Interview with Sandro Cleuzo – an Awarded Character Designer and Storyboard Artist

Animation Desk was created with the goal of providing a handy tool for people of all ages to create their first animation. As this 2D frame animation app has become more popular, we have begun to receive questions about the animation industry, specifically about what animation technical skills are needed and what jobs there are to strive for in the industry.

In response to these questions, we thought it would be a great idea to get in contact with animation professionals with real industry experience to help quench our users’ thirst for knowledge.

This led to us reaching out to Sandro Cleuzo on Instagram. Even as a busy professional animator with tons of experience and prestige under his belt, Sandro graciously took the time to join us for an “Ask Me Anything” session. This interview allowed us to gain more insight into his experience as a character designer, animator, and storyboard artist.

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How To Edit Text in a PDF the Best Way

The growing use of technology across education systems and professional industries means all individuals will interact with a PDF document at one point or another. However, anyone who has tried to annotate or edit a PDF file understands just how difficult this can be. As a result, organizations are quickly turning to digital solutions that can support a streamlined PDF editing process.

We’re taking a closer look at the steps involved in editing documents online and the top solutions organizations can consider implementing to optimize the process moving forward. 

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Animation Desk – Ani Meme Animation Competition

Animation Desk is hosting an all-new competition: create an animation based on your favorite internet meme!

For this challenge, you can use the meme we’ve provided or create an original animation based on your personal favorite meme. A helpful tip to get you started is to pick some key elements from memes you like and create animated stories based on the images. Since this is an animation challenge, we would like to see how you transform a static meme image into a moving animation!

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23 Annotation Tools & What To Use Them For

Annotation tools are the answer to digitally editing and marking up PDFs, webpages, images, and almost any other content you can think of.

Even better, with such a wide range of annotation tools for users available, you are guaranteed to find one with the right features to meet your specific needs.

We will cover 23 annotation software options and explain why they are best suited to one of the following purposes:

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How to Make YouTube Annotations with Inspod

Before live videos streaming made audience interaction much easier for content creators, video makers had to find another way to leave commentary and notes in their videos even after the final product was edited. YouTube’s solution was its annotations feature. This annotation tool allowed creators to add what were essentially speech bubbles as interactive cards, which would appear in the video player at the desired time.

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