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October is ‘Beginning 3D Modelling’ month – Join us as we use Tinkercad, Kenney shape and Unity to build objects and arrange them in a scene. We’ll also show you how to set up a VR backrooms scene and explore it in a Quest 3 headset 🙂

Don’t forget our new puzzle book ‘These are the Classic Movies Wordsearches you’re looking for’ is available now 🙂 Amazon | Etsy

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New month – New freebies and deals!

Here's the October 2026 round-up of asset deals and freebies including the Unity autumn sale and the Humble Bundle Backrooms pack for Blender.

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Welcome to ‘Beginning 3D Modelling’ Month!

A beginner-friendly 8‑part series introducing 3D modelling with Tinkercad, Kenney Shape and Unity.

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

We convert the Traitors UK celebrity edition trailer using Riverside’s AI tools!

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

Learn how to export an animated composition to an mp4 video file in this beginner-friendly Adobe After Effects explainer.

Don't miss our best from image editing month!

Image editing: PaintShop Pro explainer 5 of 5

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

Image editing: Photoshop explainer 2 of 5

Let's open, rotate and crop an image.

Image editing: Photoshop explainer 3 of 5

Let's open an image and apply basic colour correction.

Video editing: Vegas Pro explainer 1 of 5

Let's create a project, import video clips and save the project

Image editing: Photoshop explainer 1 of 5

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

Image editing: Photoshop explainer 4 of 5

Let's add text to an image.

Image editing: GIMP explainer 4 of 5

Let's add text to an image.

Image editing: GIMP explainer 5 of 5

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

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Creating elearning: Storyline 360 explainer 1 of 8

Learn how to create and save a new Storyline project. Get started with Articulate Storyline today!

In focus: Envato Network

Need creative assets? See what ENVATO has to offer!

A laptop displays a pixelated explosion, with colorful beams and music notes extending outwards, set against a pink background.

New month – New freebies and deals!

Discover the best creative asset deals and freebies for May 2025, including Humble Bundle's Complete 2D Game Assets Bundle. A must-have for RPG game creators!

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New month – New freebies and deals!

Discover the latest creative asset deals and freebies for July 2024.

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State of the art-ful AI: Video generation using runway.ml (part 5)

We use runway's 'image + description' option to create a video clip and adjust it after the fact.

Websites in focus

Websites in focus: aescripts.com

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

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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

A digital art program shows a robotic figure with glowing elements in a futuristic cityscape.

Beginning Adobe After Effects: Explainer 3 of 5

A robotic figure stands in a neon-lit city street with the word "MODELS" in bold white text across the image.

Beginning Adobe After Effects: Explainer 2 of 5

A futuristic robot stands in a cityscape, displayed in a video editing software interface with controls visible.

Beginning Adobe After Effects: Explainer 1 of 5

Five people stare intensely at the camera under purple lighting, with text promoting a film called CTRL A.I. DELETE.

Reminder: Independent movie CTRL AI DELETE is out now!

Back to the classics

Retro Pixels: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games (2009)

Welcome to 2010 - The Vancouver Winter Olympics are starting 🙂

Summer of Digital Love: Pixel Addict Magazine and the BBC microcomputer

Summer of Digital Love: Pixel Addict Magazine and the BBC microcomputer.

Retro Pixels: Burnout announced for Playstation 2 (2001)

It's 2001 and time to BURNOUT!

Summer of Digital Love: MEGADEMO!

Summer of Digital Love: MEGADEMO!