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Now's your chance to get the newest member of the Creative Cow Master Series of DVD training, "Internet Killed the Video Star" hosted by Aharon Rabinowitz. Whether you're an editor, an animator, a multimedia specialist, a podcaster, a web designer -- well, anyone who wants to get their media online -- this disk.
The raves are already pouring in:
"'Internet Killed the Video Star' is another must-have DVD from Aharon Rabinowitz. Concise, clear and funny all at the same time, this training takes a complex process and makes it easy to understand and replicate in your own projects. If you're like me and need to work fast and learn from the best - I highly recommend adding this title to your collection."
-- Jayse Hansen, Motion artist
"Aharon has managed to take a topic that would normally be used to induce short naps and has actually made it entertaining. I've been using encoding software for years and thought I had a pretty good handle on it until I watched "Internet Killed the Video Star". I have never come across training videos that have matched the work and effort that Aharon puts into his tutorials. No matter how much I think I know, I usually end up learning a lot more. "Internet Killed the Video Star" already has a place reserved on my shelf"
-- Sean Cusson, Q Media, Inc.
Available now during the introductory roll-out for $39.95
Watch the whole first chapter now, courtesy of Aharon and The COW. |
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This Week's Articles
AJA Kona
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Bob Zelin Looks at The AJA GEN10
The AJA GEN10 is a cost effective and flexible Blackburst and Tri-level Sync Generator. While reminding you of why blackburst and sync are very, very good ideas, Creative Cow leader Bob Zelin takes you through the GEN10's ins and 7 outs.
Review 09/04/2007
Author: Bob Zelin |
CalDigit
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CalDigit HDPro: RAID 5 and Beyond!
Creative Cow Leader Shane Ross shares the great news: both performance and protection with CalDigit's new HDPro RAID! Supporting RAID 0, 1, 5, and 6, the HDPro even works with your laptop. It's the answer to Shane's prayers. He thinks it might be the answer to yours too.
Review 09/04/2007
Author: Shane Ross |
Apple Shake
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Steve Wright: An Introduction to Node-based Compositing
Steve Wright is a visual effects veteran with 70 broadcast television commercials and over 60 feature films credits. He's also written and taught extensively on many aspects of effects creation. Here, using Apple Shake as an example, Steve introduces the ideas and methods of node-based compositing.
Tutorial, Feature 09/04/2007
Author: Steve Wright |
Adobe After Effects
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Creating an Automated Odometer: Part 2
In this video tutorial, with the guidance of the COW's expression guru Dan Ebberts, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to set up an automated odometer effect. If you've been wanting to dig deeper into expressions, then this is the tutorial for you.
Tutorial, Videotutorial 08/30/2007
Author: Aharon Rabinowitz |
Apple Final Cut Pro
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Fast Flowing Montages for FCP & Motion
Alongside such compositing projects as "The Lord of the Rings" and "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," Roger Bolton designs "CoreMelt Visual Effects" for Final Cut Pro and Motion. They take advantage of Apple's core video technology for amazing high-quality, real-time performance. This tutorial shows you how to harness that power to solve an age-old problem: how to quickly and creatively create image montages. Best of all, you'll find links to effects filters, exclusively available to Cow readers!
Tutorial, Feature 08/30/2007
Author: Roger Bolton |
View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library
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Here's some hot threads going on right now around Creative COW!
Sony Vegas Forum : Video Compression vs RAW video data
Various codecs offer various levels of compression ranging from 2:1 to 40:1, with full or partial color sampling. It also doesn't take into account whether the compression format is spatial, temporal, or both.
AVI isn't a compression format, it's a wrapper that contains a compression format. DivX on the other hand, is a compression format/codec that can live within an avi wrapper.
think of a wrapper as a paper sack that can contain many different products/items. An avi wrapper can contain DV, uncompressed, mpeg, etc.
Live & Stage Events Forum : Playback of visual content.. best solution?
