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We want you to excel in a digital world! Navigate the challenges of your career with inspiration and experience from around the creative industry - articles and videos by the Vidsy HQ team
How to Create More Effective Videos with Stroke Animations
Stroke animation is an incredibly effective and engaging technique to ensure your audience are paying attention to the most valuable parts of your video. (Plus it looks cool!).
V-Insider: How to Organise Your Life as a Freelancer 🗓️
We know that work-life balance as a freelancer is a tricky thing to reach. You’re constantly trying to navigate invoices, clients and differing projects - being burnt-out and overwhelmed might be an understatement! Paula Ugochukwu, our Community Manager shares three simple tips to help you organise your life as a freelance creative a little better.
Creator Stories: Seb Summers 🇬🇧
Meet the brilliant Seb, an amazing Vidsy Remix creator and motion designer from the UK. We sat down to discuss winning a pencil from the prestigious D&AD New Blood Awards, as well as overcoming imposter syndrome as a creative.
New on Vidsy’s Creator Platform: Recommended Videos! 🥳
Here’s everything you need to know about our new feature, where you can find it, and how it can help inspire your work.
Avoid Drag and Drop Templates 🚫
Here’s everything you need to know about why we can’t accept the use of drag and drop templates, and some great ideas for what to do instead.
Creator Stories: Sarah Destiny 🇬🇧
Meet Sarah, a fantastic CGC creator from the UK who creates content for Vidsy as well as videos on YouTube and Instagram. We sat down to discuss her humble beginnings creating content while at university, advice on looking after her mental wellbeing and who her personal and creative inspirations are.
Instagram’s Threads - Our First Impressions 👀
Instagram/Meta Threads - 100 million members in just 5 days?! The dust has started to settle on the launch of Instagram's much-anticipated text-centric app Threads. Said to pose as Twitter's biggest rival, the shiny new app has taken the world by storm. It's obviously still early days, but here are our first impressions ('cause they count, right...)
McDonald’s Grimace Shake: The Viral Trend Breaking the Internet 🥛🍇
Social creativity at its finest 🤌 We (and the rest of the world) are OBSESSED with the trend flying around the internet celebrating the limited edition, purple-coloured milkshake McDonald's has released in honour of character Grimace's birthday.
How to Create a Focus Pull Effect in Less Than 5 Minutes ⌛
Adding a focus pull effect to a 2D image can really liven up your video ads and make still assets much more dynamic. We have a step-by-step guide on how to easily create one on After Effects, with a little help from AI.
Pride Stories: Dom Velez 🏳️🌈
We’re celebrating June with some seriously incredible interviews as part of our Pride Stories Campaign. Meet the truly inspirational Dom. Dom is a CGC creator from New York who joined Vidsy in 2022. This is her story…
Pride Stories: Pedro Gabriel 🏳️🌈
We’re celebrating June with some seriously incredible interviews as part of our Pride Stories Campaign. Meet the wonderful Pedro. Pedro is a Remix creator from Brazil who joined Vidsy in 2020. This is his story…
Pride Stories: Megan Smith 🏳️🌈
We’re kicking this month off with some seriously incredible interviews as part of our Pride Stories Campaign. Meet the lovely Meg (and her cat, Elton, of course). Meg is a CGC creator from South Wales who joined Vidsy last year. This is her story…
Creator Stories: Alan Soares 🇧🇷
Meet Alan, a gifted Motion Designer from Brazil who creates videos for Vidsy during his free time. We sat down to discuss his flourishing freelance career, suggestions for individuals who wish to enter the creative industry, ways to discover inspiration and tips for maintaining mental wellness as a creative professional.
Should You Use Preset Packs When Animating Video Ads?
Preset packs can be extremely useful tools to save time when animating and editing, but we at Vidsy have our own opinions. So, to pre or not to pre? Keep reading to find the answer…
CGC 🎬 or Remix 🪄 - what are they and which one am I?
At Vidsy, our paid brand briefs are separated into two groups: CGC (creator-generated content) and Remix. But what do each of them mean? And which one is best for you? Keep reading to find out more.
Introducing Paula - our new Community Manager
Meet Paula - our new Community Manager in the Vidsy HQ team
Creator Spotlight — International Women's Day Special🌷
This International Women's Day, we speak to Rina Per, a self-proclaimed programmer turned creative who discovered the world of animation during her time at university. Rina quickly switched the world of databases and servers for keyframes and renders and hasn't looked back since!
V-Insider: Preston Beer Girls — International Women's Day Special 🌸
This International Women's Day, we speak to Becca Sharples, Vidsy's very own Senior Product Manager and founding member of Preston Beer Girls.
Vidsy’s TikTok Toolkit 🔥
Download Vidsy’s TikTok Toolkit and create native looking TikTok text from within the After Effects interface itself.
Ensure high quality audio in your content 🔊
Audio has a huge impact on the quality and success of your video. Here are our top tips to getting it right.