CREATOR TOOLBOX

      Tool: Adobe Premiere Pro Description: Edit footage in any format, from 8K to virtual reality. Native file support, lightweight proxy workflows, and faster ProRes HDR let you work the way you want with your media, even on mobile workstations. Premiere Pro works seamlessly with other apps and services, including Photoshop, After Effects, Adobe Audition, and Adobe Stock. Open a Motion Graphics template from After Effects, customize one from Adobe Stock, or integrate with hundreds of third-party extensions. Platform: Windows, Mac Download: https://www.adobe.com/products/premiere.html Review: https://youtu.be/7mvnGiLS7dU Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 3 Costs: Monthly License

    Tool: Blending Modes Description: Multiply When using this mode, RGB channels are uniformly multiplied, always resulting in a darker image (layering the base layer pixel with the corresponding top layer pixel) Screen Similar to multiple, but uses 2 inversion passes to RGB channels, resulting in a brighter picture. Overlay A combination of the two, both increasing color intensity but also brightening the overall image. The darker areas of the base layer utilizes augments to darker values and the light areas of the top layer are likewise augmented brighter, almost using an HDR approach. Review: https://youtu.be/KNKtlS0_mWg Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

   Tool: Levels and Curves Description: Levels often deals with the black, grey, and white points of the image. Grey is the middle ground between when you set as "max black" and "max white" Curves will typically be used to adjust overall intrinsic brightness (luminosity) or individual color adjustments (RGB). While it's possible to achieve similar results using each, they are best suited in using Levels for manual contrast and Curves for better color tone control.  Review: https://youtu.be/Wa1QSaUzefc Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 2

     Tool: Blender Description: Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, video editing and 2D animation pipeline. Platform: Windows, Linux, Mac Download: https://www.blender.org/download/ Review: Ease of Use: Scale of 1 to 5; 1 being easiest, 5 being hardest 4 Costs: Free