For the stage shows, we were planning on delivering this on Blu-ray Disk (BD), at 1920 x 1080, and 25 fps (I live in Europe). Is BD the best choice, or will compression artifacts appear (I've never made BD before)? Would I be better off using a designated PC with a fast RAID for playback of a less compressed format, or is there another option I haven't thought of? Quality is VERY important, as is portability of their playback system for when they go on the road.
RED Camera Forum : Red Silent Camera?
Wow, I'm pretty shocked at how "in progress" the released Red camera appears to be. I just read that as shipped, there's NO audio recording capability. None!
I completely understand the paradigm shifting resolution thing - and the amazing long term potential for the technology.
But, I think in the early hype, people were expecting more of a super-high rez camcorder - and not so much a "specialist" device.
I hope in chasing the movie-making crowd - the Red team hasn't totally left out the standard production community that hasn't much time for re-inventing their workflow.
The movie guys are in understandable bliss.
For the corporate production guys like me, I'm REALLY glad I held off on making a RED investment. Until the audio stuff gets settled, this is a pretty unusuable rig in my regular corporate video practice.
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HOT INDUSTRY NEWS:
Autodesk’s 3D Software Shapes Highly Anticipated Korean Massively Multiplayer Online Games
Leading Korean game developers NCsoft , Webzen and Gravity are relying on Autodesk, Inc.'s 3D modeling, animation and rendering software to deliver some of the most-anticipated massively multiplayer online games . MORE.
Adobe Delivers Font Folio 11
Complete OpenType Solution For Any Medium Now Available
Adobe Systems Incorporated today announced Adobe® Font Folio® 11 software, the industry’s most comprehensive type solution for print, the Web, digital video and electronic documents. MORE.
RTÉ Moves to All-Digital Workflow with Avid Interplay
Irish broadcaster chooses end-to-end Avid solution to improve media asset management, collaborative production, and multi-platform distribution
Avid Technology, Inc. today announced that Ireland’s public service broadcaster, Radio Telefís Éireann , is replacing its tape-based production infrastructure with an end-to-end Avid digital workflow. MORE.
Digital Vision Unveils Nucoda SD & Nucoda HD Grading/Finishing Systems for Broadcast & New Media Formats
Digital Vision, the premier supplier of picture enhancement systems for film and television post-production, will unveil two new offerings, Nucoda SD & Nucoda HD, at IBC, stand 7:731. MORE.
Digital Vision Phoenix, Automated Restoration Software, Launches at IBC2007
System Gives New Life to Film & Video Content for Volume Re-Mastering Opportunities MORE.
Cooke Optics Announces Aaton Support for /i Technology
Cooke Optics Ltd., a premier manufacturer of precision lenses for the motion picture industry, announces that Aaton, the renowned film equipment manufacturer, has incorporated support for the Cooke-developed /i Technology into its Penelope-2 35mm camera. MORE.
Holland's Avi-Drome Purchases Film Master
Company Invests in Technology Due to Avid Integration
Digital Vision, the premier supplier of picture enhancement equipment for film and television post-production, announced today that Netherlands post facility, Avi-Drome BV, has purchased a Digital Vision Film Master. MORE.
New Century 5-Filter Kit for DV/HDV Cameras
The world’s top maker of professional add-on lenses is introducing Century 4”x4” filters by Schneider Optics. Each member of this new five-filter kit has been specifically selected to meet the unique needs of today’s DV/HDV cinematographers. MORE.
Splice Here Adds Jeff Stevens As Creative Director
Award-Winning Designer Known For National Ad Work To Lead Creative Team
Splice Here, the creative-driven, full-service post house specializing in advertising, broadcast, film and multimedia projects, has added veteran designer Jeff Stevens as their Creative Director. Prior to joining Splice Here, Stevens spent six years at the design/post house Charlex, New York, as senior art director/designer. MORE.
