5 New Productivity Apps Based on Classic Productivity Principles

Productivity is a tricky thing. Your job and your goals evolve with time, so the same app might not work as well as it once did. If you’re in a rut, it helps to check out new productivity tools. Who knows, you might find the right app for the right time. There have been a few new apps in the recent past that caught our eye. None of these is a radical reimagination of basic productivity principles. These apps only implement those principles in a new way, which is all the boost you sometimes need. 1. Zask (Web): Make a...

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KFC Is Training Staff Using Virtual Reality

If you land a job in Kentucky Fried Chicken over the next few years you could find yourself being trained using VR. This is thanks to the fast-food company developing a virtual training escape room designed to teach its employees how to prepare that greasy but oh-so-good chicken. After failing to make virtual reality a thing several times, it seems VR actually has a future. Mainly because the technology has caught up to the ambition of the manufacturers and developers who think The Lawnmower Man is a documentary. Hell, even KFC are jumping on the bandwagon. Frying Chicken The Hard...

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How To Motion Track Text In Adobe After Effects

Adobe After Effects is one of the premier pieces of software for editing videos. But before you can learn to edit video like a professional, you need to learn some basic skills. One of those skills is motion tracking. You’ve probably seen the effects of motion tracking — smoothly floating text, perfectly placed graphics — in professional videos. Today, we’re going to learn how to use After Effects (AE) to do it ourselves. The Basics of Motion Tracking Let’s start at the beginning: what is motion tracking? Motion tracking is what makes text, graphics, or masks move with an object in a video....

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