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Creative COW Newsletter

Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
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Articles and Tutorials :: Industry News :: Hot Threads :: Upcoming Events :: New Leaders :: Featured :: This Week's Jobs

Final Cut and Premiere Pro - Editors Speak Out

One of the great newer parts of the COW that is growing quite rapidly is our new blogs section. In it, users express themselves on everything from technology to politics, music and art to a myriad of other things.

Recently, we've had some great stuff appear that's related to Adobe Premiere Pro and Apple Final Cut users. If you use either of these tools, you will find the blogs a useful area of the COW.

Here are a few items you may wish to check out...

Premiere Pro Tips and Tricks - Starting a Project
by Mike Cohen

So, you have decided to edit a video in Premiere Pro. If you are coming from AVID or Final Cut, you may be surprised to see some of the choices Adobe has made in their features, or lack of a few seemingly key features. Believe me, you can get used to anything, and once you do, it's no big deal.


Working More Efficiently In Final Cut
by Walter Biscardi

So you want to work more efficiently in Final Cut Pro? Well I have just the answer for you, Tabs! Yeah, those things you see in the corner of every window. They can make your life so much easier if you would only use them. Here, let me show you how in my newest tutorial!



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Recent Articles
Adobe Flash
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates how to build a basic site about Colors in Flash. The basic principles learned from this tutorial will enable the user to create a variety of simple websites. Elements covered are navigation, basic action script, labels, button and graphic symbols.
Tony Ross
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz returns to one of his earliest tutorials, Creating TV Look, and shows how it can be used to create the look of a Hologram as seen in science fiction movies.
Aharon Rabinowitz
RED Camera
Not all production with the RED camera is Hollywood-scale. Craig Meadows is in a smaller market, doing mostly local and regional spots. Even though he's only had his RED for a short time, he tells you here about how it works, its workflow, and how it's already making a big difference for his clients.
Craig Meadows
Apple Final Cut Pro
Yes, Apple Color is connected to Final Cut Pro...but not exactly integrated. Creative Cow leader Walter Biscardi, one of the world's most respected experts on the connection between the two, will help guide your sequences safely from FCP to Color -- and show you why it's worth the effort.
Walter Biscardi
Sony Vegas
Creative Cow Leader Michael Hurwicz looks at DVFilm's Raylight plug-in, which provides transparent support for Panasonic MXF files in Sony Vegas. Testing Vegas Pro 8 running under Microsoft Vista, Michael finds Raylight to be an elegant and reliable solution.
Michael Hurwicz
Adobe Flash
In this video tutorial, Pencil Drawing part 2, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates drawing a line. Learn how to use Masking, Motion  Tweens, and Motion Guide Layers to create an animated pencil drawing a curved line. Tools used are the Rectangle tool, Pencil tool, and Free Transform tool.
Tony Ross
Adobe After Effects
Creative COW Contributing Editor and graphics expert Sean Cuson shares the secrets to success that he's learned the hard way. They include the power of music for graphic design, compositing techniques, logo animation and invaluable workflow tips that will save you hours. Sean also shows you how to keep your graphics clients coming back for more.
Sean Cusson
Apple Final Cut Pro
Creative Cow Leader Shane Ross is one of a very small handful of the world's most respected FCP experts. Over the course of years answering questions, he's compiled a real-world list of the questions that are truly the most frequently asked. He calls them Shane's Stock Answers. We call them the information you really need for working with FCP. In part 2 he covers HDV monitoring, editing web codecs, working with Photoshop files in FCP, and much more.
Shane Ross

View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library



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Industry News
Front Porch Digital Signs Product Licensing Agreement With Avid

Adobe Names Kevin Lynch Chief Technology Officer

Inlet Technologies Named to Frost & Sullivan’s Hot Company Watchlist for World Video Encoders and Transcoders Market

