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  Rampant Design Tools feels your pain. This should help.

Rampant Design: Background Check

Rampant Design Tools is still at it, cranking out new libraries of Style Effects for editors, motion graphics artists and VFX artists. Today, they've announced new libraries of 4k looping backgrounds; simply called "Backgrounds for Editors." Another collection of visually stunning, hand crafted background elements (all in 4k!) by president and lead designer, Sean Mullen …

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Go Ahead, Ask Rampant…

One of the things I admire most about Sean and Stefanie Mullen of Rampant Design Tools is their unhesitating willingness to help...anyone. It's what drives their product development - the rate at which they crank out new Style Effects is astonishing. And it's what inspired them to launch a new YouTube channel - Ask Rampant. …

30 Seconds with Seth Worley

Seth Worley is one of my favorite indie filmmakers/directors. I first met Seth a few years back when he was about to release what would go on to be a viral sensation - Plot Device. Right away, you could see the genius in this young director - with a style and sense of humor that …

Style Effects; You’re Going to Want These

Style Effects. Entirely unique. Stunningly beautiful. Unbelievable resolutions. Countless options, and I mean, I've quite literally lost count. Expensive? No. Complex and convoluted to figure out? No. Then they couldn't be for professional-calibre work, right? Wrong. I'm posting this on the heels of another announcement from Rampant Design. Another launch of massive volumes of Style …

Rampant Design Tools New Motion Graphics for Editors V2

Rampant Design Tools released a new library of motion graphics elements for editors - simply called, Motion Graphics for Editors V2. A picture is worth a thousand words, this clip is worth a million. Check it out.

Automatic Duck is Back!

Today is a pretty exciting day. A nostalgic day, perhaps for the industry; for me personally. But mostly, it’s an exciting day for the industry.  Automatic Duck is back! A brief history. I launched my consultancy back in 2003. As with any small and growing business; it was a challenge. You rely on those first …