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Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Systems offers path for FCPX editors to switch
As disgruntled Apple Final Cut Pro users search out options for professional video editing, Adobe Systems has been a major beneficiary of the big switch since FCPX hit the market. In her interview with Jim Guerard of Adobe Systems, Debra Kaufman finds the result of Adobe's offering for former FCP users to be a big uptick in pro video users.
People / Interview Debra Kaufman |
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Adobe Flash
Building an Interactive Whiteboard in Flash: Part One Play Video In this tutorial, Justin Junda takes you through the step by step process on how to build and interactive whiteboard. These whiteboard are often seen in drawing applications, scratch pads, and educational sites. This is part one of a two part series. Part one takes you through setting up all the graphical elements within the stage. Then part two shows a user how to connect the graphics to Actionscript using flashes drawing API to make this whiteboard truly interactive.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Justin Junda |
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Adobe Flash
Inverse Kinematics - Springs Play Video Springs are a new feature for Inverse Kinematics in Flash CS5. In this video tutorial, Creative COW leader Michael Hurwicz shows you a simple technique for implementing springs, as well as several other "tricks and traps" to make your work with Inverse Kinematics in Flash easier, more flexible and more powerful.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Michael Hurwicz |
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Adobe Flash
Inverse Kinematics - Control Points Play Video Fine-tune your Inverse Kinematics animations in Flash CS5 by working with control points. In this Adobe Flash video tutorial, Creative COW leader Michael Hurwicz shows you how to associate bones with control points, how to move, add and delete control points, and how to adjust control point handles.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Michael Hurwicz |
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Adobe Flash
Inverse Kinematics Play Video Inverse Kinematics allows you to create structures of bones and joints and use them to animate characters in Flash. Fun and easy! Creative COW leader Michael Hurwicz shows you how in this video tutorial, step by step. Learn some basic ActionScript, too!
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Michael Hurwicz |
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Adobe Flash | Build A Basic Site Using AS3 in Flash Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross revisits the tutorial how to build a basic site about Colors in Flash. This version is created using Actionscript 3. The basic principles learned from this tutorial will enable the user to create a variety of simple websites. Elements covered are basic Actionscript 3, navigation, labels, button and graphic symbols.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Action Safe:Title Safe Template Play Video In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will learn to create an Action/ Title Safe template in Flash. Use this as a guide when making animations or motion graphics going to DVD or TV. Using rectangle tool, transform window, saving layers as a guide, and learn to save a document as a template.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | A Rainy Cityscape in Flash pt.3 Play Video In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will add the rain to the cityscape via Photoshop. You will use a series of filters in Photoshop to create a single image to import into Flash, then create a 4-frame rain loop that can be animated at any angle. In addition you will add sound and lightning FX in Flash to complete the illusion of a thunderstorm. This is the last of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | A Rainy Cityscape in Flash pt.2 Play Video In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will build a multiplane by animating a second set of buildings as the foreground. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Selection and Subselection Tools, in addition to Motion Tweens. This is part 2 of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | A Rainy Cityscape in Flash pt.1 Play Video In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will create a seamless, looping background of buildings against a night sky. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Selection and Subselection Tools, in addition to Motion Tweens. You will also learn to work in Flash using the Duplicate Window option. This is the first of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Draw a Flower Pot in Flash Play Video In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, learn to use Flash as a drawing tool, while making several pseudo-3D shapes, including a flower pot. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Paint Bucket Tool, and Free Transform Tool.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Custom Swatches in Flash Play Video In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, learn how to create and save a custom swatches palette in Flash. Tools include the Eyedropper tool, the Paint Bucket tool, and the Swatches window.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Optical Illusion, part 3 Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates part 3 of a 3 part series, creating optical illusions in Flash. Create a more complex spinning illusion of two sets of concentric circles using Motion Tweens, Rotation Options, and Blend Modes. Tools used include the Oval Tool, Free Transform tool, Gradients, and the History panel.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Optical Illusion, part 2 Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates part 2 of a 3 part series, creating optical illusions in Adobe Flash. Create a tunnel illusion using Motion Tweens and Masking. Tools used include the Oval Tool, Free Transform tool, Gradients, and the History panel.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Animate a Movie Clip as a Rollover
In this Flash video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross answers a forum question:
I want to animate the movie clip as a roll over. so as the mouse is hovering over the MC it plays the animation in a loop, but when the mouse is moved away it finishes the animation then stops. This will be done using a movieclip, an invisible button, and Actionscript.
Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Optical Illusion, part 1 Play Video In this Adobe Flash video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates the first of a 3 part series, creating optical illusions in Flash. Create a spinning illusion of circles with cycling gradients using Motion Tweens and Rotation Options. Tools used include the Oval Tool, Free Transform tool, Gradients, and an introduction to the History panel.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Build A Basic Site About Colors Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates how to build a basic site about Colors in Flash. The basic principles learned from this tutorial will enable the user to create a variety of simple websites. Elements covered are navigation, basic action script, labels, button and graphic symbols.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Pencil v.2 Drawing a Curved Line Play Video In this Flash video tutorial, Pencil Drawing part 2, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates drawing a line. Learn how to use Masking, Motion Tweens, and Motion Guide Layers to create an animated pencil drawing a curved line. Tools used are the Rectangle tool, Pencil tool, and Free Transform tool.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Pencil Drawing in Flash Play Video In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross introduces drawing techniques in Flash, as well as how to use Masking, Motion and Shape Tweens to create an animated pencil drawing a line. Tools used are the Rectangle tool, Pencil tool, and Free Transform tool.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash | Flash Videos for the Web Using Adobe CS3
Overview of the different ways to create Flash Videos in Adobe CS3. In this tutorial you will learn the various methods of FLV and SWF Video creation in Adobe After Effects, Dreamweaver and Flash and learn the strengths and weaknesses of each method.
Review, Tutorial Abraham Chaffin |
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Compression techniques
Jim Harvey reviews
A DVD about compression gets an enthusiastic 5 Cow rating? Really? Really! CreativeCOW.net Contributing Editor Jim Harvey takes you inside the new Creative Cow Master Series DVD by Aharon Rabinowitz, "Creating Web Video: Internet Killed the Video Star." See why Jim thinks this is one of the most essential --- and enjoyable -- training DVDs you can buy.
Review Jim Harvey |
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Compression techniques
Introducing: Internet Killed the Video Star!
Creative COW's Aharon Rabinowitz has completed a new DVD for the Creative COW Master Series, about every aspect of preparing your video for the web. We at The Cow are very excited about it, so we asked Aharon to tell you about it. We've also included some of the trailers Aharon created in his inimitable style -- great information presented with humor and high energy. Read on for a link to Chapter 1 of "Internet Killed the Video Star."
Feature Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Adobe Flash
Scrolling Thumbnail Panel Play Video In this video tutorial Lee Brimelow explains how to create a scrolling panel of thumbnails that is controlled via the mouse position. This could be a great technique for navigation photos or video thumbnails.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Lee Brimelow |
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Adobe Flash
Creating Random Motion Play Video In this flash video tutorial Lee Brimelow shows you how to use actionscript to create random motion in your Flash movies. In the demonstration Lee uses balls that repeatedly move to random locations.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Lee Brimelow |
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Adobe Flash
PHP, MySQL,and Flash Play Video In this tutorial Lee Brimelow shows you how to integrate MySQL database content into your Flash movies. This data integration is accomplished by using PHP to transform the database content into XML before importing into Flash.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Lee Brimelow |
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Adobe Flash
Custom Easing Tool Play Video In this tutorial Lee Brimelow shows you how to use this free Flash extension to create silky smooth animations. Stop spending hours trying to make realistic elastic or bounce animations and let this tool do the work for you.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Lee Brimelow |
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Adobe Flash
FLV Encoding Basics Play Video In this Flash video tutorial Lee Brimelow walks you through the various methods for encoding your videos into the Flash Video (FLV) format. Using Sorenson Squeeze and Flash Video Import functions, youll learn how to fully control your FLV video files.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Lee Brimelow |
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Adobe Flash
Flash Video Basics - Part 4 Play Video In this tutorial Lee Brimelow moves on to implementing a scrubber and progress bar in this fourth installment of his series on Flash video basics. Lee also covers video rates in Flash and how this corresponds to the Flash movie.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Lee Brimelow |
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Adobe Flash
Flash Video Basics - Part 3 Play Video Lee Brimelow demonstrates Flash Video Basics. In this tutorial well create a fully functional loader or load bar which will show how much of our flv video is loaded. This is part three in the Flash Video Basics series.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial Lee Brimelow |
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