Jon Etheridge - Creative COW

After working in News for four years and then working for an advertising agency for a while I started my own motion graphics business. I'm proficient at Final Cut Pro and After Effects. One day I want to be a producer as well.

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System Details: 4 x 2.5 GHz Power PC G5
500 GB internal
Final Cut Studio
Cinema 4D
After Effects
Illustrator
Photoshop

Home Theater: One day...

Home Studio Musical Gear: does guitar hero count? :)

Hobbies and Interests: I'm one of those lucky guys who's hobby is his work. In my free time however I'm usually either writing or animating something for practice. (Cinema 4D is awesome!!) I'm thinking about starting an animated web series for fun.

Favorite Books / Authors: Film Making for Dummies

Favorite Bands / Musicians: Metallica, ACDC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and many many more.

Favorite Movies: Aliens, Return of the King, Snatch, Waking Ned Devine, Superbad, and Terminator.

Favorite TV Shows: Frisky Dingo, Lost, Squidbillies, and South Park.

Favorite Forums:

• Adobe After Effects • Adobe After Effects basics

My Recent Posts:

Re: After Effects CS4 Slow Rendering by Jon Etheridge on Oct 26, 2009 at 12:14:51 am
Re: After Effects CS4 Slow Rendering by Jon Etheridge on Oct 25, 2009 at 3:32:29 pm
Re: After Effects CS4 Slow Rendering by Jon Etheridge on Oct 25, 2009 at 2:49:19 am
After Effects CS4 Slow Rendering by Jon Etheridge on Oct 25, 2009 at 1:10:38 am
Getting the rights to use a song. by Jon Etheridge on May 7, 2009 at 2:37:35 pm
Re: Graphics package for Interactive DVD by Jon Etheridge on Apr 24, 2009 at 9:58:27 pm
Re: Creating a character out of paper pieces by Jon Etheridge on Feb 4, 2009 at 2:56:48 pm
Re: From Final Cut to DigiBeta and other questions by Jon Etheridge on Jan 28, 2009 at 10:03:10 pm
From Final Cut to DigiBeta and other questions by Jon Etheridge on Jan 28, 2009 at 9:11:27 pm
Happy New Year to Creative Cow by Jon Etheridge on Jan 3, 2009 at 10:56:32 pm
Re: Need After Effects Artist(s) by Jon Etheridge on Dec 24, 2008 at 7:32:32 am
After Effects Cartoonist by Jon Etheridge on Dec 8, 2008 at 6:55:23 pm
Re: Motion Graphics Intro by Jon Etheridge on Dec 8, 2008 at 6:49:46 pm
Re: Professional video by Jon Etheridge on Oct 27, 2008 at 3:45:09 am
Re: AE Selective Depth of Field - Far objects sharp close blurry by Jon Etheridge on Aug 21, 2008 at 7:50:34 am
Re: Fading out lights? by Jon Etheridge on Jul 28, 2008 at 11:08:40 pm
Re: Preventing curvy camera movement in AE? by Jon Etheridge on Jul 15, 2008 at 4:25:12 am
Re: text effect in after effects by Jon Etheridge on Jul 13, 2008 at 8:35:35 pm
Re: Man on Fire by Jon Etheridge on Jul 13, 2008 at 8:22:59 pm
Finding the Right Distributor by Jon Etheridge on Feb 24, 2008 at 11:09:57 pm

My Tagged Posts

Re: Shape Layers vs. Masks
by Jon Etheridge on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
Hey Jacob. Thanks for the nice words. The shadows create themselves. In After Effects on your timeline beside each layer is a set of buttons to the left of the parenting tool. The one that looks like a square turns...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Jakob Christensen

Re: Shape Layers vs. Masks
by Jon Etheridge on Feb 27, 2008 at 12:31:24 pm
in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum
Hello Jakob, I love the idea for your short and I defiantly want to see it when you finish. As far as shape layers go you are right, you cannot group them. But you can parent them. (link them...

first tagged as a 5 COW post by Jakob Christensen

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