Wednesday,
June 19, 2007-_______-
Well, we've had another member, Abraham Chaffin, join the COW's coding
team and the first job he's brought to the Creative COW audience is our
new articles library mechanism. It's a great new addition to the COW and
simplifies the navigation to a degree that we have never had in the COW
before. It is so logical that those who assisted in its one-day beta
test said that they didn't even need an explanation of how it worked.
You won't need instructions either, it is very fluid and quite common
sense in its design. With over 830 articles in the COW's Library,
this is a great addition and some of the testers have remarked that
"...there are articles in the Library that I never knew existed here.
This is great!" So pop by the COWmunications forum and welcome
Abraham to the team. And pop over to http://library.creativecow.net to
see this new addition to the COW. What's next? We have been
working with Abraham on the next addition to Creative COW, our new
Plug-Ins Pasture, where you will find plug-ins and much more for your
favorite tools.
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News from Plug-in Pasture!
We're hard at work on Creative COW's Plug-in pasture. We've been in Alpha and we're targeting next week to begin Beta testing, expect to see many of your favorite plug-ins and some surprises that you have probably been unaware of.
GenArts Releases Sapphire Plug-ins Version 4 for Autodesk Systems
Available immediately, new version features over 45 new effects and many enhancements
GenArts, Inc., a leading provider of visual effects plug-ins for the film, broadcast and video industries, today announced the immediate availability of Sapphire Plug-ins version 4 for Autodesk compositing and editing systems.
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Digital Anarchy Releases ToonIt! for Turning Film/Video Footage Into a Cartoon Look
Amazing New Cartooning Filters for After Effects, Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro
Digital Anarchy, a leading provider of cost-effective special effects software for Adobe and Apple products, today announced the release of ToonIt! for Film/Video.
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EditShare 5.0 Ships
New features include plug-and-play installation, improved media management tools, automated "Health Reports", and synchronization tools
EditShare™, the technology leader in cross platform collaborative editing and shared media storage systems, has begun shipping version 5.0, the latest release of their award-winning EditShare shared storage solutions.
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Sonic Farms creates music for Adobe® Soundbooth™ CS3 complimentary music library
Sonic Farms creates customizable music scores for Adobe® Soundbooth™ CS3, a new audio software application to be released in summer 2007.
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Video Copilot releases Designer Sound FX
Video Copilot announces the release of Designer Sound FX, a collection of 500 sound design elements.
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Imagine, Sketch and Share your Ideas with Toon Boom Storyboard
Emmy award-winning Toon Boom Animation Inc. today announced the release of Toon Boom Storyboard, the true digital storyboarding software for all audio visual projects.
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Article Round-up! Apple Color,
After Effects, Zaxwerks, and Easy Slate
Walter Biscardi, Apple Color: First Time You Launch.
Walter introduces the first in a series of tutorials on the most talked-about application in the new Final Cut Studio. He builds on his expertise with the software formerly known as Final Touch HD to tell you everything you need to know, even if you didn't know you needed to know it.
Aharon Rabinowitz, Working with Null Objects in AE
In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how working with Null objects lets you get better control of your animation. He also shares a technique for using nulls to make 3D camera motion easier.
Jon Okerstrom, 3D Layer Warp
CreativeCOW leader and TV news guy, Jon Okerstrom takes a look at 3D Layer Warp -- one of two new tools from Zaxwerks called 3D Warps. Follow along as Jon creates a paper airplane and shows other fun things you can do with this great new tool.
The Easy Slate System
Jim likes the way it looks, and thinks that it makes him more attentive to the small details that he used to let slip past. It's a simple idea with a clever
implementation. To read on to see if it will work as well for you, click here.
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Cow-Tipping: Heads up on the header!
We continue to upgrade Creative COW's interface to serve you better. (Okay, and to look better.) We hope you're enjoying the improved appearance, but you may have missed some of the new ways it works.
For example, the names of all the elements of Creative COW's multimedia empire -- podcasts, DVDs, blogs, etc. -- are also links. There's even a link in the upper left to fulfill one of our most frequent requests: an easy way to log in and out, change your profile, and more.
Keep poking around the rest of the new interface. There's no telling what you'll find!
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Meet Arndt von Koenigsmarck
CreativeCow.Net Cinema 4D Forum Leader
Arndt von Koenigsmarck, born 1970 in Germany, studied aeronautics and space technologies and finished as a graduate engineer. While still studying he started writing books about "3D" and CINEMA 4D. Presently, six books have been released. His latest book, CINEMA 4D 10 Workshop, is published by Focal Press.
One of the reasons for the popularity of Maxon Software's Cinema 4D software is its tight integration with Adobe After Effects. You can export projects from C4D that come into AE as multi-layer compostions, complete with C4D lights and camera animations. C4D support also extends to Flash, Illustrator, ArchiCad, and many more. Both easy-to-use and state-of-the-art, C4D is cross-platform, multilingual, and expandable with add-on modules. You can find more information, and download a trial, from Maxon Software.
"In the world of Cinema4D, few users hold the level of respect that Arndt does," says Creative Cow's director, Kathlyn LIndeboom. "He literally wrote the book on it and his work developing plug-ins to extend its powers is also well knowm. He's also an easy going person whose affable nature makes him a great asset to the Cow site. We're proud that he's part our team."
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