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Creative COW Newsletter

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
In this Newsletter:
Articles and Tutorials :: Industry News :: Hot Threads :: COW Tipping :: Upcoming Events :: New Leaders :: Featured :: This Week's Jobs

Slam Dunk! AE, PS, 3D... and Basketball

Fix it in post? This article shows how to BUILD it in post. Here in April, as March Madness ends and the NBA Playoffs begin, the Cow's Bill O'Neill shows how he combined greenscreen, 2D graphics and 3D compositing in a remarkable promo for Big Ten basketball. This "Web Extra" from Bill's article in the Cow Magazine's "Commercials" issue shows you rough edits along the way, and shares some of the production secrets for building an entire world in post. Read more...



Dulce



Recent Articles
Sony Vegas
If you read the review of Excalibur 4.5 from Jim Harvey in 2005, you know that he liked the plug in very much. So much so that he gave it the full 5 cows. So it will come as no surprise that Jim likes the newest edition as well. In this review, Jim points out that there are some very nice and useful additions to the toolset that will interface seamlessly with the new Vegas Pro 8 editing package.
Jim Harvey
Event Videographers
Who doesn’t love high quality stuff? Let Creative Cow Contributing Editor Stephen Smith be your maitre D’. He’ll provide a menu that will show you some of the best places to get video, photo and audio assets that will benefit every media professional.
Stephen Smith
Adobe Flash
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will add the rain to the cityscape via Photoshop. You will use a series of filters in Photoshop to create a single image to import into Flash, then create a 4-frame rain loop that can be animated at any angle. In addition you will add sound and lightning FX in Flash to complete the illusion of a thunderstorm. This is the last of a 3 part series, animating a rainy cityscape in Flash.
Tony Ross
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed feature in AE that can help you when trying to create transparency in an image by using the layers below as the source of that transparency.
Aharon Rabinowitz
Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2)
What do filmmakers do in their time? They make films. The horror movie P2 has just been released on DVD, but when Doug Spice and team at Psychic Bunny saw the original trailer for the theatrical release, all they could think about was their cuddly little Panasonic HVX200. Heres a playful look at what happened when the two came together, with a few shooting and workflow tips for good measure.
Doug Spice
Apple Final Cut Pro
Creative Cow Leader Shane Ross is one of a very small handful of the worlds most respected FCP experts. Over the course of years answering questions, hes compiled a real-world list of the questions that are truly the most frequently asked. He calls them Shanes 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.
Shane Ross
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

View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library



Sonnet



Industry News
DriveSavers Recovers 2 Years of Data for Mad Media

JVC Wins Security Industry Association New Product Award

Viz Engine Powers Graphics for Premier Soccer League

Moreau Catholic High School Selects Broadcast Pix Slate HD Switcher to Produce Live News Program

Click 3X and ClickFire Media Enlist Reelize Reps

Version2 Partners with VFX-Animation Company Special Branch



Panasonic


Apple Updates iMac

CafeFx Brings History To Life For HBO Films “John Adams”

Smoke & Mirrors New York and Tarsem Create Beer Heaven

ShotPut EXpress™ For Sony XDCamHD EX Cameras

MCA-I Madison Announces its Spring Seminar

The Syndicate's Design Works Lights Up the Night for CONSOL Energy

dvGarage Releases Greenscreen Keyer "dpMatte" for Aperture 2.1

Announcing the Mystical Painter Bundle

Wohler Names Joseph Electronics as U.S. Master Distributor

Class on Demand Releases Complete Training for NewTek VT[5] Live!

