http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/ John David Hutton's library of tutorials, articles, reviews and more for media professionals world wide. en-us http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/Dopus9_WithAETitles.php This bruiser app is so powerful it should be a requirement for any power user (and every digital content creation user). It offers outstanding tools and an enhanced workflow at a great price. Its features are so deep I felt a written review wasn't strong enough to illustrate why Directory Opus 9 should be standard on every windows computer. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:27 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/evoluent_mouse.php It starts as a slight twinge in the shoulder, or a prickle in the wrist, a dime-sized knot in the forearm or a tingling somewhere up and down the arm. Whatever the symptoms, the cause is usually the same - RSI or repetitive strain injury or its widely publicized brother, carpal tunnel syndrome. In this article, John David Hutton takes a look at the new Evoluent Vertical Mouse. It could be the answer to protecting yourself from carpal tunnel and other strains. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:27 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/batch_export.php 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. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:26 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/maya_7_book_rev.php CreativeCOW leader John David Hutton takes a thorough look at the Learning Maya 7 Book Bundle and concludes with ''...I give this 3 book bundle a solid 5 cows for a clean, organized, thoughtful layout and instruction set. They contain an awe-inspiring bundle of textures and materials, programs, videos and tutorials. You won't want to miss them.'' Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:26 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/opus8_rev.php CreativeCOW leader John David Hutton shows us why Directory Opus 8.1 for Windows ''is an outstanding workflow addition at a great price... What is it? Some would say it's a windows explorer replacement and while this is technically true it also offers multitudes of capabilities normally included in many other apps, namely ftp, image conversion, complex file searches including metadata searches, image and file viewer, zip capabilities, folder synchronization, slideshows, etc. It also supports easy access to common utilities like Nero burning software and Google Desktop Search (GDS) software, freely downloadable from Google.'' Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:25 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/cmg_rev.php CreativeCOW leader John David Hutton reviews Trish and Chris Meyer's Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects...Volume 1: The Essentials, published by CMP Books, 496 pages, 3rd Book & DVD edition (September 10, 2004), ISBN:1-57820-249-3, and writes, "Affectionately referred to by After Effects evangelists world-wide as "The Bible," the "Meyers books" or "CMG" have become not only the standard for Adobe After Effects training but also the de facto standard for all training books to live up to. The design and layout as well as the graphical elements make this set of books not only candy for the mind and eye but great learning tools to aid the reader in understanding the vast field of motion graphics and After Effects." Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:25 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/windows_bkup.php John David Hutton works with video editing stations with many drives and many reasons to back up. In this tutorial, John David will demonstrate one way to back up which involves using Windows built-in backup utility. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:25 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/virtual_avi.php Virtual AVI: It sounds kind of cryptic but it's a very cool thing Leitch provides to VelocityQ users for free. In this article, John David Hutton tells us why and how to use it. Think of it as a translator - it's the middle-man between your AVI-loving apps and your proprietary video format (files with extension .dps). It does 2 things, it lets you render OUT dps files from programs that wouldn't normally allow this and it lets you bring in dps files into programs that wouldn't normally allow it. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/maya6_found_rev.php CreativeCOW leader John David Hutton looks at Learning Maya 6 | Foundation published by Sybex and is pleased to find ... ''a tutorial book ..[which presents]... the instruction to you in a way that makes you understand why you're doing those things. You get a very well-rounded instruction on the principles of this 3D software package." Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/learn_maya_dynam.php CreativeCOW leader John David Hutton takes a thorough look at Learning Maya 5 | Dynamics from Sybex and concludes with... ''this is definitely a worthwhile book for any Maya artist interested in learning dynamics." Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/elite_rev.php Logitech's ''elite'' keyboard has some very cool features that are handy, especially for those users who have to navigate often through their Intranet and Internet, and it works for both the PC and the Mac! In this article, John David Hutton briefly runs through his favorite features. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/capture_wm.php 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. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/ae_vtfs.php The Virtual Tape File System in Leitch dpsVelocity is the most fascinating design and John David's most favorite feature of the software. With the VTFS you can actually take an existing image sequence (targa, tif, others are supported) and bring it into your editing NLE without having to render it to a proprietary format first. You can also take a captured clip and copy the image sequence of that capture to another computer without ever exporting anything in the NLE first! In this tutorial, Creativecow.net leader, John David Hutton demonstrates how to use After Effects with the VFTS System. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:23 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/gnomen_vid_rev.php John David Hutton takes a look at Gnomon 3D Training Tapes. Since these tapes are offered one tape at a time instead of as a set, in this article, John David reviews the tape: Texture Mapping I: Materials. 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