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	Basic Lighting Effects by Joe Chao Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, CreativeCOW Contributing Editor Joe Chao demonstrates creating some light effects. This is part two of Joe's Genie in a Lamp series.

	Basics of Color Correction by Aanarav Sareen Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader Aanarav Sareen demonstrates the basic color correction tools of Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0.

	Bending Mode Tips #1 by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some hints for working with layer blending modes in After Effects.

	Building Up Particles by James Lee Article Type: Tutorial This tutorial by animator James Lee demonstrates a building up of particles to simulate a disintegrating hot air balloon using Trapcode Particular and Adobe After Effects.

	Basic Digital Capturing Concepts by Aanarav Sareen Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aanarav Sareen demonstrates some of the digital capturing concepts and the procedures required to capture from a DV deck.

	Batch Export Script by John David Hutton Article Type: Tutorial In this article, John David Hutton explains the batch export script he has written and how to use it to automate the exporting of multiple timelines with the same format in Velocity.

	Basic Color Keying Techniques by Andrew Kramer Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer shows you the basics of green-screening using Keylight. This is a sample of the training found in Andrew's Creative Cow Master Series DVD: "Serious Effects & Compositing - Advanced Techniques for After Effects 7," available soon.

Building a Lensflare with Expressions by Mylenium Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Creativecow's Mylenium demonstrates various lens flares and how to create them. The main focus of this tutorial is not the lensflare itself - there are enough plugins out there, that do a far better job than even the most complex setup we can cobble together. Much more is it meant to again teach you some tricks to work efficiently with expressions and breaking down projects into workable parts. Lensflares lend themselves to illustrating the benefits of expressions because they involve lots of layers and effects.

	Blemish Removal by Andrew Kramer Article Type: Video Tutorial They say a picture is worth a 1000 words. Recently Andrew Kramer explained this technique in answer to a question in the AE forum at Creativecow, but then felt he could better show the technique in a video tutorial. So, here's CreativeCOW's Andrew Kramer demonstrating blemish removal in After Effects 7.

Background Creation Tips and Tricks: Futuristic by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial There are many ways to create backgrounds in After Effects and many of us have our own special ways of doing this. Please join Dean Velez creator of ''The Anvel Training Program for Motion Graphics'' in a 5 part series as he shares some of his different methods. In this part five of the series, Dean uses the polygon lasso tool in Photoshop to create a wide odd shaped polygon in the center of the screen for each new layer with varying sizes, green tones, blend modes and overlap. He then imports the psd into After Effects to create a futuristic background.

Background Creation Tips and Tricks: Fire by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial There are many ways to create backgrounds in After Effects and many of us have our own special ways of doing this. Please join Dean Velez creator of ''The Anvel Training Program for Motion Graphics'' in a 5 part series as he shares some of his different methods. In this part four of the series, Dean uses a big X created in Photoshop and uses a variety of blend modes, effects, and adjustment layers in After Effects to create a fiery background.

Background Creation Tips and Tricks: Starfield by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial There are many ways to create backgrounds in After Effects and many of us have our own special ways of doing this. Please join Dean Velez creator of The Anvel Training Program for Motion Graphics in a 5 part series as he shares some of his different methods.In this part three of the series, Dean uses cloud layers created in Photoshop and applies filters to create a starfield background.

Background Creation Tips and Tricks:The RAGE Background by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial There are many ways to create backgrounds in After Effects and many of us have our own special ways of doing this. Please join Dean Velez creator of The Anvel Training Program for Motion Graphics in a 5 part series as he shares some of his different methods. In this part two, Dean uses cloud layers created in Photoshop and applies filters to create an interesting red and black, almost fiery look. He calls it Rage.

Background Creation Tips and Tricks:The DNA Background by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial There are many ways to create backgrounds in After Effects and many of us have our own special ways of doing this. Please join Dean Velez creator of The Anvel Training Program for Motion Graphics in a 5 part series as he shares some of his different methods. In this part one, Dean uses cloud layers created in Photoshop and applies filters to create a DNA strand look.

	Bad TV Effect for Final Cut Pro by Stephen Smith Article Type: Tutorial Do you want to create that 'bad TV' look that is becoming more and more popular?Ê Stephen Smith's Bad TV tutorial will show you how to create this spectacle effect using tools already provided by Final Cut Pro.

