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Cinema 4D | Vector Logo to 3D Logo
In this tutorial, Broadcast Designer Jason Brown will show you how to knock out a vector logo from Adobe Illustrator into a 3D logo in Maxons Cinema 4D. The tutorial also touches on basic texturing, lighting and animation.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 11/21/2008
Author: Jason Brown |
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Adobe Illustrator | Radial Patterns with Adobe Illustrator
In this video tutorial Creative COW leader Vince Rosati presents a simple technique to use an obscure function in the rotate tool to quickly create radial patterns in Adobe Illustrator. Use this technique with gradients or more complex shapes to create incredible radial patterns.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 10/03/2008
Author: Vincent Rosati |
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Adobe After Effects | 3D Watch Animation: Part 1
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow member Eran Stern shows you how to use Photoshop CS3 Extended to create different images of a 3D watch.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 01/11/2008
Author: Eran Stern |
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Adobe Illustrator | Adobe Illustrator for Video and Film
In this Adobe Illustrator review from The Creative COW Magazine, Tim Wilson looks at the ways that Adobe's Illustrator CS3 is designed with video and film artists in mind.
Review 06/10/2007
Author: Tim Wilson |
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Adobe After Effects | Adobe Production Studio
Total Training has long been known for their excellent and in-depth training for Adobe After Effects. With the release of the Adobe Production Studio, they too have released training bundles, aimed at the production studio user. In this article, Creative Cow Leader Aanarav Sareen takes a look at the new Total Training Premium Bundle for the Adobe Production Studio.
Review 11/13/2006
Author: Aanarav Sareen |
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Adobe Illustrator | Creating a Cartoon from Video
In this 3-part tutorial, Creative cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explains the process of converting video to cartoon by using only After Effects and Adobe Illustrator CS2. While the tutorial spans 50 minutes and covers a wide range of topics (some in depth and some in general), after you have gone through the process once, you will find that it's easy to adapt the Cartoonification technique to your own needs.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 03/13/2006
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
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Adobe Photoshop | 123Di Training Course for Digital Photography Reviewed
In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey reviews 123Di Training Course for Digital Photography and discovers ''a delightful course that covered the Basics, the Intermediate and the Advanced aspects of Digital image acquisition, but had done so in a very interesting and well laid out program that is like nothing that I've ever seen before!'' ... A five COW recommendation for a powerful Photoshop training tool.
Review 12/19/2005
Author: Jim Harvey |
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Adobe Illustrator | Inside Adobe Illustrator CS - New Features
In this video tutorial, Creative COW Leader Franklin McMahon examines some of the new features in Adobe Illustrator CS 2 including the control palette, underline links, custom work spaces and exports such as SWF, SVG and PDF.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 04/26/2005
Author: Franklin McMahon |
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Adobe Illustrator | Inside Adobe Illustrator CS - LIVE TRACE
In this video tutorial, Creative COW Leader Franklin McMahon goes over the new Live Trace feature in Adobe Illustrator CS 2.0 that helps create bitmap images to vector illustrations.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial 04/25/2005
Author: Franklin McMahon |
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Adobe Illustrator | Mike Gondek reviews Total Training Illustrator CS
Illustrator is the first commercially sold Adobe product and has evolved into version 11 officially known as Illustrator CS. There are many features buried into this excellent program and it is much easier to reveal them in video than a written book.
Review 11/19/2003
Author: Mike Gondek |
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Adobe Illustrator | Jim Harvey reviews Adobe Illustrator 10 CIB
Jim Harvey takes a look at Adobe Illustrator 10 Classroom in a Book ~ One of the new volumes from Adobe Press. If you're just starting out with Illustrator, read why Jim thinks this is a book that you need to buy.
Review 11/14/2002
Author: Jim Harvey |
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Adobe Illustrator | Animating a Signature
A year ago, Kevin Kantorski needed to create an animated signature. After a lot of research, he came up with the method used in this Adobe Illustrator tutorial. You don't need the production bundle for this one -- in fact, you can use AE 4.1 if you don't have 5.0.
Tutorial 01/15/2002
Author: Kevin Kantorski |
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Adobe Illustrator | Creating Crop Marks with Adobe Illustrator for use in Adobe After Effects
When you import vector artwork into a pixel-based program such as After Effects or Photoshop, its edges are determined by the outmost edges of the art. Sometimes, you want to extend the image area to allow new possibilities in your designs. In this article, Lon Clark demonstrates that by creating crop marks, you define a new edge/size for the file and that can open up new design opportunities.
Tutorial 08/11/2001
Author: Lon Clark |
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Adobe Illustrator | Kerning and Tracking Text in Adobe Illustrator
When you're creating text using Illustrator, it's easy to simply type it out and call it a day. Lon Clark demonstrates by spending a little time fine tuning your letter spacing by making tracking and kerning adjustments, you'll wind up with a slicker and more professional type treatment.
Tutorial 08/11/2001
Author: Lon Clark |
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Adobe Illustrator | Morphing With Adobe Illustrator
Rick Gerard, a frequent visitor and contributor in the Creative COW After Effects Community explores some methods of morphing text using new features in Adobe Illustrator 9.0.
Tutorial 05/16/2001
Author: Rick Gerard |
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Adobe Illustrator | Creating mattes in Adobe Illustrator
Mark Simpson shows users how to create mattes in Adobe Illustrator for use in Adobe After Effects. If you're trying to do Mark's tutorial 'Animating Skies and Writing Text With Light!' but don't know how to use Illustrator, then this little 'sub-tutorial' is for you. Even if you're not doing Mark's tutorial, this is a handy tip to know.
Tutorial 05/15/2001
Author: Mark Simpson |
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Adobe Illustrator | Creating Text with Adobe Illustrator for After Effects
This tutorial is in response to the many requests about how to use Adobe Illustrator to make the text files for the 'Animating Skies and Writing Text with Light' tutorial Mark Simpson wrote demonstrating the Foundry 'Tinderbox' set of Plug-ins for After Effects. This simple tutorial focuses on creating text for the aforementioned tutorial, but is useful for creating any text for use in AE.
Tutorial 05/15/2001
Author: Mark Simpson |
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