1st January 2024
Video AI Technology During 2022 and 2023 a variety of visual Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies were released to an enthusiastic audience of digital content creators. Examples include Midjourney and Adobe Firefly - both designed to create original visual content…
28th September 2023
Free Creative Software for Content Creators and Designers
If you are in the early stages of exploring different types of content creation or just looking to save a little money before investing in professional software such as Adobe’s Creative Cloud (which will cost around £50 / month for…
27th August 2023
Spatial Multimedia Design Gallery
About Spatial IO Spatial is a desktop, mobile and virtual reality compatible platform designed to help brands, game designers and media producers build and share spaces containing interactive content. The type of media you may find in design galleries on…
3rd November 2022
NetThreat Character Animation For New Minisite
Following the production of a music video using Adobe’s Character Animator software in February this year, NetThreat asked Simcoemedia to produce an animation highlighting various online security issues such as malware and encrypted threats whilst offering a solution in the…
28th June 2022
Design Inspiration On The Web
Raising Your Ambition In the early days of my design, video and photography career, I used to consider the standard or "bar" set for my own design to be the activity of those companies or individuals around me in my…
25th May 2022
360 Video Handbook 5th Year Anniversary
Motivation It is 5 years since I began writing my book, the 360 Video Handbook. The book was written over a period of 8 months alongside my freelance project work. Here are several reasons for undertaking such a large project:…
31st March 2022
Simcoemedia 20th Anniversary
In February 2022, Simcoemedia celebrated its 20th year in business. The company was created in 2002 by Peter Simcoe and functions on a freelance / sole trader basis. From those early days designing posters, flyers and creating photographs for Joogleberry…
5th November 2021
Greenbarnes Signage Product Promotion Videos
https://youtu.be/B2ZGk3-_L2k Simcoemedia has recently been developing some product promo videos for a signage and noticeboard manufacturer in Brackley, UK. This included video production, graphic design, photography and voiceover. The client, Greenbarnes Ltd, required a series of videos that outlined and…
4th October 2021
VRARA European Summit Presentation on Virtual Reality VR
https://www.youtube.com/embed/YSpfX9ujbjU About The VRARA The Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality Association (VRARA) is made up of designers, engineers and artists with an interest in the development of Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and "The Metaverse" (yes, that latest annoying buzzword). In…
30th March 2021
Fiona Parkinson Media Production
Working with a new business as a designer, photographer and video producer is an exciting time. It is an opportunity to help shape the future of the business through their promotional material, tone of voice and approach to the target…
25th January 2021
Atmospheric Tilt Brush Animation in 2D and 3D 360 “The Desert”
https://youtu.be/806mkUoTanY Above is a 4K 2D video cinematic animation created entirely within VR using Google Tilt Brush along with a soundtrack created with a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW). The 3D model is expansive and additional fog / smoke / dust…
8th November 2020
Google Tilt Brush Experiments
https://youtu.be/-Zxd4kx_ysAGoogle Tilt Brush is a virtual reality art and design application for Oculus Rift, Quest and HTC Vive created by Google. Over the past couple of weeks I've been experimenting with this tool to create a variety of scenes. Some…