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Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
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Final Cut Pro FAQ Part 3

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. Here in Part 3, he covers QuickTime issues, timecode management, P2 tips and much more, including one of the most frequently questions of all: how to open new projects in older versions of FCP. Read more...



LaCie



Final Cut Pro in The Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom opened last week with a higher-than-expected $21 million! We don't take ALL the credit...but let's put it this way: when you read this amazing article, you'll have some idea of why it's making such a big impression. You'll also get a Creative Cow world-exclusive look at how it came to be.

DigitalFilm Trees Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering digital workflows built around FCP, custom-designed for large-scale productions. Their biggest challenge so far has come on The Forbidden Kingdom, an epic film partnering Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time -- with production and post in China, Korea, Australia, and multiple locations in the US. Heres a look at how they put it all together with FCP, Xserve, XML, Color, file-based workflows...and hard, hard work. Read on...



Matrox



Recent Articles
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will take you through an effective way of tracking Mystic Text onto a wall or screen.  This technique can be used in horror films, commercials, or promos.  He will cover the basics of the After Effects paint tools, some basic 2.5D motion tracking, and some simple yet effective compositing techniques.
Grant Swanson
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed tool that can help you out in a pinch, by expanding the boundaries of your footage.
Aharon Rabinowitz
Adobe After Effects
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 Three shows how to mask the emitter layer in an After Effects composition, so that the emitter appears to be placed properly in the scene relative to the other video elements.
Jeff Bellune
Adobe Flash
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will build a multiplane by animating a second set of buildings as the foreground. Tools include the Rectangle Tool, Oval Tool, Selection & Subselection Tools, in addition to Motion Tweens. This is part 2 of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
Tony Ross
Apple Final Cut Pro
<b>A Creative Cow Exclusive!</b> DigitalFilm Trees Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering digital workflows built around FCP, custom-designed for large-scale productions. Their biggest challenge so far has come on The Forbidden Kingdom, an epic film partnering Jackie Chan and Jet Li for the first time -- with production and post in China, Korea, Australia, and multiple locations in the US. Heres a look at how they put it all together with FCP, Xserve, XML, Color, file-based workflows...and hard, hard work.
Zed Saeed
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern continues to animate the vector shapes using After Effects and finalizing the design for our Telenovela opener.
Eran Stern
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 Two concerns the animation of the emitter itself so that it accurately tracks the video element.
Jeff Bellune
Trapcode
In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader, Michael Park, demonstrates another, more advanced method for creating shimmering glitter particles using Trapcodes Particular. The main advancement is the implementation of 3d rotation of the glitter particles, as well as using expressions to convert the rotation of the particles in all 3 axis to drive a greyscale map, which in turn is used to color the particle using colorama and create the shimmer effect when the particles face the camera.
Michael Park

View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library



Sonnet



Industry News
Luxology Sponsors International Furniture Design Competition with Skuuma

Holophone® Introduces Enhanced H4 Supermini At NAB 2008

LaCie Rugged Hard Disk Capacity Supersized to 500 Gigabytes

Superfad Finds Its Own Seattle With NWSource.com

Mekanism Creates Integrated Experience for Tostitos NOLAF Campaign

Unexpected Uses Krakatoa on VFX-Intensive Ad Campaign for Snickers via BBDO Moscow



Panasonic


WEGENER Demonstrates Solutions to Maximize Bandwidth Usage within Broadcast Networks at NAB 2008

Imaginary Forces Director Of Experience Design Tali Krakowsky To Speak At FMX/Flashconference

Anonymous Content Wins Big with Nike

Viewpoint Creative Redesigns Discovery Channel Logo and On-Air Identity

Tangerine Films Signs New Directors; Earle Sebastian, Tim Gaylord And Todd Bellanca

DAZ 3D Launches New Version of 3D Posing and Animation Software, DAZ Studio 2.1

Sony unveils new Multi-Codec Encoder for professional Blu-ray Disc encoding

Digital Film Tools Releases Power Stroke, Light! and Ozone

Tunnel Post Supercharges Throughput with Film Master

G-Technology Enhances Product Line For Creative Pros

Wounded Marine Careers Foundation Trains Wounded War Veterans for New Careers in Media with HVX200s

GizMac Announces New XRackPro2 Studio

“Elf Yourself” Takes the Cake

Company X Brings Poignant Sylvia Plachy Documentary & Witty Matthew Modine-Directed Short To Life

ATTIK Director Simon Needham Chooses Spy Post For Stunning Visual Effects For Lexus IS F Campaign

Liquid 9 Mixes Up Promotional Potion for Kansas City Wizards

Focus Enhancements' Real-time Metadata-based Workflow Takes Center Stage at NAB 2008

S4 Studios Creates Moments in Crime for Sleuth Network Branding Campaign

Panasonic Announces Large-Scale Purchase of P2 HD Equipment by Gray Television for Newsgathering




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



Tapeonline



Hot Threads
Adobe After Effects Forum
Reflecting a walking person onto the Floor
I have keyed out a person that's walking towards the camera. Now I want this clean, reflecting look on the floor. Can I achieve this with AE?

Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Welcome Richard Harrington to the forum team
Many of you already know Richard from his books, podcasts and also his years of posting and helping users here at the COW, but if you don't know him and would like to learn more, please click on his picture.

Business & Marketing Forum
LLC, C-Corp, S-Corp?
My little studio has been a partnership for too long now, and we are in the process of considering our business format options. There isn't a lot of information available regarding which format studios typically go with, so I figured I'd pose the question here.

RED Camera Forum
I'm never shooting video again.
After all the years of folks 'trying' to get a film look from video cameras, trying anything in fact, it's a done deal with a RED camera. It's look rivals 35mm film (even in 2k). In fact I think we're seeing the end of film acquisition.



Roland



Upcoming Events
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Newport Beach Film Festival Newport Beach
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The Dallas After Effects User Group Richardson
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Apr 29, '08 -
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The East Tennessee TV & Film Tradeshow Knoxville
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Studica Skills Online Competitions for Students Sanborn
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CRE8 Conference Orlando
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Sacramento Video Industry Professionals, "VIP'S" (an FCPUG) Sacramento
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Panini Design Contest - Share a New Vision Turin
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SFMUG Short Movie Festival 2008 Santa Fe
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Videopolis Baltimore
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View more events at events.creativecow.net



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Featured Leader
Trent Armstrong
Trent Armstrong

Trent Armstrong is a motion graphic designer and video producer for Igniter Media Group in Dallas, TX, and the producer and host of The MannersCast, a podcast about everyday manners for everyday folks. Trent is also the founder of the Dallas After Effects User Group. Email dallasaeug@gmail more...
Featured Tutorial
Working with Null Objects in AE

In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how working with Null objects lets you get better control of your animation. He also shares a technique for using nulls to make 3D cam more...

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



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