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Tim Wilson ~ Building Cinematic Composites: A Creative COW Magazine Extra
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Jannis Labelle ~ Jannis Labelle reviews Digital Lighting & Rendering
Adam Tracksler ~ Adam Tracksler reviews: Essential CG Lighting Techniques By Darren Booker
Curtis Thompson ~ Digital Texturing & Painting by Owen Demers
Mike Kroes ~ A Guide to Computer Animation for tv, games multimedia and web by Marcia Kuperberg

	Dave Anselmi view bio Art of the Edit Ergonomics for COWs The question was asked in the Avid Editing COW: 'After eight years of working on a computer, my wrist hurts within an hour. Anyone else getting carpel tunnel? What can I do to prevent major damage?' Dave Anselmi, a T'ai Ch'i Instructor for over 10 years and whose friend is an Ergonomics Specialist, was quick to the rescue with this great advice. Tutorial back to top

	Doug Graham view bio Lightwave Doug Graham reviews LightWave 8 Killer Tips Video editor and COW leader, Doug Graham takes a look at LightWave 8 Killer Tips by Dan Ablan and Randy Sharp. ~ This book is published by New Riders. Doug says, ...Don't read this book or you may find yourself "running out to spend $600 on an upgrade to LightWave 8.'' He did. Review back to top

	Mike Kroes view bio Cinema 4D A Guide to Computer Animation for tv, games multimedia and web by Marcia Kuperberg Mike Kroes takes a look at A Guide to Computer Animation for tv, games multimedia and web by Marcia Kuperberg. This book is in the Focal Press Visual Effects & Animation series. Review back to top

	Jannis Labelle view bio Cinema 4D Jannis Labelle reviews Digital Lighting & Rendering Jannis Labelle takes a look at Lighting & Rendering by Jeremy Birn, George Maestri and published by New Riders. Read on to find out why this book changed Jannis' mind abut non-specific software books. Review back to top

	Mylenium view bio Cinema 4D How modo can make your life easier: Texture Baking Last time, CreativeCOW leader Mylenium showed you how to texture your logo. So far, modo is more or less just a modeler with a built-in renderer for still images. Since it has no animation or other tools of that kind, you may want may want to transfer your textures and models to other programs. In this video, Mylenium will demonstrate how to do just that. Tutorial, Video Tutorial back to top

	Curtis Thompson view bio Cinema 4D Digital Texturing & Painting by Owen Demers CreativeCOW Technical Director, Curtis Thompson examines Digital Texturing & Painting by Owen Demers from New Riders. Review back to top

	Adam Tracksler view bio Cinema 4D Adam Tracksler reviews: Essential CG Lighting Techniques By Darren Booker Adam Tracksler takes a look at Essential CG Lighting Techniques by Darren Booker. Read why Adam describes Essential CG Lighting Techniques ...''as an outstanding book that discusses the art of CG lighting in an intelligent, thoughtful, clear and informative way.'' Review back to top

	Tim Wilson view bio Adobe After Effects Building Cinematic Composites: A Creative COW Magazine Extra Building cinematic composites takes more than software. It takes careful planning, understanding the drama in every shot, and a sense of magic. In this Creative COW Magazine extra, we share our conversation with director Mark Allen, discussing his short film, Least Likely, a 60-second science fiction epic. Weve got the film here, along with some HD images from it. Prepare to be amazed. Feature, People / Interview