Any city or town can be a source of fantastic backdrops if you just know where to look. In this short, fun and informative video, Tajreen and Chloe of Tajreen&Co will show you four portrait locations you can find in any neighborhood. Even the ugliest one!Advertisements 1. Solid colored walls 1. Solid colored walls Every neighborhood definitely has these, just pay some attention to them as you walk. They can serve as a great, simple backdrop for your portraits....

Two things happened to lead to this portrait, a last minute reschedule from a client and a mess around in Set.A.Light 3D Studio. Then it hit me, I could create an idea of a shoot in the program. Then walk downstairs and copy the setup and boom. Sorted. After loading up Set.A.Light and placing down the elements I was going to use. Which was: an octa as a background (which stemmed from my client needing a pure white background and me lacking enough lights / room to make it happen the traditional way)....

This is one of those classic movie effects, especially in horror movies. There’s your soon-to-be victim, looking at themselves in the mirror. They finish what they’re doing, turn to walk away, and the reflection stays there, with a stupid evil grin on its face. It’s a cool effect and one that’s very easy to do in After Effects or Premiere as this video from Ian Sansavera of Learn How To Edit Stuff shows....

We’ll show you how to do it from both your desktop and your smartphone. You’ll find some screenshots below, which will help guide you one step at a time. Before we start, it is worth noting that Twitter will keep your audio from Spaces for 30 days (up to 90 if the Space was reported for whatever reason), so don’t expect to get your Spaces audio from two months ago. Having said that, let’s get started....

With the recent rise in popularity of text-to-image image generation engines, our friend Pratik Naik had a chat with one of the most popular A.I. chatbots, Open A.I. In his words, the conversation title is “I asked A.I. if humans have anything to fear when it comes to text to image A.I. generators? Here is what it said.” It was an interesting conversation, although with a somber conclusion. We are bringing this interview as is and would love to hear if you are concerned about AI or consider it as an opportunity....