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	Media 100 | Media 100 HD VoiceOver Recording in Media 100 Suite In this video tutorial, Floh Peters takes a look at Media 100 Suite's new VoiceOver Tool. The VoiceOver Tool allows direct-to-timeline audio recording while playing back timeline audio and video. Primarily designed for recording narration, the VoiceOver Tool leverages Media 100 Suite's new MultiClip architecture to allow for multiple takes nested inside a single audio clip in the timeline. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Floh Peters

	DaVinci - NEW ! Blackmagic & DaVinci, and What It Means Blackmagic founder Grant Petty says that the company's purchase of DaVinci systems actually fits exactly what they have done all along: build the kinds of products they have needed for their own postproduction business, and being the kind of company they'd want to do business with. While important details are still being worked out, Grant has some very clear visions about how these practices can help rebuild one of the industry's most respected brands. People / Interview Author: Grant Petty

	Red Giant plug-ins Controlling Time with Audio - Part 1 In this episode, Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use audio to control time. Youll learn how to make your video automatically move forward in time to the beat of the music - a technique used in tons of music videos and commercials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aharon Rabinowitz

	RE:Vision Effects Lip-Synch with Twixtor Key framed alignment of video to audio. In this tutorial from RE: Vision Effects, Lori Freitag covers the basic concept of aligning a video track to a different audio track using Twixtor. As an example we lip-synch an outdoor shoot to a studio recording. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Lori Freitag

	Business & Marketing Free video and demo reel hosting comes to Creative COW CreativeCOW.net has added free hosting for demo reels, music videos, commercials, short films, trailers and other media files that our members want to use to promote their businesses or just show their work. We support up to 900 pixels wide, up to 100MB in size, with AAC audio encoding. Review, Editorial, Feature, Business Author: Ron Lindeboom

	Adobe After Effects Using Text Jitter in Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text Filter This video tutorial from Dirk de Jong gives you an in-depth look at the Jitter feature of Boris Continuum Complete 6 AE's Extruded Text filter. Basic functionality of the Jitter feature is explained and demonstrated. Then, the Jitter feature is shown in the context of a more developed effect involving audio and After Effects Camera and Lights. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Dirk de Jong

	Media 100 | Media 100 HD MultiClip Editing in Media 100 Suite In this new video tutorial, Floh Peters of Magic Eye takes a look at Media 100 Suite's new MultiClip Editing feature. Ideal for music videos, studio and on-location television, concerts, and live events, MultiClip Editing facilitates real-time editing of multiple video and audio sources in a familiar, easy-to-use interface. A camera can be added to an existing MultiClip as its source media becomes available, allowing you to begin cutting a multicam shoot faster than ever before. Cameras can be synced via timecode, sync marks, or in-points. When syncing via timecode, additional footage can even be assigned to an existing camera - extremely helpful in situations where a camera has been stopped to change tapes or batteries. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Floh Peters

	Audio Professionals Real Basic Audio Stuff: A Tutorial from Peter Perry This article by Peter Perry is intended for those new to the audio side of video production. As many discover when they go to post with their first project, achieving good sounding audio requires attention to details often overlooked by inexperienced shooters, and that many audio problems are difficult or impossible to fix in post. The focus of this article is to help anticipate and avoid many of those problems. Tutorial Author: Peter Perry

	Audio Professionals Jim Harvey reviews PC Audio Editing: Broadcast, Desktop & CD Audio Production Jim Harvey takes a look at PC Audio Editing: Broadcast, Desktop & CD Audio Production by Roger Derry. ~ This book is published by Focal Press. Read why Jim gives this book 4 1/2 COWs and says,''It really belongs on your shelf if you are starting out with audio editing, and if you are already fairly comfortable with audio it is an excellent reference work.'' Review Author: Jim Harvey

