rate not only impacts the style and viewing experience but it also determines how realistic one wants his video to look. There really isn’t a best frame rate, it as I mentioned, it depends on how you want your work to look but exclusively Movies and TV shows are projected at 24 fps as it is how we see the world around with our personal projectors( our eyes!). It creates a more cinematic aura in the movie and helps us to connect well! Too much high frame rate gives an unrealistic touch to the movies also called Soap Opera Effect (since everything from a falling plate to a man sized serpent in a TV serial is unrealistic). On the other hand too low frame rate can make the video appear blurred and choppy and then Hello Magnifying Glasses because I can’t even see my favourite actress! But if we are recording sports and action scenes we need to use high frame rate as lot is happening and we need to capture it clearly. Say in a movie scene, Flash's (Barry Allen) first 1 km only takes up half fps!! We all now know 24 fps is the standard rate to project the video but earlier the standard rate was 30 fps. There was a complicated reason to choose it which was related to some electrical standards and other mundane reasons that I won’t bore you with. You may ask how many should one use? Well in this case the more isn’t really merrier because the more framed you use, the more time you’d be needing to wrap up! So Tick Tock!! Who doesn’t like a good slow action scene in action movies? Here the director uses high frame rate and a fortune and a Mind! To carefully capture each and every stunt and move. So next time you blink between the movie, you’re missing hundreds of frames! #FrameRate #Movies

Do you ever imagine how boring our life would have been if Tom and Jerry would have just stood there on the screen with the audio in the background? What makes it interesting and worth watching is the numerous hours put it by the creators in the form of Animation. It is a method wherein one manipulates pictures to make them appear as if they were moving. Ways to add Animation weren’t always the same. The Traditional way was way different as in 20th century. The images were drawn or painted on paper, one slightly different from the other and then traced on transparent sheets called Celluloid or Cel that are filled with vibrant and different colour tones. Nowadays,(sincere thanks to Walt Disney for saving and savouring our Childhood), most Animations are made with the help of CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) which is highly detailed and efficient. It makes the image appear so real that you almost believe that Thanos is snapping his fingers, right in front of you or that Arnold Schwarzenegger is the real Terminator. Now a complex system like this has to be vast and has numerous branches. There are different types of Animation like 3D, 2D, Stop Motion, Motion Graphics and many more. Let's take a look how they are different from each other. 2D Animation 2D or 2 Dimensional animation creates movement in a two-dimensional artistic space, Means no true depth, and no Blobby characters. Just flat and vector looking images. It gives a good overall outlook to the pictures and make them move in definite yet acceptable manner. A big shout out to our Tom and Jerry and Rick & Morty who have an attractive presentation with just the right amount of movement followed by correct audio sequence. Softwares like CelAction, Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe Animate CC are used by vast group of companies as it is easier to grab and provides more options than basic Animation softwares. Example: Tom and Jerry, Doremon, The Lion King (1994) etc. 3D Animation 3D or 3 Dimensional animation gives us the most realistic movements and scenarios which can almost blow the senses out of us. No one is stranger to Game of Thrones or our too good to be true tales of Cinderella and Snow White. 3D animation gives highly accurate details in the drawings and plausible movement to make it seem lifelike. Though it can be time-consuming because of Rigging, Character Weighting, Texturing, Lighting and the most important and a nightmare for the animator is Rendering. It takes a lot of time and computer power. Software like Autodesk Maya, Autodesk 3Ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, ZBrush, Houdini and Modo are blessing which combines keyframe to animate your own 3D character. Example: Despicable Me, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, How to Train Your Dragon etc. Stop Motion Animation It basically includes providing manual animation to 2D or 3D objects as Paper Cuts, Puppets, Clay etc. It is a technique used to bring static objects to life. It is done by moving the object in increments while filming a frame per increment. The next frame should have the increment data or position of the previous frame. When all the frames are played in a sequence it shows movement. Stop Motion Pro Eclipse and Dragon frame software are powerful enough to easily helps to capture selective movements, composition, light and your own perfect shots, until you're satisfied and then edit the shots with help of advanced editing tools. Icing on the cake is that you can also insert audio and edit it accordingly to how you want your character to sound. Example: Kubo and the Two Strings, Shaun the Sheep, Pingu the Penguin etc. Motion Graphics Motion Graphics create an illusion of movement combined with vector graphics, shapes and keyframes. We can almost say that it breathes still graphics into the animation. Motion Graphics mostly used to create Explainer Videos, Commercial Ads, Text Animation and Logo Intros. Just like 2D animation, it doesn't require highly detailed characters, and an Illustration from Adobe Illustrator or other vector graphics can be easily animated. Softwares like Adobe After Effects, Cinema 4D, Adobe Animate and Moho, Trapcode suit etc are industrial standard software to create motion graphics during post-production of movie, keying, tracking, composting, intros and more. In Short, Animations are extremely essential part of any video or film and can be created in shape of- 2D: It gives a more definite and more easily acceptable effects. 3D: It gives more realistic and lifelike effect to the animation. Stop Motion: It helps us create/design our very own characters manually with the help of clay modeling, puppets etc., And even design their movements. Motion Graphics: It helps in adding life to the still graphics, by editing the movements, keyframe them etc. #Animation