Building the Logo and Putting it together in AE: Part 5 of 5 by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial In this final lesson of a 5-part tutorial from Motion Graphics Trainer, Dean Velez, we'll build the logo and put it all together. The entire 5 part tutorial explores creating complex backgrounds using a Photoshop still with the 3D properties of After Effects. We'll also create high end transitions using path tools and various effects as well as eye catching 2D animation using parented layers and resolving text using the track matte features.

Building the Spider in AE: Part 4 of 5 by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial In this 5-part tutorial, Motion Graphics Trainer, Dean Velez explores creating complex backgrounds using a Photoshop still with the 3D properties of After Effects. We'll also create high end transitions using path tools and various effects as well as eye catching 2D animation using parented layers and resolving text using the track matte features. In lesson four, we'll build the animated spider.

	Building Your Own 3D Particle Generator by Dan Ebberts Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Dan Ebberts demonstrates a method of generating motion that is random in both time and space and allows you to quickly assemble a composition with a pleasantly fluid, chaotic movement.

Building the Animated Stroke in AE: Part 3 of 5 by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial In this 5-part tutorial, Motion Graphics Trainer, Dean Velez explores creating complex backgrounds using a Photoshop still with the 3D properties of After Effects. We'll also create high end transitions using path tools and various effects as well as eye catching 2D animation using parented layers and resolving text using the track matte features. In lesson three, we'll build the animated stroke.

	Ball Action --Total Training for Adobe After Effects 6.5 with Brian Maffitt by Brian Maffitt Article Type: Video Tutorial In the Ball_Action clip (4 min 06 sec), you will learn the following: How to use the Ball Action Plugin and How to navigate through the filters associated menu

Barend Onneweer looks at IBC 2004 by Barend Onneweer Article Type: Tradeshow Report Creative Cow's Barend Onneweer gives Cow members his look at some of the things he saw while visiting IBC 2004 which were noteworthy -- some, even quite impressive, while others were great time-savers for those in the production bay. While most of what Barend reports on are Windows tools, he makes a quick detour by the Apple booth to take a look at the latest version of Shake. Here is Barend's complete report...

Building the Cage: Part 4 of the Golden COW by Serge Hamad by Serge Hamad Article Type: Tutorial Many of you have seen Serge Hamad's various animations in the After Effects forum at CreativeCOW. In this 5-part tutorial, Serge demonstrates the steps involved in re-creating his "Golden COW." In this tutorial you will be creating the cage around the planet. You will need 3D Stroke from Trapcode as well as Invigorator Pro or Classic for this one. Note that with Invigorator Classic you won’t be able to open the provided AEP though. The emphasis in this tutorial is on the use of the transparency mapping technique.

Boris RED 2.1 -- broadcast designer Mark Harvey reports by Mark Harvey Article Type: Training Product eview Those of you who know editor and fx artist, Mark Harvey, know that he's a big fan of Boris Red. He's used the program for a number of years and has co-hosted the Boris FX forum at Creativecow since day one along with Philip Hodgetts. So when he heard that Borisfx and Philip had joined forces to create a long awaited training DVD for Boris RED, Mark jumped at the chance to take a look at it. Here's his report.

	Barend Onneweer reviews After Effects 6.5 by Barend Onneweer Article Type: Product Review Barend Onneweer dives into the new upgrade of this animation and compositing workhorse to see what's new.

BitShifting and BitExtraction: The Playlist DVD by Alex Alexzander Article Type: Tutorial BitShifting is a simple technique you can use to shift bits from one location to another inside a register. If you have ever wanted access to more GPRM registers than you have available then this is for you. Recently Alex Alexzander had the desire to create a playlist function but quickly realized that he would not have nearly enough GPRMs to keep track of the button selections made for each track, let alone to keep track of which track was selected first, second, third, and so forth.

	Building a Play All Menu in Adobe Encore DVD by Timothy Kurkoski Article Type: Tutorial One of the most frequently asked questions about Adobe Encore DVD is how to create a menu that allows you to play multiple videos either in a series or individually. It's a simple process, and this tutorial will explain how to set it up.

	Barend Onneweer reviews Color Correction for Digital Video by Barend Onneweer Article Type: Book Review Barend Onneweer reviews: Color Correction for Digital Video by Steve Hullfish and Jaime Fowler and published by CMP Books. Barend concludes with, '' ...this book will get you through the necessary color theory and technicalities and then straight through to the real works.''

