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	Creating a Heart Monitor by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to build your own EKG Machine in the Comfort of Your Own Home (or Office). (Flatline not included)

	Creating a Magnifying Glass Effect in AE by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a technique for creating a magnifying glass in After Effects.

Convergent Design HD-Connect MI Converts Firewire to HDMI..RS-422 by Bob Zelin Article Type: Tutorial, Feature RSystems installer Bob Zelin torture tests every device that comes into his orbit. If he says it works in the real world, it does. If he says that it doesn't, it doesn't. He tests the Firewire to HDMI conversion feature at two Orlando facilities, as well as the Firewire to RS-422 conversion. Does the HD-Connect MI make the cut?

	Creating Multi-Color Gradient Ramps by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create simple and complex multicolored gradient ramps in AE.

	Creating a Light Saber by Andrew Kramer Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to create a light saber -- surprisingly enough, something that is still being asked about.

Cal Digit S2VRHD by Bob Zelin Article Type: Editorial CreativeCOW's Bob Zelin tests a Cal Digit S2VRHD with a host card for a PCI-X computer, and a PCI-E computer. He used the incredible AJA Kona System Test, to evaluate the drive speeds. He was determined to 'break it.' Did he? No. He determined that...''If you want to do uncompressed HD, for a fraction of the price of an Apple Xserve RAID, or other hi end SCSI or Fibre Channel drive arrays, THIS IS YOUR BOX.'' Read the rest to find out why.

	CreativeCOW: Adobe Production Studio Comes to the Mac by Tim Wilson Article Type: In this article, CreativeCOW's Tim Wilson interviews Adobe's Simon Hayhurst, Director of Product Management for Dynamic Media who takes us inside the Production Studio's journey across platforms.

	Creating the 3D Ribbon Effect by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz demonstrates how to quickly create the popular 3D ribbon effect in Maxon Cinema 4D and Maya.

	Creating 3D Text by Traylor Woodall Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, animator Traylor Woodall demonstrates how to create 3D text or logos in Adobe After Effects without 3rd party plug-ins.

	Creating Custom Client Review Systems by Aanarav Sareen Article Type: Tutorial In today's rapidly moving editing and post-production world, faster methods of client review have become an absolute necessity. In this article, CreativeCOW leader Aanarav Sareen demonstrates how to create custom client review systems using Adobe Captivate.

	Combining Effects with AE's Fractal Noise Effect by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz examines how to be more creative by combining different effects with AE's Fractal Noise.

	Creating Light Streaks by Andrew Kramer Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to create light streaks as seen in the new Nano iPod commercial.

	Creating Clouds with Transparency by Luke Ahearn Article Type: Tutorial In this article, noted author and game developer, Luke Ahearn demonstrates Creating Clouds, Lens Flares, and other effects with transparency and/or transparent pixels using Adobe Photoshop.

	Create 3D Reflections by Andrew Kramer Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to create ray traced light reflections inside After Effects.

	Creating a Custom Wave Form - Part 2 by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to improve the look of the Customized waveform and talks about how to get real control of your audio keyframes with Trapcode Sound Keys.

	Creating a Flip-Book Effect by Andrew Kramer Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to create a 'Flip-Book' effect.

	Creating a Custom Wave Form - Part 1 by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a customized, sound-reactive waveform using a stroke, a distortion effect and an expression.

	Client's Voice by Tim Kolb Article Type: Feature, Editorial Creative Cow's Tim Kolb takes a look at the concept of 'voice' -- not the narrator's voice but the actual tone in which people and organizations communicate and how to relay that 'personality' to better convey your message.

	Cinema 4D 9.6 and MoGraph by Mylenium Article Type: Product Review In this article, Mylenium is taking a long hard look at Cinema 4D and the new MoGraph module. When Maxon revealed it at NAB this year, everybody was excited and we are trying to find out, if it lives up to people's expectations.

	Creating a Flock of Birds - Part 2 by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In part 2 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create and animate a flock of birds from the original bird.

Class on Demand: Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete 4 by Tim Johnson Article Type: Training Product eview Over the years, some of the most-used After Effects plug-ins on my computer have come from Boris. Recently, Boris Continuum Complete 4.0 came out.  Hot on its heels was Class on Demand's latest training on Boris: ''Complete Training for Boris Continuum Complete 4,''--designed specifically to get people up to speed on those filters. In this article, CreativeCOW's Tim Johnson takes a look at the training and concludes that this training from Class on Demand is a solid training DVD with a couple of nice extras.

	Creating a Flock of Birds - Part 1 by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In part 1 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to build and animate a bird in AE 3D. In part 2, it will join a flock of birds.

	Creating 3D Ribbon Text by David Langley Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial Dave Langley demonstrates how to create a 3D ribbon of text that flows smoothly around curves up and down slopes moving around and interacting with other elements using only core tools in After Effects.

	Creating Super Tight Junk Mattes by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares a method of quickly and automatically creating extremely precise junk mattes/gargabe masks for use in the keying process.

