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Creative COW Newsletter

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008
In this Newsletter:
Articles and Tutorials :: Industry News :: Hot Threads :: COW Tipping :: Upcoming Events :: New Leaders :: Featured :: This Week's Jobs

Windows on Mac Part 2

In part 2 of our look at Windows on Mac, Creative Cow's Tim Wilson digs deeper into questions like 64-bit computing, drive formatting, and backing up your content. You'll find tips and tricks for dual-platform success, as well as answers to a few questions raised by part 1 of this series. Read more...



Sony



Recent Articles
Adobe Flash
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will create a seamless, looping background of buildings against a night sky. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Selection & Subselection Tools, in addition to Motion Tweens. You will also learn to work in Flash using the Duplicate Window option. This is the first of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
Tony Ross
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates a cool way of designing a text title for a Telenovela soap opera opener using Illustrator open type font.
Eran Stern
Trapcode
In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader, Michael Park, demonstrates how to simulate shimmering glitter particles using fractal noise, colorama effect and Trapcodes Particular plugin.
Michael Park
particle Illusion
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Jeff Bellune demonstrates how to use the tools available in particleIllusion and After Effects to get a particle emitter source to track an element in a video clip.  Part One details how to animate the Layer Offset in particleIllusion to eliminate motion in the clip that is caused by movement of the camera that filmed the scene.
Jeff Bellune
Sony Vegas
In this review, CreativeCOW's Jim Harvey takes a look at The Vegas Pro collection which combines Vegas Pro 8, DVD Architect Pro 4.5, and Dolby® Digital AC-3 encoding software to offer an integrated environment for all phases of professional video, audio, DVD, and broadcast production.
Jim Harvey
Adobe Flash
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, learn to use Flash as a drawing tool, while making several pseudo-3D shapes, including a flower pot. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Paint Bucket Tool, and Free Transform Tool.
Tony Ross
Apple - Windows on Mac - NEW!
Sure it's possible, but why would anybody want to run Windows on a Mac? There are a bunch of great reasons for people using either OS -- and plenty more for people who have to use both. The Cow's Tim Wilson takes a look at some of the options for working with 2 --or even more-- operating systems on the same computer. Sometimes, even at the same time!
Tim Wilson
Adobe After Effects
In part two of his shotgun tutorial, Michael Park will demonstrate how to incorporate the 3d footage together with 2d footage in After effects and use different filters to create the distortion surrounding the blast from the barrel of the shotgun and the air distortion trailing the individual shotgun pellets as they race towards the camera.  He will also cover some time remapping techniques to add some more interest to your shot.
Michael Park

View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library



Digital Juice



Industry News
Panasonic Ships AK-HC1800N 2/3" 2.2-Megapixel Multipurpose HD Camera

Final Cut Server Now Shipping

Artbeats Sparks Creativity with Free Educational Demos and Resource Disc at NAB 2008

AJA Debuts New Mini Converter Products at NAB 2008

B-52s and Sony Creative Software Crash the Party with New "Funplex" Album Remix Contest on ACIDplanet.com

Solid State Logic C200 HD Console Goes Mobile With LiveWire Remote Recorders



Panasonic


IRIDAS to Introduce SpeedGrade XR at NAB 2008

Moving Pixels Distorts Reality and Discovers Serenity with GenArts Sapphire Plug-ins

People In Planes Music Video Shot With Varicam Recording Direct To P2 Mobile

Synthetic Aperture Announces Test Gear 2.0 for Adobe After Effects CS3

Synthetic Aperture's Color Finesse Now Supports ASC CDL Color Information Interchange With Gamma & Density's 3cP On-Set Color System

NewTek to Host Pre-NAB End-User Special Event at Bally’s on Sunday, April 13th

NAB Attendees Get Sneak Peek at Revolutionary Timing Control and Music Search Features in SmartSound® Sonicfire® Pro 5

Guava selects Tiger Technology to streamline its sophisticated production workflow

Focus Enhancements Introduces MM-1 Universal Media Manager at NAB

Focus Enhancements adds FS-100 250GB Recorder to Direct To Edit Model Lineup

Frantic Films Software Releases Awake Plugin Pack for eyeon Fusion

Pinnacle Studio Effects Plugins and Avid Liquid Effects Plugins Now Available from NewBlueFX

da Vinci Revival™ System Tapped to Restore 5,000 Historic Chinese Films

Silicon Imaging Announces Integrated 3D Technology Preview

Calrec Audio and Ross Video Collaboration Offers Broadcasters More Production Flexibility

Fujinon to Intro Premier Series HD Lens for Studio and Field Applications

Digital Rapids Unveils Version 2.0 of Flexible CarbonHD Digital Disk Recorder

Imagineer Systems Targets NAB 2008 for Significant VFX Platform Launch, Partnership and Product Update Announcements

Digieffects to Introduce Natural Forces and Simulate Series at NAB




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



Sonnet



Hot Threads
Art of the Edit Forum
Shows that inspire....
.. I have been watching the first series of "Dexter" as it begins its run across UK tv, and i have to say I am really impressed with it.

Displaying 4:3 video on HDTV
I have a video that I have shot and edited in 4:3. I'm trying to burn it onto a DVD. It plays fine on my monitor, but when I put it in my DVD player and watch it on my HDTV the picture looks short and fat.

HDV Format Forum
New HDV system set-up
I've done a bit of research, but I'm having a hard to time deciding what to set-up for this system, as I have no experience with HDV.

Apple Color Forum
Speed Changes CAN work from FCP
Interesting thing happening here with a new series I'm grading. The client is out of state and they are shipping the Final Cut Pro timelines down here by Media Managing the final timeline to a Firewire drive.



Tech Smith CAMTASIA



COW Tipping
Related Threads
On each post is a section of potentially helpful links called "Related Threads". While these threads are automatically generated off of the post's subject line they can lead to helpful information or possibly an answer to a question in your post. Take for instance a recent post in the Adobe After Effects forum called "Day for Night": (http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/2/932057)
While not all the threads related directly, one of the related threads is a link to the video tutorial in the COW Library which answered the question:
(http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/2/912836).



Upcoming Events
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TV IN OUR BACKYARD panel event San Francisco
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An Evening with Film Editor Stephen Rotter New York
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THE ART OF PHOTO PAINTING with FAYE SIRKIS Salt Lake City
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Anatomy of a Commercial Farmington Hills 48335
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Apr 30, '08
NewTek Red Carpet Tour 2008

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G-Tech



New Leaders
Heath Firestone
Heath Firestone
Denver, Colorado USA

Forum Host

Denver, Colorado USA

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



Roland



Featured Leader
Meet Steve Roberts
Steve Roberts

Steve has always been a jack-of-all-trades, with the inherent limitations of the title. His interests range from photography to directing theatre to new media, but he actually makes a buck doing motion graphics and video editing for corporate clients. He avoids new media because he hates having more...
Featured Tutorial
Starting a Business: Four Points to Consider

In this article, Brendan Coots addresses some of the points that users need to consider when asking ''What do I need to do to go into business for myself?'' more...

Get help with, or discuss this tutorial in the COW's Business & Marketing Forum.



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