Creators Academy

16/12/2022

You started your first Youtube Channel- What's next?

It's always exciting to start something new, what more if that new project of yours starts to generate passive income as you sit back and relax!

Here's 5 other ways you can efficiently upload your videos to build a good base!

You started your first Youtube Channel- What's next?

14/12/2022

Be amazed at what you can create on you iPad with Procreate.

Check out this tutorial on how you can get started on creating illustrations of people.

https://youtu.be/3IvSv3IaQ4E

09/12/2022

If you’re out to market a brand, product or service, knowing how to create content makes a huge difference in getting your marketing message across. Here’s how to score being a Content Creator in 2022~

If you’re out to market a brand, product or service, knowing how to create content makes a huge difference in getting your marketing message across. In fact,

08/12/2022

5 Golden Tips to increase your Social Media Engagement, Now.

With so many new businesses popping up every day, being proactive in creating meaningful content is key to continuously grasping your audience’s attention. Learn how to engage better!😉

Put giveaways, paid ads, and regular postings aside for now – find out how to effectively increase social media engagement for your brand with this 2022 guide.

05/12/2022

Creating cinematic videos made easier with CapCut. With features similar to paid video editing software, CapCut should be in your arsenal for content creation.

In the world of social media, CapCut is the up-and-coming golden child giving users easy access to make cinematic videos…with just a few taps. Developed by

03/12/2022

How do we enhance the food photos that we have taken? What are the basic steps to improve on how your food photo looks on social media?

Here are some of the steps you can follow to edit your photos to be Internet ready.

Whether you are just starting out or looking for ways to improve your digital content creation, the Creators Academy by ASUS is one place where you can do that. Over here at the Creators Academy, you can get to learn from the best content creators from Singapore, with tips and guides on photography,...

01/12/2022

Food pictures looking dull? Want to highlight the vibrancy and make it stand out from the crowd?

Check out these simple tips to make your food pics pictures POP!

Taking your food shots is just the first step when showing off the fantastic food you have eaten daily or on your trips abroad.

30/11/2022

Most of us in Singapore are foodies and taking photos of our beloved hawker food is basically a religious rite whenever we are out for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

We also love to share those photos but how do we take nice photos of the food that was placed in front of us in varied lighting scenario?

Read up on our tip on Food Photography for both Smartphone and Cameras.

One of the greatest joys of travel is eating the local food. From the fresh produce of New Zealand, the creamy milk of Hokkaido, Japan, complex tasting local

22/11/2022

✈️🌎 It's revenge travelling season and whilst enjoying the trip is paramount, capturing memories is equally important!

Here's a guide on things to focus your lens on to build the perfect memory album!

The travel bug is coming back strong after a 2-year long hiatus. More countries are opening up, including Japan, and there are beautiful images to capture for

27/10/2022

New to portraiture? These few might help!

One pleasure of photography is taking photos of your loved ones, capturing life's milestones and significant moments with your camera or smartphone.

27/10/2022

📷 How do you do portrait photography that has the "wow" factor? Get started with these helpful hints.

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One pleasure of photography is taking photos of your loved ones, capturing life's milestones and significant moments with your camera or smartphone.

20/10/2022

If you want to learn some tips and tricks with Adobe Creative Suite you can register and watch Adobe Max where content creators shares their knowledge.

There are learning sessions for illustrations, photography and videography.

Register for Adobe MAX 2022, a free, virtual creative conference. Join us 18-20 Oct. and build skills in Graphic Design, Photography, UI, UX and more.

30/09/2022

Geraint Radford, from Ystalyfera in the Swansea Valley, uses social media to try to encourage more people to get into macro photography.

He said: “Insects get a hard time, we’re conditioned to find them scary. I try to take pictures of them that show them in a new way.”

Check out the BBC video about his journey here.

Geraint Radford, from Ystalyfera in the Swansea Valley, uses social media to try to encourage more people to get into macro photography.

25/09/2022

The new Zenboook Pro 16X OLED is a compact 16-inch laptop that has unique input devices such as the dialpad and virtual number pad for both content creators and mobile worker that needs a number pad for their work.

