In this quick and easy tutorial, we’ll look at how you can create a spliced effect for a poster design using Adobe InDesign. Love portrait photography, but looking for a fresh take? You can make portrait photographs more dynamic by combining images together, creating a cool collage effect. Quick and simple to do, “splicing” your […]
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5 Adobe Illustrator Vector Effects for Graphic Design
Liven up your images with these five Illustrator effects by adding texture, depth, and shading to your vectors. Vector effects are the perfect way to take your graphic illustrations to a whole new level in Adobe Illustrator. Whether that’s using these effects for characters, floral elements, or even text. Let’s dive in! Before you start […]
Tips on Using Archival Footage for Your Next Film Project
Add historical relevance to your next documentary project by learning how to resize, transcode, and manipulate archival footage. If you’re making a documentary based on historical events, or at least referencing moments of the past, nothing will add greater value to the documentary than archival footage. Whether it’s from the 1930s or late 1980s, archival […]
6 Simple Steps to Customizing Your Stock Photography
Designer Amanda Maduri discusses sprucing up your stock photos, with a short tutorial on editing photos with the free Shutterstock Editor. Stock photos have come a long way from the “model laughing alone with salad” days. However, even with the wide variety of images available now, to make one of them fit your needs you […]
Techniques to Add Vintage Styles to Your Photography
Learn how to create vintage-style photos using techniques like film grain, film templates, and post-production methods. Jazz it up! There’s a certain feeling that vintage photos evoke—a sense of nostalgia and romanticism that transports a viewer back in time, adding charm to an image. In stock photography marketplaces like Shutterstock, customers search for vintage-inspired stock […]
10 Types of Twitter Posts That Always Get Retweeted
Twitter isn’t known for being a visual platform, but images get noticed on the fast-paced feed. Here’s how to tap visuals for more effective Twitter posts. Founded all the way back in 2006, Twitter is positively ancient by social media standards. Yet, it continues to be a key platform for marketing your business. Seen as […]
Creating Marijuana Illustrations for a New Cannabis Culture
The nature of cannabis illustrations is changing in our modern world. See how today’s trends evolved and discover where these trends are going. It’s a new, wonderful world for cannabis. When it comes to cannabis media, gone are the days of stoner-bro culture. Thanks to increased legalization and normalization of marijuana, artists are elevating cannabis […]
500 Top Images from 2019 to Inspire Your Creativity for 2020
Find creative inspiration with this roundup of our favorite images uploaded by Shutterstock and Offset’s contributors in 2019. In 2019, we launched Monthly Fresh, pulling the best new content that our contributors from around the world uploaded on a monthly basis. These curated collections were built of fresh stock images, uploaded in the month prior. […]
Holiday Gift Guides: Gifts to Give Using Your Photographs
Want to give something unique this holiday season? Try these ten fresh ideas for using your own photography in special, one-of-a-kind gifts. There is nothing more better than receiving a personal gift that is completely unique for the holidays. As photographers, you have the skills to create unique gifts using your photographic skill and creativity. […]
PremiumBeat Announces Free Music for Creative Projects
Free music is now available at PremiumBeat! Explore this vast music library, and download your perfect tracks today to power up your creative projects. We’ve got excellent news for videographers, indie filmmakers, podcasters, and other creatives — our friends at PremiumBeat just announced the release of a wide-ranging selection of totally free royalty-free music. Here’s […]