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For folks looking for any kind of employment, be it as an employee or associate, the primary requirement (unless you are a complete, complete novice) is to have a competent body of work to show your prospective employers. In case you are a complete newbie, you ought to read enough and gain adequate knowledge on your own to show your seriousness to any prospective employer. Or be ready to go down on your knees, beg and take whatever comes your…

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There was once a time when film posters had to be hand-painted! Yes, you got it correct! They were hand-painted by special poster painter artists who were specialists therein. In fact, one of them was India’s celebrated painter MF Hussain! It took them hours if not days to create those huge posters which adorned (and still do) huge billboards at crossings, important places and even the cinema venues. And then came digitization, computerization and mechanical printer-based prints. The poster painter…

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Would you like to open the morning newspaper and stare into an advertisement or article which is badly designed and whose scope is severely limited and thoroughly a waste? It would be a disastrous start to an otherwise great and peaceful day. Something similar is the case with websites and everything you get to see on the net when you visit websites and social media platforms. Some are great places to visit and leave you feeling positive and energetic; others…

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From the start, animation courses in Pune have been in numbers. Even before the field of Animation and Multimedia came into prominence, what came about were animation courses and animation classes in Pune- the classic case of counting eggs way, way before they even hatch! And all of them, without exception and without comparison, promise one thing: success! And success in no small measures but success big, big time. What then differentiates between animation courses in Pune and Animation classes…

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“The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer” by Steven Pinker His name may not sound familiar but what he says makes a lot of sense. The purpose of a photography is to draw the attention of the viewer is it about open spaces, closed spaces, stills, action-packed or even death. Thus, to make a photograph stand out what needs to be done could include: A good photograph is the result of hours, days and…

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  What do people do in a country of 130 crores of whom the majority are in the 25-35 year age? Well, with the advent of the smartphone, they certainly play a lot of online games. Adding to that is the ease of getting broadband, a variety of games, unprecedented levels of boredom and hardly any space to go out and play actual games. Gaming is thus THE career for a healthy number passing out of Bachelor in Fine Arts…

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Some more VFX applications every Animator should know about….and use where possible! Cinema 4D: So popular is this software that its creators have made various versions for specific tasks. It is best used for animation, texturing, modelling besides a range of other services. Primarily for visualization and modelling for activities such as photography, designing and architecture, it has a load of features for customization, rendering, lighting and texturing. Cinema 4D is too good and can tackle most of what goes…

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Digital Marketing. Two words and a whole industry in their midst! A vast and ever-changing industry which attracts everyone from college-going youngsters to octogenarians and which despite the competition continues to grow in size and complexity. Like any other challenging industry, this too takes time, patience and hard-work to master. And in an interview for digital marketing, the most common questions continue to be the following:  Explain digital marketing & ways of digital promotion: Digital marketing is another form…

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An animation, be it within India or outside, irrespective of its ultimate us as a movie or just a serial or for mobile phones, has to have this element of VFX if it is to be made appealing to the general public. Being software-based these CGI applications have finesse, speed and most of all, sheer accuracy of work which no other system can guarantee. And there are plenty available in the market each with their own set of USPs and…

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If you thought a coach has to be present in person to teach you what he/ she know (for example Yoga), you could be very, very wrong! These days it is about teaching. If you are good, seriously, seriously good in your field, and reasonably well-versed with technology, you could just be the successful online coach. And as always, with success, comes money! Today we tell you what you need to do to become a successful online tutor – of…

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