Creative COW Contributing Editor and graphics expert Sean Cusson shares the secrets to success that he's learned the hard way. They include the power of music for graphic design, specific animation and compositing techniques inside After Effects, and invaluable workflow tips that will save you hours.
Creativity is one thing. Getting paid is another thing altogether. Sean also shows you how to keep your graphics clients coming back for more -- not only because they enjoy your work, but because they enjoy working with you. Interested? Read on!
This is just one article among the many you'll find in the December issue of the Creative COW Magazine, written by pros at the top of their game, for anyone who wants to get there.
It was easy to be underwhelmed by the MacWorld announcements from ONE company -- but it turns out that many, many OTHER companies had exciting announcements for both creative professionals and Mac fans in general. We've got the best of them here, starting with Gary Adcock's report on great new studio speakers, a must-have iPhone accessory for your car --- and a product that may well redefine workflow as we know it.
Visit the newly renovated COW Blogs for even more stories, including the smallest portable array yet, multiple perspectives on the MacBook Air, the interesting alternative offered by the Axiomatic ModBook, new server possibilities, new accelerated rendering for the Mac....
...and a combination iPod dock and toilet paper dispenser. Yes, really.
So before you wave off this year's show as major snoozer, take a look at a few of the reasons why we think this was the best MacWorld in years.
PS. Plenty of news here for PC folks, too - for example, plenty of pro storage news, and we're pretty sure that the iPod dock/toilet paper holder is platform independent.
We often know each other in the Cow from the problems and solutions we share with each other, and very rarely the WORK that we actually do. Allow us to introduce then, a handful of Cows involved in various aspects of non-fiction television production. This covers everything from food and fishing to creating tasteful head wounds. With over 550,000 people passing through the Cow, this is only a brief introduction, but we have to start somewhere, don't we? Read more...
In this in-depth report, expert film compositor Pete O'Connell takes you through the world of Cineon files, including exactly what they are, how they work, and how to work with them in Adobe After Effects. This is the uncut "Director's Version" of an article that ran in Creative COW Magazine. In the magazine article, Pete digs into the similarities between the way that film records light and how your eyes see light. In this in-depth study, Pete looks at much more, exploring the what, how, when, where and why of Cineon files. If you work with film files or want to, you need to read this article.
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