At first glance, the new Asus Zenbook Pro 16X is immediately different from many laptops you see. The new Asus logo is introduced to this laptop line while

22/09/2022

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, the largest museum in the Netherlands is a leader in the effort by galleries worldwide to digitise their collections of photographs taken by well-known photographers such as Samuel Bourne and the duo Shepherd & Robertson. However, the location and authors of 21 images remain unknown.

With reverse image searches, Google Lens, digitised newspapers, heritage and auctioneering websites, AI colourisation and tools such as Peakvisor help add valuable information and understanding to historic art collections.

The article from Bellingcat speaks about the interesting journey of unearthing locations from the museum's photo collections using the methods as discussed.

Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, the largest museum in the Netherlands is a leader in the effort by galleries worldwide to digitise their collections of photographs

21/09/2022

The Logitech BLUE microphone is not only for recording your voice, but there are also ways to include background ambient tracks to make your audio tracks more interesting via the Blue VO!CE software.

17/09/2022

There are some sections of the Imaging Professionals saying that the introduction of 8K enable cameras will spell the doom of event photographers.

Why? 8K has enough resolution for clients to pull still images from videos and print them out without degradation.

Do you agree with this view?

Michael Marrah of PetaPixel suggests that the arrival of high resolution video cameras will spell the end of photographers for both wedding and even

15/09/2022

Canva is a simple app for making all kinds of video-related designs to be used in your photos and videos. You can use the platform to stand out on social media, and it’s also useful for creating templates for important client documents.

Here are some important tools that I feel can be of help to content creators
- Creating short reels for both Instagram and TikTok
- Making thumbnails for Videos
- Producing Stories for Social Media Platform

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/how-to-use-canva-for-photos-and-videos/

09/09/2022

The growing success of TikTok has certainly created some jiggles over at Meta, the company running both Facebook and Instagram. According to the report by Business Standard, Facebook has shifted its resources from News to Creator support.

With "kids and teenagers are watching an average of 91 minutes content on Chinese short-video platform TikTok daily compared to just 56 minutes on Google-owned YouTube globally", it is no little wonder major American companies like Meta and Google are sitting up and trying to counter TikTok.

Facebook has stated that "(it has) remain committed to the success of creators, and are doing even more to ensure they can find audiences on Facebook and grow engaged communities there".

If the changes over at Instagram has prompted more people, especially photographers, to switched over to Vero, they are certainly not doing a very good job.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/facebook-focuses-on-creator-economy/

The growing success of TikTok has certainly created some jiggles over at Meta, the company running both Facebook and Instagram. According to the report by

07/09/2022

LinkedIn is once thought to be the more serious brethen of social media platforms by networking with professionals. While it is not as 'fun' as Instagram, TikTok, Facebook or YouTube, but LinkedIn appeals to another set of people who are in ways more valuable in terms of money, reach and influence.

People like Bernard Marr who is 49 is being partnered by big brands such as IBM, Microsoft and Google to drive their sales. He is part of a growing number of B2B (business to business) influencers sharing their take on the latest business, market and IT trends.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/b2b-influencers-are-on-the-rise/

LinkedIn is once thought to be the more serious brethen of social media platforms by networking with professionals. While it is not as 'fun' as Instagram,

06/09/2022

There are many ways to describe success and results as a content creator such as getting more followers, sales, website traffic, engagements and newsletter subscriptions.

The people at Brafton created a list of 14 tips to get you started on how to achieve your desired results of using social media.

Here are some tips

Understand your role as a creator
Develop all-around skills
Define your audience
and many more...

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/getting-results-for-social-media-content/

There are many ways to describe success and results as a content creator such as getting more followers, sales, website traffic, engagements and newsletter

01/09/2022

Kyla Scanlon is not your typical influencer that uses Social Media platforms for harmless videos and beautiful pictures. She uses TikTok and Instagram to educate people on the Economy, Inflation and Stock Market.



“On TikTok, there’s so much misinformation about markets, and I used to get really frustrated by that because money is so important,” Kyla says. “People don’t understand that we’re all economic entities, and that lack of understanding leads to the gap in how people perceive themselves and the world around them.”