	Creating a Slideshow by Andrew Kramer Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Andrew Kramer shows you how create a slideshow with some cool effects and timesaving methods.

	CineLook 2 and Magic Bullet 2.1—which to use? by Tim Johnson Article Type: Product Review Tim Johnson takes a thorough look at both CineLook 2 from DigiEffects and Magic Bullet from Red Giant Software and determines that while at first glance they do the same thing -- the film look, they are two very different products. Read the review to find out which product would best suit your needs.

	Creating an Old-Paper texture using Fractal Noise by Chris Zwar Article Type: Tutorial Previously, Chris Zwar penned an article we refer to as ''Everything you wanted to know about Fractal Noise but were afraid to ask,'' but in this article, Chris takes it a step further and demonstrates a real project: Creating an Old Paper texture using the Fractal Noise Effect.

Creating a Cartoon from Video by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial IIn this 3-part tutorial, Creative cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explains the process of converting video to cartoon by using only After Effects and Adobe Illustrator CS2. While the tutorial spans 50 minutes and covers a wide range of topics (some in depth and some in general), after you have gone through the process once, you will find that it's easy to adapt the Cartoonification technique to your own needs.

	Creating an Outline around an Actor by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Tutorial, Video Tutorial In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the popular effect in which a colored stroke is placed around a keyed or rotoscoped subject.

	Creating and Enhancing Text Wipe On Effects by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Video Tutorial In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a simple method of creating text wipe-on effects, and ways to enhance them with an updated look.

	Carrara5 Pro Handbook by Mike de la Flor by Ringo Monfort Article Type: Book Review In this article, CreativeCOW.net leader, Ringo Monfort reviews Carrara 5 Pro Handbook (Graphics Series) written by Mike de la Flor, and published by Charles River Media, 512 pages, January 2006, ISBN: 1584504633, and feels that, ''the book falls short...''. Read the full review for Ringo's point of view...

	Carrara 5 Sub-Surface Scattering for Poser 6 models by Ringo Monfort Article Type: Tutorial Thanks to the new sub-surface scattering in Carrara 5, Poser imported models now can have realistic looking skin. In this tutorial, CreativeCOW leader Ringo Monfort details step by step how to use Sub-Surface scatting for realistic skin.

C4D 9.5: Real-World 3D Animation Production by Doug Bassett Article Type: Book Review In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Doug Bassett reviews C4D 9.5: Real-World 3D Animation Production, by Larry Mitchell and published by Charles River Media; 1 edition; copyright (January 5, 2006), 432 pages; ISBN: 1584504374 and writes... ''If I had to tell you about this book in one sentence it would be that this book is the extension of the C4D Quick Start manual. You will learn much more about the 'how to' than the Quick Start and like the Quick Start, you will not get an explanation of the tools or why something works the way it does, but you will remain focused on the 'how to' and the project goal.''

	Combustion 4 Training Course by Michael Hurwicz Article Type: Training Product eview Michael Hurwicz looks at Kenneth LaRue's combustion 4 training DVDs and concludes that this set is great for novices and intermediates alike, but if you're already an expert, you may only need the 'What's New in Combustion 4' set that's available.

	Creating a Film Flash Effect by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Video Tutorial In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the coveted Film Flash transition in After Effects, without the use of any 3rd-party plug-ins.

Creating a Glass Globe by Kurt Murphy Article Type: Tutorial When broadcast designer Kurt Murphy received a glass globe as a gift, it inspired him to see if he could create one in After Effects. In this tutorial, Kurt demonstrates creating and animating a glass globe totally in After Effects using Solids and Effects. This project is totally self-contained, needing no outside footage, but you will need the production bundle to complete it. Also nice but not necessary is the Trapcode Starglow plug-in.

	Creating Paper Ribbons and Confetti by Joe Chao Article Type: Tutorial Often for festivals and celebrations, we are asked to create animations involving colorful ribbons and confetti. In this tutorial, Joe Chao creates the ribbons and confetti and then demonstrates a couple of ways to shoot them out of a cannon. This animation would be useful, not just for Christmas, but for any festival.

	Creating an Animated Volume Meter by Talid Al Khatib Article Type: Tutorial One of the most fun and useful things in Adobe After Effects, is linking the motion of your project components with music. In this tutorial from Talid Al Khatib, we’ll create a ''volume meter'' that responds to your music.

	Creating the Old Movie look with Combustion - Dirt and Scratches by Bimo Adi Prakoso Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, CreativeCOW.net Contributing Editor, Bimo Adi Prakoso introduces further techniques for Creating the Old Movie Look with Combustion. Read on to continue this tutorial with Part 2: Creating Scratches and Dirt.

	Creating a Logo Assembling Animation by Joe Chao Article Type: Tutorial Joe Chao was once required to create an animation in which a flock of fireflies assemble into an insect shaped logo. In this tutorial, Joe demonstrates a quick method to duplicate the effect using Trapcode Particlular.

