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	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Techniques: 110 Preset & Custom Lumetri Looks In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through a new option that will be coming with the next release of Adobe Premiere Pro called Lumetri Looks - which gives you the option to apply .Look files created in Adobe SpeedGrade directly to your footage in Premiere Pro. While this option at first glance seems to only offer the ability to apply presets already created, there is also a way in which you can create your own grades in SpeedGrade, save them as .Look files and then apply those custom grades to your footage or to an adjustment layer in Premiere Pro CS_Next. In this tutorial, Andrew shows the new option and how it may be used with SpeedGrade CS_Next to create, save and apply your own custom looks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Sony Vegas HitFilm 2 Ultimate - Coming to a MAC Near You HitFilm have just launched a KickStarter to bring their 3D compositing, visual effects and video editing software to Mac. Andrew Devis looks at the software package for Creative COW. Review, Editorial, Feature

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Techniques: 109 Timeline Panel Change in CC In this short tutorial for Premiere Pro's new CC version, Andrew Devis goes over some of the changes and improvements to the timeline panel for the next version of Premiere Pro so that you can get up and running with it quickly and smoothly. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro RE:Match Non-matching Cameras in Premiere Pro In this tutorial Andrew Devis demonstrates a relatively new plug-in by RE:Vision Effects called RE:Match and how it can very quickly and accurately deal with the very common problem of non-matching cameras in Premiere Pro. A typical approach to dealing with say a white balance issue would be to apply the fast color corrector and use the white balance picker, but this can be very hit and miss, while RE:Match deals with the whole image using another image or clip as the reference to match too. This very powerful effect can save a great deal of time for an everyday problem and so earn its cost back very quickly as well as giving excellent and fast results. There is another tutorial showing how this effect works in After Effects as there is a slightly different way the two applications deal with reference images. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE - RE:MATCH Non-matching Cameras in After Effects In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates a relatively new plug-in by RE:Vision Effects called RE:Match and how it can very quickly and accurately deal with the very common problem of non-matching cameras in After Effects. A typical approach to dealing with say a white balance issue would be to apply Color Finesse 3 and work with that which can be a slightly convoluted process, while RE:Match deals with the whole thing in a couple of clicks! This very powerful effect can save a great deal of time for an everyday problem and so earn its cost back very quickly as well as giving excellent and fast results. There is another tutorial showing how this effect works in Premiere Pro as there is a slightly different way the two applications deal with reference images. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CC: 108 Multi-Cam Synched by Audio In this tutorial, Andrew Devis looks at the next version of Premiere Pro and shows how it can now automatically synchronise footage in a bin by various options including timecode and AUDIO! Andrew uses multiple clips and allows Premiere Pro to synchronise these clips using audio and shows us in real time how long this process takes based on a 48 min talk and 11 clips! Andrew also goes on to show some of the changes that have taken place in the headers for video and audio tracks as well as a change in how to make multi-cam edits in the up-coming next version of Premiere Pro - valuable information for anyone working with multiple cameras. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics Extras: Butterfly Wing Text Animation In the first part of this two part AE Basics Extra tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to show how to create a butterfly wing with text. The purpose of these tutorials is to give additional hints and tips for text animation in After Effects. Items covered in this tutorial include, using the pen tool, paths, copying mask paths to shape layers, text along a path and path option, 3D layers, animation of a wing, loopOut expression and viewing your composition in a different viewer. In the second part of this tutorial Andrew will go on to complete the animated butterfly in 3D and show how to have it fly around your screen. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics Extras: Butterfly Wing Text Animation Part TWO In the second part of this two part AE Basics Extra tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to build the butterfly in After Effects and then shows how to keep it 3D as it is formed. Items covered in this tutorial include custom views, 3D and collapse transforms to keep items working in 3D once pre-composed, duplication and flipping layers, vertical type, text formatting, and complex animations with motion sketch. These tutorials will be valuable for anyone learning and developing text animation skills in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics Extras: Caterpillar Text Animation In this AE Basics Extra tutorial, Andrew Devis shows some more text animation techniques by animating 'Caterpillar' text in After Effects. Andrew shows how to shape your text so that it curves from large to small to create a 'tail' for the text and then he shows how to set up and animate the path that the text will use. Andrew then goes on to lock the text to the animated path and continues by adding additional animators to give body movement to the animated text. This is a helpful tutorial for anyone wanting to learn to use a wider range of options for text animation in After Effects. Andrew will be following up with a similar but different tutorial looking at creating a flying butterfly text! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects IK Character Animation: Walk to the Beat 1: Finding the Beat This tutorial is both a follow-on tutorial to Andrew's previous tutorials on IK controllers in After Effects and a helpful stand-alone tutorial showing how to define a beat range to use as a guide to animation in After Effects. To start with Andrew shows how to use a simple expression to deal with a potential problem of controllers scaling your objects. Then Andrew shows how to find and download sample music which can be used to base your animation on. He goes on to discuss the difficulty of matching frame rates with audio sample rate and then shows how to get a reasonably close 'loop' in both After Effects and especially in Audition. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Techniques IK Character Animation: Walk to the Beat 2: The Walk Cycle In this second tutorial on animating an IK character Andrew Devis shows us how to create and refine a walk cycle with our IK controlled character such that it walks in time with the music we had set up in the previous tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE: Inverse Kinematic Character Animation Standard character animation in After Effects uses a process called 'Forward Kinematics' in that we animate down a linked chain - for example, upper arm linked to forearm linked to hand. To get animation we need to move the items down the chain one at a time. Inverse Kinematics creates a link back up the chain such that moving the hand would also move the forearm and the upper arm without breaking that link. This is a simpler and easier to control form of animation often used in 3D programs such as C4D and 3ds max etc. and allows us to control the animation for the complete chain through a single controller. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE: Inverse Kinematic Character Animation PT 2 Standard character animation in After Effects uses a process called 'Forward Kinematics' in that we animate down a linked chain - for example, upper arm linked to forearm linked to hand. To get animation we need to move the items down the chain one at a time. Inverse Kinematics creates a link back up the chain such that moving the hand would also move the forearm and the upper arm without breaking that link. This is a simpler and easier way to control animation and is often used in 3D programs such as C4D and 3ds max etc. and allows us to control the animation for the complete chain through a single controller. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects An Old Dog, Learning New Tricks You'll be surprised at how late Andrew Devis started with After Effects, but he's thrilled to be constantly learning new tricks. The excitement he finds in turning that knowledge into tutorials has clearly been reciprocated, as he has become one of the web's most popular trainers. Feature, People / Interview

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 65: Expression Controllers PART TWO AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 65: In this second follow-on tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to demonstrate how to apply a color Expression Controller to one part of the production and then how to quickly apply it to other parts of the same composition. He then goes on to show how to separate out parameters to two different control points of one Expression Controller finishing by controlling parts from different areas of the shape layer as you would in a composition which has multiple layers. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics Extras: More Repetition PART ONE AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Having recently completed a training course, Andrew Devis was asked about some more advanced uses for the repeater tool when working with shape layers in After Effects. Andrew has produced 2 'Extra' tutorials to go with his earlier tutorial on the repeater. In this first 'Extra' tutorial, he shows how to create a simple man with shapes, repeat him across screen and then down screen with a couple of repeating options to create different looks and then how to scale the whole animation on the screen to give space for additional motion graphics work. In the next tutorial, he will show how to create shapes from text, how to rotate that shape into a circle and then how to move the circle into a line and how to create other very interesting looks with the use of the repeater tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics Extras: More Repetition PART TWO AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. In this second 'Extra' tutorial in the AE Basics series, Andrew Devis shows how to create shapes from text, how to rotate that shape into a circle, how to move the circle into a line and finally how to create other very interesting looks with the use of the repeater tool - including how to create spirals, make the shapes seem to come out at you from the screen and how to move and control these exciting options, all within the one layer. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 64: Expression Controllers PART ONE AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 64: Expression Controllers are a way to simplify the animation controls for a given composition. Although some people are initially worried by the idea of using Expressions, using and controlling Expression Controllers is both easy and effective - especially so when dealing with complex animations. In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains how to use Expression Controllers in Adobe After Effects. Andrew starts by showing how to control a single parameter with one type of controller and then goes on to show how to separate two parameters with an array while applying an Expression Controller to one of those two separated controllers. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 63: Persistent Disc Cache (CS6 & Above) AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 63: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains a significant 'under the hood' improvement in CS6 which reduces the need for 'Pre-rendering' and makes the operation of After Effects much faster. These improvements are called the 'Global Performance Cache' and the 'Persistent Disc Cache'. Andrew explains how these operate, options to use background rendering and the work-flow savings this offers. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 62: Export 8 - Understanding Pre-render AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 62: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains what Pre-rendering is and why it would be useful in your projects as well as what to look for when pre-rendering to ensure you don't have problems later in your production. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 90 Export 5: Media Encoder 2 In this second tutorial on Media Encoder, Andrew Devis shows how to create preset groups for customers to ensure that you always export the same file types and minimize the risk of choosing the wrong presets when outputting multiple different sequences. Andrew also shows how to customize a preset to meet specific needs such as different frame rates or frame sizes etc and save that preset and add it to a preset group for the customer you created it for. Andrew then shows how to quickly select a smaller portion of the sequence so that you can test your output settings on a much smaller section of the sequence you want to export. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 86 Export 1: Dynamic Link In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to get a sequence from Premiere Pro into either Encore or After Effects using the 'dynamic link' function. Dynamically linking a sequence to either Encore or After Effects will mean that any changes made to the sequence in Premiere Pro will be automatically updated in the program it is linked to (Encore or After Effects). Andrew demonstrates both a simple 'drag and drop' as well as a menu driven approach to setting up dynamic link. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 87 Export 2: Export Settings In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts by talking about the 'Send to SpeedGrade' option and then moves on to discuss the selection settings (left hand side) in the Export Settings dialogue box. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 88 Export 3: Export Settings 2 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through and explains many of the options on the right hand side of the Export Settings dialogue box. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 89 Export 4: Media Encoder 1 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the Media Encoder to render out several different versions of a Premiere Pro sequence using easy to find and select presets. Andrew shows how to add sequences without even having to have Premiere Pro open and then change the preset to another one of your choice and add extra outputs to suit your customers' needs. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 91 Export 6: Media Encoder 3 In this third tutorial on Media Encoder, Andrew Devis shows how to create and use 'Watch Folders' which are folders linked inside of Media Encoder which 'watch' for any footage item that is dropped into them and then encodes that footage item to any other output type of your choice. Andrew shows how to create and set up your watch folders as well as explaining some of the limitations of watch folders as they presently work. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 92 Time 1: Clip Speed/Duration In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows another of the time options inside of Premiere Pro (having previously shown the rate-stretch tool in an earlier tutorial). Starting with the Speed/Duration option Andrew goes through the various ways to apply it and the advantages and limitations that it has. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 93 Time 2: Time Remapping Time remapping is hands-down the most powerful time changing effect in Premiere Pro and also great fun to work with once you know how to use it. In this tutorial Andrew Devis shows how to vary the time of a clip, how to ease that change, how to ease into a hold keyframe and then ease back out again. He then goes on to show how to make the whole clip carry on to play backwards and how to ease the change between playing one direction and the next. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 94 Time 3: Posterize Time The 'Posterize Time' effect can be used to set a frame rate for a piece of footage or a nested sequence. However, in this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use it as a special effect to create dramatic looks for your footage or to give the impression that the footage was taken on an older camera which worked at a different (usually lower) frame rate. (Note: Although it is possible to animate this effect, it can cause unpredictable results and so any keyframes created will be hold key frames giving instant transitions rather than gradual changes). Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 95 Time 4: Playing with Echoes In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the Echo effect and goes through its settings showing how to get the best out of this powerful effect. Andrew also talks a little about filming with the aim of using the Echo effect on the final product. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 96 Time 5: 'Burn-in' Timecode The timecode effect is often used to generate lower quality versions of footage with timecode 'burnt in' so that producers can give exact times for specific edits and selections. In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the 'Timecode' effect to generate timecode for a sequence and to show both media and clip timecodes for a piece of footage in the sequence. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 97 Track Matte Key In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the Track Matte Key effect to pixel out a face to keep a character anonymous. Andrew also shows how to use the circle effect with fast blur to create a soft matte to use with the Track Matte Key effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 98 Ultra Key Part 1 The Ultra Key in Premiere Pro is a way of quickly and efficiently 'Green/Blue Screening' or 'Chroma Keying' footage elements shot against a colored background. In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows a slightly more advanced way to set up to use the Ultra Key in Premiere Pro which involves matting out areas of the footage that either have items to be removed or have nothing but the chroma color in them (i.e. no action in those areas). Andrew goes through the process of creating a matte that just has the item to be keyed while keeping a good soft edge to the footage by using other effects in Premiere Pro. He then creates the final matted piece and applies the Ultra Key and goes on to shows how to adjust that matte after the Ultra Key has been applied. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 99 Ultra Key Part 2 The Ultra Key in Premiere Pro is a way of quickly and efficiently 'Green/Blue Screening' or 'Chroma Keying' footage elements shot against a colored background. In this second tutorial, Andrew Devis goes on to show how to use the Ultra Key settings and how you can use presets to help understand how certain parameters work. Andrew goes on to show how to deal with edge issues and then how to use another effects to simulate a 'light wrap' effect which brings the color of the background into the edge/alpha channel of the keyed object. Andrew finishes by showing how to deal with parts of the matte that have become semi-transparent during the keying process. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 100 Creative Black & White Although there are some obvious ways to create black and white footage in Premiere Pro, the usual approaches can often leave a lot to be desired in terms of creativity and artistic influence. So, in this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use an little known effect to make stunning and creative black and white productions in Premiere Pro which can add a great deal to the artistic credibility of your work. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 101 Exposure & Lighting Effects In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through an under-used effect in Premiere Pro which can be a real shot-saver by giving you the option to completely re-light a scene with multiple lights if needed. In this tutorial, Andrew shows how to use the effect to create a volumetric lighting effect for one shot and then to save a shot which suffers from being taken in a very bright environment and lastly a shot what has issues with being too dark in places. As well as being able to re-light a shot this effect also offers an exposure control which although somewhat linked to an ambient light is still a very useful feature to have in Premiere Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 102 Video Transitions Video Transitions vs Video Effects Transitions: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the difference between 'video transitions' and the 'video transitions' category in 'video effects'. Andrew shows how the two work and some of the advantages of using the 'video effects' as opposed to the transitions to create more organic transitions. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 103 Analyze Content: Find Faces In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains how to use the 'Find Faces' function in Premiere Pro which can be a useful function to search/filter in the project panel to display only clips showing people. Although a useful function, it does take a while to analyze the clips, so it isn't always a fast solution. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 104 Speech Analysis In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the Speech Analysis function inside of Premiere Pro. Andrew starts by showing how to find and download speech modules for languages other than English US and then goes on to analyze two clips, one with stylized English and one with normal English to show how well Premiere Pro copes. Andrew also shows how you would attach an Adobe Story Script for greater accuracy and also how to use some of the tools to change text once created and then how Premiere Pro is frame perfect for each spoken word in the Source monitor. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 105 Warp Stabilizer In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the 'Warp Stabilizer' effect in Premiere Pro. This powerful effect can be used to stabilize hand help or shaky footage so that the end result will be smooth motion or even no motion for the clip it is applied to. While being very powerful, the warp stabilizer works best with a good CUDA graphics card so that clips can be played back with the effect applied without the need to render the clips to see updates to any changes made. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 106 Multi-Camera Work-flow In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the new and improved multi-camera work-flow in Premiere Pro CS6, which includes the option to use as many cameras as your system can cope with! Andrew shows how to use three clips in this tutorial, how to set them up with a synchronizing point and then how to trim footage back into the multi-camera sequence if the synchronizing points weren't in a good place. He then shows how to change between cameras and how to modify the edits created. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 107 Rolling Shutter Repair In this final tutorial in this Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above) series, Andrew Devis shows how to use the Rolling Shutter Repair effects which deals with the problem of footage from a camera phone or a DSLR (CMOS sensors) which look wobbly or jelly-like when panned quickly. The obvious solution is to avoid fast pans with this type of camera, if possible. However, sometimes you have no choice and then need to clean up the end result to stop your audience from feeling sea-sick! The Rolling Shutter Repair is a very powerful tool to deal with this issue and make sure your footage looks more like you originally intended it to look. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 61: Export 7 Media Encoder 3 - Watch Folders AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 61: In this tutorial looking at getting your production out of After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to create and use watch folders. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 60: Export 6 Media Encoder 2 - Preset Groups AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 60: In this tutorial looking at getting your production out of After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to create preset groups and how to modify and save a custom preset. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Audition, Soundbooth Audio Basics - Understanding Sample Rate In this occasional series on audio basics by Andrew Devis, Andrew explains what audio samples are and how they can effect the accuracy of you recording. Although Andrew uses Adobe Audition CS6, the information given in this tutorial is valid for any digital audio recording software packed. Andrew also shows how to create new audio files in Audition and how to specify the sample rate and then how to create tones. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Audition, Soundbooth Audio Basics - Understanding Bit Depth In this second tutorial in his occasional series on audio basics, Andrew Devis explains what bit depth is and how the right choice of bit depth can effect the accuracy of your recording. Although Andrew uses Adobe Audition CS6 the information given in this tutorial is valid for any digital audio recording software package. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects After Effects: Using & Customising the Dictionary Preset 1 In the first part of this three part advanced text animation tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to apply and use the 'Dictionary' preset to a paragraph of text and then customise the word selection to match the words we want to use. Andrew shows how to select the words, modify the original text, change the text colour and begin to show what this preset can do as part of a bigger animation where this preset is used to include words which will eventually be individually animated to create a coherent sentence when extracted from the paragraph. In the second tutorial Andrew will show how to create an exclusion group such that the other text can be faded into the background and the final tutorial will show how to animate the selected remaining words into place. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects After Effects: Using & Customising the Dictionary Preset 2 In the second part of this three part advanced text animation tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how once the 'Dictionary' preset has been applied we can then create a separate 'exclusion' group to fade the remaining unselected paragraph text such that the focus remains on the selected text only - all on a single text layer! The final part of this series will show how to select each of the originally selected words such that they can be independently animated to form a coherent sentence. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects After Effects: Using & Customising the Dictionary Preset 3 In the last part of this three part advanced text animation tutorial, Andrew Devis concludes by showing how to select the already selected text and animate each word separately such that they can be moved into any order and position to create a coherent sentence from the original body of paragraph text. Andrew also shows how to deal with potential animation problems should you accidentally move the word before setting the stop-watch as well as reminding us of the standard options to help finesse our animation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 59: Export 5 - Media Encoder ONE AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 59: In this tutorial looking at getting your production out of After Effects, Andrew Devis starts to show how to use the newly redesigned for CS6 Media Encoder for final output options. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 58: Export 4 - Output Modules AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 58: In this tutorial looking at getting your production out of After Effects, Andrew Devis goes through the output module settings dialogue box and explains what options to use and how to export multiple formats. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE More Than Transitions: ONE Setting Up the Comp In this first of four tutorials on the 'Card Wipe' effect, Andrew Devis shows how to set up a composition with multiple images to use in the effect. Andrew touches on how to replace one item with another item while inheriting the changes of the original item. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE More Than Transitions: TWO Parameters Part ONE In this second of four tutorials on the 'Card Wipe' effect, Andrew Devis goes through many of the parameters for the effect showing how to customise the effect for your own use. Andrew also touches on using gradients in your comp to drive the effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE More Than Transitions: THREE Parameters TWO In this third of four tutorials on the 'Card Wipe' effect, Andrew Devis goes through the various camera, lighting and materials parameters for this effect looking at using the in-built camera, a comp camera and the corner pin option. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE More Than Transitions: FOUR Jitter & Animation In this last of four tutorials on the 'Card Wipe' effect, Andrew Devis explains the 'jitter' options in the effect and goes through some simple scenarios for animating this powerful effect as well as showing how he created the intro to the tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 57: Export 3 - Render Settings AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 57: In this tutorial looking at getting your production out of After Effects, Andrew Devis goes through the render settings dialogue box and explains why you would choose to export through After Effects and how to save a template of your choices. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 56: Export 2 - Setting Up For Export AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 56: In this tutorial looking at getting your production out of After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to set up your composition for export and how to determine where it will output and how to use default file names. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 55: Export 1 - Dynamic Link AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 55: In this first tutorial looking at getting your production out of After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to use Dynamic Link to get your After Effects composition into Premiere Pro. Andrew shows the various methods to dynamically link a composition as well as going through some of the potential problems you may encounter. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 79 Audio 9: Automation Modes In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the 'Automation Modes' for animating audio volumes in Premiere Pro. Andrew explains the different options available as well as showing how to thin out keyframes and change the timing of the 'Touch' automation mode. This is an essential tutorial for anyone working with the spoken word and music as it will save a great deal of time with simple but effective audio animation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 80 Audio 10 Stereo to Dual Mono In this tutorial, Andrew Devis deals with one of the most common problems when dealing with audio in Premiere Pro - how do you change a stereo clip into a dual mono clip? Andrew will show how to change your preferences so that any imported clip will be seen as being dual mono in Premiere Pro as well as how to change a clip that is already imported into your project. Please note that it is not easy to change a clip AFTER it has been put in the timeline. However, Andrew goes on to show one option for muting one channel of a stereo pair in your timeline which can in some cases be helpful. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 81 Audio 11: Audition In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use Adobe Audition to separate the 2 channels of a clip already in the timeline so that they become 2 mono tracks. Although this is a potential work-flow for this problem of separating stereo to dual mono, it is not the best way of dealing with it and should only be done when there isn't really the option to go back and start with the clips from scratch once again. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 82 Audio 12: Audition Tips In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows some work-flows for processing audio from Premiere Pro in Adobe Audition. First, Andrew shows how to use powerful but simple EQ tools and then how to make sure that the volume is maximized whilst not going into 'the red'. Andrew then goes on to show how to match the volume of multiple clips with an automated function in Premiere Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 83 Audio 13: Gain Options In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the right-click gain options for audio waveforms in Premiere Pro. These often overlooked options are very powerful when used to either maintain the relationship between clip volumes or break that relationship such that the volume of each of the clips in amplified to the maximum. Understanding these options will give you some quick and powerful tools for dealing with problem audio in your projects. Note: Gain should be sorted out before changes to volume for best results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 84 Audio 14: Audio Samples In this tutorial, Andrew Devis talks about the difference between frames and audio samples in video and shows how you can work with audio samples to deal with things like lip-sync problems with video shot at some distance from the original speaker. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 85 Audio 15: The Submix In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains how to create and use submixes in Adobe Premiere Pro. Andrew shows how to create a submix from both the timeline and the audio mixer panels and the how to route channels either fully through a submix or proportionally to get a more controlled result. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 76 Audio 6: The Audio Mixer In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the audio mixer in Premiere Pro CS6 detailing all the functions and as well as talking about dB and showing the various display options. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 77 Audio 7: Recording Audio In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to record audio directly into Premiere Pro, having a closer look at the preferences as well as discussing some of the issues that can be had with distortion and low signal to noise ratios when recording. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 78 Audio 8 Clip Audio Animation In this tutorial Andrew Devis shows how to manually keyframe changes to the volume of specific clips in your timeline. This method can be useful for problems that don't respond well to automation but is not ideal for changing the volume over a whole production. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 73 Audio 3: Clips & Tracks In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the differences between controlling clip and track audio in Premiere Pro - showing how to select each type and the options that are available. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 74 Audio 4: Clip & Track FX In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to apply FX to clips and separately to whole tracks which is a very different process and there are some important things that you need to know so that you can find the effects and then how to modify them. Andrew also shows how to use the EQ FX. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 75 Audio 5: Some Audio FX In this tutorial, Andrew Devis briefly goes through some audio FX that may prove useful in your work. This is not an in-depth tutorial but simply points out some of the more useful or powerful audio FX inside Premiere Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 70 Color 23: Adjustment Layers In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the new 'Adjustment Layer' feature added in CS6 and how it can be used to affect not just the whole of a clip but specific areas as well. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 71 Audio 1: Track Types In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes over the various types of audio tracks available in Première Pro including a look at the new 'Standard Track' as well as multi-channel masters and 'Adaptive Tracks'. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 72 Audio 2: 5.1 Audio Channel In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to set up a 5.1 surround sound sequence and then how to map audio channels in the audio mixer in Premiere Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects mocha Pro v3 - A Process of Guided Evolution In April 2012, Imagineer Systems announced a major point release of their VFX toolbox product mocha Pro v3. In this review, Andrew Devis looks at all the changes and improvements to mocha Pro and how those changes impact the work-flow of VFX artists to save them time and frustration. Andrew gives a brief overview of the mocha product range, explains the processes at the heart of mocha and then gives more detailed analysis of the many changes that have come into mocha for this release and how they enhance the usability and value of the product for any VFX artist or studio. Review

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 54: Motion Tracking Part 2 AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 54: In this second part tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to demonstrate how to use the point tracker in Adobe After Effects. Andrew completes a slightly difficult track and shows how to adjust the track point and how to use the various tools to make sure your track is successful. Andrew finishes by showing how to link a text object to the track point to give a good organic end result. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 53: Motion Tracking Part 1 AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 53: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to demonstrate how to use the point tracker in Adobe After Effects. Andrew shows how to set up the tracker and talks through some of the considerations that need to be taken into account to help get as good a track as possible. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 52: Paint 6 Spot & Blemish Removal AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 52: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use and animate the clone stamp tool in Adobe After Effects to remove spots or blemishes from your video. Although a simple technique, this approach can produce good results quickly helping to keep your talent and your client happy! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6: 68 Color 21: Blend Modes 2: Lens Flare In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts off by showing how to add and change a 'Lens Flare' and then how to use a colored gradient to colorize your footage for added interest. Andrew then goes on to show how to use the 'Cell Pattern' effect as a way to add gentle movement below an image to create more interest - because the eye is drawn to movement. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6: 69 Color 22 The Filmic Blend Technique In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the filmic blend technique that helps to make video look more like film thus making your final production look much richer. This technique is a must for wedding videotographers. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 63 Color 16 Levels Effect In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows that there is a levels effect in Premiere Pro which you may have used if you are a Photoshop or After Effects user. However, the levels effect in Premiere Pro can be both hard to find and hard to use, and according to Andrew, should not be your first port of call for brightness & contrast adjustments. That said, Andrew demonstrates how to use the level effect in Premiere Pro as well as showing its short-comings. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 64: Color 17: Day for Night In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows a simple method for using footage shot during the day to make a it look like the shot was filmed in the early morning or late evening. Andrew uses a couple of effects to colorize the shot and change its contrast. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 65 Color 18: Leave Color Effect In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the 'Leave Color' effect as well as a simple compositing technique to be able to focus on just the item needing to be shown without having to worry about similar colors in other parts of your shot. While the 'Leave Color' effect is powerful, it is also a simple approach which may or may not work for you depending on the footage you are working with. If you are not getting the results you want with the 'Leave Color' effect, then you may wish to use the secondary color correction techniques shown in previous tutorials to obtain a similar and slightly more controllable result. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 66 Color 19: Change to Color In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the 'Change to Color' effect while also showing the importance of masking out the area of the footage that you wish to effect. Once again, the same effect can be had by using secondary color correction in the three way color corrector and once a mask has been created the hue can then be changed. The advantage of the three way version is a greater degree of control while the advantage of the 'Change to Color' effect is speed and ease of use. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 67 Color 20: Blend Modes 1 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts by showing how to animate an effect from the 'generate' category of effects and then shows how to use 'blend modes' to blend a reasonably flat piece of footage with the animated effect below to give a little more life or interest to the shot. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 60 Color 13: Luma Curve In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the Luma Curve to achieve very similar results to the Luma Corrector. Both these effects will produce good results for both brightness & contrast although it could be said that the Luma Curve will give some better visual feedback for those who like visual feedback for what they are doing. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 61 Color 14 RGB Curves 1 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the difference between Luma Curve and RGB Curves and shows how to use the RGB Curves to increase the brightness & contrast of a show while also affecting the color channels. In the next tutorial Andrew will show how the RGB Curves effect can be used to colorize a shot. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 62 Color 15 RGB Curves 2 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to demonstrate the RGB Curves effect showing how it can be used to colorize a shot and quickly change the 'temperature' of a shot. Andrew shows how this effect can be a little hard to control and how multiple points are needed to control the curve and limit the pixels being affected if a specific pixel range needs to be worked on. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 57 Color 11: Vignettes 2 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows another method for creating a custom shaped vignette. This approach uses several effects on a layer of black video to allow you to mask the black video to a custom shape to fit the exact area you wish to add a vignette to. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 58 Importing Image Sequences In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to import an image sequence into Premiere Pro and also how to help Premiere get the interpretation of the image sequence correct. Particularly with non-square pixel images Premiere will make assumptions that mean the footage will not display properly. Andrew shows how to help Premiere get the interpretation correct, assuming of course that you know what the original frame rate and pixel aspect ratio should be! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 59 Color 12: Luma Corrector In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the Luma Corrector to change the brightness and contrast of your shot without flattening the shot. The temptation is to use the 'Brightness & Contrast' effect in Premiere Pro which is a very old effect and shouldn't really be used as it tends to squash or reduce the luma range of a shot thus lowing its quality over all. The Luma Corrector is a much more powerful tool and will work with the shot to improve it and increase the luma range giving you much more control. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 54 Color EIGHT: Color Corrector In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the newly redesigned for CS6 Three Way Color Corrector showing it's functionality (with the exclusion of Secondary Color Correction which will be covered in the next tutorial). Andrew shows how to change highlight, midtone and shadow pixels and even how to customize which pixel are included in each range. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6: 55 Color 9 Secondary Color Correction In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the tools in the secondary color corrector to perform some secondary color correction on an over saturated item in the shot. Andrew shows how to create and view a mask that is specific to the color of the item in question and then how to finesse that mask with the various tools in the secondary color correction section. Secondary color correction is an option in quite a few color tools in Premiere Pro, so learning how to use this tool will prove very useful to your editing and color correction and color grading work-flow. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 56 Color TEN Vignettes ONE In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows one method of how to create a vignette in on your sequence to darken down distracting areas of the footage so that you can concentrate your audience on the action and not on distracting elements away from the action. This technique is good for well centered footage but not so good if you have action at the side of the screen. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 53 Color SEVEN: Skin Tones In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to select just a small section of your shot so you can evaluate just that area with the vectorscope. He then goes on to show how to use a second instance of the Fast Color Corrector in conjunction with the vectorscope to change the hue of the shot so that the final color is more real-life. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 51 Color FIVE: Color Cast In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to deal with color problems on a shot by introducing some tools within the fast color corrector - specifically looking at the issue of white balance and color cast. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 52 Color SIX: Output Levels In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the level sliders in the 'Fast Color Corrector,' which help us to set up the contrast of a shot as well as change the brightness of a shot. This way of dealing with brightness and contrast is significantly better than using the 'Brightness & Contrast,' effect which tends to crush your luminance ranges and so degrade your shot. Andrew explains both the input and output sliders and show what a difference they can make to a poorly lit shot. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 49 Color THREE The Vectorscope In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces the vectorscope and explains what information it gives and how to select specific parts of a shot to see if the color is within legal (broadcast-able) limits. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 50 Color FOUR RGB Parade In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces the RGB Parade and explains how it can give us information to quickly see how well balanced a shot is and what problems there may be. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 51: Paint 5 Panel Options Part FOUR: PATHS AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 51: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create, copy and paste different paths into a paint path and then move the new animated paint path in 3D space to create some interesting and powerful looks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 47 Color ONE: Color Correction In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts by explaining the difference between Color Correction and Color Grading, and then goes on to show the reference monitor, the Color Correction workspace and how to find the various scopes available in Premiere Pro CS6. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 48 Color TWO: Color Waveform In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces the YC Waveform graph, showing how to select it and explaining what information it gives. Andrew also briefly discusses the IRE 7.5 setup and also shows the difference between NTSC and PAL measurement as well as how PAL mV are shown differently in Premiere Pro (incorrectly) compared to After Effects (correctly). Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 44 Picture in Picture Presets In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to show how to animate various fixed effects in Premiere Pro and then goes on to show how to apply and modify 'Picture in Picture' (PiPs) presets to your clips. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 45 Corner Pin Effect In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the corner pin effect to replace a sign which is in perspective with a Photoshop image using the corner pin effect. Andrew also shows how to nest multiple layers such that Premier Pro sees them as a single laying meaning that they can be animated with a single set of motion controls. Lastly, Andrew also show how to smooth the animation by changing the keyframe type to a keyframe that gives a much smoother and more professional animation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 46 The Pen Tool In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to animate in the timeline with the pen tool. Andrew shows how to select different fixed effects in the timeline and shows how they can be animated as well as discussing the potential problems of using this method. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 50: Paint 4 Panel Options Part THREE: Timeline AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 50: In this tutorial Andrew Devis goes through the various timeline options for paint paths in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 41: Project Management In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts be going over resetting your workspace to the default CS6 workspace if your project was created in a previous version of Premiere Pro. Andrew then goes on to show how to remove unused footage from your project and then how to create both trimmed and copied versions of your final project either to move to another machine or for archiving. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 42 Fixed Effects Fixed effects are the basis of all animation in Premiere Pro. In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to introduce these fixed effects which include Position, Scale, Rotation, Opacity and Anchor Point (as well as Anti-Flicker). Andrew explains how to use each of these controls using a previously created title of an arrow. In a future tutorial, Andrew will show how to animate each of these properties in Premiere Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 43 Animating Fixed Effects In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to show how to set up animation for a property. As well as setting property values in the 'effect controls' panel, these properties can be animated and, in the case of the animated position property, can even have the path they follow adjusted with handles to create interesting and stylized looks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 39 Titles 7: Crawling Titles In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create and finesse professional looking crawling titles that typically scroll along the bottom of your screen as in a news feed. There are several things that it really helps to know when creating crawling titles to save time and which are covered in this tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 40 Titles 8: Creating an Arrow In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create a simple but effective arrow with the title design window. Although there are other alternatives to adding arrows to a sequence such as creating an arrow in another program and importing it into Premiere Pro, using a title can be a quick solution when short of time. Andrew will show how to animate assets such as the arrow in a future tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 37 Titles 5: Text on Paths In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create paths or splines in the title creation window (title designer) which can form the path for any text you create. As well as showing how to create text on a path, Andrew also demonstrates how to create and customize shapes that can be used as backgrounds to the text you create so that you can combine them together to make stunning lower (or upper) thirds (or whatever else you may wish to create). Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 38 Titles 6: Rolling Titles In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create and finesse professional looking rolling titles or 'credits' for your productions. There are several things that it really helps to know when creating rolling titles to save a lot of frustration and time which Andrew covers in this tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 33 Titles 1: Basic Titles In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to show how to create and format titles in Premiere Pro - going over the basics of the title creation window and how to create point and area text. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 32 Audio Transitions In this tutorial, Andrew Devis briefly goes through the 3 types of audio transitions in Premiere Pro - Exponential Fade, Constant Gain and Constant Power. Andrew will be covering audio in Premiere Pro in more detail in future tutorials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 34 Titles 2: Formatting Titles In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through many of the formatting options that are available for your titles so that you can create exciting titles. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 35 Titles 3: Title Styles In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains how to save your current title as both a title style to instantly use on new titles as well as how to produce a new title which is based on the exact settings of your current title to ensure a coherent and consistent look between all the titles in your project. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 36 Titles 4: Exporting Titles In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to export a title so that it can be used in another version of Premiere Pro (demonstrated by importing into CS5.5). Andrew also shows how to save a title as a template so that it can be the starting point for other titles in future projects as well as going through the templates that are available for you to use and customize as needed. (Due to using an earlier version of CS6 Andrew demonstrates the title templates with CS5.5). Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 49: Paint 3 Panel Options Part TWO AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 49: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to go through some of the options in the Paint Panel - this time looking at the duration options for a particular brush stroke including the 'write-on' option. Andrew also starts to look at some of the powerful tools to finesse your paint work found in the timeline panel. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 31: Applying Transitions In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to apply and edit transitions as well as showing what happens when you don't have sufficient 'head' or 'tail' footage on one of your clips going into a transition. Andrew also shows how to view and dynamically edit a transition in the timeline whilst watching it play back. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 30 Transitions: What, Why, When In this tutorial, Andrew Devis simply talks about when to use transitions and what message they may give to an audience. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 48: Paint 2: Panel Options: One AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 48: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through some of the options in the Paint Panel including a look at opacity, flow, blend modes and channels. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 29 Naming Conventions In this tutorial, Andrew Devis show how Premiere Pro deals with mismatches between sequences and footage and also a 'gotcha' about if and when you will get a warning from Premiere Pro (which depends on how you bring your footage into the Premiere sequence in the first place). Following this, Andrew talks briefly on the importance of a naming convention if you are going to be working on a longer project that may require you to back-track at some point or other and you wish to keep your auto-saves available for earlier version of the project. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 20 Trim Monitor In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the 'Trim Monitor,' which up until CS6 had been the main way of quickly and simply rolling or trimming you edit points in the timeline. Although somewhat superseded by the new timeline editing features new to CS6, the Trim Monitor is still a quick and powerful way to finesse your edit points. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 21 Timeline Trimming In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates one of the big new features for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - dynamic timeline trimming of edit points. Andrew shows how to enter the trim mode, to change to different types of trim tool, how to use the keyboard to trim and enter specific amount for detailed trimming as well as how to be able to select all the trim points on multiple layers of video so that you can go through your timeline without having to select different video layers. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 22 JKL Trimming In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates a really useful feature in Premiere Pro CS6 - that of being able to trim your clips in the timeline using the J K & L playback functionality. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 23 Dynamic Trimming In this tutorial, Andrew Devis looks at a couple of options that can help you to see your edits dynamically as you edit them. Andrew shows how to use and edit the 'Play Around' function as well as using the 'Loop' function so that the play-head will play a specified amount of time before and after it was placed allowing you to place it over (and edit) transitions on the fly. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 24 Un-Linking Tracks In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains how to select just the audio or just the video portion of a clip so that they can be edited separately whilst still keeping the audio and video linked. Andrew also shows how to completely unlink the video and audio and how to re-link them again if needed. Lastly, Andrew demonstrates the 'Sync Lock' option which can be used to stop tracks in your timeline being 'cut' when you drop in insert edits on other tracks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 25 Exporting Single Frames In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to quickly export a single image from either your source monitor or your program monitor and save them as any of a variety of image types to a destination of your choice to either use in your project or anywhere else such as printed documents of for DVD menus in Encore (which will require them to be re-saved as a PSD). After that, Andrew also shows how to quickly and accurately remove unwanted parts of your timeline such that it either leaves a gap in the timeline or the item is removed and the gap closed up. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 26 Three & Four Point Editing In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates 3 & 4 point editing - a technique used a great deal in video editing. Three point editing forces clips to match a sequence in or out point whilst allowing the clip to remain the length it has been specified. Four point editing forces a clip to fit into a specified length in the timeline even if that means the clip must be sped up or slowed down. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 27 Replacing Footage In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to insert a clip at any point you want with the mouse and a modifier key and then goes on to show the various options to replace a piece of footage in your timeline with another piece of footage so that in and out points are respected in the timeline and even frames matched at a point of your choosing. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 28 Track Headers Options In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains all the options and icons in the track headers as well as going through some of the options for the clips in the timeline. Andrew then goes on to show how to bring just video or just audio to the timeline from a clip in the source monitor or the project panel. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 47: Paint 1 Creating and Customizing Brushes AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 47: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through some of the options for paint in After Effects and especially how to create, customize, save and delete brushes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 17 Tools Part 2 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to introduce some of the timeline editing tools in Premiere Pro looking at the 'Track Select' tool along with the 'Razor', 'Pen', 'Hand' and 'Zoom' tools. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 18 Tools Part 3: Rate Stretch In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the 'Rate Stretch' tool as well as showing how to see if you are dropping any frames on your playback and how to turn on loop for your playback. The 'Rate Stretch' tool is a great way of fitting clips into your timeline that may be slightly too long or slightly too short for the gap you have for them. This tool will speed-up or slow-down the clip while not loosing any of the footage you include and can be used for speed changing effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 19 Tools Part 4 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates 'nesting' sequences within new sequences as well as the 'snapping' function in the timeline and how to turn it off and on. He then goes on to show how the 'slip' and the 'slide' tools work to reveal and hide whichever bits of footage you wish to show in your media clips. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 15 Targeting Tracks In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the different ways of getting tracks onto the timeline either directly from the project panel or from the source monitor as well as showing how to target different tracks so that your assets go to separate video and audio tracks to media already in your timeline (there are differences for this between the project panel and source panel). Andrew also explains potential problems with setting 'in' and 'out' points if the wrong panel is selected and how to deal with those problems. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 16 Tools Part 1 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces some of the timeline editing tools in Premiere Pro starting with the 'Trim' tool, the 'Ripple Edit' tool and then the 'Rolling Edit' tool Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 11 Importing PSDs In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the various options Premiere Pro gives you when importing Photoshop documents including importing with merged layers, selecting the layers you wish to use and importing a PSD as a sequence. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 12 Sub-Clips In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create sub-clips from the media in your project panel. Sub-clips are especially valuable when working with longer interviews where the editor needs to identify specific parts of the clip and extract them with useful names so that they can be dropped in the timeline at the right point later in the production. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 13 Timecode & Playhead In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains what timecode is and how to quickly navigate your playhead to precise positions by typing in exact times in whichever panel you're working in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 14 Insert & Overlay Edits In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains first how to automate clips to your timeline so that they align with markers that you have already set in your sequence. He then goes on to explain the difference between 'Insert' and 'Overlay or Overwrite' edits using the appropriate keyboard short-cuts. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 46: Mask Feather Tool (CS6 & above) AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 46: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the long awaited and new to CS6 'Mask Feather' tool. Andrew demonstrates all the options for this powerful tool including the basic functions, a practical example as well as how it could be used as a creative tool in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 8 Preferences In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through notable preferences in Adobe Premiere Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 9 New Items In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through all the different synthetic footage items that can be created inside Premiere Pro from the 'New Items' icon in the project panel. Andrew also shows how to link media to offline footage items. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 10 Importing Assets In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the different way to import assets into your project including a look at the basic functionality of the Media Browser (with more advanced functions covered in more detail in a future tutorial) and Adobe Bridge. Andrew also shows how to get items from the media browser to the source monitor and then how to get finessed items directly to the timeline with keyboard short-cuts. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 4 Playback Controls In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes over the options for showing and hiding the various buttons inside the source and program monitors and how they can be customized as needed. Andrew also emphasizes and shows the important keyboard short-cuts for playing back your video and choosing and editing in and out points for the clips you want to use. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 5 Workspaces In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows what happens when you open a project saved in a previous version of Premiere Pro and how it changes the default workspace back to that of a previous version. He then goes on to show how to reset your workspace back to the default CS6 workspace. Andrew also shows how to customize your workspace, save a new workspace layout, delete a workspace and maximize panels both to include and exclude the showing of transport controls (to have a true full screen for say the source or program monitors). Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 6 Keyboard Short-cuts In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts by showing how to hide and show the preview area in the project panel to get to the default CS6 user interface layout. He then demonstrates how to select different keyboard short-cut options including short-cuts for CS5.5, Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro 7. Andrew then goes on to show how to change a short-cut as well as how to save your changed short-cuts to load back in when needed. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Photoshop basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 7 Matched Sequences & Bins In this video tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create a new sequence that exactly matches your footage followed by the options for managing assets in your project panel including how to create bins and how to navigate between bins. Andrew finishes off by showing how to automate your clips in the order you select them in your project panel directly to you timeline while respecting any in and out point selections you may have made while hover scrubbing in your project panel. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 1 Introduction In this first tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces his new series on Adobe Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above) with a look at the CS6 user interface (UI) and a comparison with the CS5.5 UI, along with a brief comment on what to look for when capturing your own footage. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 2 Opening PP CS6 In this second tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the process of creating a new project in Premiere Pro and explaining all the various options that you are presented with including those in the new project dialogue box and the new sequence dialogue box. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 3 Project Panel In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes over the excellent and productivity-focused changes that have been applied to the project panel, including looking at the new 'Hover Scrub' feature and how to temporarily enable and disable its function as well as how to select 'in' and 'out' points directly on the footage in the project panel rather than having to take it to the source monitor. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 45: Additional Range Selectors AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 45: In this (more advanced) tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create and use a range selector within another range selector all within one animator for a single text layer. The use of multiple range selectors can add a great deal of interest and flare to your text. As this is once again a somewhat more advanced option within AE Andrew doesn't go into too much detail, simply showing how to add, modify and use a second range selector within one text animator. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Basics 44: Shaping Text And Advanced Options AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 44: In this (more advanced) tutorial, Andrew Devis shows the options to change the way text moves through its range and explains how to change this from the default smooth animation to a much more 'digital' or abrupt instant change. Andrew then goes on to demonstrate more of the advanced options in the timeline to 'shape' your text so that it can have a more interesting or dramatic look allowing for the type of animation that would be very difficult to achieve otherwise. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Create a Rotating Counter TWO: Adding & Adjusting a Bounce In the second part of this 2 part tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to animate the rotation of this group of layers as well as how use and adjust an expression that ships with After Effects to have the layers bounce in place as they stop which can give the sense of the counter having some real mechanical properties rather than just a linear of easy-ease keyframe approach. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 43: Text Animators Part FOUR - Per-character 3D AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 43: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the 'Enable Per-Character 3D' option and how to apply it and use it. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Create a Rotating Counter ONE: Positioning 3D Layers In the first part of this 2 part tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create and place layers in 3d space such that they can be rotated as a single group to be used for a rotating counter. Andrew shows how to create and place the layers using both the math function of AE as well as a handy and simple expression that places layers a fixed distance or rotation from the previous layer. He then goes on the show how to create and use a controller for the multiple layers so that they act as a single group. In the next tutorial, Andrew will show how to animate the rotation of this group of layers as well as how use and adjust an expression that ships with After Effects to have the layers bounce in place as they stop which can give the sense of the counter having some real mechanical properties rather than just a linear of easy-ease keyframe approach. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Autodesk 3ds Max Autodesk 3ds max & Di-O-Matic's Facial Studio In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how easy it is to create, add materials to, animate and lip-sync a head in Autodesk 3ds max using the plug-ins from Di-O-Matic called 'Facial Studio' and 'Voice-O-Matic'. Andrew goes through the basics of this plug-in just to show how easy and quick it is to use and how powerful it can be - not to mention just how much time it can save you! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 42: Text Animators Part THREE - Tracking & more AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 42: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the tracking, character and blur options. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 41: Text Animators Part TWO - Fill & Stroke AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 41: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the fill and stoke options. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 40: Text Animators Part ONE AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 40: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis begins to demonstrate some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the 'transform' type of effects. More to follow in future lessons. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 39: Text Range Selectors Part TWO In this second tutorial explaining text range selectors in After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to add an additional range selector to our already animated text, which works in a completely separate way to the presently applied range selector and animation. The end result shows how different range selectors can work together for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 38: Text Range Selectors Part ONE Range selectors in After Effects enable many text animation functions that would be quite complex to achieve through the normal 'stop-watch' approach to animation. Range selectors also give us the ability to animate the numerous functions within the character panel, which at first sight, appear not to be animate-able! In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces and explains the concept of range selectors showing how they work and how effects can be added to an existing range selector. Part 2 will show how additional range selectors can be created that work in an entirely different way to the original range selector that has been created. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Panning Large Scenes Using Target Layers in 3D In this follow-on tutorial to his short series on working in 3D space, Andrew Devis shows how to use this simple technique to quickly and accurately pan around large layers/compositions to zoom in to the exact point required each time. You'll use target layers to get the exact coordinates needed for accurate panning - simple but effective! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Working in 3D Part 1: Setting up a 3D Scene In this first tutorial in a set of 4 on working in 3D space in After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to set up your layers in 3D space and how to view all the layers without ruining your camera view. Andrew sets up 4 layers in 3D space, moving both their positions and rotations. In the next tutorial, Andrew will show how to set up a static 3D particle system which will enhance the 3D effect as the camera eventually animates through 3D space. In the last 2 tutorials, Andrew will show how to use a very quick and simple technique to animate the camera and then how to finesse the animation of that camera for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Working in 3D Part 2: Setting up a Static 3D Particle System In this second tutorial in a set of 4 on working in 3D space in After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to set up a 3D particle system so that all the particles are static for the whole of the composition. The reason why this is done is that as the camera passes the static particles, it helps to enhance or volumize the 3D space adding both interest and parallax into your scene. In the last 2 tutorials, Andrew will show how to set up a very quick and simple camera animation technique and then show how to finesse the animation of that camera for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Working in 3D Part 3: Simple & Fast Camera Animation In this third tutorial in a set of four on working in 3D space in After Effects, Andrew Devis demonstrates a very quick and simple camera animation technique which ensures that your camera will always animate toward your layers in 3D space no matter where you have placed them. In the last tutorial in this series, Andrew will show how to finesse that camera animation for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Working in 3D Part 4: Finessing Camera Animation In this final tutorial in a set of four on working in 3D space in After Effects, Andrew Devis builds on the quick and simple camera animation technique demonstrated in the previous tutorial by showing how to finesse your camera animation with various techniques so that you can end up with a professional result very quickly and with very little effort. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 37: Animating Source Text AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 37: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to show how to do basic source text animation in the timeline including changes in fonts and other parameters and how that text is then linked to the keyframes created so that it can be re-arranged as needed. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 36: Pimping Your Text with Layer Styles AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 36: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how you can take ordinary looking text and with very little effort use some simple light-weight effects to make it look outstanding - which can make the difference between a low quality and high quality looking production. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 35: The Character Panel AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 35: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows all the options in the character panel and how to use them to create good looking text. Also included in this tutorial are some more hidden options that can make a big difference to the look and feel of your selected font. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 34: Font Selection and Faux Options AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 34: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to quickly select and change your font selection and modify its look and feel with the Faux options in the character panel. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 33: Options for Creating Text AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 33: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to look at text creation and animation in After Effects starting with the different ways to create text in the composition panel. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Lite Bite for AE: Using Lower BPC on Higher BPC Projects "Lite Bites" are short no-frills tutorials giving quick answers for busy people. In this next AE Lite Bite tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use 8 or 16 bpc effects safely on 16 or 32 bpc projects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Lite Bite for After Effects: How To Animate Text on a Path "Lite Bites" are short no-frills tutorials giving quick answers for busy people. In this next AE Lite Bite tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to quickly and easily animate text on a path. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Lite Bite for After Effects: A Simple Light Wrap Effect "Lite Bites" are short no-frills tutorials giving quick answers for busy people. In this first AE Lite Bite tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to make a quick 'light wrap' effect for a keyed item so that the edge or alpha channel of the keyed item includes some of the pixels from the background element so that it starts to look as if the two items really belong together. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 32: Creating Motion Backgrounds with Shapes Layers AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 32: In this tutorial Andrew Devis takes some of what has been learnt over the previous AE Basics tutorials on shape layers and puts them together to create a motion background for text. In this tutorial Andrew covers shape creation, shape duplication, working with multiple shape layers at a time, pre-composing multiple shape layers etc. Andrew also introduces "Adjustment Layers" to create a blurred vignette and to use as a color adjustment layer while showing how to move between comps to get the best possible look. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 31: The Brainstorm Function & Shape Layers AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 31: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the "Brainstorm" function with shape layers. The "Brainstorm" function is a tool to give creative ideas based on your own selection of properties to be randomized for creative effect. As long as you select more than one property you can get a stream of creative ideas through Brainstorm that will fuel your imagination and help in the creative process. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects After Effects Tutorial: Using the Scribble & Stroke Effects The "Scribble" and the "Stroke" effects are often overlooked due to the fact that it isn't immediately obvious how they work as they won't work unless applied in a very particular way. In this in-depth tutorial, Andrew Devis explains how to apply these effects and then goes through the many options in each effect which can make them very powerful and able to produce a surprisingly large variety of results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 30: The Write-on Effect AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 30: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the "Write-on" Effect in After Effects showing how it works and how paths created in After Effects and other programs can be used to create higher quality animations with the "Write-on" effects than might be produced by simply animating the various properties of the effect. Although not strictly one of the shape layer series, this tutorial does follow on from the previous tutorial looking at creating true spirals in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 29: Shape Layers Part 13 - Create a True Spiral AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 29: In this thirteenth tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis looks at the problem of creating and animating a true spiral in After Effects and how it can be done by using paths copied from Illustrator. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 28: Shape Layers Part 12 - The Zig Zag Operand AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 28: In the twelfth tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis explains the Zig Zag operand. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 27: Shape Layers Part 11 - Wiggle Transform AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 27: In the eleventh tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis demonstrates the Wiggle Transform operand. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 26: Shape Layers Part 10 - Twist & Wiggle Paths AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 26: In the tenth tutorial looking specifically at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis demonstrates the Twist & Wiggle Paths operands. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 25: Shape Layers Part 9 - Trim Paths AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 25: In the ninth tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis surveys the Trim Paths operand. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 24: Shape Layers Part 8 - Round Corner & Stroke AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 24: In the eighth tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis investigates the Round Corners operand and how to add an additional Stroke to your shape. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 23: Shape Layers Part 7 - The Repeater Operand AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 23: In the seventh tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis takes us through the powerful "Repeater" operand. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 22: Shape Layers Part 6 - Pucker & Bloat AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 22: In the sixth tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis guides new users through the Pucker & Bloat operand. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 21: Shape Layers Part 5 - Offset Paths AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 21: In the fifth tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis looks at the Offset Paths function. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 20: Shape Layers Part 4 - Merge Paths AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 20: In the fourth tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis starts to look at the operands or FX that can be applied to shape layers in After Effects. Andrew starts by looking at the Merge Paths function. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Rotoscoping with Mocha for AE Part 1: Create & Export Shapes In this first of 3 tutorials on Rotoscoping with Mocha for AE, Andrew Devis introduces the tools needed to work quickly and efficiently in Mocha to create shapes and output those shapes to AE. Andrew also discusses when and why at certain points it may be better to use masks in AE rather than shapes from Mocha. This is an introductory tutorial aimed at showing the basic functions of Mocha so that you can have more confidence when using this excellent product. In the second tutorial Andrew will go on to show how to do tracking in Mocha for AE and some of the issues that may arise with that. In the last tutorial Andrew goes on to show how to create the final shapes layers that represent the areas to be rotoscoped and then shows how to link and adjust those tracks and output the final shapes to After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Rotoscoping with Mocha for AE Part 2: Track & Adjust Tracks In this second of 3 tutorials on Rotoscoping with Mocha for AE, Andrew Devis looks at tracking elements on different planes and then adjusting those tracks with a couple of different methods. Andrew also tracks one element which is squashing and stretching and so requires a different approach to adjusting the track than with an element that is staying about the same throughout the shot. In the final tutorial, Andrew will show how to create the shapes that will form the final rotoscope layers in After Effects and how to link those to the tracks that have been created for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Rotoscoping with Mocha for AE Part 3: Create & Link Shapes In this third and final tutorial on Rotoscoping with Mocha for AE, Andrew Devis shows how to draw the final shapes needed to rotoscope the person and also how to add a feather to specific points in the matte created. He then goes on to show how to link that matte to the tracking layers created in the previous tutorial to get excellent results. Andrew also briefly discusses the issues of ensuring that the mattes created work in a predictable way by making sure that they are not overlapping different planes of the image unless the movement is limited and can be controlled by the track layer without giving unwanted results. Lastly, Andrew shows how to move the shape data into After Effects and how easy it is to then produce a different background for the image thus giving it a new life. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 19: Shape Layers Part 3 - Text & The Pen Tool AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 19: In the third tutorial looking at Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to use both the Text tool and the Pen tool to create shapes in After Effects. For the Text tool, Andrew demonstrates methods to animate the shapes created as well as how to group shapes so that although still all being able to be animated individually, they can also be animated together as a group. For the Pen tool Andrew shows how to use RotoBezier and how to create Bezier handles with each point created for better custom shape creation as well as how to break those handles when needed. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating & Using Masks in After Effects This tutorial was made as a direct request from a former user of Final Cut Pro who wanted to know how to mask in an efficient way in After Effects. Andrew demonstrates the tools to quickly create masks in After Effects along with the keyboard short cuts needed to make the process quick and efficient. Then, Andrew shows how to take the masks that have been created and use them on other layers so that only the masked areas are selected by using the exact same information as produced with the original mask. Note, this technique also respects any animation that may have been applied to the original mask while leaving the ability to change the mask's size, opacity and feathering as needed. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 18: Shape Layers Part 2 - Gradients & Properties AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 18: In the second tutorial on Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis starts to look a little more in depth at some of the fill and stroke options for shapes layers -- and in particular at how to create custom gradients. He also looks at the standard animation properties that come with shape layers helping us to create and animate complex and organic shapes very quickly. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 17: Shape Layers Part 1 AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 17: In this first tutorial on Shape Layers in After Effects, Andrew Devis starts by showing the difference between masks created on a layer and shape layers and then goes on to show how to create multiple shapes on a single layer and how to change their appearance and animate them independently to each other even though they are still on the same layer. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 16: Parenting AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 16: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces parenting in After Effects and shows how complex animations can be created with very few keyframes by using parenting. Andrew also shows how parenting can be used to follow an already animated layer as well as how to set up an animation to save a great deal of time. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Run Cycle in After Effects Part 1 In the first part of this two part tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the basic things that you will need to have in mind when creating a run (or walk) cycle for a character you may be animating in After Effects. Andrew looks at ensuring that the cycle is fully looping and that a real sense of weight is given to the character with things like body movement, hip movement and ensuring that the feet appear to make real contact with the ground as the cycle moves through. The included project file is of the project completely un-animated which can be used to follow along as you watch the tutorial and to practice on as needed (CS5 and above only). Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Run Cycle in After Effects Part 2 In the second part of this two part tutorial on creating a basic run cycle (or walk cycle) in After Effects, Andrew Devis continues where he left off in the first tutorial by showing how to use a simple expression to save a great deal of time and effort when key-framing you characters. Andrew demonstrates how this saves time and allows for easy and pain free adjustments of the keyframes. Andrew then goes on to show how to animate the running character to give the illusion that it is actually running through your scene in various ways. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 15: Motion Paths Part 3 - Masks & Paths AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 15: In this third and final tutorial on motion paths, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to use masks and paths created in other applications or in other ways in After Effects to drive both the creation of items and the animation of items. Andrew also shows how to extend the default animation length so that it matches your composition, finishing with animating a lens flare through a picture with an open path created on that same layer. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Multi-layer Keying in After Effects Part 4: Edge Feather In this tutorial (which is included as the last part of his series on multi-layer keying) Andrew Devis demonstrates a really nice feature in Mocha for AE (a free program that ships with After Effects) which allows you to create a mask or matte with variable edge feather such that some parts of the mask can be created with very thin feathers (or even no feather at all) while other parts can maintain as wide a feather as needed for your production. Andrew also shows an option for a paid-for plug-in for After Effects that can achieve the same thing natively inside of After Effects and could be very useful for those who do a great deal of mask creation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 14: Motion Paths Part 2 - Additional Tools AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 14: In this second tutorial on motion paths, Andrew Devis introduces a couple of useful panels for automatic creation of motion paths and automatic smoothing of keyframes to give a better result. These two panels can be used together to create and then smooth keyframes in a motion path simply and quickly to save both time and effort! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Multi-layer Keying in After Effects Part 3: Edge Issues In this third tutorial in a set of four on basic multi-layered keying in Adobe After Effects using Keylight 1.2, Andrew Devis shows how to deal with a specific problem that can occur with some keyed footage, namely that of strong lines appearing on some edges of the keyed footage. In this tutorial, Andrew shows how to select the areas with problems while still maintaining a good over all matte through the use of other layers. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Wiggling a Single Dimension In this short tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to 'wiggle' a single dimension with the wiggle expression. This is particularly useful for any type of animation that require a random type of movement in one axis only so as to save excessive keyframing of the scene. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Multi-layer Keying in After Effects Part 2: Light Spill In the second of 4 tutorials on basic multi-layered keying in Adobe After Effects using Keylight 1.2, Andrew Devis shows how to deal with light spill issues on separate parts of the keyed footage. Sometimes when you pull a key you have problems with light spill that cannot be resolved with a single key. In this tutorial, Andrew shows how to start to create multiple keys and layer them on top of each other for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Multi-layer Keying in After Effects Part 1: Basic Keying In this first of 4 tutorials on basic multi-layer keying in Adobe After Effects using Keylight 1.2, Andrew Devis starts by showing how and explaining why you might need a garbage matte for most keying work and what considerations are important for such a matte. Andrew then goes on to show how to pull a basic key and then modify that key to ensure that you don't over-smooth your end results, finally viewing the keyed footage with a bright image behind to test the key. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 13: Motion Paths Part 1 - The Basics AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 13: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the basics of motion paths and how to modify them for use in your animations, along with some hints and tips to get the best results with as little effort as possible. Andrew also shows how to change the default viewing of points and handles on a motion path so that they can more easily be selected and manipulated and how to ensure that your animated item auto-orients along the path for excellent results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 12: Animation 2 - Easing Keyframes AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 12: In this second tutorial on the process of animation in After Effects, Andrew Devis explains how to make your animations look far better through the process of adding the appearance of weight to your assets. This is done through a change to your keyframes called 'easing,' which causes the keyframes to change their default behaviour to give much more realistic and real world animation. As well as showing how to add easing to your animation, Andrew also introduces the graph editor to show how to change the values of eased keyframes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Camera Mapping in After Effects In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create parallax with a single item. Parallax is when items in a image appear to move in different ways to other parts of the same image. For example, the foreground items in view appear to move at a different speed or perspective to the background items in that same view. This can also be used to create the illusion of depth as different parts of an image can be projected to appear in different planes to other items. By using camera mapping we can project the image or footage onto screens we have set up which are at angles such that some items in our image or shot are at a different perspective to other items. This means that when we add a camera move into our scene parallax is achieved as the screens move in a different perspective to each other. Although a little tricky to set up at first, once used a few times this effect can really bring flat images to life and give a real sense of depth to your work. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 11: Animation 1 - Creating Keyframes AE Basics: A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 11: In this introductory tutorial to the process of animation in After Effects, Andrew Devis explains and demonstrates how to animate a property in After Effects using Keyframes and interpolation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Autodesk 3ds Max Create & Control Simple Eyes in 3ds Max: 4 - Manipulators In the fourth and final part of his tutorial series on creating and controlling simple eyes in 3ds Max, Andrew Devis shows how to use manipulators to control the upper and lower eyelids of the eyes we have created. To do this, Andrew demonstrates how to use wire parameters to link specific manipulators to more than one object such that the eye lids of both eyes are controlled by one set of manipulators to ensure that they are synchronised. In addition, Andrew also shows how to lock transforms to limit possible mistakes while animating. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 10: Transforms - Fixed Effects AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 10: In this next tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to select, understand and use the 'transforms' or 'Fixed Effects' that are automatically added to every layer in your composition. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Autodesk 3ds Max Create & Control Simple Eyes in 3ds Max: 3-Control the Eyes In the third part of his first 3ds Max tutorial series for Creative Cow, Andrew Devis continues with the project by showing how to control both eyes with one controller. He demonstrates two methods to do this including one method that uses a object created and repositioned in the scene using constraints and with added depth for better visual feedback and selection. Andrew also demonstrates how to reset the transforms of the repositioned item so that it can be moved. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro: Matching Cameras & Composit Elements in AE In this colour correction tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the tools in After Effects both to get excellent colour matching result in After Effects and also to provide information that can be copied into Premiere Pro to more quickly and intuitively achieve better colour matching in Premiere Pro than can easily be achieved with the present set of tool in Premiere Pro (recorded with CS5.5). Andrew shows how to use both the right tool and specific colour channel views to visually match the channels to achieve the best results quickly and effectively. Use this to match footage from different cameras as well as matching elements to be composited into your composition so that they look as if they really belong together. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 9: Fitting Items and Creating Solids AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 9: In this next tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to fit assets to the size of your composition as well as showing the possible dangers of choosing the wrong option. Andrew then goes on to show how to create solid layers, a 'bed-rock' part of After Effects compositing, and the various options that are available when creating solid layers - and especially the colour selection choices. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Autodesk 3ds Max Create & Control Simple Eyes in 3ds Max: 2 - Create Controls In the second part of his first 3ds Max tutorial series for Creative Cow, Andrew Devis continues with the project by showing how to create point helpers to control the movement of the eyeball. In this lesson, Andrew covers issues such as using different layers to place mesh and controllers on, creating copies of items and, importantly, learning to use constraints to constrain the movement of an item. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro: Matching Cameras In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows one approach to matching footage from different cameras. Sometimes, as editors, we receive footage from our clients that is from different cameras which may not have been set up in the same way. This can lead to a jarring effect when viewing the footage back as you switch between cameras which can distract your audience - a very big foe-par! But, matching cameras can be a difficult and frustrating process. While the solution Andrew demonstrates isn't instantaneous and will require time to master, once mastered, it will enable you to quickly and effectively solve problems to (at the very least) ensure your audience isn't distracted when you switch cameras. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 8: Timeline Basics 3 - Work-area & layer shortcuts AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects: Lesson 8 Part 3: In this next tutorial, Andrew Devis shows some of the short-cuts in the layers part of the timeline, including how to quickly modify your work-area bar, snap the play-head to the in and out points of your layers and then snap the layer in and out points to the play-head! Andrew also shows how to use keyboard short-cuts to move up and down your layers and then also how to move layers up and down your layer stack! Lots of useful short-cuts to get you working quickly and efficiently in Adobe After Effects. Although an 'AE Basics' tutorial, the short-cuts demonstrated in this tutorial are useful for all users of AE looking to speed up their work-flow in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Autodesk 3ds Max Create & Control Simple Eyes in 3ds Max: 1 - Create the Eyes In this first 3ds Max tutorial in his new series, Andrew Devis shows how to create simple eyes in 3ds Max and then create the controllers needed to animate them simply and quickly. In this first part Andrew shows how to create a simple eye, make simple materials for the eye, how to apply those materials to specific parts of the eye and then how to create a simple solution for eye lids. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 7: Timeline Basics Part 2 AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 7 Part 2: In the second part of this seventh tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to go through all the 'bells & whistles' or buttons in the timeline panel. Continuing from where he left off in the previous tutorial, Andrew finishes off explaining what each of the buttons does along with a tip on changing the speed of a clip in the timeline giving great visual feedback. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 7: Timeline Basics 1 AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 7 Part 1: In the first part of this seventh tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to go through all the 'bells & whistles' or buttons in the timeline panel. Andrew shows how to find all the various buttons available and starts to explain what each one is and what it does. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 6: Previewing Your Work AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 6: In this sixth tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the options for previewing your compositions in After Effects. Andrew shows how to listen to audio layers as well as how to set up the RAM previewing options while giving some keyboard short-cuts for navigating your timeline. He also shows how to set a layer marker while listening back to some audio to give you a visual point to synchronise your other layers. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro: Sweetening Audio with Parametric EQ In this advanced Premiere Pro tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the parametric equaliser in Premiere Pro and for CS5.5 in Audition and for CS4/5 in Soundbooth. The parametric eq is a simply and effective way to affect a whole series of frequencies in you audio to quickly and efficiently sweeten (or un-sweeten depending on what you want to do) your audio. However, the work-flow for CS5.5 and above and CS5/4 (and probably CS3) are different and so the tutorial starts with the work-flow for PP/Audition CS5.5 and above and then at 13:30 onwards looks at the work-flow for CS4/5 and Soundbooth including showing how to balance the volume level. Andrew also shows how to apply parametric eq directly in Premiere Pro even though this is a much less efficient way of applying the effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 5: Naming & Organising AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 5: In this fifth tutorial, Andrew Devis explains how to name items in your project panel, timeline and effects control panel and then goes on to show how to organise your assets in your project panel so that the items are easy to find and your project will be simple to understand. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Premiere Pro: Capturing & Batch Capturing from miniDV tape In this tutorial for Premiere Pro, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to capture footage from miniDV tape from a camera connected to a computer via a firewire or iLink connection. Andrew covers the options to record straight from the camera, using the in to out button and how to batch capture logged clips. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 4: Importing Photoshop Documents (PSDs) AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 4: In this fourth tutorial, Andrew Devis goes over the options After Effects gives you for importing Photoshop documents. When you try and import a Photoshop document, After Effects gives you a dialogue box with several options. Andrew looks at those options so that you get exactly what you want from your Photoshop document when you bring it into After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 3: Creating Compositions in Adobe After Effects AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 3: In this third tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create compositions in After Effects. Compositions are the 'boxes' in which you work with your assets. Andrew shows how to create compositions from presets as well as how to instantly create a composition that exactly matches the footage you are using. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Applying Audio FX in Adobe Premiere Pro Believe it or not, there's a lot more to applying audio FX in Adobe Premiere Pro than at first glance may seem the case. For example, you can apply audio FX both to single clips AND to a whole track - which can save you a great deal of time and effort IF you know how to do it! In this short video tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to apply audio FX both to clips and to tracks as well as go through some of the basic settings to get you started - including Pre and Post fader options and presets. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 2: Importing Assets in Adobe After Effects AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 2: In this second tutorial Andrew Devis looks at how to get your assets in to After Effects with a variety of useful methods from direct import to browsing in Adobe Bridge. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Understanding Transform Effects in Premiere Pro: Part 2 In this follow-on tutorial to understanding transforms in Adobe Premiere Pro, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to animate those transforms to achieve PiPs. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 1: Workspaces in Adobe After Effects AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 1: In this first tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces After Effects workspaces - how to modify, save, reset and delete them - as well as showing how to move panels around to create a custom workspace just the way you want it! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Understanding Transform Effects in Premiere Pro: Part 1 Transforms are effects that are automatically applied to any asset you place in your timeline. Knowing what your transforms are and how to change them will give you a series of tools to improve your presentation and make a more dynamic product. For example, knowing how to re-scale a picture or change the opacity or position of an item to get better results. In this first tutorial on transforms, Andrew Devis shows how to find your transforms and how to manipulate them both as hot-text and with handles in the program monitor. The second part to this tutorial will show how to animate transforms to get Picture in Picture results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Understanding Automation Modes in Premiere Pro Automation modes are an important part of the audio work-flow in Premiere Pro, saving a great deal of time and effort fading music over speech and automating the volume levels/changes of each of the tracks to get the best results with the least amount of work. In this in-depth tutorial, Andrew Devis firstly demonstrates the clip-based key-framing approach and then goes on to explain and demonstrate how to use the track-based automation modes, showing the difference between each of the modes and the essential preferences and options available to you. This tutorial should work with all the latest versions of PP including CS3, 4, 5 and 5.5. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Audition, Soundbooth Audio Problems: Balancing Speech Levels Have you ever had to deal with audio levels from your talent which are all over the place? One moment they are almost shouting and the next nearly whispering and you are nearly pulling your hair out trying to get the levels to a point where they can be heard and used in your final production? Well, this tutorial is for you! A brand new tool in Audition CS5.5 makes balancing speech audio levels a piece of cake, saving you hours of work and worry. In this tutorial Andrew Devis will go through the work-flow from Premiere Pro to Audition and show how to apply this new effect and work with the settings. This is going to be one of those little effects that you wondered how you ever coped without! This tutorial is for the Production Premium or Master Suite CS5.5 or later. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 9: Creating Slide-shows Part 3 Putting it all together! In this final installment in the Getting Going with Encore -- Creating Slide-Shows' series, Andrew Devis shows how to create a second slide-show and 'wire-up' your final project ready for Disc or Web DVD production. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 8: Creating Slide-shows Part 2 This is one for photography enthusiasts and anyone who wants to add stills to their DVD/Blu-ray and Web DVD productions - a MUST for wedding videotographers! Learn how to use Adobe Encore to produce a DVD of all your wonderful pictures while taking advantage of the powerful features that quickly and simply add transitions, pan & zoom etc., to give that professional edge to your work and in so doing setting it apart from the rest. In this next installment in the 'Getting Going with Encore' series, Andrew Devis continues to show how to create powerful slide-shows by adding audio under your slides, making the slide-show fit the length of the audio file you have, as well as showing how to make custom settings for individual slides. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 7: Creating Slide-shows Part 1 This is one for photography enthusiast and anyone who wants to add stills to their DVD/Blu-ray and Web DVD productions - a MUST for wedding videotographers! Learn how to use Adobe Encore to produce a DVD of all your wonderful pictures while taking advantage of the powerful features that quickly and simply add transitions, pan & zoom etc., to give that professional edge to your work and in so doing setting it apart from the rest. In this first part of 'Creating Slide-Shows with Adobe Encore', Andrew Devis demonstrates how to bring your pictures into Encore, how to add them to a slide-show and how to quickly and easily animate and crop your images for excellent results with very little work! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 6: Creating Motion Menus In this tutorial on getting started with Adobe Encore, Andrew Devis demonstrates the important option of bringing in a video for your menu and bringing in a suitable audio soundtrack for your menu. Although a fairly simple process, there are a couple of things that you need to know so that you don't end up pulling your hair out because you didn't realise a button needed to be pushed! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 5: Creating a Web DVD So, you've made your DVD or Blu-ray but have also noticed that there is a 'Flash' option from the drop-down. In this fifth tutorial in the 'getting started with Adobe Encore' series, Andrew Devis shows how to set this up so that you can create a menu driven web-based DVD based on your original project. Not only is this great as a way of producing on-line samples for your customers, menu based Flash content can also be a great way to create simple and quick knowledge based games for you website. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 4: Checking & Building our Project In part four of his tutorial series on getting going with Adobe Encore, Andrew Devis demonstrates the tools within Encore to check and preview your project, as well as going through the setting needed to create (or build) a disc. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 4: Repousse In this final tutorial on extruding 3D text & shapes in After Effects, Andrew Devis has a look at using Repousse from Photoshop as a way of creating quite detailed 3D text. While having some serious drawbacks, if all you have is the Production Premium or Master Suite then this technique can certainly produce high quality results. However, if shadows are required this may just drive you mad! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 3: Buttons & Wiring up our Project In his third tutorial on getting started with Adobe Encore, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to select different types of buttons, how to add them to your menu and then how to wire up the buttons to create your project. Andrew demonstrates this using the flowchart window, which is a simple and intuitive way of editing your project, giving powerful and clear visual feedback. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 3: Zaxwerks & 3D Applications In this third tutorial on extruding 3D text and shapes in After Effects, Andrew Devis looks at a plug-in specifically designed for the task by Zaxwerks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 2: Creating Menus In this second tutorial on Adobe Encore, Andrew Devis shows how to create both a standard menu from templates that ship with Encore as well as how to create a menu background based on your own image from a sequence in Premiere Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 2: The Shatter Method In this second tutorial on extruding 3D text and shapes in After Effects, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to use the shatter effect to create some stylish and fast rendering 3D text and shapes. In addition to this, Andrew also shows how to apply and animate textures to the extruded items as well as how to create shadows from your creation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Encore DVD Adobe Encore Basics 1: Getting Sequences into Encore Encore is Adobe's very powerful DVD and Blu-ray production software and ships with Premiere Pro and is capable of producing Hollywood standard DVDs. In this series of tutorials, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to get started with Encore so that you can produce high quality DVDs that reflect your work. In this first tutorial Andrew shows how to get your sequences into Encore ready to link up for DVD/Blu-Ray/Web DVD creation Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 1: The Duplication Method Extruding 3D text and shapes can be done in a number of different ways in After Effects using either native tools or 3rd party plug-ins. In this first tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the duplication method which uses numerous layers of the same item to create the illusion of depth. Andrew shows the simple expression to use to make the job quick and easy as well as showing how to change the source layer to animate shapes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Learning the Tools 5: The Trim Monitor In this Premiere Pro tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates an invaluable and somewhat hidden tool in Premiere Pro which can speed up your editing significantly through the use of keyboard short-cuts to quickly and efficiently navigate your edit points and trim or edit them with great feedback and control. Although this tool can be used with the mouse, it really comes into its own when used with the keyboard, and so save you a great deal of time and effort. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Color Correction 6: The Filmic Blend Technique In this follow-on tutorial to Color Correction 5: Blend Modes, Andrew Devis demonstrates a technique that uses blend modes to help make video look a little more like film and so set your work apart. For almost no effort you can get some great results on individual clips, sequences or even whole projects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Color Correction 5: Blend Modes In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces the 'Blend Modes' available in Premiere Pro and shows how to use them with black video and color mattes as an alternative color correction technique which can give subtly different looks to your work. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Learning the Tools 4: The Slip & Slide Tools In this Premiere Pro tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates how the slip and slide tools work, and gives a quick hint on how to remember which is which! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro basics Learning the Tools 3: The Razor & Rate Stretch Tools The rate stretch tool is probably the most fun tool in the Premiere Pro toolbox and can be used in both subtle and obvious ways to play with the timing of your clips - while the razor tool should always be used sparingly and only when no other option will work. In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates how these tools work to both speed-up parts of a clip as well as slow-down parts of another clip. Andrew also shows how to affect multiple clips in one go and where the rate stretch tool can keep all the details of a precious clip and make sure it fits in that slightly wrong sized gap you have for it! Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Audio Recording 2: Recording Narration In this second audio recording tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to do the actual recording in Premiere Pro, including how to target tracks, mute tracks, solo tracks with some recording tips; as well as giving us a rendition of 'The Jabberwocky' by Lewis Carroll! Is this a first for Creative COW? Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Audio Recording 1: Setting Up to Record Narration In this PP video tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to set up Premiere Pro for audio recording, while looking at the options and explaining why they are important. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Animating a Camera 3: Controllers & Point of View In his third tutorial on animating cameras in After Effects, Andrew Devis shows how to build a controller layer to simplify the process of animating the camera rig and what happens when you have the right settings but the wrong layer order. Lastly, Andrew shows how to use the controller layer itself as a way of changing and animating the point of view of the whole camera rig. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Changing Audio From Stereo to Dual Mono Sometimes when you record you use different microphones on each audio channel of your camera. But, when you get into Premiere Pro, you find that you have one stereo channel and not two mono channels and so you can't edit them as you would like! So how can you change a single stereo channel into two mono channels? In this quick tip tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates how to make that change into two mono channels or even two 5.1 channels, as well as how to change a mono track into a stereo track and how to use the preferences to make it automatic if you have lots of clips changing from one thing to another.Changing Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro Adding and Removing Tracks In this Premiere Pro quick tip tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how easy it is to create new audio (stereo, mono and 5.1) and video tracks in your timeline with almost no effort at all. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Animating a Camera 2: Simple Rig In this second tutorial on animating cameras in After Effects, Andrew Devis explains how to create a simple camera rig, and why it is important to get the order of the layers correct to achieve predictable results. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Animating a Camera 1: Camera Difficulties Cameras are notoriously difficult to get to grips with in After Effects. In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains some of the behaviors and problems that are common to camera animation and then shows how to do a simple one dimensional animation, while pointing out why that solution cannot be used for more than one dimension (x,y or z rotation). Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Waveform Monitors in After Effects When we correct footage with just our eyes, how do we know that the decisions we make are correct and that we have remained within broadcast safe limits? That is where the waveform monitors help by giving clear empirical data on our footage so that the choices we make aren't just based on what we see. In this AE tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces us to the Luma Waveform Monitor and how it can be used to correct a shot and stay within safe limits. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Premiere Pro YC Waveform Graph in Premiere Pro The YC Waveform graph in Premiere Pro gives us a graphical display of the Luminance (brightness) and Chrominance (color) of our footage and is an essential tool for correcting and improving the look of our image by giving us empirical data about the changes we make rather than just relying on our eyes. In this short tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces the YC Waveform graph and shows how to use it as a reference for brightness adjustment of a shot. Tutorial, Video Tutorial