Ikegami's Revoutionary CMOS HDTV Cameras Capture Video From U.S. Tennis Open, Nascar Races, And The Goodyear Blimp
Live HD Sporting Events Choose Native Multi-Format Advantages of Ikegami's HDK-79EC HD CMOS Camera Systems and Compact HDL-50 Series CMOS POV Cameras MORE.
Matrox Announces Interoperability
between Matrox Axio Realtime Editing Platforms and Omneon Spectrum and MediaGrid Active Storage Systems
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced interoperability between Matrox Axio™ realtime editing platforms and Omneon Spectrum™ and MediaGrid™ active storage systems. MORE.
Matrox Announces New DSX Developer Product at IBC2007
Cost-effective Matrox X.mio2 card enables broadcast equipment manufacturers to deliver high-performance HD and SD products
Matrox® Video Products Group today announced the immediate availability of Matrox X.mio2 development units, a new hardware component in the Matrox DSX family of HD and SD video and audio components. MORE.
Abel Cine Tech to Become Exclusive USA Dealer for Zacuto Camera Rigging Products
Modular Quick-Release Camera Accessories Now Available from Zacuto and Abel Cine Tech Locations Nationwide
Abel Cine Tech and Zacuto USA announced today that they have partnered to bring Zacuto's line of camera rigging products to a wider market. MORE.
Create Better YouTube® Videos
DJTV Shows How in Latest "Tech Know" Episode
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Digital Vision Opens Office in Hong Kong
Expansion in Asia Pacific Region Includes Appointment of Peter Charles
Digital Vision, the premier supplier of picture enhancement equipment for film and television post-production, announced today the opening of an office in Hong Kong. MORE.
Fanurio time tracking and billing for freelancers
Mac version released
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PFTRACK 4.1 Now Shipping
Key New Features Continue To Lead The Herd
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The Los Angeles Animation Festival 2007
Oct.20 – 21 2007 - A festival run by animators for animators.
Hollywood gets its first animation festival in over 6 years at the beautifully renovated art deco “Silent Movie Theatre” . MORE.
Softron Media Services Announces New Applications for Video Capture
MovieRecorder and MovieRecorder Control Provide Macintosh Users with Ingest Flexibility MORE.
Softron Media Services Announces New Application for DV Ingest
MovieRecorderDV Allows Multiple DV Streams to be Captured
Softron™ Media Services is pleased to announce immediate availability of MovieRecorderDV. MovieRecorderDV allows Macintosh users to capture multiple streams of DV video on the same workstation. MovieRecorderDV comes bundled with MovieRecorder Control to monitor multiple inputs. MORE.
OFFF Festival does New York
After seven years since its inauguration the globally recognised OFFF Festival arrives to New York City, direct from trendsetting, culturally quenching Barcelona. What better city to export this festival to than the epicentre of digital activity - New York City. MORE.
Arizona State U.'s School of Theatre and Film Outfitted With Panasonic 24p Cameras for Instruction, Production
With a new school year starting, Arizona State University is deploying Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 HD camcorders and AG-DVX100B mini-DV 3-CCD 24p camcorders as exclusive acquisition resources for instruction and production. MORE.
Canon U.S.A.'S REALiS SX6 Multimedia Projector Helps Photographer Eddie Tapp Bring His Lectures To Life
Eddie Tapp is an award-winning photographer as well as a lecturer, consultant and author on digital imaging issues. Tapp's lecture tours include instruction on the proper display of photographs, including control of digital color and tone. MORE.
HDFEST Announces High-Definition Movies and Events for 2007
Now in its eighth year, the historical digital cinema festival, HDFEST, has released the schedule for the first three events of the HDFEST 2007 World Tour: the Seoul event, the London event, and the New York event. MORE.
da Vinci Appoints Dean Lyon to Top Marketing Post
da Vinci Systems today announced the appointment of visual effects supervisor and DI expert Dean Lyon as the director of marketing. MORE.
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