	Creating Tooltips by Lee Brimelow Article Type: Video Tutorial Creative COW Leader Lee Brimelow shows you how to create tooltips for your Flash applications that follow the mouse position.

Creative Cowcast: Episode 1 by Franklin McMahon Article Type: People and Interviews Creative Cowcast launches with host, Franklin McMahon. Another dimension has been added to Creative Cow: podCasting. Now you can join Creative Cow leaders and guests each week for the Creative Cowcast. We have some great shows scheduled, so stay tuned as Creative Cow comes to you live and direct from high atop the 200 story Bovine Towers building in beautiful downtown Cambria, California.

	Creating Random Motion by Lee Brimelow Article Type: Video Tutorial Creative COW Leader Lee Brimelow shows you how to use actionscript to create random motion in your Flash movies.

Creating Planets & Auras: Part Two 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 part two, we create the Aura and the Planet. You'll need Image Lounge and Knoll's Light Factory from Red Giant Software and Zaxwerk's Invigorator. If you don't have these plug-ins, download the demos to follow along.

	Custom Easing Tool by Lee Brimelow Article Type: Video Tutorial Creative COW Leader Lee Brimelow shows you how to use this free Flash extension to create silky smooth animations. Stop spending hours trying to make realistic elastic or bounce animations and let this tool do the work for you.

	Creating A Sunrise Using Expressions by Mylenium Article Type: Tutorial The goal of this mini-tutorial is to show you some basic targeting using expressions as well as a few other tricks. Not only can this be used to create a stylized sun but also for lasers firing or wormholes.

	CS2 Secrets: Photo Effects by Franklin McMahon Article Type: Video Tutorial Creative Cow Leader Franklin McMahon shows how to use Photoshop CS2 to add image accents and highlights. Tools covered include mask mode, blur, selective blur, sharpen, dodge, burn and the fiber render engine. This is part three of a three-part series.

	Compositing by Franklin McMahon Article Type: Video Tutorial Creative Cow Leader Franklin McMahon shows compositing with Adobe Photoshop CS2 using photo merge and the place command. This is part one of a three-part series.

	Creating An Old TV Screen by Aharon Rabinowitz Article Type: Video Tutorial In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader Aharon Rabinowitz demonstrates a quick and easy way of creating that 'old tv look' -- complete with scan lines, interference and much more using Adobe After Effects without the use of expensive plug-ins.

	Creating A Simple Video Player Interface by Lee Brimelow Article Type: Video Tutorial Creative Cow Leader Lee Brimelow explains how to create a simple video player interface in Photoshop, and then import it into your Flash project.

	Creating Simple Animations with Poser and Flash by Lee Brimelow Article Type: Video Tutorial Creative COW leader Lee Brimelow explains how to use Poser together with Flash to create simple and lightweight character animation.

	Creating That Old Film Look For Final Cut Pro by Stephen Smith Article Type: Tutorial Do you want to create that old film look with out purchasing expensive plug-ins? Unfortunately, Quick TimeÕs special effects settings create phony looking scratches. This article by Stephen Smith explores how to add that extra bit of pizzazz without breaking the bank.

	Confessions of a Zaxwerks Booth Buddy - NAB 2005 by Jon Okerstrom Article Type: Tradeshow Report The following article by Creative COW leader Jon Okerstrom contains his impressions of NAB, from a newbie's perspective. Buried in the story are some tidbits about the upcoming release of ProAnimator 4 (really cool stuff!) and some other hints of things to come.

	Creating a 3D Filmstrip or Flowing Ribbon by Serge Hamad Article Type: Tutorial In this quick tutorial, Serge Hamad uses Zaxwerks Invigorator to create a 3D Filmstrip. This method is also useful for creating those flying ribbons that are so popular in the commercials now. You'll need Invigorator classic for this.

Creating the Old Movie look with Combustion by Bimo Adi Prakoso Article Type: Tutorial Contributing Editor, Bimo Adi Prakoso demonstrates some techniques for Creating the Old Movie Looks with Combustion in this tutorial. He adivises readers that, ''Many plugins for creating an old movie look are available at various costs, but the challenge is creating one without any plugin at all. Actually, it's a simple, straight forward process''.

Combustion 4, a first look by Ken LaRue by Ken LaRue Article Type: Product Review Creative Cow's Ken LaRue explores the just announced Discreet combustion 4. Packed with many new features that Ken enthusiastically describes as ''Hot!'' and which include quite a number that many users have had on their own personal wish lists, C4 is drawing a lot of attention and discussion here in the Creative Cow forums. In this article, Ken helps us explore many of the reasons why...

Creating a Promo Transition with Combustion by Lee Roderick Article Type: Tutorial As the lines between television and the internet continue to blur, it seems like every TV channel wants you to look at their website. Whether youÕre CNN or community television, youÕll have to rise above the straight cut or dissolve to get the viewerÕs attention.In this tutorial, Lee 'Rod' Roderick will show you how to use Discreet combustion to create a promo transition that combines digital video and motion graphics. Once you set it up, you can substitute your own clips and text.

