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Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
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Podcast :: DVD's :: Articles / Tutorials :: Industry News :: Top Threads :: Upcoming Events :: Featured :: This Week's Jobs

EXPANDED ONLINE EDITION:

Lighting Shadows

In this extended version of his article from Creative Cow Magazine's "Visual Effects Issue," lighting expert and instructor Rick Wise draws on his decades of experience to illustrate how shadows can be the most important part of how a scene is lit. Learn how to control the direction and quality of your lighting design to add texture, dimension, and force to your images. Read more...



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Podcast
Charlie GroverSubscribe with iTunesCreative COW Podcast
Episode #052 - December 02, 2008
by Franklin McMahon
(16012904) -- 12/2/2008

Apple LogicCharlie Grover is a professional musician and Apple certified trainer, he talks about Apple's Logic Pro 8 and discusses comparisons to Pro Tools and Soundtrack Pro, favorite features and audio tips. Charlie is also the Cow leader of the Creative Cow's Logic Pro forum.

Also in this episode: Latest news on Blu-Ray players and 16-layer 400GB discs, USB 3.0, broadband for America, 64GB P2 cards ship and more.


Subscribe with iTunesAdobe After Effects Tutorials Podcast
Analyzing Motion
by Carl Larsen
(10:57) -- 11/28/2008

In this After Effects video tutorial podcast, Carl Larsen will show you how to use offset tracking to analyze the motion of an object over time.
View more podcasts at cowcast.creativecow.net



COW Master Series Training DVD's
After Effects: The Next LevelAfter Effects: The Next Level
50 Tutorials To Set Your Work Apart
$39.95

Full-size versions of the world's most popular AE podcast provide over 6 hours of techniques and tips to take your work to the next level. Ideal for both working AE pros, and student who hopes to become one. Also includes AE 7 project files.

View all COW Training DVD's at CreativeCOWTraining.Com



G-Tech



Recent Articles
Adobe After Effects
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson demonstrates a quick, easy and very high quality bleach bypass effect right inside of After Effects.  Understand what the term refers to and how to simulate it in the digital intermediate process or on digital video, using After Effects.
Grant Swanson
Adobe After Effects
In this tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Carl Larsen shows you how to track a lens flare onto a 360 degree camera-aware environment using Trapcode Horizon.
Carl Larsen
AJA Kona
Need SD upconversion for HD projects, and HD cross-conversion? Broadcast editor and Final Cut Pro community leader Shane Ross recently had a DVCPRO HD project shot with the Panasonic Varicam and HVX-200 at 23.98 that had to be converted to 1080psf 23.98 for delivery on HDCAM. After long research and experience with many FCP-compatible cards, he concluded that the AJA Kona 3 was the way to go. It even handles SD upconversion too, all in real time. Read why he chose this specific card, and how he got the job done.
Shane Ross
Adobe After Effects
In this tutorial, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Carl Larsen shows you how to track a lens flare onto the surface of a 360 degree camera-aware environment without the use of a third-party plug-in.
Carl Larsen
Cinema 4D
In this tutorial, Broadcast Designer Jason Brown will show you how to knock out a vector logo from Adobe Illustrator into a 3D logo in Maxons Cinema 4D. The tutorial also touches on basic texturing, lighting and animation.
Jason Brown
Business & Marketing
Creative Cows Nick Griffin says that, When we’re in a changing marketplace, we can go in one of two directions: we can make smart choices or dumb, knee-jerk reactions. In this article, Nick explores ways that we can make the smart choices and hopefully avoid becoming a casualty of the market malaise that is resulting from the real estate and stock market collapses of 2008.
Nick Griffin
Art of the Edit
Steve is a Senior Compositor and 2D Technical Director with over 20 years of production experience. His credits include over 60 films including as “Traffic,” Blade: Trinity”,“Ray”, “Batman & Robin”, “U-571”, “Air Force One,” TV shows including “Deadwood,” and over 70 commercial spots. In this Creative Cow Magazine Extra from the Visual Effects issue, Steve talks about invisible effects in projects he has worked on, with ideas you can use for your own projects.
Steve Wright
Art of the Edit
Looking for smooth shoots even on extreme locations? 24P, film look, Depth of Field converter, advanced compositing and sound design -- its all here. In this Creative Cow Magazine extra from the Workflow 3.0 issue, Carl Larsen shows you how to avoid problems through planning, along with invaluable tips for cinematic storytelling on a tight schedule.
Carl Larsen

View these and more articles at the Creative COW Library



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Industry News
Panasonic Announces Availability Of VariCam 3700, Premier Solid-State P2 HD Cinematography Camcorder

Panasonic Announces Availability Of 64GB Solid-State P2 Card

Sony Creative Software Introduces New Download Delivery Option for All Products in its Royalty-Free Content Line

NewTek Releases Graphics Packs for Sports

CGI house applies unique strategy, seamlessly integrates CGI and real environment

Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Softimage



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eyeon Generation on World Tour

Blackmagic Design Collaborates with Adobe India to Showcase Video Solutions on Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium

Harris Corporation Wins Broadcast Technology Solutions Awards at China’s BIRTV2008

Broadcast Videohub from Blackmagic Design, Wins Producción Profesional Magazine’s ‘Post Production Product of the Year’

CHILI GmbH implements hardware accelerated features of the Matrox Xenia Series

TMPGEnc MovieStyle Video Converting Software Adds Support for iPhone 3G and Others

Smithsonian Channel™ Signs Licensing Deal with Thought Equity Motion

Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 v.4.0.1 Announced

Total Training Adds New Audio Software and Audio Technician Courses To Total Training Online

HP, Autodesk and NVIDIA Join to Spur 3-D Adoption

Boris FX Announces Special Pricing on Boris Continuum Units

Canon U.S.A. Introduces The REALiS WUX10 And The REALIS SX80

Sonnet Offers Significant Savings on Award-Winning Fusion™ F2 Portable Storage Systems

Cycore Systems today announced two brand new effect packages for Adobe After Effects

NVIDIA Tesla Makes Personal Supercomputing a Reality

Digieffects Ships Simulate: Camera

Hollywood Post Alliance Recognises Panasonic AVC-Intra 100 Codec Breakthrough With Engineering Excellence Award




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



TechSmith



Top Threads
Business & Marketing Forum
Is corporate video relevant today and how ?
The other day I had a very successful business person tell me that video was all "fluff" and not necessary in the corporate world. Ouch!

Cinematography Forum
Close ups
Do I keep shooting until the whole video is shot, then go back and shoot the close ups, or do I cut between exercises and shoot the close ups then?

Panasonic HVX - HPX (P2) Forum
HPX2000 Scene Files
I'm thinking of using DRS and the "filmlike 3" gamma. Any advice or scene files would be great.

SANetworks Forum
I don't need SAN....Do I?
Do I need a SAN in this MAC / FCP only setup?



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Advanced Editing Techniques in Final Cut Pro
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Got Media



Featured Leader Featured Tutorial
Meet Brian Artka
Brian Artka

About himself, Brian Artka says: "Growing up, I taught myself just about everything one would want to know about computers and how they work. Later, I began designing web pages and felt visually connected with everything I witnessed. Digital video came along and grasped my attention quicker tha more...
The Ultimate Real-world FCP FAQ, part 2

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 more...

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