Creative COW Tutorials

Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 33: Options for Creating Text   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 33: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts to look at text creation and animation in After Effects starting with the different ways to create text in the composition panel. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Apple FCPX Techniques Multicam Editing in Final Cut Pro X   Play Video In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how, with the newest update to FCPX, to edit multicam inside of FCPX. See how to set up your clips into angles, and then quickly and easily edit them together to create a seamless edit in no time flat. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe Apple FCPX Techniques FCPX INs and OUTs - Multicam Part TWO   Play Video This is part two of a two-part tutorial on the new multicam feature added to the 10.0.3 update for Final Cut Pro X. In this part, Andy Neil shows off the custom sync controls, syncing using meta-data and how FCPX handles non-pro sources. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andy Neil Apple FCPX Techniques FCPX INs and OUTs - Multicam Part ONE   Play Video Finally it's here! FCP X has included a multi-camera workflow in its 10.0.3 update. Andy Neil will take you through the INs and OUTs of this amazing new feature in a two-part tutorial (there's THAT much to show). Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andy Neil Apple FCPX Techniques Advanced Tips for FCP X: Editing During Playback   Play Video One of the features of FCP X that goes largely unmentioned (and is mostly undocumented) is the ability to edit during playback. In this tutorial I'll teach you the fundamentals of editing without stopping playback. Tutorial, Video Tutorial T Payton Adobe After Effects Virtual 3D Sets with After Effects   Play Video Rob Mize demonstrates techniques for creating a virtual set in 3D space. He shows how you can build sophisticated, detailed environments, where your actors appear to interact with their 3 dimensional surroundings. Build the set of your dreams using nothing more than After Effects, a few textures and your creativity. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Rob Mize Adobe After Effects Lite Bite for After Effects: The Tilt Shift Effect   Play Video In this tutorial, Martin Ainsworth will demonstrate the "Tilt Shift" effect also known as "Toy Town Look" using Abobe After Effect. This simple yet very power technique can add an extra dimension to an opening introduction. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Martin Ainsworth Apple Motion Lite Bite for Apple Motion: The Tilt Shift Effect   Play Video The "Tilt Shift Effect" or "Toy Town Look" is fantastic fun to play with. Using Final Cut and Motion you can quickly create the effect and give an amazing intro to any promotion. The tutorial requires no additional Plug-ins. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Martin Ainsworth Sony Vegas Multiple Split Screen in Sony Vegas   Play Video In this tutorial, Roy van der Westen will demonstrate how to make a multiple split screen in Sony Vegas, and saving the presets in the "Trackmotion tool. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Roy van der Westen Boris FX Create a Realistic 3D End Tag in Adobe After Effects   Play Video In this Boris video tutorial, Kevin P. McAuliffe creates an end tag with Boris Continuum Complete 8 AE's new Stage Light effect. BCC Stage Light lets you create volumetric lighting from any light that you add to your After Effects composition. What would normally take a high-end 3D application to create can now be done in minutes inside of AE! Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe Adobe After Effects Lite Bite for After Effects: How do I use 8 or 16 bpc effects on 16 or 32 pbc projects?   Play Video "Lite Bites" are short no-frills tutorials giving quick answers for busy people. In this next AE Lite Bite tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use 8 or 16 bpc effects safely on 16 or 32 bpc projects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Apple FCPX Techniques FCPX INs and OUTs - Roles   Play Video In this tutorial, I'll show you the INs and OUTs of the Roles feature. How they work when exporting projects as well as tricks on their use in editing and during import. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andy Neil Adobe Photoshop Lite Bite for Photoshop: Using Masks on Groups   Play Video Using masks to speed up web design can help you show multiple graphic ideas with the least amount of effort for best effect. In this tutorial, Martin Ainsworth willl show you how to add a mask to a folder and add content to it. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Martin Ainsworth Adobe After Effects Lite Bite for After Effects: How do I animate Text on a Path?   Play Video "Lite Bites" are short no-frills tutorials giving quick answers for busy people. In this next AE Lite Bite tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to quickly and easily animate text on a path. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects You Ask....I Answer: Masking vs Track Matting Part 2: Adobe After Effects   Play Video In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe takes a look at doing the same viewer requested track matting technique he showed in Motion 5, but the time he demonstrates the technique inside of Adobe After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe Apple FCPX Techniques Advanced Tips for FCP X: Custom Resolution Timelines   Play Video FCP X can't create a custom resolution timeline... or can it? I'll show you how to create custom resolution timelines quickly in Final Cut Pro X. Tutorial, Video Tutorial T Payton Apple Motion You Ask...I Answer: Masking vs. Track Matting Part ONE: For Apple's Motion   Play Video In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe answers a viewer's question about masking in Apple's Motion, and shows that sometimes the best way to mask something, is not to mask it at all! Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe RE:Vision Effects Better Retiming using a Matte   Play Video This Tutorial shows how to get better tracking using a matte to separate your footage into multiple layers. Multiple layers are available in Twixtor Pro for AE, FCP, Premiere Pro, and Twixtor for Smoke, Flame, Fusion, Nuke & OFX hosts such as Scratch & Composite. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Lori Freitag Apple iPad The Fastest Ever Promo - iMovie   Play Video I know iMovie is not the sharpest tool in the box but sometimes we need to use a quick way of making a little promo on a budget and with Apple computer shipping with iMovie 11 it's becoming used more and more. Here is a quick tutorial outlining how to create a promo using the built-in templates. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Martin Ainsworth Adobe Photoshop Lite Bite for Photoshop: Creating Custom Actions   Play Video In this "Lite Bite" tutorial, quickly setup custom actions to speed up your photography workflow in Adobe Photoshop to rotate and add adjustment layers for 'Cross Processing' and 'Black & White.' This is a valuable time saving tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Martin Ainsworth Adobe After Effects Lite Bite for After Effects: How do I create a simple Light Wrap?   Play Video "Lite Bites" are short no-frills tutorials giving quick answers for busy people. In this first AE Lite Bite tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to make a quick 'light wrap' effect for a keyed item so that the edge or alpha channel of the keyed item includes some of the pixels from the background element so that it starts to look as if the two items really belong together. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Trapcode Particular Basic Training Session THREE: The 3D Starfield   Play Video In this third installment of the Particular Basic Training series, Michael Park will show how to use Particular to create a realistic 3d star field for all of your animation needs. Along the way, he will use and explore some features of Particular including motion blue, high dynamic range, and the physics time factor. As always, the project is available for free download. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Michael Park Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 32: Creating a Motion Background with Shapes Layers   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 32: In this tutorial Andrew Devis takes some of what has been learnt over the previous AE Basics tutorials on shape layers and puts them together to create a motion background for text. In this tutorial Andrew covers shape creation, shape duplication, working with multiple shape layers at a time, pre-composing multiple shape layers etc. Andrew also introduces "Adjustment Layers" to create a blurred vignette and to use as a color adjustment layer while showing how to move between comps to get the best possible look. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 31: Brainstorm & Shape Layers   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 31: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the "Brainstorm" function with shape layers. The "Brainstorm" function is a tool to give creative ideas based on your own selection of properties to be randomized for creative effect. As long as you select more than one property you can get a stream of creative ideas through Brainstorm that will fuel your imagination and help in the creative process. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Apple FCPX Techniques Raising The Bar On Non-Broadcast Output: Mastering and Encoding with Video Purifier and x264 Consider this: you’re taking your pristine, carefully crafted video file--the product of countless hours of work--and running it through a process that will literally throw away up to 90% of the information! In this tutorial, David shares a simple workflow he uses to prepare finished video files for non-broadcast delivery. Using these tools and settings, he's able to create master files that look better than their edited source, and encoded files that are virtually indistinguishable from their masters. Tutorial David Lawrence

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