Designing is a very essential part of the promotion for any Business. It gives businesses recognition. But for all this, it is necessary that designs should be perfect and have the correct message. A single error in design can mislead the customers. The Designers often make some mistakes which they can avoid if taken care. Here are the top mistakes Graphic Designers often make. Not Following the Instructions Often it happens that a Designer doesn't understand the instructions of the client. Being misunderstood, you could not create a proper design which the client wants. This is therefore important to go through the client’s instructions and design accordingly. Even if there is any confusion or doubt, you should not hesitate in asking the queries. Using the Wrong Software to Design Designs also depends on the software Designers are using. Many Designers try to use any other software which they find cheaper than Adobe. Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator are proven softwares for designing. You don't make a logo in Microsoft Paint, do you? It should be considered or any other professional software providing all necessary features. Limiting the Design The Graphic Designer's job is a creative job. No one should limit themselves as no one knows where creativity will take you. Many times Designers limit themselves and stick to one design or idea. Specially when designing a logo, you should open the path of creativity and try all creative ideas which come to your mind. Over Promise and Under Deliver You might have experienced delays in your project many times. This is not only with you, but all Designers also promise big things and after that are not able to meet expectations. If you are taking big projects, it is recommended to post a Graphic Designer job online and hire Someone to help you in designing. Speedy Work If you are also hurrying in your work then you should stop this practice now. Graphic Designer salary can be paid by per hour and you have to meet that timeline. Speedy work doesn't mean to ignore the important designing points and deliver it on time. Your design will have errors for sure as fast speed would tamper quality. You should go fast but in a smarter way. You should choose going faster when your work is straight. However for more technical work you should give proper time. These were the common mistakes you might be following as a Designer and which you definitely avoid now. Avoiding these mistakes will ensure quality work and great Design career. #Adobe #GraphicDesign #Photoshop Cover Image Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels

A Logo is the most important aspect of businesses. The Logo symbolises the identity of a business. You must have seen many logos, but remember only a few of them. Isn’t it? This is because only a few of them were attractive and convincing to you. That is what you need for your business, an attractive and convincing Logo that people should remember. Now the question is how to design a Logo? We are here to help you with that. Here we have Listed key factors to consider when Designing a Logo. Find Out Why You Need A Logo? The first and foremost thing is to know is why you need a logo. What do you want to convey through your brand logo? Logo plays a very important role in communication between you and customers. Make sure to get clear about the idea you want to convey through your brand logo. You are going to use the logo on your website, stationery, products etc. All these things will thus carry your brand message. KISS [Keep It Simple, Stupid] Another thing you should consider is design. The design of the logo should be simple but attractive. Designing a logo is not a graphic designer job alone. Businesses are also required to get involved as the logo will picture the core personality of the business. Complicated designs would be difficult to understand for others. That’s why you should choose a simple design for your brand logo. Click here to Check out these 50 Minimal and Clever Logo Design Ideas for the Inspiration. Choose Your Logo Designing Software Now you would need a logo design software which you can use. There are many designing software available on the internet amongst which Adobe Photoshop and Adobe illustrator are popular software. If you are not aware of Photoshop, then you can learn it easily. You can Check Out this Quick and Easy Logo Designing Tutorial below. There are many Photoshop Tutorials available on the internet, with which you can learn using it. These will help you to create a perfect design and choose the right colour for your design. Also, check all fonts for your logo, choose the one which suits best for your brand. These are the key factors you should consider to design a logo for yourself or a Client. Before you start you should check competitors logo as well, which will provide you an idea of using the design in the correct way. #Adobe #LogoDesign #AdobePhotoshop

When it comes to Logo Design, there are a plenty of ways to make it. But keeping it minimal and creative is a real deal. This is what impress me all the time. So in this blog post I am sharing 50 Creative and Minimal Logos, which can be an Inspiration for your next Logo Design.

