Creative COW Tutorials

Adobe Photoshop basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 7 Matched Sequences & Bins   Play Video In this video tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create a new sequence that exactly matches your footage followed by the options for managing assets in your project panel including how to create bins and how to navigate between bins. Andrew finishes off by showing how to automate your clips in the order you select them in your project panel directly to you timeline while respecting any in and out point selections you may have made while hover scrubbing in your project panel. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 6 Keyboard Short-cuts   Play Video In this tutorial, Andrew Devis starts by showing how to hide and show the preview area in the project panel to get to the default CS6 user interface layout. He then demonstrates how to select different keyboard short-cut options including short-cuts for CS5.5, Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro 7. Andrew then goes on to show how to change a short-cut as well as how to save your changed short-cuts to load back in when needed. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 5 Workspaces   Play Video In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows what happens when you open a project saved in a previous version of Premiere Pro and how it changes the default workspace back to that of a previous version. He then goes on to show how to reset your workspace back to the default CS6 workspace. Andrew also shows how to customize your workspace, save a new workspace layout, delete a workspace and maximize panels both to include and exclude the showing of transport controls (to have a true full screen for say the source or program monitors). Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 4 Playback Controls   Play Video In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes over the options for showing and hiding the various buttons inside the source and program monitors and how they can be customized as needed. Andrew also emphasizes and shows the important keyboard short-cuts for playing back your video and choosing and editing in and out points for the clips you want to use. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 3 Project Panel   Play Video In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes over the excellent and productivity-focused changes that have been applied to the project panel, including looking at the new 'Hover Scrub' feature and how to temporarily enable and disable its function as well as how to select 'in' and 'out' points directly on the footage in the project panel rather than having to take it to the source monitor. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 2 Opening PP CS6   Play Video 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 Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro CS6 Techniques: 1 Introduction   Play Video 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 Indie Film & Documentary Save This Script By John Morley and Mark Suszko Great videos start with a great script. Sometimes, the scripts are not so great. We're script doctors, come watch us operate. Tutorial, Feature John Morley and Mark Suszko Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 45: Additional Range Selectors   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 45: In this (more advanced) tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create and use a range selector within another range selector all within one animator for a single text layer. The use of multiple range selectors can add a great deal of interest and flare to your text. As this is once again a somewhat more advanced option within AE Andrew doesn't go into too much detail, simply showing how to add, modify and use a second range selector within one text animator. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects What's new in After Effects CS6: Shapes from Vector Layers   Play Video In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe shows you how, using the great new "Create Shapes from Vector Layers" command in After Effects CS6, you can create 3D extruded client logos in minutes, as opposed to having to wait hours for a 3D application to render it out. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe AVID Learn Media Composer Lesson 5: Bins PART TWO   Play Video In part two at our look at Bins inside of Media Composer/Symphony, Kevin P McAuliffe gets more in-depth with organization, and shows you some great quick tips to not only better organize your projects, but also help speed up that organizational process to get you editing a lot quicker. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe Adobe After Effects AE Basics 44: Shaping Text And Advanced Options   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 44: In this (more advanced) tutorial, Andrew Devis shows the options to change the way text moves through its range and explains how to change this from the default smooth animation to a much more 'digital' or abrupt instant change. Andrew then goes on to demonstrate more of the advanced options in the timeline to 'shape' your text so that it can have a more interesting or dramatic look allowing for the type of animation that would be very difficult to achieve otherwise. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis AVID Learn Media Composer Lesson 4: Bins PART ONE   Play Video In part one of this two part look at Bins, Kevin P McAuliffe talks about creating not only customized bin views, but also shows some great hidden gems to really organize your projects so all of your edit sessions go as smoothly as possible. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe AVID Learn Media Composer Lesson 3: Audio Settings   Play Video In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe begins at the top of the Settings window by looking at the Audio and Audio Project settings, and how a commonly overlooked setting can really get you into trouble, if you don't know what you're looking for. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe Adobe After Effects Create a Rotating Counter TWO: Adding & Adjusting a Bounce   Play Video In the second part of this 2 part tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to animate the rotation of this group of layers as well as how use and adjust an expression that ships with After Effects to have the layers bounce in place as they stop which can give the sense of the counter having some real mechanical properties rather than just a linear of easy-ease keyframe approach. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 43: Text Animators Part FOUR - Per-character 3D   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 43: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the 'Enable Per-Character 3D' option and how to apply it and use it. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis AVID Learn Media Composer Lesson 2: The Interface & Intro to Bins   Play Video In this lesson, Kevin P McAuliffe introduces you to the Media Composer interface, talks about Bins and the important part they play in your workflow, and begins his talk about Settings, and how you will use them to not only help your workflow, but help you out of problems when you run into them. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe Adobe After Effects Create a Rotating Counter ONE: Positioning 3D Layers   Play Video In the first part of this 2 part tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create and place layers in 3d space such that they can be rotated as a single group to be used for a rotating counter. Andrew shows how to create and place the layers using both the math function of AE as well as a handy and simple expression that places layers a fixed distance or rotation from the previous layer. He then goes on the show how to create and use a controller for the multiple layers so that they act as a single group. In the next tutorial, Andrew will show how to animate the rotation of this group of layers as well as how use and adjust an expression that ships with After Effects to have the layers bounce in place as they stop which can give the sense of the counter having some real mechanical properties rather than just a linear of easy-ease keyframe approach. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Autodesk 3ds Max Autodesk 3ds max & Di-O-Matic's Facial Studio   Play Video In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how easy it is to create, add materials to, animate and lip-sync a head in Autodesk 3ds max using the plug-ins from Di-O-Matic called 'Facial Studio' and 'Voice-O-Matic'. Andrew goes through the basics of this plug-in just to show how easy and quick it is to use and how powerful it can be - not to mention just how much time it can save you! Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Adobe After Effects Introducing After Effects CS6 - Extruded Text and Shapes   Play Video 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 Adobe After Effects Adobe After Effects: Compositing Actors in Virtual 3D Sets   Play Video 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 Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 42: Text Animators Part THREE - Tracking & more   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 42: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the tracking, character and blur options. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis Cinema 4D Cinema 4D: Containing Pyrocluster Particles Within An Object   Play Video In this tutorial, we will be taking Pyrocluser particles and containing their movement inside a text object, as well as keeping them inside the object without the object itself being visible. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Bill Kelly Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 41: Text Animators Part TWO - Fill & Stroke   Play Video AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 41: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues demonstrating some of the text animators available in the timeline, concentrating upon the fill and stoke options. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Andrew Devis AVID Learn Avid's Media Composer 6 - Lesson 1: Getting Started   Play Video In this tutorial, Kevin P McAuliffe gets you started in Avid's Media Composer 6, and talks about some important concepts that you need to understand before you start editing. This tutorial series will teach you everything you need to know about not only Avid's Media Composer, but Avid's Symphony as well. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Kevin P. McAuliffe

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