We’ve been drawing attention to a number of blogs which cover our Hue Camera and HUE Animation products in depth recently, but what about other online reviews and discussions which include useful information about HUE? We’re going to try to round up a few of them in this post! Teaching ...

With my degree in elementary education I generally understand the regular trade shows that teachers and administrators often attend (such as ISTE, NSTA, IRA, ASCD... the list goes on!) However, I wasn't sure what to make of a show like SXSWedu - which is relatively new as far as trade ...

This is another of our set of tutorials about stop motion tricks and special effects used in animation. Last time we told you how to make characters in your animation appear as if they were flying. This week, we're going to explore the stop motion process behind explosions. When animating any ...

Conseils pratiques partie 7 : Les explosions Dans ce nouvel article de notre série de tutoriels sur les astuces Stop Motion et des effets spéciaux utilisés dans l'animation. Dans un article précédent nous vous avons montré comment faire voler vos personnages dans votre animation. Cette semaine, nous allons explorer le ...

Do you think that creating stop motion animation has to be a long and tedious process? Think again! The fact is that you can make a stop motion animation in an hour and have fun doing it. Animating doesn’t have to take ages and be boring and we’ve got proof! ...

I would say one of my favorite aspects about moving iCreate to Austin is being in the physical center of a highly energetic edtech environment. The town was buzzing with educators for TCEA just a couple of weeks ago, and now we're ramping up for SXSWedu in just a couple ...

No matter what you do, it is always nice to hear that your work is appreciated, and it made us very happy to learn that our animation software won two awards in the last few months. HUE Animation Studio scored highest in the Arts and Crafts category of the Dad’s ...

Necessity is the mother of invention. For those of you who do not live in the North East, you may not know that it feels like it has been snowing forever. The concept of leaving the house has become fleeting, and the image of green grass is one of a ...

Conseils pratiques partie 6 : Disparition et Grossisement Stop-motion ou animation image par image est une technique d'animation étonnante qui vous permet d'amener des objets inanimés à la vie. La beauté de cette technique est qu'en l’utilisant, vous pouvez créer beaucoup d’illusions, comme par magie. Regardez cette courte vidéo. Selon vous, ...

Just last night I had the pleasure of having a one on one dinner with my daughter. This is a treat on multiple levels: 1) My daughter is an awesome little human, and full of interesting and often hilarious thoughts. 2) She is 5. If you want a fairly unfiltered ...

Stop-motion is an amazing animation technique which lets you bring inanimate objects to life. The beauty of stop-motion is that by using this technique you can do many things as if by magic. Watch this short video. How many animation tricks do you see were used? Well, first of all, ...

The Teacher that Made the Difference Through my journey to obtain my degree in elementary education I would often reflect on my years I spent in school. I think about all of the amazing teachers I was fortunate to have along the way. The first one that comes to mind ...

After the BETT show ended in London today, I randomly picked a train station to stop at in search of a coffee shop to catch up on some work. One of my favorite things to do while traveling abroad is to actually NOT have a map or a plan and ...

Is your creativity hibernating? A few weekends ago, we were hanging out with some of our friends. We like to get together to play board games like Cranium, Scategories, Pictionary and Trivial Pursuit. This night we decided to play a new game, Lego’s Creationary. This game is similar to Pictionary ...

I can still remember the feeling as a child. The excitement, expectations, anticipation, and amazement that came along with getting a new toy! The simple pleasure it brought you to open the package, touch it, feel it, and check out all of its amazing features. The hours of play it ...

While I don't necessarily agree with the cliche "Everything you need to know you learn in Kindergarten," I will say that one of the most valuable skills I learned in Kindergarten that I still use today - at least weekly - is...coloring! Get back to basics: Color & build to ...

Our good friends over at Next Vista for Learning have been holding an awesome contest entitled the Cool Designs Video Contest. The contest was an opportunity for students to create short videos (90 seconds or less), to demonstrate any concept or skill they may encounter in school. Once students creatively ...

In this post, we’re going to talk about some animation tricks you can use in your films to animate different weather conditions. SNOW As you can see in this video, there are different materials you can use in your animation if you want it to be taking place in a ...

Conseils pratiques partie 5 : La météo Aujourd’hui, nous allons parler de quelques astuces d'animation que vous pouvez utiliser dans vos films pour simuler différentes conditions météorologiques. La NEIGE : Comme c’est le cas dans la vidéo ci-dessus ; il existe différents matériaux que vous pouvez utiliser dans votre animation si ...

We're jet-setting with most of the edtech community this month and next with the back-to-back shows of BETT, FETC, and TCEA. While we won't have our own "iCreate" booth per say... we are lucky enough to have partners in both the UK and here in the US that will be ...