CREATOR TOOLBOX

Tool: Kdenlive - How to Create the Warp Effect Description: Test out some creative uses of the Defish effect in Kdenlive and see how to invert the lens correction to make realistic space-bending, warp effects, just like in Star Trek! Walk through the layers and how this can be created in about four minutes.  Review: https://youtu.be/SukHxnhKz_4 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

Tool: Kdenlive - How to Make Smooth Rolling Credits Description: See a clever workaround to create smooth, rolling credits in Kdenlive! The built-in effect "Scroll" has some render issues (as of 23.04.03), but in using the animation properties of the Title designer, you can easily achieve a smooth roll with flexible control of speed.  Review: https://youtu.be/ESDGAWtDpc4 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

  Tool: Krita and Blender - Learn 2D Animation Description: How to start creating 2D animation in both Krita and Blender Review: https://youtu.be/B3StitlRHOA Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

  Tool: Krita - How to Animation with Mesh Transform Description: Krita and Kdenlive tutorial showing how to animate with video and drawings using Mesh Transform Review: https://youtu.be/DnP84B86PO0 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4  

    Tool: Glaxnimate Description: A guide for staring Vector Animation with Glaxnimate and importing them into KDEnlive alongside a video project Review: https://youtu.be/jSSSgj9Ufks Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3

   Tool: FlexClip Description: A simple yet powerful video maker that creates marketing videos and family stories in minutes.  Platform: Chrome Download: https://www.flexclip.com/ Review: https://youtu.be/ogU3kz8zuzY Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 1 Costs: Free, Paid Plans

Tool: 2D Animation in Krita Description: Krita includes a full featured "Animation Workspace" to create 2D animation, based on a traditional hand-drawn frame approach. Using basic techniques, effective animation can be created with efficient workflow processes. Krita shares the same toolset from the drawing workspace to be utilized for animation, giving full artistic control. Onion-skinning or previous and follow-up frame overlays can be used to smooth frame-by-frame transitions and easily fill in gaps.  Review: https://youtu.be/tDv3PbsmERw Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

     Tool: OBS Overlays - Concept Description: Using basic HTML, CSS, and jQuery coding, it's possible to create powerful overlays in OBS using the Browser source. It centers around the idea of using transparency styling and jQuery to compile on-demand animation. High quality animated overlays can be created with just a few lines of simple code, right overtop your video! Download free samples on the Photolearningism GitHub - https://github.com/Photolearningism/Obs_Overlays Review: https://youtu.be/6iygHy-qVU4 Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

     Tool: Blender Description: Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline. Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac Download: https://www.blender.org/download/ Review: Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4 Costs: Free

  Tool: Natron Description: Natron is a powerful Digital Compositor that can handle all of your 2D/2.5D needs. Its robust OIIO file formats and OpenFX architecture is what make Natron the most flexible open source compositor for the visual effects community. Its interface and functionally are the same across all platforms such as MacOS, Linux and Windows. Natron has a powerful keying, roto/rotopaint, 2D tracking tools that are staple for all current film production project that requires visual effects. Platform: Windows, MAC, Linux Download: https://natrongithub.github.io/ Review: https://youtu.be/-KuVznMOSHE Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4 Costs: Free

  Tool: Krita Description: Krita is a professional FREE and open source painting program. It is made by artists that want to see affordable art tools for everyone. -Concept art -Texture and matte painters -Illustrations and comics Platform: Linux, MAC, Windows Download: https://krita.org/en/download/krita-desktop/ Review: https://youtu.be/RGEXN0DXNHg Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: Free