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Monday, December 24th, 2007
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On Location with the Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM

In his Creative COW report, Don Greening takes us along on his very first shoot with his brand new Sony PMW-EX1 camera on location in British Columbia. The EX1 is the newest member of Sony's CineAlta XDCAM line-up. Don says that he bought it because it has "HD, 1/2" chips, pro-style lens, tapeless and it's all wrapped up in a small unobtrusive package for run-and-gun shooting." Upon return to his nice warm studio, Don also takes us through his very first look at the footage on his plasma TV, and his first edit in Final Cut Pro.

Read Don Greening's first report here.



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Recent Articles
Adobe After Effects
In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to change the weather from a sunny day at the beach to a very cloudy day, with a chance of showers. You'll learn techniques is color correction and compositing.
Aharon Rabinowitz
Adobe After Effects
After publishing his ShapeExtruder, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) got tons of emails asking for further explanation, so in this follow-up tutorial, Jerzy answers the most commonly asked questions.
Jerzy Drozda Jr
Sony CineAlta HD
In this Creative COW Real Time Report, Don Greening puts the Sony DSR-PD170, long-acknowledged to be a low-light champ, against the newcomer, the PMW EX-1 head to head in a low-light test. Will the upstart unseat the champ? Read on....
Don Greening
Apple Final Cut Pro
I about had a heart attack, as the budget did not allow for days of AE work, so I began to search for alternatives to animating a gazillion layers in Final Cut Pro. If you haven't been there yet, you will. Either way, Chris Poisson will show you how to build high-impact composites in Final Cut Pro, more quickly than you can in AE.
Chris Poisson
Adobe Premiere Pro
If you've dabbled with multi-camera syncing, you'll know there's a couple of ways to do it. In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Jon Barrie demonstrates a few ways he's found to be easiest using Adobe Premiere Pro CS3.
Jon Barrie
Apple Final Cut Pro
If you love plug-ins for Final Cut Pro, you'll love free plug-ins even more. CreativeCow.net Contributing Editor Stephen Smith highlights his five favorite free plug-ins for FCP, everything from eye candy to the ones that save your bacon.
Stephen Smith
Apple Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro has a lot of great filters, and Creative Cow leader Shane Ross found a number of them that he thought would look great as transitions. It turns out that really do! In this video tutorial, he shows you just how easily you too can build truly unique transitions with filters.
Shane Ross
Autodesk 3ds Max
In this tutorial from Jonas Ussing, you will learn to create a fly-through of a realistic cloud tunnel that renders relatively fast, using 3D Studio Max with no plugins or 3rd party renderers.
Jonas Ussing

View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library



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Industry News
NewTek Offers More than 10 Hours of Free LightWave® Training

Matrox MXO Now With Support for Mac OS X v10.5 (Leopard), Apple Color, and Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 on the Mac

Boris FX 9.2 Ships; Support for Leopard and Vista OS; Enhanced Adobe CS 3 and Sony Vegas 8 Integration

IRIDAS Releases SpeedGrade OnSet 2007

Autodesk Solutions Help Transport Gamers to Distant Galaxies, Medieval Times and More with this Season's Hottest New Titles

NewTek Releases Live Virtual Set Generator for VT[5]™



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Maxon To Showcase 3D For The Real World At Macworld 2008

Miami Dolphins Turn To JVC Professional For HD Production Of 'Game Day Live'

Local Theory's "Short Film Shootout: Cannes," Edited By Outside, Set To Air On MTV Tonight

Autodesk Technology Helps Unwrap Dozens of Holiday Blockbusters

Survivor: China. CONEQ Passes The Tribal Challenge

Avid Technology Announces Gary Greenfield as new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

CITI Television Goes To Air With Dalet News Suite For Vectorbox

The University of Rome Deploys da Vinci Revival™ to Restore Archival Films, Train Students

OS X Training Now Available from Class on Demand

K-Tek Clamp Adapter Kit for DV Cameras

Midway Games & Eclipse Rely On Riot's Visual Effect Expertise For Launch Of "Area 51"

Zaxcom Introduces Deva Software Version 4.0 for Greater Functionality and Ease of Use

Zacuto Congratulates Production Team of “Grey in White and Black”

‘Anywhere, U.S.A,’ Debut Feature Shot With AG-HVX200 P2 HD Camcorder, Selected For Dramatic Competition At 2008 Sundance Film Festival

Autodesk Technology Helps Beowulf Battle Believably in 3D

Ridata Yego USB Hub Drive Now Available in Up To 8 GB Capacity

Mammoth HD - Galapagos/Tibet

Creative Planet's Digital Production BuZZ joins Larry Jordan and Associates

ATTO Technology’s Xtend SAN iSCSI Initiator for Mac OS X Selected by Facilis Technology




For more industry news, visit the COW News & Press Releases forum



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Hot Threads
Adobe After Effects Forum
Time lapse in AE?
I have an hour long video that I want to time-lapse. Is the best way to Posterize Time in AE to get a very fast time-lapse without a long rendering time?

Indie Film & Documentary Forum
A Journey into the World of Documentary
That said...this is my first attempt to make something that I am really passionate about, and I am doing it with the help of friends and other freelancers. The budget is low, but my dreams are big. I would love to hear comments from those that have gone before me on this journey. Advice, criticism, and comments of all kinds are welcome.

Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
Upgrading from DVX to HVX or Sony EX1
I am considering the purchase of my next camera which must be low-cost HD capable and handheld. The HVX and new EX1 come to mind. Varicam like with the HVX with its variable frame rates and accepted DVCPro HD codec in 4:2:2 color space, or, the CineAlta named EX1 camera with the its new frame rates and 4:2:0 color space.



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Featured Leader
Meet Talid Al Khatib
Talid Al Khatib

Talid Al Khatib worked as a director's assistant for 2 years and is an AE trainer at the Accad Center in Damascus, Syria. He studied politics at the University, but his main interest was computer networking before he discovered After Effects.  more...
Featured Tutorial
Maya Camera Import into After Effects 5.5

It makes sense to use a 3D program to create a 3D scene; but what if you need to re-use the camera motion info from that scene for advanced compositing? In this tutorial, Ren de la Fuente and Will Sca more...

Get help with, or discuss this tutorial in the COW's Adobe After Effects Forum.



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