	Creating Customizable Dashed Lines with Adobe Illustrator by Seth Taylor Article Type: Tutorial This mini-tutorial is for those who've often worked in Illustrator and have needed to turn a dashed line into individually selectable shapes. This may also be useful for pasting dotted path shapes into After Effects or other applications.

	Combustion: Create a Traced Watermark Image by Rikard Bosnjakovic Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Rikard Bosnjakovic will demonstrate converting an existing logo to a paint-object and use it as a watermark for pictures. The intent of the tutorial is to overcome some nasty and unwanted problems with traced objects in the paint operator. This tutorial is for beginners.

Creating the 3D Space in AE: Part 2 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 one, we'll prepare the Photoshop still.

	Color Finesse --Total Training for Adobe After Effects 6.5 with Brian Maffitt by Brian Maffitt Article Type: Video Tutorial In the Color_Finesse clip (4 min 06 sec), you will learn the following: How to launch Color Finesse, How to set source and reference points, How to color correct an image using Color Finesse

Creating the Spider Web in Photoshop: Part 1 of 5 by Dean Velez Article Type: Tutorial In this 4-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 one, we'll prepare the Photoshop still.

Creating Powerful Motion with Simple Expressions in AE by Talid Al Khatib Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Talid Al Khatib demonstrates that simple expressions can create powerful motions. In this case, we create a ''rose'' which could be used as a background or design element. Talid also points out that we often think that expressions only relate to the layer properties (scale, opacity, positon, anchor point and rotation) but actually, they can work great with effects too, in our tutorial, we applied expressions on two effects (grid and Hue/saturation).

Creating Liquid LIght by David Zandnerg by David Zandnerg Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, David Zandnerg creates a 'Liquid Light' background element using some basic knowledge about Trapcode 3D Stroke & Shine and Turbulent Displace from Adobe. The important thing to remember is that this tutorial is flexible, so change it as you like to whatever works for you in terms of shape, color and size. Also keep in mind that the tutorial is designed to give you some idea of the simplicity of After Effects for creating abstract art or to just have fun.

	Creating the Egg: Part 5 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 egg. This is the final step in this animation.

Creating Shockwaves: Part Three 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 part two, we create the Aura and the Planet. You'll need Image Lounge and Knoll's Light Factory from Red Giant Software and Zaxwerk's Invigorator. If you don't have these plug-ins, download the demos to follow along.

	Creative Cow Alienware Review by Rick Gerard Article Type: Product Review Rick Gerard reviews Alienware's Roswell 3200 Extreme workstation.

	Changing the Image in Particles by Federico Dedeu Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Federico Dedeu demonstrates an interesting text effect using the particle generator and the text effect.

	Creating An Old Fashioned Record Player by Gary Smith Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Gary Smith demonstrates modeling an old fashioned record player like the RCA logo using a technique called 'loft'.

Creating a Nebula: Part One 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 invoved in re-creating his "Golden COW." In part one, we create the nebula. You'll need Image Lounge from Red Giant Software. If you don't have it, download the demo.

Creative Cow Adobe Premiere Pro HD Report by Rick Gerard Article Type: Product Review, Tradeshow Report Rick Gerard explored the latest offerings while at NAB 2004 and came away with one of his show favorites, the new HD capabilities found in Premiere Pro 1.5 as seen in systems like 1 Beyond's HD Pro which Rick reports "...uses the latest PC technology in the internal structure to speed up data throughput. It uses the wide 64 bit fast PCI-X bus and unlike consumer computers that have one PCI bus, it has three separate PCI buses. This avoids the limitations of even the fastest PCI-X buses from becoming the data path bottle neck." Focusing on a totally rewritten Premiere Pro which has been optimized to harness all the powers of WindowsXP, has Premiere finally shed its compromised past of trying to be "all things to every OS" in its move to professional editing in HD? Rick thinks so. Here is his report...

	Creative Cow NAB Adobe Premiere Pro Report by Rick Gerard Article Type: Product Review, Tradeshow Report Rick Gerard takes a close look at Premiere Pro 1.5 as a viable professional HD editing solution.

	Creative Titling With Premiere Pro by Timothy Kurkoski Article Type: Book Review Premiere COW leader, Timothy Kurkoski takes a look at Creative Titling With Premiere Pro by Ed Gaskell and published by CMP Books.

	Combining Volumetric Lights and Grid Basics by Aaron Slater Article Type: Tutorial Aaron Slater was working on a music video in which his images would 'flash' within a basic grid to the beat of the music. Here's a tutorial demonstrating his technique combining volumetric light effects with the grid.

	Combustion: Replacing A Color using the Color Suppression Operator by Ayman Abdel-Basset Article Type: Tutorial Beginners in Combustion often ask the question: My actor's shirt is green. How do I change it to blue? In this tutorial, Ayman Abdel-Basset demonstrates how to change one color in an image to another color. And he does it in Combustion without extra plug-ins.

