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New digital theme and video explainers every month!

October is ‘Beginning 3D Modelling’ month – Join us as we use Tinkercad, Kenney shape and Unity to build 3D objects and arrange them in a scene. On 22 October we’ll bring you a special ‘Backrooms’ workflow in time to get set up for Halloween!

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A 3D modeling software interface showing a blue mug with the text "pixels.cool" on its side.

Beginning 3D Modelling: Explainer 4 of 8

Learn how to export a coffee mug model from Tinkercad using the OBJ format. Perfect for beginners!

A 3D model of a brown mug with “pixels.cool” text, shown in a CAD design software interface.

Beginning 3D Modelling: Explainer 3 of 8

Learn how to model a 3D coffee mug in Tinkercad with our beginner-friendly tutorial.

A 3D model of a brown mug with “pixels.cool” text, shown in a CAD design software interface.

Beginning 3D Modelling: Explainer 2 of 8

Learn to navigate the Tinkercad interface and add 3D objects with our video explainer! Perfect for beginners to the world of 3D design.

A 3D model of a brown mug with “pixels.cool” text, shown in a CAD design software interface.

Beginning 3D Modelling: Explainer 1 of 8

Learn 3D modelling with our beginner-friendly video explainers! Get tooled up for this series which will use Tinkercad, Kenney Shape and Unity!

Don't miss our best from image editing month!

Image editing: Photoshop explainer 1 of 5

Let's open, resize and save a logo image.

Image editing: GIMP explainer 4 of 5

Let's add text to an image.

Image editing: GIMP explainer 1 of 5

Let's open, resize and save a logo image,

Image editing: PaintShop Pro explainer 2 of 5

Let's open, rotate and crop an image.

Image editing: GIMP explainer 5 of 5

Let's create a new image with a single-colour background.

Video editing: Vegas Pro explainer 2 of 5

Let's sequence video clips and render an mp4 file.

Image editing: GIMP explainer 2 of 5

Let's open, rotate and crop an image.

Image editing: Photoshop explainer 5 of 5

Let's create a new image with a single-colour background.

A laptop with colorful app icons, rockets, and arrows emerging from the screen on a blue and yellow background.

New month – New freebies and deals!

Discover the top creative asset deals and freebies for June 2026, including asset bundles for Unity and a FREE motion graphics app!

3d rendering of a large conference lobby with people walking around.

Get tooled up: Create a short promotional video using runway.ml

Get ready for our 'State of the AI art' series of posts! Using runway.ml and chatgpt, we'll create video clips and a script for an upcoming conference promo.

A person wearing VR goggles stands in a digital, neon-lit environment with the text "Reality Remixed" in the foreground.

AI video editing using Runway: Part One

Use perplexity.ai to block out a 30 second promotional video for a brand new immersive experience.

A group of people sitting around a table in a conference room.

State of the art-ful AI: Video generation using runway.ml (part 7)

We use runway's AI image generation tools to create still images to add to the promotional video.

Welcome to the September Showcase!

Join us as we bring together our skills in photo editing, video creation, 3D design, and more to create a stunning gallery showcase!

Websites in focus

Websites in focus: aescripts.com

Let's look at what aescripts.com has to offer!

In focus: Envato Network

Need creative assets? See what ENVATO has to offer!

Latest Posts

A laptop with colorful app icons, rockets, and arrows emerging from the screen on a blue and yellow background.

New month – New freebies and deals!

A 3D model of a brown mug with “pixels.cool” text, shown in a CAD design software interface.

Welcome to ‘Beginning 3D Modelling’ Month!

A woman in black stands in a church with people seated behind her and stained glass windows in the background.

State of the art(ful) AI: Traitors (UK) starts on Thursday. We use Riverside to create a Japanese and French trailer!

The word "MODELS" in large white text; smaller text below reads "sentient shadow" on a black background.

Beginning Adobe After Effects: Explainer 5 of 5

A woman in black stands in a church with people seated behind her and stained glass windows in the background.

State of the art(ful) AI: Use Riverside to create a Japanese and French trailer for The Traitors!

A digital art program shows a robot in a cityscape; part of the image is obscured by a black rectangle.

Beginning Adobe After Effects: Explainer 4 of 5

Back to the classics

Summer of Digital Love: The South Korean handheld that could!

Summer of Digital Love: GamePark 32

Retro Pixels: The 2012 British Video Games Awards

Happy New Year and welcome to pixels.cool! Step inside to start learning and creating 🙂

Retro Curio: New Retro 🙂

Can YOU guess the object?

Retro Pixels: Lemmings – Can you dig it?

It's a new Lemmings documentary!