While sitting idle one evening, I just decided to write a book. After creating a PDF file for my book’s first draft, I realized that I had to edit the manuscript with necessary formatting. Though there are various tools available in the market to perform the task but either they were too difficult to operate, or they were too costly. After doing research for months, I decided to buy PDFelement software to edit my PDF files. And the best thing is, it is also available for the Android and the iOS Platform, which means I can edit my PDFs on the go. Anytime, anywhere!! I downloaded PDFelement software from the Internet. PDFelement software is available in two editions: Standard Professional Professional edition has more features such as automatic recognition, OCR, Bates numbering, form data extraction, PDF file batch processing, scanning to PDF files, support for PDF/A, file size optimization and more. Standard edition just has the minimum tools that are required to edit PDF file. Finally. I installed the PDFelement Professional for windows. PDFelement software can be easily downloaded from the Official Website. An online installer downloads and installs PDFelement software on your computer. Once, the PDFelement software is downloaded, it can be activated with the help of license key. As I was extremely excited to buy PDFelement software at an affordable price. When I worked on PDFelement software to edit my PDF files, I found it as a full-fledged PDF editing solution mostly used for Windows and Mac. It is also famous among internet users as it is easy to use as well as it is cost-effective that offers an affordable solution with a modern interface to edit PDF files hassle-free. After getting familiar with PDFelement software, I found that it offers us full control over our PDF content, and PDFelement software package comprises almost unlimited transformation possibilities. The interface is literally a no-brainer, and navigation relies on simple, yet fully-optimized UX designs. PDFelement software extends its support to small and big organizations to create a streamlined design, array of top-notch features, automatic form recognition along with form data extraction. I was delighted to edit and create beautiful forms with only one-click, as PDFelement software includes many ready-to-use templates. PDFelement software includes a modern user interface that is visible all across for the different menus. The options are arranged in the form of tabs. The UI ribbon helps in keeping the menu uncluttered. The ribbon of the PDFelement software can be pinned or unpinned. The changes in the text and graphics, adding attachments or performing OCR can be performed with the help of PDFelement menu. Now let’s discuss the different features that are offered by PDFelement software, which I found extremely useful while working with PDF files. To edit and Optical Character Recognition (OCR) The PDFelement software provides you with the full over your PDF files. This software helps in adjusting from fonts to styles without affecting the original formatting of the document. We can also scan files with the help of optical character recognition that makes the document searchable as well as selectable in more than 20 languages. The spellcheck feature of PDFelement software fixes the small mistakes and typos that can occur in your document. To create and combine PDF files PDFelement software has a special feature that helps in empowering the creation of content. PDFelement also helps in conversion of a file into professionally looking PDF format. It also allows merging of different files and reorganising pages regardless of original settings. It also helps in the creation of batch PDF as well as prompting indexing method to organize the files effectively and efficiently. To extract and convert PDF documents PDFelement software helps in converting the files in to HTML(Hypertext Mark-up Language), images( .jpg or .jpeg), text files(.doc) etc. You can also split the larger documents into several smaller doc files with different formats. PDFelement also helps in retrieving the content of files into the desired location as well. To create fillable PDF forms PDFelement software also allows you to create user-friendly and eye-catching forms to increase the user experience at an event of one-click. PDFelement allows you to add all desired fields, buttons, and boxes to an already existing form, or build a whole new one using some of their beautiful templates. To offer a new level of text editing PDFelement provides you with a most useful feature of text editing that fixes the offline document and ensures that the formatting of the document is not at all affected. It leads you to change words, lines or entire paragraphs with the help of intelligent paragraph recognition technology. To