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Adobe After Effects
Adobe Creative Cloud Offers Applications, Services, Community
With Creative Cloud, Adobe is switching from a model of software as a product to Software as a Service (SaS). By early 2012, Adobe Creative Cloud is expected to include such applications as After Effects, Premiere and Photoshop. Creative Cloud includes a hub for viewing, sharing and syncing of files, and a subscription with 20GB of cloud storage.
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Debra Kaufman |
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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 Illustrator
Creating a Helix in Adobe Illustrator - Part 1
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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. This series will get you through many challenges including using the free-transform tool in a perspective environment, creating the illusion of wrapping a shape around another and shading using the pathfinder tool.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Vincent Rosati |
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Cinema 4D | Vector Logo to 3D Logo
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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.
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Jason Brown |
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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
Aanarav Sareen |
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Adobe Illustrator
Creating a Cartoon from Video
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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
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
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.
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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.
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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.
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Lon Clark |
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