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5 Ways to Subtitle and Caption Videos Automatically Using Speech Recognition

Tutorial • Beginner

Increase the accessibility for your video productions by using artificial intelligence to automatically generate subtitles and closed captions, including...

Andrew Childress • 24 Jul 2024
History of Photography

A Brief History of Photography: The Beginning

Tutorial • Beginner

Learn how the fascinating technique of photography was created and about the early days of the medium in this complete article.

Ivan Tolmachev • 25 Aug 2023
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20 Questions and Answers for New Photographers

Tutorial • Beginner

What is ISO in photography? What is aperture in photography? Here you'll learn the answers to the most asked questions about photography. Megapixels, ISO,...

Peter Sawyer • 11 Aug 2023
Running a Photography Business

How to Join the Guilded Media Workers' Cooperative

Tutorial • Beginner

Guilded, a cooperative for media freelancers, offers excellent tax preparation advice, health insurance, a collection service to protect your finances, and...

André Bluteau • 30 Nov 2022
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How to Collaborate on a Video Edit With Flixier's Browser-Based NLE

Tutorial • Beginner

In this tutorial we'll show you how to create a team project using Flixier, a browser-based NLE that can speed up all aspects of collaboration, from sending...

André Bluteau • 27 Oct 2022
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On-Camera Sound Recording: Audio Basics

Tutorial • Beginner

In the tutorial you'll learn the basics of On-Camera Sound Recording. Join us to know more about audio signals, sample rate and bit depth as well as the best...

André Bluteau • 26 Oct 2022
Lightroom Presets

How to Use Split View to Compare Before-and-After Versions of a Photo in Lightroom Classic

Tutorial • Beginner

Learn how to quickly reference your original photo, so you can confidently move forward with your photo editing!

Jamie Evan • 29 Mar 2022
Theory

10 Top Resources for Women Who Create Film, TV and Media

Tutorial • Beginner

We've put together a list of resources for women working in film, TV and visual media. These sites, organisations and articles put women first, championing...

Marie Gardiner • 10 Jun 2021
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12 Top Resources for Women Who Photograph

Tutorial • Beginner

We've put together a list of resources for women in photography, people who are doing great work in the promotion of women and their various fields of...

Marie Gardiner • 8 Mar 2021
History of Photography

Picturing Black History, Part 4: Movements for Civil Rights and Black Power

Tutorial • Beginner

The Great Migration and the resulting Black Cultural Renaissance opened a new sense of power, and led to the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements: a...

Nona Blackman • 27 Feb 2021
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Picturing Black History, Part 3: The Great Migration and Renaissance

Tutorial • Beginner

Discover the rich photographic history of the Great Migration that led to the flourishing of African American culture in the United States.

Nona Blackman • 26 Feb 2021
History of Photography

Picturing Black History, Part 2: The American Civil War and Segregation

Tutorial • Beginner

A photographic history of the Civil War and emancipation, followed by the years of segregation. Part of a series exploring the importance of photographs in...

Nona Blackman • 25 Feb 2021