
iCreate to Educate turns a corner in 2014
Do you know how disheartening it is to have people comment, "So I took a look at your site... but can't really figure out what you do or what your product is." Now, I'm not saying that this isn't a justified statement, but it's certainly something that we have taken ...

Conseils pratiques partie 3 : Tutoriel sur les effets spéciaux
Conseils pratiques partie 3 : Tutoriel sur les effets spéciaux Nous avons publié une nouvelle vidéo cette semaine pour vous montrer un peu plus tout ce que vous pouvez réaliser grâce au Studio d’Animation Hue. Nous traitons cette fois des effets spéciaux tels que les explosions et les accidents. Nous ...

Lean Out: iCreate’s founder reflects on the realities of Leaning In
In the last year (or maybe 2?) there has been a lot of buzz around Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In, a book and perhaps movement now to inspire women to "participate in the board room." Lean Out: The Realities of Leaning In Now, I'm all for promoting women founders and business ...

Conseils pratiques partie 4 : Time-lapse
Conseils pratiques partie 4 : Time-lapse Time-lapse est une technique utilisée dans la réalisation de films pour enregistrer les processus qui se déroulent sur une longue période. Pour se faire, vous devrez régler l'appareil pour qu’il prenne des photos à intervalle régulier pour une période donnée, puis lire l’animation à ...

Conseils pratiques partie 2 : Tutoriel sur l’Incrustation (fond vert)
Conseils pratiques partie 2 : Tutoriel sur l’Incrustation (fond vert) Le tutoriel d'aujourd'hui traite de l'une des fonctionnalités les plus avancées dans notre logiciel d’animation Hue, la Chroma Key (l’incrustation). Communément appelée «fond vert», c’est la technique utilisée dans un grand nombre de grands films et d’émissions de télévision pour ...

Conseils pratiques partie 1: Faire voler un objet
Conseils pratiques partie 1: Faire voler un objet N’avez-vous jamais rêvé de faire voler des objets ? Rien de plus facile. Du moins, dans le merveilleux monde de l'animation, où vous pouvez oublier la gravité et où même les éléphants peuvent voler. Votre imagination, vos règles ! Regardez ce tutoriel ...

Animation tips part 2: Chroma Key (Green Screen) Tutorial
Today's tutorial is about one of the more advanced features in our HUE Animation software package: Chroma Key. This is often known as 'green screen', and it's the technique used in a lot of major movies and television shows to make people appear as though they're somewhere else. The idea ...

Nationwide Roller Coaster Trip: An Engineer’s Homework
One of my favorite aspects of being an engineer is that often times finding a solution to a problem is in the art of seeing what's already out there and instead of reinventing the wheel, simply putting it in a different orientation. How can we take advantage of what's already ...

“What does the fox say” with iCreate Red Bird
With the holidays in full swing, we're trying to integrate some fun into what's a normally stressful time of year with travel, gifts, holiday functions, end-of-year meetings and reports, and generally time moving at full-throttle. Ally and myself here in the Austin office were inspired by the viral video "What ...

Ask a Tech Teacher recommends HUE as an affordable document camera
We recently came across a lovely article on the Ask a Tech Teacher blog where writer Jacqui explores the versatility of the HUE HD Camera as a teaching tool in the classroom. As we have quite a few readers in the education field, the article is well worth checking out! ...

Accommodating all learners with a stop-motion activity
One of the principles identified in the “Science of SAM” is the idea of flow, where students of all ability levels can be equally challenged. Below we’ve listed some extensions and ideas to challenge different levels of learners and demographic groups when using stop-motion animation in the classroom. And we'd ...

Animation tips part 1: Flying Tutorial
Have you ever wanted to make things fly? Nothing easier. At least, there’s nothing easier in the beautiful world of animation, where you can forget about gravity and where even elephants can fly. Your imagination, your rules! Follow this link for a video tutorial on how to make objects in your ...

Atari, Superheroes, Technology, and Learning: They Have More in Common Than You May Think
As children we all have big dreams and aspirations. Some mornings you wake up and you want to be a fire fighter, a doctor, a truck driver, a cowboy, a superhero, or any number of other professions that seem downright awesome at the time. As we grow, learn, become educated ...

Bringing Up Charlie tries animation from a dad’s perspective
We’ve highlighted a number of reviews from mums (and grans) in the last few weeks, written about introducing their families to the fun of stop motion animation. It’s been great hearing their perspectives but it’s about time we got a dad’s point of view as well! Thankfully, full-time father Tim ...

Confidence and Storytelling: Going Beyond the GoldieBlox Toys
As a female engineer how can I not comment on the recent viral video with a house-sized Rube Goldberg machine that appeared to be constructed by 3 young girls? If you were one NOT of the 8+ million people who saw the video in the last week, check it out ...

Using SAM with limited technology in the K12 classroom
Many educators can quickly identify SAM and myCreate's value to education, but usually ask for specific ideas and examples for integration into their own content areas - and often times with just the resources they have on hand. Three years ago we first mentioned the idea of "whole class" animations ...

Silverstein, Ferlinghetti, and Animation: Bring a Book to Life
As a child I remember certain books that I really connected with. That said I also remember some cartoons, superheroes, and toys that I was pretty fond of as well! But in all honesty, there were certain books that made me think, that I truly enjoyed, and that helped my ...

BiblioNasium: Where Kids Flex their Reading Muscles
When I started iCreate in 2010, you could probably count the edtech startups in the whole country on 2 hands. Now, over 3 years later, innovation and capital are flooding the education sector, and where I once prided myself on keeping a pulse on all things edtech, there's simply not ...

Are You Serving Bite Size Information?
Learning happens in many different ways, speeds, and formats. That said one thing that I have been thinking on lately is the common elements that transcend most all forms of learning. The one overarching theme that I have found to be most consistent is that of breaking learning into parts, ...

Dutch website Trendmatcher mentions HUE in its BETT visualiser coverage
We were delighted to see we had a mention from Willem Karssenberg of Dutch website Trendmatcher following the BETT show this year. His article covers his experiences at the show, including a visit to our stand and his impressions of the HUE camera. It’s great to see people thinking about ...