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Creative COW Newsletter

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008
In this Newsletter:
Articles and Tutorials :: Industry News :: Hot Threads :: Upcoming Events :: New Leaders :: Featured :: This Week's Jobs

Non-fiction TV Production

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...


And speaking of non-fiction programming...
Realscreen Summit

The Realscreen Summit will be hitting Washington DC, January 22-24th. Held in partnership with realscreen magazine, the event is now in its 10th year. It is the only event of its kind dedicated to the development of business and creative opportunities for those in non-fiction and factual programming and content creation.

The event is held to identify the best new ideas, recognize top industry talent, offer a forum for discussion and debate, explore issues and uncover trends and ultimately create an international network of connected individuals leading to business growth and career development.

To learn more about the Realscreen Summit, visit them online at www.realscreensummit.com



Digital Juice



Recent Articles
Web Design
Learn the basics and advanced methods of embedding Quicktime Movies into your web site, blog or any html page. Find out what it takes to maintain cross platform compatibility when publishing all your Quicktime Videos. A more advanced technique of using Dreamweaver CS3 to embed your movie using ActiveX javascript embedding is also discussed.
Abraham Chaffin
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow member Eran Stern shows you how to use Photoshop CS3 Extended to create different images of a 3D watch.
Eran Stern
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz finishes his series on weather replacement and shows you how to add realistic lightning to the shot.
Aharon Rabinowitz
Broadcast Design
For his article in the Creative Cow Magazine's
Steve Wright
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates a quick, easy way to make a smoky title effect.
Eran Stern
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz continues his weather replacement tutorial, and shows you how to add rain to your shot, as well as drops of water on the camera. Also, 3D compositing and color correction are covered.
Aharon Rabinowitz
Adobe After Effects
In this quick tip for after effects users, CreativeCOW contributing editor, Bob Thompson creates a complex looking animation using only a camera, 3d layer, null object, and some duplicated layers. In only minutes, you can get an animated look with only one layer to worry about to control the motion. It's a quick fix to let you spend more time on other facets of your project workflow.
Bob Thompson
Adobe After Effects
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. If you work with film files or want to, you need to read this article.
<BR><BR><B>High Bandwidth/Large File Warning:</B> Due to the fact that this article deals with film images, the image sizes are large and this article contains 32MB of images in the HTML file.
Pete O'Connell

View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library



Matrox



Industry News
Apple Introduces MacBook Air—The World’s Thinnest Notebook

Apple Announces Time Capsule

Apple Enhances Revolutionary iPhone with Software Update

Apple Announces Major Software Upgrade for iPod touch

RaveHD Delivers Stunning Graphics for CES Keynote

Ciprico to Launch MediaVault 5116 Solution for Mac OS X at Macworld 2008

Sonnet's Fusion™ F2 Is Fastest Portable Storage Yet

X-Rite and Pantone Release A New Seminar for Color Freaks

Larry Thorpe, National Marketing Executive Of The Canon U.S.A. Broadcast And Communications Division, Inducted Into The Sports Broadcasting Hall Of Fame

FirmTek Ships the SeriTek/5PM Five-Bay, Hot-Swap, Serial ATA Port Multiplier Enclosure

DIVE Deploys da Vinci Resolve® RT and Resolve Conform Station for DI Projects



Panasonic


Twentieth Century Fox & Apple Introduce iTunes Digital Copy

Emmy® Award winning Planet Earth images captured by Wildcat Films using S.two data processes

Reality Check Tackles NFL Network Games with Vizrt's Viz|Engine and Viz|Trio

LaCie and Samsung Collaborate on 1.3-inch Form Factor Hard Drives for Large Capacity, Micro-Sized Devices

Pixel Corps and Leo Laporte Host Instructional Podcast Studio at Macworld 2008

Allegorithmic Ships Free Professional Texturing Software, MaPZone 2.6

Aviom Goes To Head Of The Class At The Art Institute Of Seattle

GridIron Introduces Flow

Broadcast Pix Intros HD Family of Slate Switchers

CafeFX Soars with The Kite Runner

Headlight Welcomes John Clausing

Reelhouse Film and Video FX announces $99 unlimited download service

Canon U.S.A. Launches "Your Ticket To The Super Bowl" Sweepstakes

Digital-Tutors Announces Introduction to Animation for Maya® Artists




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



Tech Smith CAMTASIA



Hot Threads
Autodesk Combustion Forum
Post Challenge -- Advice on huge project
Overall, I would want to share with you guys out there, that the biggest lesson i've learned doing this project, is that risking yourself for your passion...risking yourself for your dreams is the only way in life to be happy.

Cinema 4D
workflow question

HDV Format
What Computer Hardware exactly do i need that will handle HD Video?
Due to the high prices of Apple Computers, i will be building a computer that will run MAC Leopard without a problem. I have a general idea of how much power ill need but there are some things I am confused and unsure about as far as Hardware goes. The camera I intend to be shooting with is the Panasonic HVX-200.

Sony CineAlta HD Forum
New EX1 short with Letus Extreme "South Bank"



Sony Creative



Upcoming Events
Jan 14, '08 -
Jan 18, '08
Macworld Expo 2008 San Francisco
CA
USA
Jan 15, '08 -
May 5, '08
Panini Design Contest - Share a New Vision Turin
TO
Italy
Jan 16, '08 -
Jan 16, '08
The 7th Annual Macworld FCPUG SuperMeet San Francisco
CA
USA
Jan 16, '08 -
Jan 16, '08
Tampa Avid User Group Seminole
Florida
United States
Jan 17, '08 -
Jan 18, '08
P2 Workflow Workshop, Dallas Dallas
TX
USA
Jan 17, '08 -
Jan 19, '08
VariCamp, Dallas Dallas
TX
USA
Jan 17, '08 -
Apr 30, '08
NewTek Red Carpet Tour 2008
Jan 22, '08 -
Jan 24, '08
Reel Screen Summit -- bringing the best in non-fiction together Washington
DC
USA
Jan 23, '08 -
Jan 23, '08
Drinking and Drawing Portland
OR
USA
Jan 24, '08 -
Jan 24, '08
Avid Toronto User Group Toronto
Ontario
Canada
Jan 24, '08 -
Jan 24, '08
After Effects New York - January Meeting New York
NY
USA
Jan 24, '08 -
Jan 24, '08
Dallas After Effects User Group Richardson
TX
USA
Jan 25, '08 -
Jan 25, '08
Sony XDCAM and EX Workflows at Editor's Lounge Burbank
CA
United States
Jan 27, '08 -
Jan 29, '08
VizThink '08 San Francisco
CA
U.S.A.

View more events at events.creativecow.net



Tapeonline



New Leaders
Fred Ginsburg
Fred Ginsburg
Los Angeles, California USA

Contributing Editor

Los  Angeles, California USA

See more of our COW Team at leaders.creativecow.net



Roland



Featured Leader
Meet Alan Lorence
Alan Lorence

Alan Lorence is president and founder of wondertouch™, a St. Louis-based software company. Lorence is responsible for the management and day-to-day operations at wondertouch including business development, technical sales and support. He also serves as chief software engineer on the company' more...
Featured Tutorial
Expression Tips #1

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you some basic expression principles and shares a very useful expression that can be used to convert one set of values to another. more...

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



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