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Adobe After Effects | Creating an After Effects Sunrise
Rob Mize shows how to create the effect of a sunrise using only After Effects and a background graphic. This project employs techniques using masks, solids, shapes and effects that can be useful for a variety of projects. Whether creating this effect or some other, After Effects is a great way to start the day.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Rob Mize |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics | Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 23 Dynamic Trimming
In this tutorial, Andrew Devis looks at a couple of options that can help you to see your edits dynamically as you edit them. Andrew shows how to use and edit the 'Play Around' function as well as using the 'Loop' function so that the play-head will play a specified amount of time before and after it was placed allowing you to place it over (and edit) transitions on the fly.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics | Learning the Tools 1: Trim & Ripple Edit
In this first tutorial on the Premiere Pro tools, Andrew Devis will demonstrate how to use the trim and ripple edit tools, and how to use keyboard short-cuts/modifiers to save time when selecting and using the tools.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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Broadcasting | South Park: TV's Longest Week
An animated show that completes an entire episode, from writing to air, in only six days? Delivered to the network with only minutes to spare? Meet the producers and editors of South Park, winner of 3 Emmys, a Peabody Award for Excellence and many more, as they take you inside the tools and technologies enabling one of the most pressure-packed workflows imaginable.
People / Interview
Tim Wilson |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics | Learning the Tools 2: The Rolling Edit Tool
The rolling edit tool allows you to change to place of a transition without changing the length of the overall production, as long as there is sufficient head or tail footage with your clips. In this Premiere Pro tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the rolling edit tool with standard clips and how it really comes into its own when editing multi-cam sequences.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics | Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 1 Introduction
In this first tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces his new series on Adobe Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above) with a look at the CS6 user interface (UI) and a comparison with the CS5.5 UI, along with a brief comment on what to look for when capturing your own footage.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro | Understanding the 'Source Panel' tools
Understanding the Source Panel is essential for a smooth and professional editing work-flow. In this video tutorial you will learn about the key features of the source panel, how to edit your clips to select just the parts you want to use, and which keyboard short-cuts to use for maximum speed when editing.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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 | The Truth About 2K, 4K and The Future of Pixels
John Galt, Panavision Senior Vice President of Advanced Digital Imaging, led the team that created the Genesis camera, was responsible for the F900 Star Wars camera, and continues to play a leading role in guiding future digital cinema technologies. In this Creative Cow Magazine Extra, join us for a wide-ranging conversation, as John cuts through what he calls the intentional obfuscation of marketing pixels, and considers the range of options that are becoming available to digital filmmakers.
Feature
John Galt |
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Apple FCPX or Not: The Debate | Colorgrading Round-Up
Dennis Kutchera went to Vegas with a goal - to be tantalized by the new colour-grading options - in essence, to cheat on his beloved Avid. What happens in Vegas, this time, comes back with some great stories.
Feature
Dennis Kutchera |
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Apple Final Cut Pro | Tapeless Workflow with Final Cut Pro 7
This tutorial gives an overview of the tapeless ingest workflow using Log and Transfer in Final Cut Pro 7. It encompasses a handful of the supported formats that FCP works with... including XDCAM EX, P2 AVCIntra, P2 DVCPRO HD, AVCHD, and Canon DSLR (5D, 7D).
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Shane Ross |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics | Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 21 Timeline Trimming
In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates one of the big new features for Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 - dynamic timeline trimming of edit points. Andrew shows how to enter the trim mode, to change to different types of trim tool, how to use the keyboard to trim and enter specific amount for detailed trimming as well as how to be able to select all the trim points on multiple layers of video so that you can go through your timeline without having to select different video layers.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics
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DSLR Video | Is the New Blackmagic Cinema Camera the HDSLR Killer?
Marco Solorio of OneRiver Media dissects Blackmagic Design's new Cinema Camera to see if it is in fact, the much-anticipated HDSLR-killer everyone's been waiting for over the years. But with a comparatively smaller sensor size and radical body design, does it fit the bill as the killer we all want?
Review, Feature
Marco Solorio |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics | Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 20 Trim Monitor
In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the 'Trim Monitor,' which up until CS6 had been the main way of quickly and simply rolling or trimming you edit points in the timeline. Although somewhat superseded by the new timeline editing features new to CS6, the Trim Monitor is still a quick and powerful way to finesse your edit points.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro | Premiere Pro Video Adrenaline: The Warp Stabilizer
In this installment of Video Adrenaline for Premiere Pro, Richard Harrington delivers the great new feature in AE CS5.5 for image stabilization and ties it seamlessly into PP using Dynamic Link. Take advantage of this new feature to seamlessly exchange files between the two programs.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington |
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Adobe After Effects basics | AE Basics 47: Creating and Customizing Brushes
AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 47: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through some of the options for paint in After Effects and especially how to create, customize, save and delete brushes.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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DSLR Video | DSLR: Techniques for Slowmotion
In this video tutorial with Robbie Carman and Richard Harrington, learn various ways for converting DSLR footage into instantaneous, buttery smooth slow motion using After Effects, Twixtor, or Cinema Tools; you might also use Optical Flow in Apple Motion, Advanced Frame Blending in AE, and FCP.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Richard Harrington |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics | Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 26 Three & Four Point Editing
In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates 3 & 4 point editing - a technique used a great deal in video editing. Three point editing forces clips to match a sequence in or out point whilst allowing the clip to remain the length it has been specified. Four point editing forces a clip to fit into a specified length in the timeline even if that means the clip must be sped up or slowed down.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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Adobe Premiere Pro | Premiere Pro CS 6.0: First Impressions
As a long-time Final Cut Pro user, David Lawrence has been looking for a new NLE, since FCPX isn't an option for his editing style and needs. When word leaked out of a CS6 trial release, David took Premiere Pro 6 for a spin. And WOW! is what his impressions were. Read on for more details.
Editorial
David Lawrence |
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Adobe After Effects | Introducing After Effects CS6 - Extruded Text and Shapes
In this introductory tutorial to the new 3D capabilities of After Effects CS6, Kevin P McAuliffe shows the basics of how to extrude text and shapes inside of After Effects CS6, and also shows how tight integration with Adobe's Illustrator will have you creating powerful client logos in minutes, instead of in separate 3D applications.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Kevin P McAuliffe |
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Apple Final Cut Pro | Five Free Plug-ins for Final Cut Pro
If you love plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, youll love free plug-ins even more. CreativeCow.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith highlights his five favorite free plug-ins for FCP, everything from eye candy to the ones that save your bacon.
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Stephen Smith |
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Adobe After Effects | Adobe After Effects: Compositing Actors in Virtual 3D Sets
Rob Mize follows up his Creating Virtual 3D Sets tutorial with this demonstration of how to composite real-life actors into these 3 dimensional environments. Learn how to create an effective sense of interaction between your actors and their virtual environment using only your green screened footage and AE's 3D capabilities.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Rob Mize |
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Adobe Premiere Pro basics | Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 2 Opening PP CS6
In this second tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the process of creating a new project in Premiere Pro and explaining all the various options that you are presented with including those in the new project dialogue box and the new sequence dialogue box.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Andrew Devis |
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