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Andrew Shanks ~ Smoothing DV Jaggies
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Michael Mench ~ Slow Motion
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	John Lafauce Jr. view bio Apple Shake How to become a Feature Film Compositor by John Lafauce Jr. Have you ever wanted to contribute to building a twenty thousand man army in "Troy", make a mouse fly a plane in "Stuart Little 2", or launch a doomed luxury liner in "Titanic?" You can achieve visual feats you never dreamed possible and accomplish them all through the magic of compositing. Read this article written by John Lafauce Jr., and see... How to become a feature film compositor. A note just to clarify: this article is about high-end 2d/3d compositing for long form media such as films, where the goal is to make the work seamless, integrated and "invisible". Not to be confused with compositing for motion graphics, where the objective is to make the object or design stand out and be "visible" to the viewer. Tutorial, Feature back to top

	Ron Lindeboom view bio Indie Film & Documentary Formats, Color Bit-Depths, Data Rates and Storage Requirements In this article, Creative Cows Ron Lindeboom examines how much hard drive space is needed when using the most commonly used formats, data rates, color bit-depths and formats. Tutorial back to top

	Michael Mench view bio Apple Shake Morphing in Shake IIn this third video in the series, 'Shake is Money', Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench demonstrates a brief overview of the Morpher Node in Shake. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Apple Shake Slow Motion In this second video in the series, ''Shake is Money'', Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench demonstrates Slow Motion in Apple Shake. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Apple Shake Smooth Cam Node In this Apple Shake video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench begins a series called ''Shake is Money'' in which he will discuss how Final Cut Pro editors can quickly learn how to integrate Shake into their workflow for added flexibilty in the studio. In this first video in the series, Michael demonstrates the 'Smooth Cam Node' in Shake. Tutorial, Video Tutorial back to top

	Andrew Shanks view bio Adobe After Effects On Set Keying In this article Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks plans to go through some of the software options for checking greenscreens on set (Lensfeed, Veescope and Conduit Live). Review, Feature Apple Shake Keying 101: Spill Suppression This tutorial from Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks demonstrates various common approaches to getting rid of colour spill after keying. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Apple Shake Keying 101: Light Wrap and Edge Blending This tutorial from Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks shows common techniques to better blend your keyed foreground element with the background plate. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Apple Shake Keying 101: Edge, Core & Garbage Mattes Going beyond the one click keying technique most beginners use, this tutorial from Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks shows a common technique and includes tips for other ways to tackle pulling a key Tutorial, Video Tutorial Apple Shake Smoothing DV Jaggies In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks demonstrates cleaning up DV/HDV chroma compression artifacts in Shake to allow for better keying. Tutorial, Video Tutorial back to top

	Steve Wright view bio Apple Shake Apple Shake Video Tutorial: An Introduction to Node-based Compositing Steve Wright is a visual effects veteran with 70 broadcast television commercials and over 60 feature films credits. He's also written and taught extensively on many aspects of effects creation. Here, using Apple Shake as an example, Steve introduces the ideas and methods of node-based compositing. Tutorial, Video Tutorial, Feature