Creative Cow Contributing Editor Dylan Reeve says that the EX1 is another Sony breakthrough. Along with a truly pro camera in a small camera, the XDCAM EX offers format and workflow advantages previously unseen. Dylan will show you how the camera works, and how the footage works with your favorite NLE, while also looking ahead to the PMW-EX3. Read more...
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Apple Automator is a tiny application included with Mac OS X with big power. It quickly and easily creating custom workflows based on the work you actually do - no programming required. Its the perfect way to handle those pesky repetitive tasks in FCP. Do something once, then let Automator take it from there. This handy little tool can make the difference between keeping and losing your sanity -- and making or missing your deadline. Read more...
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Fix it in post? This article shows how to BUILD it in post. Here in April, as March Madness ends and the NBA Playoffs begin, the Cow's Bill O'Neill shows how he combined greenscreen, 2D graphics and 3D compositing in a remarkable promo for Big Ten basketball. This "Web Extra" from Bill's article in the Cow Magazine's "Commercials" issue shows you rough edits along the way, and shares some of the production secrets for building an entire world in post. Read more...
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Creative Cow Leader Shane Ross is one of a very small handful of the world's most respected FCP experts. Over the course of years answering questions, he's compiled a real-world list of the questions that are truly the most frequently asked. He calls them Shane's Stock Answers. We call them the information you really need for working with FCP. Here in Part 3, he covers QuickTime issues, timecode management, P2 tips and much more, including one of the most frequently questions of all: how to open new projects in older versions of FCP. Read more...
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DigitalFilm Tree's Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering digital workflows built around FCP, custom-designed for large-scale productions. Their biggest challenge so far has come on "The Forbidden Kingdom," an epic film partnering Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time -- with production and post in China, Korea, Australia, and multiple locations in the US. Here's a look at how they put it all together with FCP, Xserve, XML, Color, file-based workflows...and hard, hard work. Read more...
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In part 2 of our look at Windows on Mac, Creative Cow's Tim Wilson digs deeper into questions like 64-bit computing, drive formatting, and backing up your content. You'll find tips and tricks for dual-platform success, as well as answers to a few questions raised by part 1 of this series. Read more...
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Sure it's possible, but why would anybody want to run Windows on a Mac? There are a bunch of great reasons for people using either OS -- and plenty more for people who have to use both. The Cow's Tim Wilson takes a look at some of the options for working with 2 --or even more-- operating systems on the same computer. Sometimes, even at the same time! Read more...
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Okay, so you've taken the big plunge and started your own business. You've got the office set up, you've got the cards printed...now what? In part 3 of his series, Creative COW leader and business owner Walter Biscardi tells you what you need to know to get the word out, how to manage money...and manage clients! If you're even thinking about starting your own business, start here. Read on...
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The Apple iPhone is more than just the best- and fastest-selling phone of all time. It has recently become the proving ground for the technologies that are making their way into the rest of the Apple product line...and far, far beyond that. Creative COW's Tim Wilson takes a look at Apple's recent iPhone announcement as he -- and Apple -- look at what the future might hold. Read More...
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In this article, industry pioneer and technology guru
Mike Skibra (right) discusses both IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) and the way that tools like Softron's
OnTheAir system delivers digital television over broadband network connections. IPTV is television content that,
instead of being delivered through traditional broadcast and cable formats, is received by the viewer through the
technologies used for computer networks. At the forefront of this new evolution in distribution, Softron OnTheAir
enables the delivery of content using these internet enabled computers to become new broadcast channels. The OnTheAir
system is Mac-based and in this article, Mike Skibra explains many of the basics you need to know for set-up and
successfully broadcasting your content.
Read Mike Skibra's overview on webcasting here
Visit the new Softron webcasting forum at Creative COW
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