Editshare Europe Rolls Out Complete Collaboration Road Show

Maximum Throughput Wins Awards For Web-Based Editing Service At NAB2008

Toon Boom Animation Festival Dedicated to the Caribbean and Latin America

CalDigit San launched at NAB 2008

Citizen Pictures and Red Robot pair up for Crocs national spot

StreamGuys, Inc. Deploys Live Video Webcast for the Long Now Foundation of San Francisco

Sonnet Fusion™ F2 Wins NAB 2008 Best Choice Award From StudentFilmmakers Magazine

Solid State Logic Gravity Completes Successful Collaboration Trials With Omneon Spectrum Servers

Luxology Sponsors Training Session and Nominated for Technology Award at fmx/08




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



Roland



Hot Threads
Adobe After Effects Forum
A truly "simple" invisibilty effect?
What do you do if someone gives you preshot footage of an actor in an environment and needs you to make the infamous Predator look?

Apple Final Cut Pro Forum
Welcome David Roth Weiss as our newest FCP COW host leader
David Roth Weiss, who has been a great part of the COW since we first went online way back in late March 2001, is the newest host leader here in the COW's FCP forum.

Business & Marketing Forum
Travel Expenses...Me or Client?
've had contracts where it stated "plus travel", but this is different as they think the price I gave is all inclusive and I don't want to blow the deal over 1K. Thanks for any input.

Indie Film & Documentary Forum
What Documentaries Influenced You Most and Why?
Here's a question for everyone.. aside from possibly finding a great documentary, list the 5 (or whatever) documentaries you feel influenced you most in some way.



Thought Equity



COW Tipping
RSS FeedForums RSS Feeds

For those who have been asking for an RSS feed for each individual forum we've been listening and added them. While the feed does show the new subjects of posts as they are posted on the boards you'll need to come to the site to get the body of the message. The RSS feed is purposed to keep you informed of what's going on and not to replace the website.

To find the RSS feed for your desired forum simply go to the forum and look on the right side of the forum navigation bar and you'll see the rss icon under the search box. Have fun!



Upcoming Events
Apr 14, '08 -
May 23, '08
Six Week Art of Editing Workshop Manhattan
NY
USA
Apr 17, '08 -
Apr 30, '08
NewTek Red Carpet Tour 2008
Apr 24, '08 -
May 1, '08
Newport Beach Film Festival Newport Beach
Ca
USA
Apr 29, '08 -
Apr 29, '08
The East Tennessee TV & Film Tradeshow Knoxville
TN
USA
Apr 29, '08 -
Jun 25, '08
The Comedy Smalls London
UK
Apr 30, '08 -
Apr 30, '08
Studica Skills Online Competitions for Students Sanborn
NY
USA
Apr 30, '08 -
May 1, '08
CRE8 Conference Orlando
Florida
Apr 30, '08 -
Apr 30, '08
Sacramento Video Industry Professionals, "VIP'S" (an FCPUG) Sacramento
CA
USA
Apr 30, '08 -
Apr 30, '08
FC Server and Burning Blu-Ray DVDs at lafcpug Hollywood
CA
USA
May 1, '08 -
May 5, '08
Panini Design Contest - Share a New Vision Turin
TO
Italy
May 1, '08 -
May 1, '08
SFMUG Short Movie Festival 2008 Santa Fe
NM
USA
May 2, '08 -
May 4, '08
Videopolis Baltimore
MD
USA
May 8, '08 -
May 8, '08
Discover the Matrox Hardware Advantage for Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 Milwaukee
Wisconsin
United States

View more events at events.creativecow.net



Maxx Digital



New Leaders
Doug Spice
Doug Spice
Hollywood, California US

Web Writer

Hollywood, California US

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



Tech Smith CAMTASIA



Featured Leader
Meet Timothy Duncan
Timothy Duncan

Timothy Duncan may be a newcomer to Vegas, arriving at version 3.0, but he has been a deep explorer into the world of NLE's since the very early days of Avid and EMC2. His experience covers a broad range of linear/nonlinear editing, engineering, systems design, color correction as well as multi more...
Featured Tutorial
particleIllusion Logo Hold Technique

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz answers the common question: ''How do I make my logo stay up longer in particleIllusion?'' If you've ever had trouble making you're logo more...

Get help with, or discuss this tutorial in the COW's particle Illusion Forum.



Digital Juice



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