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…
10th December 2023
Google Earth Studio Experiments Part 2
Google kindly gave me access to their Google Earth Studio platform a few months back. I recently used it to create a variety of videos including a 2D 360 interactive video tour of my home city of Chester in England…
28th October 2023
Guide To Freelancing Created With Character Animator
Animated Freelancers Guide Adobe's Character Animator software was used to create this 14 minute animated guide to becoming a freelance practitioner in the creative industries. The video is based upon Chapter 2 of the Freelancers Handbook: A Survive and Thrive…
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…
7th August 2023
Google Earth Studio Experiments Using Chrome
Below are two videos in 4K 2D 360 format created with Google Earth Studio on a Google Chrome browser. I was given early access to test this browser based app and decided to experiment with the immersive VR video capability…
17th July 2023
Using YouTube As A Research Tool
YouTube was launched on 14 February 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and was purchased by Google in 2006 for 1.65 Billion Dollars. In 2019 it was estimated that around 500+ hours of content was being uploaded…
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:…
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.…
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…
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…
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.…