offer outstanding security PDFelement offers the best practice to secure your document in the world of hackers. It offers different security features such as to create and manage your own digital signatures, to make passwords with the help of 256-bit AES encryption technology, to assign authorization and authentication roles. To Review and Comment PDFelement is designed for teams rather than individuals, thus it offers a suite of integration features. It will be incredibly easy to comment, mark and highlight documents, add stamps and annotations, and add a familiar set of shapes and arrows to distinguish a document and help your team understand how to proceed. To Customize PDFelement allows you to develop your own forms with different controls such as buttons, checkboxes, and text fields. It also allows you an advantage to create your own pre-made templates by hand. On top of that, this system makes it possible to turn scanned documents into operable and fillable files which you can then export in the preferred format. To Remove Backgrounds PDFelement makes it easy for you to remove the background of your PDF document. You won't need to spend a large amount of time erasing it manually or retyping your PDF documents from scratch. This will provide you with a clean canvas to add a new background. To Add/Remove Watermarks A designer while working with logo or watermark can create or update image or pattern in paper that appears as various shades of lightness/darkness when viewed by transmitted light while working with PDFElement6 software. Does PDFelement is a better option than Adobe Acrobat? After doing considerable amount of work with PDFelement software. Let’s now take a look at how PDFelement software offers an edge to the user over Adobe Acrobat to edit and manage the PDF elements. Though I found it quiet affordable as well as useful PDF editor, it definitely depends on your opinion to rate the PDFelement. The different versions are available for Windows and Mac with a free 30-day trial period, so you can try them out for yourself. Right now they are offering 50% off discount, for a limited time of period. So make sure to check it out today!

Motion graphics [can be created using After Effects, and Adobe Creative Cloud Softwares] helps in adding more life and motion to anything from title credits, presentation or other multimedia entities. Can you imagine a movie without any sound? How boring it would be to watch a movie without any dialogues? Sound effects are the foundation of motion graphics. The sound effects can be background tracks, dialogues, other sound design elements along with different mood enhancements sounds. Let’s take an example of a horror scene where a face appears suddenly with a harsh sound effect or a sound of a laser wand zap. Editors and motion graphics designers create visually stunning graphics, but without a captivating sound design, it would be not at all interesting. The variety of tool is offered by Adobe Audition CC for importing, sculpt and finesse your sound in sound design while working with motion graphics video in a timeline. Each sound is tenderly and precisely created from scratch, using modern and classic techniques to capture the perfect essence of each sound concept. Creation Of Sound Effect You must be amazed to know that realistic sounds are recordings of actual sounds. These types of sounds are created by recording the actual sounds that may be edited or enhanced. The pitch, intensity and other aspects of the sound are edited to make it more realistic and effective. Sometimes the sound is created only digitally by using software and sound equipment to recreate the intended effects. But such types of sounds do not seem must realistic. These sounds are easily available in sound effect libraries. Now you must become familiar that how these sounds play an effective role in creating motion graphics. Role Of Sound Effect Whenever you design a movie or a motion graphic, then you can use multiple sound effects. This can make the scene more realistic, as in reality there are many sounds in concurrent. You can also use several subtle sounds such as fabric rustling, light footsteps, and quiet conversation in the background of a film can make otherwise uncomfortable and unnaturally quiet scenes convincing and lifelike. You must also become familiar about the other important sound effect for motion graphics as Foley effect. What Is Foley Effect? In the movie or video sound effects can also be recorded live and added to the visual footage post-production. Foley effect is created using various props or some stock effects. You can also add reverberation to Foley tracks to make the sound more effective and realistic. Foley effect is often subtle background noises but can also include loud and noticeable sounds too.