CineWave v4.5 by Walter Biscardi Article Type: Editorial Apple has really changed the face of Post Production with the power and affordability of Final Cut Pro. In Creativecow leader, Walter Biscardi's view, the real power of the product is its flexibility. From offline to uncompressed HDTV, from laptop to desktop, FCP gives us unparalleled flexibility as creators. Recently Walter took FCP on the road for a three day corporate shoot and found it to be a major tool in the project.

Capturing Windows Media Directly using Leitch Velocity plug-ins by John David Hutton Article Type: Tutorial Among many of Velocity's strengths is its plug-ins. Using one of these plug-ins in the ''Qtools'' bundle (free), you can actually capture to windows media or real media directly, without capturing to hard drives first and then crunching. In this tutorial, John David Hutton demonstrates a windows media capture but the steps should be very similar for real media.

Combustion 3 by Alan Edward Bell Article Type: Product Review Alan Edward Bell takes a thorough look at Discreet Combustion 3 and concludes with, "...Many feature film and television effects houses use Combustion on a daily basis for doing everything from matte generation, color correction to full blown compositing, I cannot recommend this software enough, and this review only scratches the surface of what is possible."

	Copyright Law and Contracts, Part 2… by Bob Bonniol by Bob Bonniol Article Type: Editorial Bob Bonniol takes an indepth look at copyright law and intellectual property in this continuation article.

	Copyright Law and Contracts… by Bob Bonniol by Bob Bonniol Article Type: Editorial Bob Bonniol discusses copyright law and contracts as technology brings new levels to common ideas of physical and intellectual property.

Color Correction for Final Cut Pro by Marco Solorio Article Type: Training Product eview If anyone is familiar with Digital Film Tree, you'll know they accomplished quite a few tasks under their Sunset Boulevard compounds. DFT is also popular for their in-house training courses in Final Cut Pro and Cinema Tools. Combine this with their other assortment of training videos and you have a powerhouse of instructional know-how. In this article, Marco Solorio takes a look at

	Creating a Glassy Look using Adobe After Effects by Colin James Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Colin James demonstrates creating something with glass planes that refract & blur footage behind them ~ much like the opening to the show, CSI:Miami. Colin needed this technique for work, asked the question in the AE COW, and this is what the members came up.

Charles McConathy discusses video system configuration by Charles McConathy Article Type: Tutorial In this article, veteran pundit and respected industry system integrator Charles McConathy of Promax Systems Inc., gives users a look at the ins and outs of what goes into successfully configuring a nonlinear video editing system. Charles explores issues for both Mac and Windows users, the latest storage and BUS technologies, ''gotchas!'', as well as issues that plague users when choosing the right solution. He includes caveats and work-arounds, as well as a FAQ for many questions he regularly hears from users.

	Creating Shadows and Reflections In Combustion by Mike Harper Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Mike Harper demonstrates, using Discreet Combustion, how to create shadows and reflection layers and how they interact with lights in a 3-D environment.

	Custom Transitions with AVID Animatte by Grinner Hester Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Grinner Hester demonstrates creating custom transitions using Animatte. Grinner says this is his favorite tool and uses it in every project

	Creating Hair in Maya by Chad Briggs Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Chad Briggs will guide intermediate/experienced Maya users through creating hair with PaintFX. Once created, this hair can be animated and deformed through Maya's dynamics/cloth engines. This tutorial will focus on the creation of the hair.

Cinéwave 4 by Walter Biscardi Article Type: Product Review Walter Biscardi is a leader in both our Final Cut Pro and Pinnacle CinéWave forum communities where Cow members have long appreciated his friendly and insightful input. In this article, Walter explores the new powers found in Pinnacle's CinéWave 4. Walter is a longtime user of CinéWave, having used it in many projects in his studio where he serves a long list of corporate and broadcast clients. How does the new CinéWave meet his demands and expectations, along with those of his clients? Walter takes CinéWave 4 out for a demanding ride and gives Cow members his verdict as a user whose own investment is behind his opinions. This is no editorial done by a trade journalist with a unit for review, these are the words of a guy whose own investment and decisions either makes or breaks his company's future. See what he thinks of CinéWave after owning one for quite some time and growing with the system as it has developed...

Creating Graphics Clients Love (and pay for!) by David Chandler-Gick Article Type: Product Review David Chandler-Gick takes a good look at Creating Graphics Clients Love (and pay for!) Volumes 1 and 2 for Adobe Photoshop produced by PixelPops Design, LLC and concludes that for the neophyte who has never really used Photoshop, this series is an investment that will get you up and running quickly, creating graphics that will make you look like an experienced Photoshop user.

Content Rights for Creative Professionals: Copyrights & Trademarks in a Digital Age by Timothy Allen Article Type: Book Review As a video producer, digital content creator, and one of the leaders of the "Business Practices & Marketing" forum here at the Cow, Timothy Allen gets questions about copyright and trademark rights almost everyday. "Media Rights" is one of the least understood, yet most important matters that producers, videographers, graphic artists, musicians, and editors should keep in mind in order to sustain a healthy business.In this article, Timothy Allen takes a look at Content Rights for Creative Professionals: Copyrights & Trademarks in a Digital Age, Second Edition by Arnold P. Lutzer.

