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Stephen Smith ~ Stack Tracks: Layered Digital Music
Stephen Smith ~ How to Add Video, Photo and Audio Assets to your Digital Toolbox
Jim Harvey ~ Excalibur 6.0 Custom Command for Sony Vegas Pro 8
Jim Harvey ~ Vegas Pro 8 Collection
Jim Harvey ~ Mastering the Sony PMW-EX1
Michael Hurwicz ~ Vegas 8 Pro, Raylight and Windows Vista
Jeremy Garchow ~ The Sonnet D800 RAID: Speed and Safety
Jim Harvey ~ Jim Harvey reviews "Creating Web Video"
Edward Troxel ~ Sony Vegas 8: What's New, What's Required & More
Jim Harvey ~ Andrew Kramer's Riot Gear
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Sony Vegas
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Smoke and Fog in Sony Vegas
In this tutorial, Bryan Block will walk you step by step through the creation of an opening title reminiscent of the ''X-Files'' television show using Photoshop and your NLE.
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Sony Vegas
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Glenn DeLaune takes a look at Vegas 4 Editing Workshop
Videographer Glenn DeLaune takes a look at Vegas 4 Editing Workshop by Douglas Spotted Eagle and concludes "...This book is a must have for anybody that owns Sony Vegas 4 editing software. From the beginner to the master, Douglas Spotted Eagle uncovers many secrets and tricks you can use on your next video editing job. Whether you are a video hobbyist or a full-time editor, if you are using Vegas 4, get this book. It will definitely be a good investment." This book is published by CMP Books and is part of their DV Expert Series.
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The Sonnet D800 RAID: Speed and Safety
Jeremy Garchow's business is growing. So was his storage, and the potential for disaster. SATA array are less expensive, but were they safe, even with redundancy? With the Sonnet D800 he's got a terabyte of uncompressed HD, with full protection, for a great price. Read on to see the details of his set-up, and see if SATA and the Sonnet D800 will work as well for you as it has for Jeremy.
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Sony Vegas
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Compositing Images in a Bubble in Vegas Video
The primary aim of this tutorial will be to create a composite image of a bubble with moving/still images inside. The secondary objective is to demonstrate to the user the convergence of 3D modeling with compositing and non linear editing applications. James Green will demonstrate that this is a very basic but useful composite that is designed to provoke creative thought towards potential applications.
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Sony Vegas
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Excalibur 6.0 Custom Command for Sony Vegas Pro 8
If you read the review of Excalibur 4.5 from Jim Harvey in 2005, you know that he liked the plug in very much. So much so that he gave it the full 5 cows. So it will come as no surprise that Jim likes the newest edition as well. In this review, Jim points out that there are some very nice and useful additions to the toolset that will interface seamlessly with the new Vegas Pro 8 editing package.
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Sony Vegas
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Vegas Pro 8 Collection
In this review, CreativeCOWs Jim Harvey takes a look at The Vegas Pro collection which combines Vegas Pro 8, DVD Architect Pro 4.5, and Dolby(R) Digital AC-3 encoding software to offer an integrated environment for all phases of professional video, audio, DVD, and broadcast production.
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Sony CineAlta - XDCAM
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Mastering the Sony PMW-EX1
In this review, CreativeCOW's Jim Harvey takes a hard look at Mastering the Sony PMW-EX1 from Vortex Media. See why he says: ...''if you are planning on purchasing a SONY PVM-EX1, or want to learn more about tapeless workflow and acquisition, this Workshop course will be an invaluable addition to your knowledge base.''
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Jim Harvey reviews "Creating Web Video"
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.
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Adobe After Effects
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Andrew Kramer's Riot Gear
In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey takes a look at Andrew Kramer's latest offering: Riot Gear. Riot Gear is a collection of 150+ visual elements including paint, ink, grunge , tv noise, and much more.
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HDV Format
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VisionLab Studio/CompositeLab/Effects Lab from Fxhome
In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey takes a look at Vision Lab Studio, Composite Lab and Effects Lab from Fxhome. Read on to find out why Jim calls it 'professional compositing on a budget.'
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Sony Vegas 7
In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey reviews Sony Vegas 7 and concludes, ''...It Just Keeps Getting Better. For the money, you 'd be hard pressed to find a better editing program.''
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Sony Vegas
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The VEGAS 6 COMPANION
CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey reviews The Vegas 6 Companion Training Series and comments, ''Gary Kleiner knows VEGAS. He has been working with the program since dirt was a new idea, and in that time, he has uncovered all sorts of big and little secrets about the program that make working with VEGAS that much more productive and enjoyable... {there is a} wealth of instructional help that Gary can provide for you. His prices are extremely reasonable and the quality of the training is top notch.''
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Sony Vegas
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Excalibur 4.5 Vegas Plug-In
In this article, CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey reviews Excalibur 4.5 Scripting plug-in for Sony Vegas and writes...''Ed Troxel is well known to anyone who has even a passing knowledge of Vegas. His program Excalibur is a marvelous plug-in that takes well-written scripts and allows the user to automate many different effects with the press of a key. Ed has done the work of writing, debugging, and finalizing the scripts so that you don't have to.''