Since we are all being affected by the economic world around us, being educated about economics helps us to navigate the opportunities and problems associated with our salary, savings, investments and retirement.



What better way to reach out to more people than using the latest platforms to educate and inform?

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/talking-econs-and-stock-market-through-tik-tok/

Kyla Scanlon is not your typical influencer that uses Social Media platforms for harmless videos and beautiful pictures. She uses TikTok and Instagram to

22/08/2022

Stephanie Yi is a 7th grade math teacher based in Southern California but that does not stop her from creating an active online presence on various social media with more than 30,000 followers!

She is part of a team of math teachers called the SQUADratics that created a virtual conference called "Beyond The Mean" that serves the students in the community.

Stephanie Yi is a 7th grade math teacher based in Southern California but that does not stop her from creating an active online presence on various social

22/08/2022

Singapore's National Day Parade gives us ample opportunity to shoot fireworks during the celebrations. Unlike the previous years, this year marked the return of huge in-person events and the fireworks display is a good reason to go down and enjoy the festivities.
In the video, Miklos Mayer from Budapest, shares his method of shooting fireworks from setting up, camera controls to post editing.

Singapore's National Day Parade gives us ample opportunity to shoot fireworks during the celebrations. Unlike the previous years, this year marked the return

15/08/2022

The Blue Yeti Microphone comes not just with a solid hardware but also software for better audio enhancement including voice sound effects.

28/07/2022

Follow PIXImperfect to make backdrops seamless and wrinkle-free with Photoshop! In this video tutorial, learn how to simply recreate the original backdrop resulting in smooth and flawless background.

To make the composite look realistic, the video also shows how to add ground lights and shadows.

creatorsacademy.sg/new/creating-a-seamless-background-in-photoshop/

Follow PIXImperfect to make backdrops seamless and wrinkle-free with Photoshop! In this video tutorial, learn how to simply recreate the original backdrop

27/07/2022

Having 3 million followers across website, blog and other social media platforms is no mean feat. She followed millions of cosplayers around the world and got into her passion of creating and designing costumes.

In the article from Google for Creators, she shared that cosplayers should consider having a website because she is "able to negotiate better deals" using the "accolades through my website." to lend credibility to her brand.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/how-to-build-a-brand/

Having 3 million followers across website, blog and other social media platforms is no mean feat. She followed millions of cosplayers around the world and got

26/07/2022

Shooting for social media used to be quite simple. We just take our camera, set it to shoot in 16:9 aspect ratio, 4K resolution and we can post edit it.

The popularity of TikTok just makes shooting for social media a bit complicated. Most of us would just focus on one way - to shoot vertically or horizontally - based on where most of our audiences are. But there is a better way as shared by Chris Hau.

If your camera is able to shoot in anamorphic aspect ratio of 4:3, cropping into YouTube 16:9, TikTok 9:16, Instagram 4:5 or even 1:1 is now made easier without losing too much resolution.

This is really a good tip. Besides if you have an anamorphic lens, you can shoot it in 2.35:1 cinematic style too!

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/the-solution-for-shooting-for-social-media-platforms/

Shooting for social media used to be quite simple. We just take our camera, set it to shoot in 16:9 aspect ratio, 4K resolution and we can post edit it.

25/07/2022

According to Entrepreneur.com, Artificial Intelligence has 5 ways to help with the content-creation process.

- It can automate the process of finding content for the website and finding the most engaging content through historical analysis.

- AI helps generate a myriad of content topic ideas using tools such as HubSpot's Blog Topic Generator, Portent's Content Idea Generator and ContentIdeator.

- Gathering user-generated content

- Optimise SEO for your content

- Improve landing pages and marketing campaigns

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/how-ai-can-enhance-the-content-creation-process/

23/07/2022

Grace Torres is a 23-year-old wedding photographer based in Florida-based. In the video she shared her journey of photography starting off with a DSLR and gradually upgrading her gear using the money from her part-time job with a non-profit before taking the leap to full-time in 2021.

