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Looking for an apt Adobe Audition alternative that allows you to mix sound effects, add audio bits and edit sound clips with ease? Well, here we’ve listed

Revolutionary new tools for editing, color correction and professional audio post production, all in a single application!

Adobe's tool isn’t the only vector image editor in town – here are some viable alternatives to Illustrator.

Photoshop's not the only image editor on the market – these tools are the best alternatives.

The most popular free editor & compositor for Mac & PC. Includes over 350 effects & presets.

In the design world, we live in exciting times. It seems that the number of design tools in 2016 has started competing with a number of…

The other day, while sitting at my desk, I looked over at my bookshelf. I do this often. It’s part of how I think. I come across a problem, and I turn my head to the left and gaze at […]

There's a lot that goes into brush strokes in Inkscape, but it pays off with beautiful results. Let's break down the many options available for brush strokes in Inkscape and also go over a few...

Our site is dedicated to creativity. We made BrightSide to help nurture the seeds of creativity found in all of us. We believe imagination should be at the heart of everything people do. BrightSide is the place to find the most inspiring manifestations of this from around the world.

In this tutorial I'm going to show you how to create a feather art brush. You'll then learn how to use it to create a set of angel wings, which can be added to your...

In this photo retouch tutorial, learn how Photoshop's Reduce Noise filter can reduce the appearance of noise without sacrificing image detail.

This Audition CS6 tutorial shows how to record from a live source directly in the Audition software. Watch more at http://www.lynda.com/course-tutorials/Audi...

In this brief tutorial, I show you how to set-up Premiere Pro CS6 to record a voice-over against picture. Audio device preferences, track types, and the audi...

Adobe Audition CC: How to remove vocals on a song works with ADOBE AUDITION CS6 and before. You can create soundtracks, demos, karaoke tracks this way too. T...

Motion Graphics is tremendous fun and you never learn enough to satisfy you. But what if you're just getting started? This tutorial gives you some basic ideas on building a simple motion graphics composition - in this case a wedding type theme. Simple, easy and hopefully entertaining.

The real beauty in Photoshop is that even it is a high-end professional software, you can simply open an image and quickly apply effects or corrections to achieve beautiful results.  But that can only take you so far. And I don’t mean you should go and learn complex curves manipulation or channel mixing techniques. Those are difficult indeed! There are  … Read more

In this article we are going to share over 150 FREE Adobe Premiere Pro plugins and effects that we reckon are pretty darn amazing! As editors we all need tools up our sleeve to help us achieve our desired edits faster and more efficiently. We also need to be pushed and stimulated creatively. The free Premiere Pro plugins and effects we have curated in this list will do both of these things.  Read more here.

The all-round editing tool can be made even better with these great plugins.

We’ve all been there… Sitting in front of a computer screen/notepad/art table with absolutely no idea why your client hired you. All your normal routines aren’t working. No matter how much music you listen to or how many minutes of […]

Learn how to quickly export a single video frame from Premiere Pro's Source Monitor or Program Monitor.