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Sony Vegas 6.0 Reviewed
CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Jim Harvey reviews the exciting new release of Sony Vegas 6.0 and says, ''It's here and I'm loving it! The release of Sony Vegas 6.0 has been eagerly awaited by previous users as well as those just embarking on the NLE adventure. Sony has stepped up to the plate with the new Vegas with new tools and functionality the promise to make constructing your video project as effortless as possible.'
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Jim Harvey reviews Vegas 5 from Sony Pictures
Last year Jim Harvey considered himself fortunate to review Vegas 4, but when Sonic Foundry was acquired by Sony Pictures, everyone wondered what would happen to Vegas -- Jim included. Many doubted that Sony would continue developing Vegas but Vegas 5 has proven the nay-sayers wrong. Not only has Sony Pictures not abandoned Vegas, but they've given it a full numbered uprade. Read on to find out what Jim has to say about this new offering from Sony Pictures.
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DVD Authoring
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Jim Harvey reviews Sonic Foundry DVD Architect Ver. 1.0c
Jim Harvey always sent his finished work out for someone else to make the DVD if the client requested it. It just seemed there were too many problems, too many questions until he discovered Sonic Foundry's Vegas + DVD. Now it's ''Need a DVD? Great. No problem with DVD Architect.''
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Jim Harvey reviews Vegas 4
In the never ending war of which NLE is the best, it appears that Sonic Foundry has quietly set into motion a program that threatens to rock the NLE world and turn it all on its head. Jim Harvey takes a good look at Vegas 4 to see what everyone's been talking about.
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Sony Vegas
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Vegas 8 Pro, Raylight and Windows Vista
Creative Cow Leader Michael Hurwicz looks at DVFilm's Raylight plug-in, which provides transparent support for Panasonic MXF files in Sony Vegas. Testing Vegas Pro 8 running under Microsoft Vista, Michael finds Raylight to be an elegant and reliable solution.
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Sony Vegas
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Sony Vegas 6
Michael Hurwicz looks at Sony's Vegas 6.0 video/audio editing software, picking up where Jim Harvey left off.
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Sony Vegas
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Matrix style Bullet-time effect in Vegas Video
In this tutorial, Satish Kumar demonstrates the famous Matrix style Bullet-time effect in Vegas Video: A man leaps in the air with a gun, fires a shot, and then hovers in the air while the camera moves around him 180 degrees. To create this effect, we have the shot of the man leaping in the air as a video and 6 still shots of him in the air at different angles. We will morph between the still shots using the WinMorph plug-in for Vegas. This morphed video is composited with a moving background giving the 180 degree camera rotation effect.
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Event Videographers
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Stack Tracks: Layered Digital Music
In need of some high-end royalty free music that can fit any media professionals budget? Creative Cow Contributing Editor Stephen Smith explains why Digital Juices StackTraxx layered music library can be the perfect solution for your next project.
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Event Videographers
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How to Add Video, Photo and Audio Assets to your Digital Toolbox
Who doesnt love high quality free stuff? Let Creative Cow Contributing Editor Stephen Smith be your maitre D. Hell provide a menu that will show you some of the best places to get free video, photo and audio assets that will benefit every media professional.
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Adobe Premiere Pro
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TBC Crossfire X-K3 Non-linear Editing Console
DESCRIPTIONWith people continually asking, "what edit desk do you use?" here at the COW forums, Creative Cow forum leader, Marco Solorio hopes to settle this question once and for all with his in-depth review of TBC's Crossfire X-K3 edit console. If you're in the market for a new editor's console or are just curious to know what's "out there", this should give you all the information you need to base your own judgment.
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Marco Solorio reviews Post Holes Prematted Stock Clips
Don't have time or budget to shoot various people in a blue or green screen studio cyk? Also don't have the time or the software to create a perfect chromakey and/or rotoscope to pull that perfect matte? If this is the case, Post Holes may be the solution you're looking for. Marco Solorio reviews their latest 2-disk DVD set available on NTSC SD.
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Sony Vegas
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Sony Vegas 8: What's New, What's Required & More
Edward started the Vegas + DVD Tips, Tricks, and Scripts newsletter to cover all topics from the beginning basics to the more advanced features. The goal is to provide extended information on individual topics beyond what a quick forum answer could cover and to provide a repository of information for quick access. The September issue introduces the new features in the much-anticipated Sony Vegas 8.
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Sony Vegas
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Digital Compositing for NTSC Broadcast Segments with Sonic Foundry Vegas Video 3.0
Late last year, Bryan Wilhite had the opportunity to do some digital compositing work on a feature-length documentary about the life of the great theatre, television and screen actress Beah Richards. Vegas Video was the indespensable tool for his role in the production. In this article, Bryan shares some tips that he learned.
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