Grace juggled college courses and an internship while building her photography business and she talks about her struggles and solutions not to get burned out.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/watch-how-a-young-girl-turns-her-passion-into-business/

Grace Torres is a 23-year-old wedding photographer based in Florida-based. In the video she shared her journey of photography starting off with a DSLR and

22/07/2022

Epic Light Media did up a superb video on how content creators is able to use simple lighting techniques to create cinematic feel to their footages. He also looked at how the videos are exposed and also colour grading using Behind The Scenes footages.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/simple-lighting-techniques/

Epic Light Media did up a superb video on how content creators is able to use simple lighting techniques to create cinematic feel to their footages. He also

21/07/2022

As learners of videography, we always have this thinking that we need a lot of gears just to achieve the type of footage we want. That cannot be further from the truth.

Luc Forsyth shares the 5 things Filmmakers do not need to achieve the results that they want and is applicable to social media content creators as well.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/5-things-filmmakers-dont-need/

As learners of videography, we always have this thinking that we need a lot of gears just to achieve the type of footage we want. That cannot be further from

20/07/2022

For a truly cinematic look for your drone video footage the shutter speed must be reduced to 1/50 second for 25 fps video. While cameras can use the aperture to reduce the light hitting the sensor and thus reducing the shutter speed, drone and smartphone do not have aperture control.

One easy way to do that is to add a neutral density or ND filter to achieve the desired shutter speed. Join DM Productions describing how ND filters are to be used.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/why-do-we-need-nd-filters-for-drones/

For a truly cinematic look for your drone video footage the shutter speed must be reduced to 1/50 second for 25 fps video. While cameras can use the aperture

18/07/2022

MoneyTok's Michelle Huang engages with MyPath, an organisation that provides financial education to low-income, young working adults, and finds that financial literacy using Social Media can also be effective.

During the interview, topics such as study loans, credit card usage and reasons young adults face obstacles to being savvier with their money. The article also looks at how content creators can be the conduit to drive such education.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/using-social-media-for-financial-education/

MoneyTok's Michelle Huang engages with MyPath, an organisation that provides financial education to low-income, young working adults, and finds that financial

16/07/2022

Kenny Yeo at HardwareZone has put the latest laptop from ASUS to the test.

The ASUS ZenBook Pro 14 Duo "have had a profound impact on usability. The increased angle not only enhances the legibility of the secondary display but also makes it more coherent with the main display. The two now flow into each other even more seamlessly, and at times, it’s almost possible to imagine that in front of you is a single large display. "

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/laptop-review-asus-zenbook-pro-14-duo-led/

15/07/2022

ASUS has launched a new laptop designed for creators. The Zenbook Pro 14 DUO OLED features the unique dual-screen set up that helps creators to organise their assets during post-production.

Some of the key features:

-16:10 2.8K resolution 120Hz OLED 14-inch Dolby Vision Touchscreen
- 2.8K resolution 120Hz 12.7-inch ScreenPad Secondary Touchscreen
- Main screen is colour corrected with 100% DCI-P3 and Pantone validated
- 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H series CPU
GeForce RTX 3050 Ti graphics power on the go.
- 16GB of RAM and 1TB PCIe 4.0 x4 SSD Storage
- Designed with Active Aerodynamic System Ultra for better cooling performance by tilting the laptop up by 12 degrees or 20mm
- Control panel allows quick changes to brush size, saturation, layer opacity and other functions
- Works with Adobe Creative Suite

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/new-launch-zenbook-pro-14-duo-oled-ux4802/

14/07/2022

The ASUS Vivobook 16X Pro OLED is a laptop designed to be a portable editing machine for Imaging Professionals who are constantly on the go; that is easy on weight, has a bigger screen for editing and yet powerful enough to get the job done without breaking the bank.

Armed with the latest AMD Ryzen 7 5800H series, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, 16GB of RAM and 1TB M.2 NVMe PCIe 3.0 SSD drive for faster image files access.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/produc_and_reviews/review-asus-vivobook-16x-pro/

13/07/2022

YouTube is introducing 'Creators for Impact' programme that aims to share tips and learnings to tackle issues of misinformation and mental health on our local content creators channels. With this, YouTube hopes to remain helpful in the creator ecosystem by being a tool that can help define and shape public discussion on important issues prevalent in today’s society.

https://creatorsacademy.sg/new/youtube-announces-creators-for-impact-programme/