Creative COW Tutorials

Adobe After Effects Promo Breakdown In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern discusses the development process for the DVD. Eran also demonstrates his design methods using Boris Continuum Complete 6. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Autodesk 3ds Max Introduction to 3ds Max 2010 Particle Paint Helper In this 3ds Max 2010 tutorial, Michael Hurwicz Michael Hurwicz looks at the new Particle Paint feature, which allows you to spray particle seeds on any object. You then use new operators in the Particle Flow system to convert these seeds to particles. The tutorial demonstrates freehand painting and uses the new Birth Paint operator to convert the seeds to particles. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Michael Hurwicz Autodesk 3ds Max Introduction to 3ds Max 2010 Graphite Modeling Tools In this 3ds Max 2010 tutorial, Michael Hurwicz introduces the new Graphite Modeling Tools, and in particular the Generate Topology feature, which allows you to quickly change the underlying structure of an editable poly to resemble bricks, tiles, diamond shapes, and a number of other options. The tutorial uses bricks as a demonstration of this capability. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Michael Hurwicz Red Giant plug-ins Creating a Summer Blockbuster Film Look In this action packed episode of Red Giant TV, Sin City's Visual Effects Supervisor - and the new Creative Director of Red Giant Software - Stu Maschwitz, shows you how to get the Summer Blockbuster look seen in Transformers 2, Terminator: Salvation, and The Taking of Pelham 123. Stu shares valuable techniques for enhancing your footage with Magic Bullet Looks and Colorista - the technologies he invented for his own use on feature films. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stu Maschwitz Autodesk 3ds Max Introduction to 3ds Max 2010 Viewport Label Menus In this 3ds Max 2010 tutorial, Michael Hurwicz looks at the new viewport label menus, which provide quicker access to some of the most common viewport-related functions, such as showing statistics, showing and hiding the grid, changing the view (e.g. front, back, perspective), and changing the shading mode (e.g. smooth and highlights, wireframe, edged faces).. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Michael Hurwicz Adobe After Effects AE Quicktips #8: Camera Raw Sequences In this video tutorial, Creative COW contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to import a .jpeg or .tiff sequence into Adobe After Effects with Adobe Camera Raw development settings applied. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen particle Illusion Star Trek Transport Effect Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative COW leader Alan Lorence of Wondertouch shows how to create the transporter effect from the new Star Trek movie using particleIllusion 3.0. This is part 1 of 2. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Alan Lorence particle Illusion Star Trek Transport Effect Part 2 In this video tutorial, Creative COW leader Alan Lorence of Wondertouch shows how to create the transporter effect from the new Star Trek movie using particleIllusion 3.0. This is part 2 of 2. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Alan Lorence Trapcode Creating a 3D picture Montage with Trapcode Particular In this Episode, Rob Birnholz shows you a great technique for quickly creating a 3D picture montage with Trapcode Particular. It takes just minutes to set up, but can save you hours of work. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Rob Birnholz Red Giant plug-ins Creating a Text to Sand Transition In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the effect of text (or a logo) dissolving to sand and blowing away. You'll also learn how to reverse the transition, so that sand forms into text. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe After Effects Paint Stroke Morph In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern demonstrates using paint strokes brushes to automatically morph between path shapes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Boris FX Using After Effects Masks with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to use an After Effects mask to define custom extrusion curves as well as the baseline for text characters in Boris Continuum Complete's Extruded Text filter. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong Stereoscopic 3D - NEW ! Perception and The Art of 3D Storytelling By working in the area between what you see, and what you can see, Brian Gardner is helping re-write the rules of 3D filmmaking - right before your very eyes. Tutorial, Feature, People / Interview Author: Brian Gardner Stereoscopic 3D - NEW ! Tiny Stereoscopic Rigs - Big Pictures In this article from the Stereoscopic 3D issue of The Creative COW Magazine, Bernie Laramie, co-founder of Stereoscope, discusses rigs and stereoscopic hardware used in creating high-end 3D movies. Tutorial, Feature, People / Interview Author: Bernie Laramie Stereoscopic 3D - NEW ! FotoKem: 3D DI FotoKem opened as a film lab in 1963, and has continued to evolve and expand. Here are some of the tools they're using as the industry, and their business, now adds another dimension. Tutorial, Feature, People / Interview Author: John Daro Adobe Illustrator Creating a Helix in Adobe Illustrator - Part 3 In Part 3 of this 3 part Adobe Illustrator tutorial series, Vincent Rosati shows you how to perform flat shading on the helix created in the previous tutorials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Vincent Rosati Adobe After Effects Simulating Whip Pans In this video tutorial, Creative COW contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to create a whip pan (swish pan) effect using Adobe After Effects built in tools. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen Adobe Illustrator Creating a Helix in Adobe Illustrator - Part 2 In Part 2 of this 3 part Adobe Illustrator tutorial series, Vincent Rosati uses the pen tool to draw the helix structure. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Vincent Rosati Red Giant plug-ins Creating a Transporter Effect In this episode, Chief Engineer Eran Stern works furiously to get his Starship's transporters back on-line to rescue a fellow crew member trapped on a hostile planet. But time is running out. Will Eran be able to build the transporter in After Effects in time? Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Adobe Photoshop Patch and Heal Tools In this tutorial, Richard Harrington uses the patch tool and healing brush tools to teach patching, healing and the vanishing point in Adobe Photoshop. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe Illustrator Creating a Helix in Adobe Illustrator - Part 1 In Part 1 of this 3 part Adobe Illustrator tutorial series, Vincent Rosati explains how to use the free transform tool to take the first step in creating a helix with AI. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Vincent Rosati Boris FX Map an After Effects Video Layer to Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to map an After Effects video layer to the surface of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE Extruded Text. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong Adobe Photoshop Masks Panel In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at how to use the masks panel in Photoshop CS4. This is a new feature in CS4 that can speed up your workflow by allowing you to quickly manage the masks on a layer. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Child Tracking Part 2 In this video tutorial, Creative COW contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to use the track a child expression to create an interesting title sequence in Adobe After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen Adobe Photoshop Adding Depth of Field In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington shows how to perform depth of field blurring techniques using the lens blur feature in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Trashing Preferences In this Final Cut Tutorial, Richard Harrington shows you how to clean up the Final Cut application when it starts acting up with bugs or other problems. Many times this can be caused by a corrupt preferences file or other user settings related to Final Cut Studio. These tips are also handy when performing an upgrade installation or reinstallation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe Photoshop Content Aware Scaling In this episode of Photoshop for Video, Richard Harrington takes a look at a new feature in Adobe Photoshop CS4 called content aware scaling. This feature allows a user to define a region or a graphic to scale or not to scale when the image is resized, giving tremendous flexibility to not have certain parts of a photo distorted when other parts are stretched. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro iChat Theater Review In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at video sharing via iChat Theater Review, a technique for online video review that allows you to quickly share video via iChat. This can be helpful for showing a preview of a video to a client or a project partner. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Child Tracking Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative COW contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to track the position of a parented layer using expressions in Adobe After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen Apple Final Cut Pro Get Your FCP Timelines in Motion with Final Cut Studio Having both FCP and Motion in Final Cut Studio means more options for effects creation with your video projects -- and FCS integration makes it easy to work with them together. Having Motion projects sitting on your FCP timeline even helps keep your projects organized! Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, shows just how easy it can be to take advantage of it all. Tutorial Author: Jiggy Gaton Apple Final Cut Pro Keyframing Color Correction In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at keyframing the three way color corrector in FCP. As details change in a movie clip you can have the filter adjust its values over time. This example uses a video of a bird starting in a bright sky and ending in water which is darker, the contrast transition is controlled by keyframing the saturation and color correction. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Boris FX Creating Transitions with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Swish Pan Filter Editors use transitions as a way to cut between scenes, typically creating an animated effect such as a dissolve or blur at the end of the outgoing clip and the beginning of the incoming clip. While most modern NLE systems ship with standard wipe transitions, there are some transition styles that are more of an in-camera effect rather than a synthesized gradient wipe or block dissolve. One of these effects, known as a Swish Pan, is created by panning the camera very quickly in a 180 degree arc, creating the look of a fast blur between the outgoing and incoming clips. Continuing in the tradition of making visual effects easy to create, Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE now includes a Swish Pan transition filter which is available free for registered BCC 6 AE users. In this video tutorial, we'll use the new BCC 6 Swish Pan filter to transition between a pair of clips. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Paul Ezzy COWmunications feedback Introducing the all new www.CreativeCowMagazine.net website In this article, Ron Lindeboom, one of the co-founders of CreativeCOW.net and company architect and head of business development, says of the new magazine site interface: ''I have never seen a magazine interface that makes as much sense and gives as much access to so much content, in so few steps.'' Those that helped test the new site while it was in development, agreed, stating that they didn't need any instructions to use it -- but we offer some here, anyway. Editorial, Tutorial, Feature Author: Ron Lindeboom Adobe After Effects Blowing Flowers In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern demonstrates how to create flower trails using Trapcode Particular in this special holiday episode. You'll also work with the light emitter and use 3D layer to obscure particles. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern SAN - Storage Area Networks Changing the Game with the Blackmagic Design Broadcast Videohub Bob Zelin is always willing to integrate the newest solutions for his systems integration clients. Only this one was VERY new... and if everything didn't go exactly right, it was game over. Tutorial Author: Bob Zelin Red Giant plug-ins Better Compositing with Particles In this episode of Red Giant TV, Aharon Rabinowitz will show you a technique for placing layers inside the middle of a particle system in After Effects - crucial to truly integrating your CGI effects with your live action footage or motion graphics. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw - Part 2 In the second part of this Photoshop tutorial series, Richard Harrington goes deeper into the camera raw interface. Richard looks at the tone curve tab which controls the contrast, the detail tab which controls the image sharpening and noise reduction, split toning tab controlling the hue and saturation, lens corrections tab and the presets tab to store settings and preferences. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Make Your FCP Timelines Sing By Roundtripping to Soundtrack Pro The COW's Jiggy Gaton owns an audio studio -- but has created a tutorial for those of us who don't have an audio studio within earshot when editing video in Final Cut Pro. He's not sure if he's being lazy, or just efficient, to use an integrated Soundtrack Pro project inside FCP. Either way, read on to learn how to do it yourself. Tutorial Author: Jiggy Gaton Boris FX Warp, Deform, and Explode 3D Extruded Text with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE In this Boris FX video tutorial we show you how to employ the power of vertex shaders to warp, deform and even explode 3D extruded text using Adobe After Effects and the new 3D Objects from Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong Adobe After Effects Adjustment Lights In this After Effects tutorial, Eran Stern teaches you how to control the scattering of light in a composition using adjustment light. Eran creates a 3D world of dancing actors with realistic lights and shadows for a fictional show called 'Born to Dance'. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw - Part 1 In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at the camera raw files and the camera raw interface. Many video professionals do not know much about the camera raw interface because it is a technology mainly used by digital photographers. The key advantage to using with a camera raw file is that the data is usually stored in the picture more than you can normally see in a single exposure. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Fixing Exposure In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington discusses the common problem of backlighting, exposure and what can happen when shooting video outdoors. Proper exposure of all elements in a shoot can be a pain to achieve with a bright sun and blue sky but using the three way color corrector in Final Cut Pro, Richard is able to make all the elements pop. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Sci-Fi Classics Part 2 In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader, Eran Stern takes the next step in the science fiction classic and finalizes the promo by projecting graphics in space from a flying saucer. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Boris FX Create Extruded Text with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE This new video tutorial shows you the basics of using BCC Extruded Text in Adobe After Effects. BCC Extruded Text belongs to the 3D Objects category of filters which is new to Boris Continuum Complete 6. These stunning OpenGL-based filters use vertex and pixel shaders that enable the generation of animated 3D shatter, bulge, bend, taper, twist, ripple, and wave effects. You can also create reflection or texture maps for the generated 3D text - from any image or video clip in the AE timeline. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Paul Ezzy Adobe Photoshop Auto Blend Command In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at the auto blend command that allows you to merge multiple pictures together into a single larger document. When you have a large scan and you have to scan it in multiple pieces and then stitch it together or if you want to stitch together panoramic photos for a virtual scene this photography tool becomes quite useful. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Correcting White Balance In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington discusses what to do to correct your film when you shoot footage with the wrong white balance setting. This is a common problem if you step outside after shooting inside and you forget to rewhite balance. Richard uses the three way color corrector to do a digital white balance on the clip inside of Final Cut Pro. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Sci-Fi Classics Part 1 In this video tutorial, Eran Stern shows you the first step to create a retro design title animation for a fictional sci-fi movie. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Adobe Photoshop Balancing Images In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at balancing out exposure issues inside of Photoshop CS4. Mixed lighting on a photo can cause portions of the image to be too bright or too dark, fortunately Photoshop gives us some great tools to take care of these types of issues. Using a levels adjustment layer in combination with a color range selection, Richard is able to greatly control the lighting in a photo. The equalize command is also covered in this video tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Compression with Turbo In this Final Cut Pro tutorial, Richard Harrington take a look at the elgato turbo.264. This is a USB add on device that accelereates the h.264 encoding you can do on your Mac. The turbo.264 comes with its own compression software with presets for iPod, iPhone, Sony PSP, Apple TV and YouTube. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Boris FX Repair DV Footage with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's DV Fixer DV video is prone to jaggy edges and compression artifacts. BCC 6 AE's new DV Fixer will greatly improve the look of your clip without sacrificing image detail or quality. Watch how it's done inside Adobe After Effects CS4. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Paul Ezzy Adobe After Effects Creating Masks with Find Edges and Auto-trace In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW contributing editor, Nelson Fernandes demonstrates a method to obtain a quick and dirty mask using the find edges effect combined with the auto-trace feature. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Nelson Fernandes Adobe After Effects Creating a Realistic 3d Earth using only AE In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park shows you how to create a realistic 3d earth, complete with clouds and atmosphere, using only After Effects' built in effects. Special attention will be given to combining multiple instances of the CC Sphere effect to create unique layers with different specular properties for the land and water masses, as well as creating lights from urban centers on the night side of the earth. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Michael Park Adobe After Effects Removing Chromatic Aberration In this tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to remove chromatic aberration from your footage using Adobe After Effects. If you are wondering what chromatic aberration is, don't worry he explains that too. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen Autodesk 3ds Max Introduction to the InfoCenter In this 3ds Max tutorial, Michael Hurwicz provides an introduction to the InfoCenter, a new feature in 3ds Max 2009 which makes it easier to search and navigate documentation and other sources of information. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Michael Hurwicz Autodesk 3ds Max Introduction to the View Cube and the Steering Wheel In this 3ds Max tutorial, Michael Hurwicz provides an introduction to the View Cube and the Steering Wheel, new features in 3ds Max 2009 which make it easier to perform viewport navigation operations like orbit, pan and zoom. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Michael Hurwicz Adobe Photoshop Alpha Channels In the Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at making an alpha channel based upon the luminance in an image. Alpha channels allow you to store transparency in a graphic and transfer that transparency to another non-linear video editing program or compositing application and key or composite in real time. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Gradient Wipe Transition In this Final Cut Pro tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at the gradient wipe transition. The gradient wipe transition is a highly customizable transition using greyscale patterns to create your own custom wipes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Red Giant plug-ins Creating Traffic Patterns In this Red Giant tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a realistic traffic pattern backdrop - great for a scene in which the camera overlooks a low lying, but developed area - perhaps looking down from a high hill onto a residential neighborhood. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe Photoshop Smart Objects In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a closer look at smart objects in Adobe Photoshop CS4. A smart object is an embedded copy of the original object in your document, this allows you to place large images or vector graphics into your Photoshop project and then scale it up or scale it down without worring about losing the original file resolution. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Color Tracking Vignettes In this Apple Color tutorial, Richard Harrington along with color expert Robbie Carman teaches how to use tracking to have vignettes follow a person around the screen to simulate a spotlight effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Media 100 | Media 100 HD New Audio Mixing Features in Media 100 Version 13 In this Media 100 video tutorial, Floh Peters of Magic Eye (Germany) takes a look at Media 100 Version 13's new multi-channel audio output capabilities. With Version 13, you can assign multiple audio tracks to virtual buses and process each bus separately in the timeline. Each bus can separately master to one or more output hardware channels. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Floh Peters Boris FX Put Electronic Makeup On Your Talent with Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Smooth Tone Filter BCC Smooth Tone is an image restoration filter that smoothes out skin imperfections while maintaining image detail and contrast in areas such as hair and eyes. This video tutorial from Paul Ezzy goes over the basics of applying the filter to a clip in AE and provides a brief lesson on how to use PixelChooser to increase the filter's effectiveness. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Paul Ezzy Red Giant plug-ins Creating Watercolor Painting Look In this episode, Aharon shows you how to turn your video into an animated watercolor painting. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe Photoshop Shadow and Highlights Adjustment In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington gives some tips on how to fix an underexposed or overexposed image using the shadow / highlights command in Adobe Photoshop CS4 and goes through each of the advanced settings to give great understand of how you can harness the power of this adjustment tool. The shadow / highlights filter can also be used on Smart Objects in recent versions of PS, expanding the way you can dynamically utilize this tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Color Saturation Curves in Color In this Apple Color tutorial, Richard Harrington along with color expert Robbie Carman create the Pleasantville effect in Apple Color. Using the secondary curves, specifically the saturation curve, to isolate just the yellow in a taxi cab everything else in the video clip can then be desaturated to create this popular effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Basic 2.5D Rig Removal In this tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to approach a 2.5D rig removal shot using Photoshop, After Effects and the Mocha AE tracker. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen Adobe Flash Simple Multi-Video Player in AS3 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross demonstrates how to create a simple multi-video player in Flash using Actionscript 3. Also learn to have several videos use a single flv player. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Tony Ross Red Giant plug-ins Creating and Working with Complex 3D Projects In this episode, Aharon shares some tips for simplifying and working with 3D compositions. You will also get a look at some cool tools designed to easily distribute and arrange layers in 3D space, and that help in creating complex 3D shapes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Red Giant plug-ins Binary Transition Part 1 This episode shows you how to use Trapcode Form to create a dramatic transition where footage breaks into binary code, and re-forms as different footage. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Red Giant plug-ins Binary Transition Part 2 In this Episode, Aharon shows you how to improve on and finish the binary transition project by working with Time Remapping and Camera animation. Plus, see how Magic Bullet Looks and Trapcode Shine help add the finishing touches. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Red Giant plug-ins Looping a Particle System In this Episode, you will learn how to set up a seamless looping particle system. We will be using Trapcode Particular and Starglow to create a stylized holiday snowstorm, but the concepts can be adapted for anything from backgrounds to lower 3rds. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Red Giant plug-ins Better Compositing Techniques In this Episode, learn about compositing techniques that fall outside of keying. Using tools available for After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Vegas and Avid, you will discover ways to improve the quality of your composite with less work. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Red Giant plug-ins Controlling Time with Audio - Part 1 In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use audio to control time. Youll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the beat of the music - a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Red Giant plug-ins Controlling Time with Sound - Part 2 In this episode, Aharon continues to explore how audio can be used to control time, but he expands on that by showing you how it can be used to change the look of the footage as well. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Red Giant plug-ins Getting Better Control of Emitter Position in Trapcode Particular In this Episode, we will look at some very useful techniques for Trapcode Particular that will give you better control of emitter position in 2D and 3D. You will also learn how to capture the motion of your mouse (or stylus) to control emitter position. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz Adobe Photoshop Video Preview In this Photoshop tutorial, Richard Harrington explains how to output a DV video signal directly to a SD video monitor from Adobe Photoshop using a digital video converter via firewire and video preview controls. This is a very helpful tool for making adjustments to your color correction for use in broadcast video. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro Placeholder Composite Effects In this Final Cut tutorial, Richard Harrington performs a quick placeholder effect in Final Cut Pro. Many times you will need this technique so you can figure out what shots you want to use and if it is going to be feasable to accomplish what you think is in the timeline. Richard starts by performing a chroma key on a video clip to place another clip on a TV screen. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Text Trick Part 2 In this video tutorial, Eran Stern explains how to design a Counting Circle Animation with the After Effects Text Tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Adobe Flash Simple Multi-Video Player in AS2 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross demonstrates how to create a simple multi-video player in Flash using Actionscript 2. Also learn to have several videos use a single flv player. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Tony Ross Adobe Photoshop Color Range Command Some free tricks on how to use the color range command in Photoshop. Many people use the old method of utilizing the magic wand tool for selecting areas of color, the color range selection tool has more flexibility and control. Richard walks you through using this tool and shows some new features added in Photoshop CS4. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro External Editors - Final Cut Help In this Apple Final Cut video tutorial, Richard Harrington takes a look at the external editors tab in the Final Cut Pro system settings that allows you to associate still image, video and audio files with third party software. Richard also gives some helpful tips to make graphics coming from other software applications more compatible with Final Cut Studio. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects Text Trick Part 1 In this video tutorial, Eran Stern reveals the first text trick in his series and shows how to design an audio waves animation with the After Effects Text Tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Apple Final Cut Pro Compressing for iPod and iTunes - Final Cut Help In this Final Cut video tutorial, Richard Harrington uses Compressor to teach how to compress a video clip for use on an iPod or in iTunes. This opens up video podcasting or the transferring of video files in a widely recognized portable format. Richard shows which settings to use and explains how to export from Final Cut Pro to get the file ready for Compressor. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe Photoshop Adjustments Panel A look at the adjustments panel in Photoshop to more quickly enhance your images. The adjustments panel is a new feature in Adobe Photoshop CS4 that allows you to quickly use adjustment layers much easier. This tool adds responsiveness and accessibility to one of the best features in Photoshop. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Nuke Nuke - An Introduction for After Effects Users Nuke, the new compositing tool from The Foundry, is rapidly becoming a favorite in high-end film production. Its price also offers an easy entry for indie producers who want to create better work, faster and more powerfully. This guided tour of Nuke for AE users, along with tips for leveraging your AE experience in the brave Nuke world of VFX creation will help you discover Nuke. Review, Tutorial Author: Pete O'Connell Apple Color Custom Shapes in Color - Final Cut Help In this Apple Color tutorial Richard Harrington and guest Robbie Carman will use user defined shapes to form vinettes to perform a secondary color correction. Learn about where primary and secondary color correction really occurs in Apple Color and other tips and tricks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe Photoshop Making Lower Thirds Part 2 The second part of the series on designing lower third graphics. Lower thirds are used in displaying information in your video projects, shows, or movies. You will also learn many design tips and tricks to increase your Photoshop productivity for video creation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe Photoshop Making Lower Thirds Part 1 Taking a look at the popular technique of designing lower thirds and the process it takes to design these using Photoshop. Photoshop is the perfect solution for this task with the ability to mix text, texture, graphics and logos to create compelling titles for your show or video. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Apple Final Cut Pro 3-Way Color Corrector - Final Cut Help In this Final Cut Pro video tutorial you will learn about using the 3-way color corrector with skin tones and how the color corrector behaves when adjusting the color of two subjects in identical scenes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects RG Warp Corner Pin In this video tutorial, Eran Stern shows you a technique to enhance your tracking and compositing results by using Mocha AE and RG Warp Corner Pin plug-in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Adobe Photoshop Non-Square Pixels Exploring the problems associated with blending images that have square and non square pixel formats. Learn about how to fix some of the blunders of pixel aspect ratio mixing and how Photoshop CS4 is trying to help solve some of these pixel nightmares. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects The Vehicle Rig In this tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to build an expression-based vehicle rig that automatically calculates the rotation of its wheels based on the movement of the vehicle chassis. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen Apple Final Cut Pro Setting Up a Multicam Edit - Final Cut Help In this Final Cut Video Tutorial Richard Harrington takes a look at syncronizing material for a multicam edit. The multicam features inside of Final Cut Pro are very popular and can be used for events, performances, or concerts the trick is getting things to syncronize properly. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington Adobe After Effects RG Warp Shadow In this video tutorial, Eran Stern demonstrate the creation of 3D shadows with After Effects built-in filters and compares it to the functions of RG shadow plug-in. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Eran Stern Apple Motion Motion Templates 101 Motion templates are a great feature that can get you great results in no time. This video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader, Stephen Smith will go over the fundamentals so working with templates is easy. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stephen Smith Autodesk 3ds Max Modeling the New James Bond Introduction In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park shows you how to recreate the opening gun barrel sequence from the two newest James Bond movies in 3d Studio Max using the default scanline renderer, minimal modeling, and only standard materials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Michael Park Adobe After Effects Creating The 007 Intro In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Michael Park shows you how to achieve that classic introduction to all of the James Bond films using only basic After Effects plugins. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Michael Park Trapcode Create Lottery Balls with Particular In this tutorial, CreativeCOW contributing editor Tony Agliata demonstrates how simple expressions can generate multiple custom particles in Particular to create an animation of bouncing, floating Ping Pong balls--similar to a those in a lottery drawing. Tutorial Author: Tony Agliata Adobe After Effects The Droste Effect In this tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to use the Pixel Bender Toolkit to create a recursive image set in Adobe After Effects CS4. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Carl Larsen Adobe Photoshop Creating A Vignette in PhotoShop In this tutorial, CreativeCOW contributing editor Sytse Zijlstra demonstrates a quick, easy way to create a vignette in PhotoShop. Tutorial Author: Sytse Zijlstra

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