Cell Pattern And Favorites by Jim Tierney Article Type: Tutorial Cell Pattern is a filter that can be used to create all sorts of background animations, displacement maps, track mattes, and many other things. It uses algorithms to generate the shapes and shading you see rendered. This allows you to create thousands of different patterns and textures. In this tutorial, Jim Tierney demonstrates a few of these as well as discusses how to create and save your own After Effects favorites.

	Combustion v2: The On-Line WebWarriors Guide -- a review by Marisu Fronc by Marisu Fronc Article Type: Book Review Marisu Fronc takes a look at Combustion v2: The On-Line WebWarriors Guide by Jack Pfeiffer. Read why Marisu believes this book is a must-have for all combustion users.

CinéWave gives Final Frame network quality at a small business price by Will Cox Article Type: People and Interviews If it weren’t for Pinnacle Systems, Will Cox would still be just a Final Cut Pro engineer at the Oxygen Network, not co-founder of his own postproduction company in New York City. He and his partner Youna Kwak founded Final Frame and retained Oxygen as a client, and he has his CinéWave system to thank.

	Combustion: Creating Rays of Sunshine without Plug-ins by Ayman Abdel-Basset Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Ayman Abdel-Basset demonstrates how to create the effect of rays without 3rd party plug-ins by using the keying operator and dolly blur operator - creating the illusion of light using simply basic blurs in Combustion.

	Compression for Great Digital Video by Ben Waggoner by Handy Geek Article Type: Book Review Compressionist Jeff Handy takes a thorough look at Ben Waggoner's Compression for Great Digital Video.and concludes that this book has the makings of an industry handbook. Find out why Jeff says, ''For all you compressionists and apprentices out there, GET THE BOOK!''

	Creating Jittery Text by Adam Tracksler Article Type: Tutorial Adam Tracksler was reading through the tutorials at CreativeCow and stumbled across an After Effects tutorial on creating Jittery Text. He thought, hey, you can do that in Combustion, and here's how.

	Creating Motion Graphics – Vol. 1: The Essentials (2nd Edition, Version 5.5 by Curtis Thompson Article Type: Book Review CreativeCOW Technical Director, Curtis Thompson examines Creating Motion Graphics – Vol. 1: The Essentials (2nd Edition, Version 5.5) byTrish & Chris Meyer. This book is in the DV Expert Series from CMP Books.

Compositing Images in a Bubble in Vegas Video by James Green Article Type: Tutorial The primary aim of this tutorial will be to create a composite image of a bubble with moving/still images inside. The secondary objective is to demonstrate to the user the convergence of 3D modeling with compositing and non linear editing applications. James Green will demonstrate that this is a very basic but useful composite that is designed to provoke creative thought towards potential applications.

Creative Cow looks at the FireStore from Focus Enhancements by Tim Kolb Article Type: Product Review Tim Kolb explores the FireStore system from Focus Enhancements. The FireStore allows camera operators to shoot directly to FireWire harddrives, allowing longer shoot times and also giving users the ability to hook the drive directly to their computers, avoiding the capture process. A real time saver.

	Color Grading in After Effects: Basic Color Control by Barend Onneweer Article Type: Tutorial This series is discussing a couple of approaches towards color grading using After Effects 5.5. Barend Onneweer starts out with a rather mathematical approach to match the overal color balance between shots. This procedure can also be put to good use to correct badly white-balanced video.

Creating the Aurora Borealis In Boris Red 2.1 by Mark Harvey Article Type: Tutorial This tutorial is in response to a query posted on the Borisfx forum at the COW. Creativecow leader, Mark Harvey decided to go ahead and try and recreate the northern lights, one of nature’s most beautiful phenomena. Follow along as he demonstrates how to create the project using only filters that ship with Red 2.1. (No 3rd party plug-ins needed.)

	Cinema 4D import: Simple Color Correction by Thorn Article Type: Tutorial With AfterEffects 5.5, Adobe has truly delivered C4D users an excellent solution to assembling all of your 3D pieces. Cinema 4D and AfterEffects are a very powerful combination, and in this 3-part tutorial series, Thorn shows you how to get started in the world of multipass.

	Creative Cow meets a Flying Cow by Marco Solorio Article Type: Product Review CreativeCOW leader, Marco Solorio reviews the Flying Cow. Whether you need digital audio conversion for your NLE video system, or your DAW (Digital Audio Workstation), the Flying Cow will please even the most bovine shoppers.

Creating DVDs: Learning about Bit Rates and what they mean by David Chandler-Gick Article Type: Tutorial DVD authoring can be daunting when you consider everything that is required to create professional results, and simple, consumer based marketing the likes of Apple's Shoot-Edit-Burn campaign won't tell you the pitfalls. In this article, David Chandler-Gick writes a ''primer'' for people wanting to learn about creating dvds.

