Author: Stuart

  • Procreate Dreams Announced

    Procreate Dreams Announced

    Procreate the go to illustration and art app for many iPad artists is realising an entirely new piece of software. According to the announcement made at the We Are Playgrounds | In Motion event running in London, UK 8 and 9 September 2023. Procreate Dreams will be aimed at the animation market and will be…

  • 3D JavaScript Frameworks: Three.js, Babylon.js, A-Frame & PlayCanvas

    3D JavaScript Frameworks: Three.js, Babylon.js, A-Frame & PlayCanvas

    3D JavaScript frameworks give developers a number of choices for creating immersive 3D web graphics, Augmented and Virtual Reality, and games. Four popular frameworks in this domain are Three.js, Babylon.js, A-Frame, and PlayCanvas.

  • Adobe Photoshop’s Beta Generative AI: Unlocking Possibilities

    Adobe Photoshop’s Beta Generative AI: Unlocking Possibilities

    Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology is evolving rapidly. Digital artists, creative professionals and academics are at the forefront of exciting advancements. Adobe Photoshop’s Beta Generative AI is a tool with immense potential for creating captivating images for social media. This blog post, will explore how to use this AI tool, and discuss its benefits and limitations.…

  • Technical Art using Blender and BabylonJS

    Technical Art using Blender and BabylonJS

    Technical art refers to the use of technology and technical skills in the creation of artistic works. The following demos some aspects of technical art using Blender and BabylonJS.

  • Apple’s Vision Pro and the Future of AR and VR Experiences

    Apple’s Vision Pro and the Future of AR and VR Experiences

    With the exciting news of Apple launching their Mixed Reality headset, the Vision Pro, a world of new possibilities is opening up for professionals in the realms of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR).

  • Navigating TikTok’s Viral Content Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Marketers

    Navigating TikTok’s Viral Content Landscape: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Marketers

    TikTok, the wildly popular short-form video platform, has taken the social media world by storm. For digital marketers, understanding the types of content that thrive on TikTok is crucial for reaching and engaging with the platform’s massive 1.2billion+ audience. In this post, we’ll explore three key categories of TikTok content: viral dances, edutainment, and show…

  • Augmented Reality through Unity

    Augmented Reality through Unity

    Augmented Reality (AR) is experienced in many different ways. One of the most common is via smartphones through ‘face filters’ on social media apps such as TikTok, (which I have previously written about and demonstrated). However, AR face filters do not have to be accessed via social media apps only. Game development engines, such as…

  • TikTok – Augmented Reality Social Media Filters

    TikTok – Augmented Reality Social Media Filters

    TikTok Tiger Filter TikTok now offers the chance for users to make their own filters to use in videos and it is too much fun to resist having a go 🙂 The tool, TikTok effect house is similar to Spark Ar from Meta and others. In common with the other social media platforms that use…

  • Social Media Video – Class of 22

    Social Media Video – Class of 22

    Quick piece of social media video content saying farewell to a group of students from a University in their final year. Lots of challenges to producing this. The university wanted the content ‘asap’. However, the institution did not have specifically shot footage. Lockdown had severally limited media that might otherwise be available. The solution was…

  • Racial Bias, Artificial Intelligence and the legacy of Shirley Cards in Filmmaking and Photography

    Racial Bias, Artificial Intelligence and the legacy of Shirley Cards in Filmmaking and Photography

    Is this the most racist object you’re carrying today? Have you ever consideredyour smartphone to be a racist object? The Black Lives Matter movement is gaining global prominence. And the smartphone is becoming an important evidence gathering tool. But is that same device actually guilty of racial bias. Since tech is designed by people and…