Sur-rendering to Vertical Video
Ventura, CA Well 2022 has been another year full of revelation and being that this is my first post of the year, I might as well admit, I was reluctant to write this. But here we are.... I was always...
swatch+soda storefront at Pond5
Los Angeles, CA One of Pond5's cool new features for contributors is their "storefronts" for artists. Just a really clean way to showcase your footage and collections that you may want to present to your customers. Check out the swatch+soda...
NBC's The Voice Season 20 Screen Designs by swatch+soda
Los Angeles, CA Can't believe we just finished the 20th season of The Voice. Such a blessing to be apart of this phenomenon and the team that's helped make the show what it is today.  With the shorter spring seasons...
USA Today - Stunning Production Backdrops & Nick Jonas 'Cracked Rib'
An interesting article posted by USA TODAY on this season's The Voice that tipped the cap to the screens and stage design teams...and Nick Jonas' cracked rib... https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/05/17/the-voice-semifinals-nick-jonas-cracked-rib-bike-accident/5138372001/ Our work on the screens design typically gets overlooked but it was...
C4D & Me…
Ventura, CA After spending a good part of a year avoiding the expansion of my 3D workflow, I decided to give Maxon’s Cinema 4D another chance to not scare me into hiding again. Yes, this wasn’t my first attempt at...
High Resolution Abstract Background Images at Dreamstime
Los Angeles, CA -   Dreamstime has been around for quite a while so you may have heard of this stock photography community before. We have quite a few images, illustrations and videos posted for sale here at Dreamstime but...
Church Backgrounds @ Adobe Stock
Ventura, CA - Over the years, as I’ve created thousands of graphics for various TV shows , concerts and live acts, I’ve had requests from various churches all over the world to produce content for sermons, musical/worship sets and Propresenter...
Driving Footage Collection @ POND5
Ventura, CA -  Over the past 10 years, as we’ve been shooting a lot of stock video and swatch+soda has compiled a large collection of various driving shots in HD and 4K. POND5 has been a great marketplace for us...
REWIND: Enrique Iglesias - Tonight/I Like It Performance Screen Design @ 2010 AMAs
Los Angeles, CA -  REWIND to 2010 at the American Music Awards...our friends at MDots called me to design the performance screen graphics for Enrique Iglesias on his mash-up of "Tonight" & "I Like it".  A very elaborate screen design...
Abstract Backgrounds Collection @ Adobe Stock
Adobe Stock has been a great outlet lately for swatch+soda. So we decided to update and add to our collection on the Adobe library of stock videos with an updated Abstract Backgrounds collection. Here you will find high quality 4K...
Pillar Software Development
Prosper, TX -  Some exciting news for us today as we announce a new partnership with Pillar Software Developers LLC! Over the past few years, swatch+soda has worked with Pillar SD in creating Database & Security applications as well as company websites, but...
National Christmas Tree Lighting 2020
Washington, DC -  For the past several years, swatch+soda has been contracted to create the main title and graphics package for the National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony by Juli Pritchard Productions. This year, however, seemed a bit special in light...
NBC's The Voice: Season 19
Los Angeles, CA -  To finish out the 2020 year on NBC's The Voice, we returned to a somewhat "normal" season of The Voice by returning to our stage and letting contestants perform in front of our performance screens. We...
NBC's The Voice: Season 18
Los Angeles, CA -  On our 18th season of The Voice (NBC), which we almost didn't have due to the COVID-19, we had to adapt and improvise with our restrictions on social distancing and operation protocols. But nonetheless, we were...
Give An Hour : Main Title / GFX Package
Camarillo, CA -  Our good friend Dan Brockett, Producer for Big Little Films, contacted us for a really cool project by the Give An Hour Foundation for the victims of the Las Vegas Shooting in 2017. Dan didn't have a...