Capture Cards and Codecs by Marco Solorio Article Type: Feature, Editorial Thinking of going uncompressed? Well this article focuses on the different uncompressed hardware solutions available for Final Cut Pro. Marco Solorio attempts to answers questions such as: ''What Capture card should I buy and do I even NEED an uncompressed system?'' Also included is a side by side evaluation of the quality and functionality of each uncompressed hardware solution on the market today.

Camera Tricks, Part Two by Jim Allen Article Type: Tutorial In the article Camera Tricks, Part One, we looked at warming and cooling your image to gain a desired result. In Part Two, Jim Allen discusses softening or diffusing your image and a few other special effects that you may like to try. For most of these, it will be necessary for you to have a camera that allows you to perform manual white balance, manual irising, and manual shutter speed adjustments. With some of these ideas, the automatic functions will “automatically” overcome the effect you are trying for.

Camera Tricks, Part One by Jim Allen Article Type: Tutorial If you are an avid moviegoer, you’ve probably noticed that the psychology of the movie is not only in the script and the music, but the quality of the picture as well. In simplest terms, a picture slightly reddish and/or yellowish tends to give the viewer a warm, friendly, emotional feeling and a picture with a slight bluish cast tends to give the viewer a cold, heartless, emotionless feeling. In many drama type films, the use of warm footage with cold footage helps the viewer distinguish between the hero and the villain. In this article, Jim Allen explains color temperature and how to achieve this quality in your video.

	Creating an Audio LED Meter by Roland R. Kahlenberg Article Type: Tutorial In this Tutorial, Roland Kahlenberg demonstrates creating an 'as real as you want it to be' audio LED meter using Motion Math and Expressions. At the bottom of the page is a sample of its use in Roland's demo reel -- just to give you a 'real world' example.

	Creating Characters that Jump off the Page by Rob Gregory-Browne Article Type: Tutorial Noted screenwriter, Rob Gregory-Browne gives CreativeCOW members tips for creating characters that live to an audience. Rob discusses ways to make your characters believable. This is the first in a Screenwriters series here at the Cow and is offered as part of our new Screenwriters forum here at the COW.

	Creating Lord of the COW Ring with Zaxwerk's Invigorator by Serge Hamad Article Type: Tutorial Serge Hamad uses Zaxwerks Invigorator to create 'Lord of the COW Ring' in response to a question in the Zaxwerks COW. Everyone wanted to know how to recreate the ring in that much talked about movie, 'Lord of the Ring.

Corporate Clients: What do they want? by kolb_tim Article Type: Feature Creative Cow's Tim Kolb gives some tips on how to really understand what your Corporate Client wants and how to deliver. He points out that: There are very few of us in this industry who can purchase a piece of equipment and have customers approaching us because of it. We must understand how to deliver a usable video/CD/etc., as most of us base our livelihood on our ability to provide a finished project that is successful. This is not a difficult premise, until you ask the question, 'What does the CLIENT see as being a successful project?'

Creative Adobe After Effects 5 by Angie Taylor by David Bogie Article Type: Book Review In this article, David Bogie explores Angie Taylor's ''Creative After Effects 5.'' In his review David looks at reasons why he thinks the book is of genuine value as a resource and points out areas where he feels the book missed the mark and could have been better. But overall, David concludes that this one is definitely worth the money and gives it a strong buy recommendation. Sprinkled with sub-headers athat are drawn from classic Beatle lyrics, it is also one of the funniest articles we've ever posted over the years. During his comments regarding Expressions programming in After Effects, we were laughing so hard that tears were running down our faces. Thanks for both a great article, Bogiesan, and the laughter!

	Caustics: Dropping the Cow into A Pool of Water by Jim Tierney Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Jim Tierney creates the effect of an object dropping into water, using the Caustics and WaveWorld filters in Adobe After Effects.

	Creating an Invisible Man by Alan Hamill Article Type: Tutorial Alan Hamill demonstrates using some keying techniques and the Displacement Map Effect to simulate a transparent, yet textured dancing man. You'll need the Production Bundle for this one.

Canopus StormRack: Canopus Goes Turn-key by Tim Kolb Article Type: Product Review Tim Kolb explores the new Canopus StormRack, the new dual Athlon-based turn-key DV editing system from Canopus Corporation. With the reputation of AMD's powerful Athlons married to the performance of Canopus's legendary DV keying and realtime powers -- it looks as if the new Rack series from Canopus is off to a good start. Based on his company's real world tests in an actual working situation, Emmy winner, Tim Kolb concludes it's a solid system and has scheduled it for nine more broadcast spots he's working on.

Canopus: Not Just for Weddings Anymore... by Tim Kolb Article Type: Product Review Creative Cow's Tim Kolb, looks at how changing tools are creating more options for today's video pros. In this article he examines his experience with the Canopus StormRack after using other much more expensive systems over the years. He addresses the questions regarding using Canopus systems in corporate and broadcast projects In the end, Tim concludes: ''Canopus isn't just for weddings anymore!''