	Audio Professionals Recording Multi-cam Audio Editing multi-cam audio is a hot NLE feature. Maybe youre ready to shoot the video -- but are you ready to capture multiple audio sources for your multi-cam shoot? Brandt Sleeper offers tips for multi-cam audio shoots, from ENG to the front row. Tutorial Author: Brandt Sleeper

	Audio Professionals Audio Post Production for Digital Video by Jay Rose CreativeCOW leader Timothy Allen takes an in depth look at Jay Rose's Audio Postproduction for Digital Video and determines that every serious non-linear editor should have this book. Read why Timothy, who is a multiple Emmy award winner as well as an accomplished musician, gives this new book in the CMP Books DV Experts Series such high marks. Review Author: Timothy Allen

	Media 100 | Media 100 HD New Audio Mixing Features in Media 100 Version 13 In this Media 100 video tutorial, Floh Peters of Magic Eye (Germany) takes a look at Media 100 Version 13's new multi-channel audio output capabilities. With Version 13, you can assign multiple audio tracks to virtual buses and process each bus separately in the timeline. Each bus can separately master to one or more output hardware channels. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Floh Peters

	Audio Professionals Audio Techniques for Video Editors Are you a video editor hoping to add more richness to your audio? In the world of video editing, its not uncommon for video editors to rely on others to perform audio post production on their projects. But in this article, well focus on ways that you can get better audio without having others do it for you. Tutorial, Feature Author: Marco Solorio

	Audio Professionals Jim Harvey reviews An Introduction to Digital Audio Jim Harvey takes a look at An Introduction to Digital Audio by John Watkinson. ~ This book is published by Focal Press. Read why Jim says this book is a comprehensive book in every respect, but not for the faint of heart or those wishing to have guidance of a more practical nature in producing their audio. Review Author: Jim Harvey

	Live & Stage Events Flypacking for the Dalai Lama Need a single, portable production package for image magnification, broadcast and webcast - all at the same time? Don't panic. Let Todd Gillespie's experience help lead you to inner peace. Editorial Author: Todd Gillespie

	Audio Professionals SonicFire Pro: Great Audio Made Easy In this article, Ron Lindeboom shows why SmartSound's Sonicfire Pro is a video content creator's dream tool. If you have a studio filled with MIDI equipment, you write your own stuff, or you love to build loops layer upon layer upon layer for hours ... then SFP is probably not for you. But if you need great audio and you need it now -- and most importantly, you need it to fit your exact edit requirements -- then Sonicfire Pro is well worth exploring. Ron concludes that this is one tool that he refuses to be without. Review, Tutorial Author: Ron Lindeboom

	DVD Authoring Designing the Neil Young Archives An inside look at the four-year process of creating the most ambitious multimedia Blu-ray experience yet, an immersive chronicle of 10 years in an amazing rock and roll life. Editorial Author: Megan Mckenna

	HD High-End HD Unleashed In this review from The Creative COW Magazine, Charles Papert, SOC, sets his Steadicam free with wireless, uncompressed HD using the IDX CAM~WAVE. Review Author: Charles Papert

	Apple Final Cut Pro Final Cut Studio 3 is here, and all is good! Our man in Nepal, Jiggy Gaton, likes to live for danger. He installed a major software upgrade mid-project, with virtually no preparation, just to see what would break. Lo and behold, it all worked! And the more Jiggy works with it, the better he's liking it. Join him in this Creative COW, Real-world, Real-time Report on Final Cut Studio 3. Review Author: Jiggy Gaton

	Broadcast Video Bessie's New Tool Round-up There are a lot of new products designed with your heavy lifting needs in mind. Here are a few that have recently managed to catch our eyes. Review Author: Cowdog

	Adobe After Effects Creating an Audio LED Meter In this Tutorial, Roland Kahlenberg demonstrates creating an 'as real as you want it to be' audio LED meter using Motion Math and Expressions. At the bottom of the page is a sample of its use in Roland's demo reel -- just to give you a 'real world' example. Tutorial Author: Roland R. Kahlenberg

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