SpeedGrade DI Scores a Hat Trick to Start 2008

Digital-Tutors Introduces mental ray® Workflows in Maya®: Global Illumination

EditShare to Open European-Based Manufacturers Facility



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Bombastic Rocks For The Superbowl Bash Concert

Smoke & Mirrors Lights Up the Night for Feist

MAXON Announces "Power Integration Tour" 2008

Boris FX Ships Final Effects Complete 5.0 for AE

Harris Corporation to Provide American Forces Network With a Broadcast Communications System to Reach One Million Troops

Apple Adds New iPhone & iPod touch Models

Globalstor Data Corporation Takes Digital Intermediate Workstations to New Heights with ExtremeStor-DI Tower

Spec Research and Its X-Gene Brand Products Select Antarra Communications as Agency of Record

NVIDIA and CGSociety Announce NVArt Award Winners

VICON Launches New Performance Pack

Fujinon HD Lenses Match Film Look for "This Man's Life"

Imaginary Forces Director Of Experience Design Tali Krakowsky To Speak at Sold-Out FITC Amsterdam Conference

650-Plus Broadcast Stations Now Using Harris Corporation’s OSi-Traffic™ Solution

Caringo Receives Funding From Vodafone Ventures, Austin Ventures

NFL Network Scores with Signiant’s Digital Media Distribution Solution

Adobe and MAXON Present The Power Integration Tour

NTC Mourns Passing of Edward P. Hobson II

FOR-A to Intro Real-Time Noise Eraser

Magic Bullet Frames Now Shipping




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



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Hot Threads
Adobe After Effects Forum
DON'T install QT 7.4 if you use after effects
RENDERING ISSUE IS FIXED!!!!

Indie Film & Documentary Forum
Some philosophical questions about format
Sitting around trying to come up with our standards for the project, we got into a heated debate about if we "need" to shoot this in HD or SD, and if we "need" widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio or a 4:3.

Panasonic VariCam Forum
Varicam 720p25
I'm trying hard to capture 720p25 material shooted in Varicam at 25fps using the 1200 deck, throug Blacmagic Multibridge into FCP 6.0.2, but with no resoults at all. A couple of guys in the forums said that this is possible...

HD High-End Forum
Raid Speed Timor Kardum
Am I right if I purchase 8 drives of 300 GB to work with my effects ? Remember what I really need is to see the footage in real time on my COMP to make the effects. So I will receive TIF sequence and I will deliver TIF sequence.



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Upcoming Events
Feb 7, '08 -
Feb 7, '08
PIXELS OR GRAIN, TAPE OR RAM: Should I shoot Film, Tape or Memory Cards? New York
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P2 Workflow Workshop, Orlando Orlando
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USA
Feb 12, '08 -
Feb 12, '08
MPFI - Frame Rates for High Definition Tampa
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Feb 13, '08 -
Feb 13, '08
National Geographic Live! Secret Underwater Edens Mesa
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Feb 13, '08 -
Feb 13, '08
An Evening with Film Editor Curtiss Clayton New York
NY
United States
Feb 18, '08 -
Feb 23, '08
Logical Framework Analysis for Designing Development Projects New Delhi
India

View more events at events.creativecow.net



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New Leaders
Craig Meadows
Craig Meadows
Pensacola, Florida United States

Web Writer

Pensacola, Florida United States
Eric Pautsch
Eric Pautsch
California USA

Forum Host

California USA

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



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Featured Leader
Meet Michael Mey
Michael Mey

Hi! My name's Michael, I am 31 years old and live in Germany. Although my job (network administrator) exclusively deals with computers (which i like) it does not satisfy the creative side of me. So i do video/compositing/sfx/vfx as a hobby - after sitting in front of a computer the whole day I more...
Featured Tutorial
Displacement Mapping in After Effects

Two of the less well known features of After Effects' Production Bundle are the Time Displacement Filter and the Displacement Filter. Both use the values of one image to affect the target image. In th more...

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



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