Audio Editing & Production
Building a Sound Effects Library: What Actually Works
Collecting, recording and organizing sound effects for reuse across projects. Key takeaways Metadata: searchable descriptions make libraries usable Licensing: e...
Tomas Lindqvist
Picture and sound. Writes about editing, color, loudness and delivery specifications, including the ones that get deliveries rejected.
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Audio Editing & Production
How to Get Commissioning Original Music Right
Hiring a composer to write music for a brand, video or product rather than licensing existing tracks. Key takeaways Ownership: rights must be assigned or licens...
Audio Editing & Production
Choosing an Audio Studio, Done Properly
Selecting a recording or post-production facility for a project. Key takeaways Room type: voice booths, live rooms and mix suites serve different needs Monitori...
Audio Editing & Production
Audio Rights and Clearance Records: The Decisions That Matter
Keeping records of the licenses and permissions behind every piece of audio used. Key takeaways Music licenses: define permitted media, territory and duration V...
Motion Graphics & Animation
How to Get Motion Design Principles Right
The rules that make animated movement read as intentional: timing, easing, anticipation, follow-through and staging. Key takeaways Easing: acceleration and dece...
Motion Graphics & Animation
Interface Animation: What Actually Works
Motion inside a product that explains what changed, where something came from, and what is still loading. Key takeaways Typical interface durations: short — lon...
Motion Graphics & Animation
How to Get Explainer Video Animation Right
Animated pieces that make an abstract product, process or idea understandable in a short, structured form. Key takeaways Structure convention: problem, mechanis...
Motion Graphics & Animation
How to Get Kinetic Typography Right
Type that moves — appearing, emphasizing and transitioning — as a primary visual element rather than as a caption. Key takeaways Legibility constraint: text mus...
Motion Graphics & Animation
How to Get Animated Logos and Stings Right
Short animated treatments of an identity, used to open, close or punctuate a piece of content. Key takeaways Typical duration: very short, conventionally a few...
Motion Graphics & Animation
Lottie and Vector Animation for the Web, Done Properly
Animation exported as vector data and rendered by the browser, rather than as video or a sequence of images. Key takeaways Format: JSON describing vector animat...
Motion Graphics & Animation
Motion Systems and Guidelines, Done Properly
A defined set of durations, easings and patterns so that motion across a product or brand feels like one decision rather than many. Key takeaways Typical conten...
Motion Graphics & Animation
How to Get Data Visualization in Motion Right
Animating charts and figures so that change over time is shown rather than described. Key takeaways Purpose: showing change, not decorating a static chart Axis...
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