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Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
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DVD's :: Articles / Tutorials :: Industry News :: Hot Threads :: Upcoming Events :: New Leaders :: Featured :: This Week's Jobs

The Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX Camera: A Closer Look

Creative Cow Contributing Editor Dylan Reeve says that the EX1 is another Sony breakthrough. Along with a truly pro camera in a small camera, the XDCAM EX offers format and workflow advantages previously unseen. Dylan will show you how the camera works, and how the footage works with your favorite NLE, while also looking ahead to the PMW-EX3. Read more...



Tapeonline



COW Master Series Training DVD's
Getting Organized in Final Cut ProGetting Organized in Final Cut Pro
A Broadcast Editor Shares Editing Set-Up Secrets
$49.95

In this in-depth series of 9 video tutorials spanning over 90 minutes, CreativeCOW.net leader Shane Ross will show you time-saving techniques for project and media management that the manual left out. For every version of Final Cut Pro.

"How do you get organized? Years of experience cutting different types of projects is one way, or you can get a copy of Shane Ross' Getting Organized in Final Cut Pro....worth every penny." -- Scott Simmons

View all COW Training DVD's at CreativeCOWTraining.Com



Creative COW Magazine



Recent Articles
Adobe After Effects
In this article Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks plans to go through some of the software options for checking greenscreens on set (Lensfeed, Veescope and Conduit Live).
Andrew Shanks
Adobe After Effects
Broadcast designer Kurt Murphy has been using After Effects since it went by the name of CoSA, but even then, Kurt found its one big drawback was the inability to create true 3D objects in 3D space. That is until Zaxwerks Invigorator came along. And now Zaxwerks Invigorator Training (Volume 1) by Serge Hamad is the perfect solution to get up to speed using this plug-in.
Kurt Murphy
Adobe After Effects Expressions
In this video tutorial, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a menu item for speeding up the process of copying expressions to other layers, without typing or altering the current values.
Aharon Rabinowitz
Adobe Flash
In this video tutorial from CreativeCOW leader Tony Ross, you will learn to create an Action/ Title Safe template in Flash. Use this as a guide when making animations or motion graphics going to DVD or TV. Using rectangle tool, transform window, saving layers as a guide, and learn to save a document as a template.
Tony Ross
Apple Final Cut Pro
Apple Automator is a tiny application included with Mac OS X with big power, quickly and easily creating custom workflows based on the work you actually do - no programming required. Its the perfect way to handle those pesky repetitive tasks in FCP. Do something once, then let Automator take it from there. This handy little tool can make the difference between keeping and losing your sanity -- and making or missing your deadline.
Cowdog
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz returns to the subject of Audio (Workflow tips #8) and shares a tip for working with audio waveforms that he got from an AE user via email.
Aharon Rabinowitz
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
Broadcast Design
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 Cows Bill ONeill shows how he combined greenscreen, 2D graphics and 3D compositing in a remarkable promo for Big Ten basketball. This Web Extra from Bills article in the Cow Magazines Commercials issue shows you rough edits along the way, and shares some of the production secrets for building an entire world in post.
Bill Oneil

View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library



Digital Juice



Industry News
Sony Creative Software Announces Finalists in "Technology in Motion" High School Film Contest

NewTek Now Shipping Next Generation TriCaster™ Portable Live Production Systems

France Télévisions Chooses Panasonic's P2 for Its France 2 Channel

Toon Boom and Automatic Duck Make Editing a Breeze

Ridata Adds Ultra-Large 32GB Model To Its Ultra-Fast, 233X LIGHTNING Series Of Compact Flash Cards

JMR Electronics BlueStor Storage Array Empowers HoneyShed’s Post Production Process



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Subliminal's Lyon Moves Solar Power Forward

Sundance Digital Unveils Digital Delivery Management Engine

Flashforward2008 Film Festival Nominations Open with Refined Categories

Sound Lounge Blows It Up for Capri Sun

MOO Studios Signs Pamela Hanson

SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Festival Award Nominees Announced

The Foundry’s Ocula Plug-Ins Remove Headaches From 3D-Stereo

Autodesk Acquires Assets of REALVIZ, Developer of Image-Based Content Creation Software

Final Cut's Ashley Kreamer Cuts Powerful "Unlikely Alliances" PSAs For Alliance For Climate Protection

Blackmagic Design Sweeps (five) Awards at NAB 2008 for Broadcast Videohub and Blackmagic Design Video Recorder

Boris FX Adds Seven New Transition Plug-ins to the Recently Released Final Effects Complete 5.0 Package

Sonnet Announces Expansion System for Fusion™ SATA RAID Storage

LiveTypeCentral.com releases 8 new LiveType Theme Packs

"Demystifying Digital Camera Specifications" Video Debuts on Panavision Website

Blur Goes Disco in Latest Spot from Pringles

Boom Director Brandon Dickerson Travels To Narnia With New Switchfoot Video

Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Kynogon SA

Al Watan Television Chooses Dalet News Suite

IRIDAS Brings New Stereo Tools to SpeedGrade




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



Tech Smith CAMTASIA



Hot Threads
Business & Marketing Forum
Create boards for pitches
I have seen a number of high end designers post on their sites boards they created, but weren't picked, for pitches. These boards look amazing. Is anyone else doing this and is there a job level at where this begins.

Sony Vegas Forum
Rendering AC-3 Audio for DVD Architect
I've tried several times to render the audio in AC-3 format for prepping to DVDA. The associated rendered MPEG2 video file size is 3.68GB so it's a fairly large project.

Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
Fastest way to transfer during live shoot
I'm about to do a 10 hour live concert shoot using five (5) HVX200s shooting 720p. Each camera will have a 16GB & a 32GB card.

Adobe After Effects Expressions Forum
Error with gravity expression
I have a gel capsule graphic that breaks open to drop sixty tiny capsules onto the floor, they then bounce up and down a few times then form a heart wave graphic. I am trying to get the bounce to look natural.



Maxx Digital



Upcoming Events
May 14, '08 -
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Film Arts Foundation Spring 2008 Classes Enroll Now San Francisco
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View more events at events.creativecow.net



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New Leaders
Dylan Reeve
Dylan Reeve
Auckland, New Zealand

Forum Host, Web Writer

Auckland,  New Zealand

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



Roland



Featured Leader
Meet Alex Udell, Creativecow.net Leader
Alex Udell

A south Florida native and an early adopter of digital media via DJ'ing and electronic music, Alex graduated from Florida State University in 1992 with a Cum Laude Communications Degree specializing in media production. After holding posts in production and master control at a local ABC Affiliate, more...
Featured Tutorial
After Effects Text Tips 2

In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores creating Text animators, and talks about why you might animate properties together or separately. more...

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



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