Sam Hampton-Smith

Tutorials: Fake the tilt-shift look using After Effects

Create an animated toytown effect using a crafty tilt-shift effect in After Effects.

Tutorials: Animate a 3D camera move

Sam Hampton-Smith shows you how to give your still images the appearance of motion using After Effects’ lighting tools

Tutorials: Animate 3D waveforms

Move beyond After Effects’ built-in audio waveform effects with Sam Hampton-Smith

Reviews: Toon Boom Animate 2 review

Sam Hampton-Smith checks out a fully-featured, Flash compatible animation suite for professionals

Tutorials: Animate 3D camera moves

Sam Hampton-Smith shows you how to give your still images the appearance of motion using After Effects’ lighting tools

Reviews: Ambient Design ArtRage 3 Studio Pro review

Having amassed hordes of followers eager for new features, Ambient Design has now released ArtRage 3 – which is available in the…

Reviews: AutoFX Mystical Tint Tone and Color 2.0 review

Mystical Tint Tone and Color 2 is an application that can be used either as a plug-in or as a standalone package. As the name suggests, it…

Reviews: Alien Skin Eye Candy 6 review

Sam Hampton-Smith discovers a versatile plug-in for Photoshop, Elements, Fireworks and Paint Shop Pro.

Tutorials: Animate a dance-off for a music video

Create a cool repeating echo effect with After Effects wizardry by Sam Hampton-Smith.

Tutorials: Create interactive PDFs

Embed videos, buttons and rollover effects to create dynamic, interactive PDF files that will entice your readers.

Reviews: Anime Studio Pro 6 review

Anime Studio Pro 6 is a professional animation tool that offers creation tools for broadcast-quality animations complete with visual effects…

Reviews: VisTablet review

The VisTablet tablet is designed to be an affordable but fully featured alternative to a Wacom. The two models currently available are the…

Tutorials: Create a simple Flash game

Tap the power of Flash’s ActionScript capabilities to build a simple game with animated characters.

Reviews: Adobe Photoshop CS4 review

Adobe runs a predictable product development life cycle – every 18 months or so we can expect to hear about new versions of its primary…

Reviews: Adobe Illustrator CS4 review

The latest version of Illustrator adds a feature that users have wanted for years: multiple artboards. This isn’t the only trick up Adobe’s…

Tutorials: How to create pop-out Flash banners

Learn this simple technique to create eye-catching banner ads that leap out of the container and onto the web page.