	Creating Surreal Clouds without Plug-ins by Jayse Hansen Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Jayse will show you another way of creating moving clouds using Adobe After Effects 5 without needing extra plug-ins. If you are unfamiliar with simple 3d  in After Effects 5, you may want to read the After Effects 5.0 manual before continuing with this tutorial.

	Cosmic Winds by George Polevoy Article Type: Tutorial This is the project file George used to create the Cosmic Winds movie. The file uses native 3DSMAX procedural textures, so it will not open on anything but 3dsmax4.

	Controling Adobe GoLive using Hot-Key settings by Ron Lindeboom Article Type: Tutorial In this article, Ron Lindeboom shows newer and other GoLive users how to make GoLive act the way you want it to. Have you ever wished you could set the hot-key short-cuts the way you wanted instead of the way that the Adobe engineers set them? Well you can do it and it's very easy to do. Here's how...

Creating Crop Marks with Adobe Illustrator for use in Adobe After Effects by Lon Clark Article Type: Tutorial When you import vector artwork into a pixel-based program such as After Effects or Photoshop, its edges are determined by the outmost edges of the art. Sometimes, you want to extend the image area to allow new possibilities in your designs. In this article, Lon Clark demonstrates that by creating crop marks, you define a new edge/size for the file and that can open up new design opportunities.

Clients or Grinders: Understanding the Three Market Types by Ron Lindeboom Article Type: Tutorial, Editorial There's a principle locked away in human nature that if you understand it, it gives you one of the keys you need to make your own business more successful. It's a principle that I call 'Clients or Grinders' and once you hear it, you'll know why... Over the years, Ron Lindeboom has shared this principle with many and his wife would tell you that he gets more mail and thanks from this one article than all the other articles combined that he's written over the years.

	Cult Effects Paint: Wiggle Controls! by Kathlyn Lindeboom Article Type: Tutorial Kathlyn Lindeboom takes a look at some of the tools in Cult Effects 1.5. This tutorial uses Cult Effects CE Paint along with 'Wiggle' Controls and the CE Checker filter. CE Paint is the new Vector Paint in Adobe After Effects 5.0 Pro Bundle.

Cool Moves With The Wiggler by Kathlyn Lindeboom Article Type: Tutorial Kathlyn Lindeboom gives users a look at some of the tools in Cult Effects 1.5. This second tutorial in a series uses Cult Effects CE Paint along with 1.5's new 'Wiggle' Controls. In this tutorial, we'll animate the Displacement Variation in the Wiggle Control in order to make the strokes dance into place. Cult Effects Paint is the Vector Paint in Adobe After Effects 5.

	Confetti: Making it with Cult Effects Paint or AE5's Vector Paint by Kathlyn Lindeboom Article Type: Tutorial Kathlyn Lindeboom gives users a look at some of the tools in Cult Effects 1.5. This third tutorial in a series uses Cult Effects CE Paint along with 1.5's new 'Wiggle' Controls. In this tutorial, we'll make confetti. Cult Effects Paint is the Vector Paint in Adobe After Effects 5.

	Creating a Better Edit by Timothy Allen Article Type: Tutorial, Feature During the past few years, Timothy Allen has had the opportunity to work with some very gifted video producers and editors. In this article he spends just a little time sharing some of the things that he's picked up from them that should help spark your creativity and keep your edits fresh.

Creating Text with Adobe Illustrator for After Effects by Mark Simpson Article Type: Tutorial This tutorial is in response to the many requests about how to use Adobe Illustrator to make the text files for the 'Animating Skies and Writing Text with Light' tutorial Mark Simpson wrote demonstrating the Foundry 'Tinderbox' set of Plug-ins for After Effects. This simple tutorial focuses on creating text for the aforementioned tutorial, but is useful for creating any text for use in AE.

Creating mattes in Adobe Illustrator by Mark Simpson Article Type: Tutorial Mark Simpson shows users how to create mattes in Adobe Illustrator for use in Adobe After Effects. If you're trying to do Mark's tutorial 'Animating Skies and Writing Text With Light!' but don't know how to use Illustrator, then this little 'sub-tutorial' is for you. Even if you're not doing Mark's tutorial, this is a handy tip to know.

	Creating a Flowing Title Effect by George Polevoy Article Type: Tutorial George Polevoy explores a method of creating a flowing title effect in Adobe After Effects. With this technique, you can add a variety of effects, such as smoke or fire, as well as an abstract 'flowing' for a visual element.

Cloud Fly Through by Richard Rippon Article Type: Tutorial In this tutorial, Richard Rippon will show you how to simulate flying through a cloud bank using After Effects 5 new 3-D capabilities. We will primarily be working with the layers Z position, so we won’t even scratch the surface of After Effects 5 new capabilities. To create the clouds we will use After Effects Fractal Noise plug-in and Boris Clouds plug-in, which may be found in Boris AE and Boris Continuum. If you have your own way for making your clouds it should also work.