Creating a good design is still a big question for the decade. There are endless debates, social media threats and in-person conversations for developing great designs. Even the ideal web page can be both functional and harmonious at the same time. During designing of web pages, using graphics, sometimes designers miss the crucial aspects of a perfect web page in spite of using attractive colours and navigational themes. The viewers can find your design more interesting and pretty attractive just by underpinning the design of your website with the plainly natural order. As there is no one-size-fits-all approach for design, there is a concrete, mathematical approach that can help you get one step closer to creating amazing design experiences every time. It is referred to as the Golden Ratio or just an Expression of Perfection. How to use Golden Ratio in your Design? Now let's study and understand how you can use this divine Golden Ratio in your Graphic Design or Motion Graphic Designs, while using the Adobe After Effects, or other Designing Softwares.. Some ways to use Golden Ratio are: Typography and Defining Hierarchy Golden Ratio helps you to figure out the size of font you should use for heading and body copy on a website, landing page, blog post, or even print campaign. Cropping and Resizing Images While cropping any image, it is quite simple to identify the white spaces and cut them out. But the main concern while cropping the image for you is to balance the image after resizing it. The golden ratio can be used as a guide for the image composition. Designing a Logo While designing a new logo, you can easily make use of the golden ratio that helps in creating more proportionate design and shapes. Many popular logos follow the Golden Ratio, like Twitter, Apple, and Pepsi. #GoldenRation #BestDesigns #DesigningTips

If you are working as a Graphic Designer or web designer, then the questions come into your mind is that how I should charge for my service or how should I set the working timings etc. Some of the questions that come into Graphic Designer mind while charging their clients are: What should I charge? Should I go for per project rate or hourly billing? Whether my client can afford my fees or not? What is the market rate for this service? Let’s now understand how the charges are set by the freelancer Graphic Designer!!!! Setting Hourly Time or Project Rate As you are a self-employed person, not a salaried person, so you must only concern about your cost, your profitability or how much you want to invest on your business The main advantage for setting the hourly rate is that you are paid for the work you do. To track the time, you can use the time tracking software and you must also have a solid focus while working on your project. Some of the graphic designers don’t find an hourly rate as a good option as because they can finish projects quickly and hours worked is not the only price consideration.. Know Your Actual Profit The profit rate of your deliverable must include the essentials like taxes, rent, lights, transportation, software and other supplies when pricing projects. Such as you should be be able to pay the rent of Adobe Software, such as Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop etc. You need to be able to cover all costs before you’ll ever make any profit as a freelancer graphic designer. You must charge for your service by keeping in mind that you are offering a superior quality product within the specified timeline along with additional provisional costs irrespective of the experienced graphic designer in the market. Miscellaneous Cost Factor If you know all the concepts of graphics and you are sure that you can deliver a superior quality product then, you can charge 30 dollars to 50 dollars per hour. If you are a graphic designer that who is comfortable with just one software, then you can charge between 18 to 20 dollar per hour. The size and time of the project also help in deciding cost that you can charge from the client. You can also decide the cost according to the value of the project you are working on, as designing a logo for a company represents their overall business, hence you can charge at the higher side for the project. It depends on you what parameters are set by you to charge the client according to your freelancer services. Mostly the people around you suggest taking help of the experience freelancer graphic designer. But in my opinion, it is just a waste of time as they will never tell you their actual price and also it is the business question, not an academic one that has to be answered by any experienced designer. #DesigningTips #FreelancerCharges