Building a Stable Soft IK Leg Rig using Cinema 4D R8 Mocca by Cactus Dan Libisch Article Type: Tutorial After going through Maxon's Mime Mocca tutorial, Cactus Dan discovered that when he moved the controllers around, the rig didn't behave as he expected. He was quite discouraged and found himself almost at the point of giving up on Mocca and Soft IK, but needless to say, Cactus Dan is not one to easily give up. In this tutorial, Cactus Dan Libisch shares what he learned by working through the problems.

	Basic Shatter: Introduction to the Shatter Effect by Ben Unguren Article Type: Tutorial Now that Shatter is included in the filter set of After Effects 5.5, many users are asking how to use this effect. In this tutorial, Ben Unguren demonstrates a very simple technique to help get you started with Shatter.

	Building the World’s Greatest Cameraman with AE 5.5's Expression Controls by Dan Ebberts Article Type: Tutorial With version 5.5 of After Effects, Adobe added the wonderful world of the powerful new Expression Controls. In this tutorial, Dan Ebberts looks at several different ways that expression controls can be useful in your projects.

	Beginner's Final Cut Pro by Michael Rubin by David Callaghan Article Type: Book Review David Callaghan takes a look at Michael Rubin's Beginner's Final Cut Pro published by Peachpit Press.

	BENDING LIGHT WITH BEZIER WARP by Bill O'Neil Article Type: Tutorial Bill O'Neil demonstrates the use of After Effects 5.5's Motion Blur with shutter angle and phase settings to create a 'smear' of color that will become one of the most useful clips in your digital spice rack

Boris RED 2.1 -- broadcast designer Mark Harvey reports by Mark Harvey Article Type: Product Review In this article, Mark Harvey explores the latest version of Boris Red, version 2.1. Mark opens by stating that no matter what you know about Boris Red, throw it out because this is a whole new Red -- far beyond anything that Boris & Company have ever released before. In this review, Mark Harvey explains the ins and outs of these new features and why they make this such an important upgrade for Red users.

	Building Your House: A lesson in building a script by Rob Gregory-Browne Article Type: Tutorial Noted screenwriter, Rob Gregory-Browne compares writing a screenplay to building a house. ''You can't build a house without a solid foundation and you can't build a solid foundation without a foolproof set of plans.'' In this article, Rob gives CreativeCOW members tips on building your screenplay.

Building a PC NLE: Assembling your NLE by Jim Lafferty Article Type: Tutorial Assuming you have a limited budget to work with, and are looking to jump into digital video non-linear editing, building your own PC editing platform is the surest way to save a great deal of money. It is not, despite what others may have told you, a monumentally challenging task or cause for lost sleep – provided you know what you’re doing. In this second part of the two part series, Jim Laffety helps you assemble all the parts.

Building a PC NLE: Choosing the Components by Jim Lafferty Article Type: Tutorial Assuming you have a limited budget to work with, and are looking to jump into digital video non-linear editing, building your own PC editing platform is the surest way to save a great deal of money. It is not, despite what others may have told you, a monumentally challenging task or cause for lost sleep – provided you know what you’re doing. In this article, Jim Laffety sorts it all out.

Blowing Smoke Using Digital Anarchy's Geomancy by Jim Tierney Article Type: Tutorial The HairLines filter in Geomancy was originally designed to simulate streams of liquid. It does this very well, but that organic type of motion lends itself to other effects, such as smoke. In this tutorial, Jim Tierney demonstrates how to get some slightly stylized, but realistically moving, smoke. This useful for cigarettes, smoldering fires, or the occasionaly disintergrating gerbil. However, this tutorial will focus on the streams of smoke, and won't be getting into the finer points of spontaneously combusting rodents. This tutorial will work with either the release or demo version of Hairlines.

Back-To-Back Graphics in Media 100 by Dave LaRonde Article Type: Tutorial In this article, broadcast editor Dave LaRonde looks at ways to use back to back graphics in Media 100 and explores ways to save valuable project disk space while using them. He quotes the oft quoted Law of Digital Media, which says: You can never have too much storage. It should also have a corollary: If you don't have lots of storage, anything you can do to save it is a good thing.