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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…

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Graphic Design Virtual Reality

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…

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Graphic Design

15th March 2023

Airbus A350F Freighter Design Competition

Airbus have launched their new A350F freighter aircraft which includes the integration of new materials technology and engine design. These advances in design and engineering will provide up to 40% greater efficiency in terms of fuel burn and carbon emissions…

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Graphic Design

5th January 2023

Amazon KDP Book Publishing

Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) is the service provided by Amazon for content creators publishing paperback and hardback books as well as Kindle eBooks. Both fiction and non-fiction books can be published on the platform. The service is accessed via the…

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Graphic Design

12th December 2022

What Is Figma and Why Did Adobe Buy It?

Figma was recently purchased by Adobe for $20billion in cash and shares. It is a browser based collaborative design tool utilising WebGL technology (using a computers graphics card for complex, processor intensive web applications) to enable designers, illustrators, UI /…

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Graphic Design Video Production

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…

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Business Development Graphic Design Photography

4th October 2022

Freelancer’s Handbook Book Launch

Simcoemedia has just published Freelancer’s Handbook: A Survive And Thrive Guide For Beginners In Creative Industries, a 130 page full colour paperback written and designed by Peter Simcoe. It is available on the Amazon bookstore website at http://mybook.to/freelance. The book…

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Vision of a futuristic city created with Midjourney.com

Graphic Design Photography

7th September 2022

A Journey Into Midjourney AI Art

I've recently been experimenting with Midjourney, an online app designed to create images from text descriptions provided by the user. According to their home page "Midjourney is an independent research lab exploring new mediums of thought and expanding the imaginative…

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Graphic Design Photography Video Production

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…

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360 Photography Graphic Design Photography Video Production Virtual Reality Virtual Tours

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:…

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Gary The Guitar graphic created with Adobe Character Animator

Graphic Design Video Production

13th April 2022

Gary The Guitar Makes A Discovery

https://youtu.be/LQ4bcyi6VLo Gary The Guitar made a discovery: Adobe Character Animator now has a new feature called "Starter Mode" and theres no subscription required to try it. Starter Mode allows you to create animated videos with a selection of free puppets.…

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Graphic Design Virtual Reality

12th January 2022

Virtual Reality: Hopes for 2022 and Beyond

2021 demonstrated that sales of Virtual Reality (VR) products for those wishing to explore this rapidly developing technology on a modest budget remains alive and kicking - with over 10 million Meta Quest 2 headsets sold throughout the year as…

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Graphic Design

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…

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Lady Gaga Adobe Creativity Tour competition submission

Graphic Design Photography

15th December 2020

Lady Gaga Adobe Design Competition

During June 2020 Adobe ran a competition to design a poster for Lady Gaga using a variety of assets provided by the artist herself. I created this image using 90% of the graphics provided. You can see the winning designs…

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Graphic Design

1st December 2020

Character Designs

Developing design and multimedia skills is an important part of a freelancers development. Retaining and developing drawing techniques can open up new presentation methods and improve the efficiency when communicating concepts. As part of the t-shirt designs created earlier this…

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360 Photography Graphic Design Photography Video Production Virtual Tours

29th September 2020

Google Trusted Photographer

Simcoemedia has recently received Google Trusted Photographer status. This is an interesting landmark for me as a freelance video producer, designer and photographer because it means Google has certified Simcoemedia as able to produce virtual tours of property and locations.…

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Free Creative Software for Content Creators and Designers

Spatial Multimedia Design Gallery

Airbus A350F Freighter Design Competition

Amazon KDP Book Publishing

What Is Figma and Why Did Adobe Buy It?

NetThreat Character Animation For New Minisite

Freelancer’s Handbook Book Launch

A Journey Into Midjourney AI Art

Design Inspiration On The Web

360 Video Handbook 5th Year Anniversary

Gary The Guitar Makes A Discovery

Virtual Reality: Hopes for 2022 and Beyond

Fiona Parkinson Media Production

Lady Gaga Adobe Design Competition

Character Designs

Google Trusted Photographer

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