We're here to help over the holiday season! 2021

We’re here to help over the holiday season! 2021

For advice in other languages (including French and Spanish), please click here. As many of you will be receiving HUE Animation Studio and other HUE products as gifts over the festive season, we'd like you to know that our customer support is here to help throughout the holiday period. If ...
2021: A year in review

2021: A year in review

2021 has been another rollercoaster year with highs, lows and loop-the-loops galore. With 2022 now firmly in sight, the team at HUE have taken some time to reflect and look back at our favorite experiences from the past year that have brought us joy, laughter and lightbulb moments. We had ...
Stem.org Authenticated Educational Product

HUE HD Pro: Top 1% of the best of the Best In STEM™ 2022

STEM.org Educational Research™ (SER) has recognized this year's Best In STEM honorees to commemorate excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics education. The HUE HD Pro document camera scored within the 99th percentile - the top 1% - in the STEM/STEAM product category. SER is a pioneer in pedagogical and ...
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Celebrate the festive season with HUE

HO HO HO! The most wonderful time of the year is (almost) here and HUE’s elves are feeling especially animated. It’s snow secret that we love the holiday season here at HUE, almost as much as we love stop motion animation (and puns!) What could be better than combining these ...
HUE in the lab by Emily Buckle

HUE in the lab by Emily Buckle

We love to feature fantastic teachers all around the world using HUE cameras to improve their teaching. If you would like to feature in our teacher spotlight, please contact our team! Guest post written by Emily Buckle. Follow Emily @positiveproton_ on Twitter. I work at a large secondary school in ...
I do, We do, HUE do by Keke Powell

I do, We do, HUE do by Keke Powell

We love to feature fantastic teachers all around the world using HUE cameras to improve their teaching. If you would like to feature in our teacher spotlight, please contact our team! Aloha, My name is Keke Powell and I am currently a 2nd grade teacher in Boerne, Texas. I recently ...
Stop motion techniques for beginners

Stop motion techniques for beginners

Stop motion is one of the most immediate and accessible types of animation that children can learn. There is no need to be a skilled illustrator or computer whiz kid to bring ideas and stories to life; all that is required is a pinch of imagination, a touch of creativity ...
Using visualisers to reduce carbon footprint and save money

Using visualisers to reduce carbon footprint and save money

Guest post written by John Dabell. John trained as a primary school teacher 25 years ago, starting his career in London and then teaching in a range of schools in the Midlands. In between teaching jobs, he has worked as an Ofsted inspector, national in-service provider, project manager, writer and ...
HUE HD Pro Earns STEM.org Approval

HUE HD Pro Earns STEM.org Approval

We are delighted to announce that the HUE HD Pro document camera has joined HUE Animation Studio in being approved as an official STEM.org™ Authenticated Educational Product! STEM.org is the “Longest continually-operating, privately-held STEM education research and credentialing organization in America. Since 2001, its leadership has assisted with key initiatives ...
Digital storytelling and HUE Animation

Digital storytelling and HUE Animation

Written by Ruth Barrett. Ruth studied traditional animation at Southampton Solent University and is our resident animator at HUE. She has a wealth of experience in creating stop motion animated music videos and commercials, and she has also worked with children in schools and at private workshops. Are you interested ...
Foley: the art and craft of sound effects!

Foley: the art and craft of sound effects!

Foley, named after its originator Jack Foley, is the technique of making sound effects for movies by banging, scraping, tapping, shaking, brushing and rustling different materials and objects. In filmmaking, it is not always possible to record sounds as they happen so in those situations they have to be created ...
Teaching yoga online with my HUE HD Pro by Helena Kaill

Teaching yoga online with my HUE HD Pro by Helena Kaill

Helena Kaill started her yoga journey on a beach in Goa, back in 2014. She subsequently travelled to Bali to continue her training where she learnt to “teach from her heart and connect with her students on a much deeper level working with the balance of soul and body, yin ...
Making the most of my HUE HD Pro, by Vivienne Gittoes

Making the most of my HUE HD Pro, by Vivienne Gittoes

Hi everyone, my name is Vivienne Gittoes. I am a primary school teacher and introduced the HUE HD Pro into my teaching toolkit in February 2021 and have not looked back! I have been teaching in North Solihull, in the United Kingdom for twenty years. I lead Year 1, Religious ...
HUE Animation Studio wins a Junior Design Award!

HUE Animation Studio wins a Junior Design Award!

AT LAST! The winners of the Junior Design Awards 2021 have been revealed and we are delighted to announce that HUE Animation Studio scooped the Silver Award in the Best Toy Design 6+ Years category!  Hosted by the British family lifestyle magazine, Junior, the Junior Design Awards (JDAs) are considered ...
Learning through play with HUE Animation Studio

Learning through play with HUE Animation Studio

HUE Animation Studio contains everything that a budding animator needs to take their first creative steps into the world of animation and time-lapse. The kit includes the HUE HD camera, fully-featured HUE Animation software and the HUE Book of Animation with step-by-step instructions for creating 20 hilarious stop motion videos ...
A day in the life of a HUE HD teacher, by Nick Dempster

A day in the life of a HUE HD teacher, by Nick Dempster

Written by Nick Dempster, Teacher and computing lead, Southport UK. Follow Nick on Twitter @ICT_with_MrD. Background - what now seems like a lifetime ago, I remember being on placement in a year 4 class during my second year at university. The class teacher had a scanner connected to their computer, ...
One person’s trash is another person’s HUE Animation movie

One person’s trash is another person’s HUE Animation movie

If you gave your kids a cardboard box, egg cartons, paper towel rolls, construction paper, and some popsicle sticks, what would they make? In all likelihood a static-yet-elaborate structure vaguely resembling a castle. Unfortunately, this was probably carefully constructed on the kitchen table, so the moment dinner comes around the ...
How visualisers support improved literacy skills

How visualisers support improved literacy skills

Guest post written by John Dabell. John trained as a primary school teacher 25 years ago, starting his career in London and then teaching in a range of schools in the Midlands. In between teaching jobs, he has worked as an Ofsted inspector, national in-service provider, project manager, writer and ...
10 ways to bring science alive with your HUE visualiser

10 ways to bring science alive with your HUE visualiser

John Dabell trained as a primary school teacher 25 years ago, starting his career in London and then teaching in a range of schools in the Midlands. In between teaching jobs, he has worked as an Ofsted inspector, national in-service provider, project manager, writer and editor. You can follow him ...
Working from home? Here are 8 things HUE can do for you!

Working from home? Here are 8 things HUE can do for you!

The work from home revolution has meant making the move from fully-equipped, shared working spaces to improvised offices in kitchens, bedrooms and cupboards under the stairs, which has presented unique challenges for many across the full spectrum of industries. The HUE HD Pro multipurpose camera offers colorful rays of hope ...