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 Fri, 25 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT PHP Script webmaster@creativecow.net webmaster@creativecow.net http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/Dopus9_WithAETitles.php 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 sho Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/evoluent_mouse.php 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 t Tue, 28 Aug 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/batch_export.php 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. Mon, 22 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/maya_7_book_rev.php 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, vide Fri, 05 May 2006 07:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/opus8_rev.php 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 Fri, 13 May 2005 07:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/windows_bkup.php 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. Sun, 27 Mar 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/cmg_rev.php 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 Effec Wed, 02 Feb 2005 08:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/virtual_avi.php 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 wi Wed, 29 Sep 2004 07:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/maya6_found_rev.php 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 pri Tue, 21 Sep 2004 07:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/learn_maya_dynam.php 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." Mon, 12 Apr 2004 07:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/elite_rev.php 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. Sun, 08 Feb 2004 08:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/capture_wm.php 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 med Mon, 26 Jan 2004 08:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/ae_vtfs.php 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 t Wed, 17 Dec 2003 08:00:00 GMT http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hutton_john/gnomen_vid_rev.php 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. Mon, 16 Sep 2002 07:00:00 GMT