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CC/Transcription via external CSV

Add closed captions or data driven graphics to your After Effects project using .csv files that a source text layer pulls data from.

Tumult Hype Responsive Canvas with Dynamic Text

Tumult Hype is my favorite go-to keyframe based animation app for creating HTML5 content. These two templates are adaptations of Tommy Hodgins’ responsive hype to enable scaling repsonsiveness https://gist.github.com/tomhodgins/f76b936ea90c4286b8f88285edbf231d and a script using JSON elements to import text dynamically into the Hype document using css classes. Dynamically adding text content via JSON allows for an […]

Create Flexible Sitemaps with Gloomaps

Building site-maps is an important part of website design/development. With GlooMaps it’s really easy to create your own sitemaps fast and efficiently and share them with other collaborators. It’s free to use and you can create an unlimited amount of maps.

Image Optimization with Fotosizer

Sometimes projects like designing websites or creating ads require mass image production. I’ll generally start off exporting out of the program that the image was created in, like Photoshop, but when it comes to batch resizing, renaming and optimization, Fotosizer is my go to when I’m working on a Windows machine.

Install Grunt & Grunt-cli on Ubuntu

Sometimes installing gruntJS on Ubuntu can be problematic if your new to the command line in Ubuntu. The following commands can help you get started.

Create Disk Images with Etcher

Have you ever tried to create a bootable disk to launch an operating system? How many steps did it take to actually get the drive to boot? Lost count midway through the process? Yeah, me to, until I found Etcher. Etcher can create a bootable drive with 3 clicks. Choose your OS then the drive you want to use to boot with, then click “Flash!”

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code is my number one choice for Editing Code. It is everything I could ask for in classic lightweight text editor but with more powerful IDE-type features with very minimal configuration. Simple, easy to use, and it has GIT integration built right in. Check it out here: https://code.visualstudio.com/

Colorized Abstract Background Photoshop Action

Download my Colorized Abstract Background Image Photoshop Action. My go-to image affect with endless possibilities based on the layer’s blending mode.

OpenPics Linux and Windows App

Open Pics is an Open source application built for Linux and Windows, that allows its users to search free stock images from multiple Image sources including images under Creative Commons Zero license. Download it here: https://github.com/lohanitech/openpics

After Effects Workspace

Here is an example of my typical After Effects workspace. I like to have my Project Files on the far left with the Effects Control Panel to the right of it. This allows me to select any layer from the Comp’s Timeline and immediately see the effects applied to the selected layer without having to […]