http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/ Marco Solorio's library of tutorials, articles, reviews and more for media professionals world wide. en-us http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/dslr.php You already know that your digital camera has higher-than-HD resolution -- even higher than film res sometimes -- and the pictures can look amazing. It turns out that your still camera actually works better than an HD video camera for creating time-lapse photography. Marco Solorio tells you how to put it all together. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:27 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/interlacing_progressive_footage.php Weve all heard of de-interlacing footage, but what about re-interlacing? Marco Solorio of OneRiver Media shows us how -- and why -- to create interlaced footage from a progressive source. The results are picture perfect! Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:27 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/tbc-review.php DESCRIPTIONWith people continually asking, "what edit desk do you use?" here at the COW forums, Creative Cow forum leader, Marco Solorio hopes to settle this question once and for all with his in-depth review of TBC's Crossfire X-K3 edit console. If you're in the market for a new editor's console or are just curious to know what's "out there", this should give you all the information you need to base your own judgment. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:25 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/PostHoles.php Don't have time or budget to shoot various people in a blue or green screen studio cyk? Also don't have the time or the software to create a perfect chromakey and/or rotoscope to pull that perfect matte? If this is the case, Post Holes may be the solution you're looking for. Marco Solorio reviews their latest 2-disk DVD set available on NTSC SD. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:25 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/std_converter_rev.php In this review, Marco Solorio shares his real-world experience using the Nattress Standard Conversion Plugin set. Low-cost software doesn't always mean low-quality results and this software breaks the myth to the Nth degree. Read this review and discover how amazed Marco was with his initial results using this plugin to convert between PAL and NTSC media. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:24 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/cc_dvd_rev.php 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 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:23 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/fcp101_review.php Class On Demand, a company that's known for its selection of instructional videos for applications like Newtek Lightwave 3D and Pinnacle Alladin with hosts by the likes of Dan Ablan and Paul Holtz, have brought us a new video; Final Cut Pro 101 hosted by Creative Cow's own infamous Jerry Hofmann. Jerry is an instructor at the Colorado Film & Video Instructional Studios (a facility with 20 Final Cut Pro bays) and has a Final Cut Pro book credit to his name, ''The Final Cut Pro X Project'' published by New Riders. You know you're getting top-notch video instruction here! Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/twixtor_review.php Looking at traditional methods of time-remapping, frame-rate conversions and other Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/cf_rev.php Don't have the hundreds of thousands of dollars for a DaVinci color-correction system? But you do have After Effects? In a jaw-dropping review of Synthetic Aperture's 'Color Finesse,' Marco Solorio shows how Color Finesse far surpasses the capabilities of standard color correction tools -- as well as the error-prone realities of using standard color correction plug-ins. The differences are shocking! Note: this is NOT an article on how to color correct (although some of the principles are explored in the article and there is much to be learned here). Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/flyingcow.php 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. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/kona.php CreativeCOW leader, Marco Solorio reviews the new AJA Kona SD v. 2.1. For those seeking the latest uncompressed capture card for your Final Cut Pro system, this may be the answer you're looking for. With version 2.1 in public release, this system has unique features that other capture cards can only dream of. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/capture_cards.php 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. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/solorio_marco/film_card.php For those of us that are still ''young at heart'' and watch cartoons on TV, you'll notice that even today many animations are still hand drawn at 24 Frames Per Second (FPS) or 24 ''fips'' as it's sometimes referred. In this article, Marco Solorio explains why this time old honored technique can still be used today for maximizing your production time and most importantly, the look and feel of your animations. Wed, 31 Dec 1969 16:33:22 GMT