Tom Libertiny is a published author and photographer, an award-winning music composer and producer, and a movie director. His images span the fields of commercial, editorial, product, architectural, nature, and minimalism. And he works primarily in short-form and mid-form movies, music videos, and commercials.
2026 May 4 One of my New Year’s resolutions at the beginning of 2024 was to write, record, and release twenty-four songs during the year. This represented a significant change for me. Usually it takes me a long time to complete a song. This is partly because I begin by…
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2025 January 8 I’ve significantly changed my workflow as I continue to build my movie scoring and music video business. My focus is on refining techniques and processes to increase the artistic aspect of a project while reducing the time to completion with the subsequent financial savings. 3 Benefits of…
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2024 May 12 The song Despair demonstrates what a large group of human artists can accomplish: writing the music and lyrics, recording it, and mixing and mastering it in high-definition stereo and Dolby Atmos. My earlier article about the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in everything from music to images, video,…
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2024 February 12 I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it. That quote has been around forever and attributed to many people, including The Amish, Thomas Jefferson, and Mark Twain. Regardless of who said it, I believe in that…
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2023 October 15 Looking outside of the niches I work in helps inspire me. My go-to place is nature. Whether it’s for the color combinations I never would have thought would work together or just the beauty of it all. History has also been an inspiration, not from the perspective…
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2023 September 23 “If you want to capture someone’s attention, whisper.” Those were the famous words spoken to launch Nuance, a new fragrance by Francois Coty in 1975. What would happen if we used current AI tools and reinterpreted the classic advertisement? Fast and Inexpensive This video took two days to complete, primarily because I…
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2023 August 4 This project, now a business, has been in the works since I was a child in grade school. As a young musician, I became curious about how the great orchestras in London and Berlin performed the same pieces I was learning. I traded recordings with relatives and…
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2023 July 16 Dolly Zoom adds interest to your videos by quickly creating movement with still images. Many recent conversations have been about creating parallax videos using still images. Parallax and its cousin, the Dolly Zoom (also known as the Vertigo Shot from Alfred Hitchcock’s movie of the same name)…
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2023 July 10 Parallax adds interest to your videos by quickly creating movement with still images. Many recent conversations have been about creating parallax videos using still images. Examples include using AI-generated images, photographs, maps, and graphs when video isn’t available. Parallax and its cousin, the Dolly Zoom (also known…
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2023 May 22 This article is an update to my 2019 article: Finding Your Ideal Client. The most valuable clients are not simply the ones who pay you. They are the ones you genuinely enjoy working with and who allow you to generate revenue efficiently. These two goals (enjoyment and…
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