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	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

	Apple Final Cut Pro Keyframing Color Correction In this episode of Final Cut Help, Richard Harrington takes a look at keyframing the three way color corrector in FCP. As details change in a movie clip you can have the filter adjust its values over time. This example uses a video of a bird starting in a bright sky and ending in water which is darker, the contrast transition is controlled by keyframing the saturation and color correction. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington

	Red Giant plug-ins Creating a Summer Blockbuster Film Look In this action packed episode of Red Giant TV, Sin City's Visual Effects Supervisor - and the new Creative Director of Red Giant Software - Stu Maschwitz, shows you how to get the Summer Blockbuster look seen in Transformers 2, Terminator: Salvation, and The Taking of Pelham 123. Stu shares valuable techniques for enhancing your footage with Magic Bullet Looks and Colorista - the technologies he invented for his own use on feature films. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Stu Maschwitz

	Apple Color Saturation Curves in Color In this Apple Color tutorial, Richard Harrington along with color expert Robbie Carman create the Pleasantville effect in Apple Color. Using the secondary curves, specifically the saturation curve, to isolate just the yellow in a taxi cab everything else in the video clip can then be desaturated to create this popular effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington

	Apple Color Custom Shapes in Color - Final Cut Help In this Apple Color tutorial Richard Harrington and guest Robbie Carman will use user defined shapes to form vinettes to perform a secondary color correction. Learn about where primary and secondary color correction really occurs in Apple Color and other tips and tricks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington

	Apple Color Introducing: Stop Staring and Start Grading with Apple Color Allow us to introduce one of the most eagerly anticipated DVDs in Creative Cow Master Series history, Walter Biscardi's overview of Apple Color. Building on nearly 20 years of professional editing experience, as well as years of experience with Apple Color (and FInal Touch HD before it), he's got the perfect perspective to make working in Color easier than you imagined. It's the disk he wished he had when he started using Color. Feature Author: Walter Biscardi

	Adobe Photoshop Color Range Command Some free tricks on how to use the color range command in Photoshop. Many people use the old method of utilizing the magic wand tool for selecting areas of color, the color range selection tool has more flexibility and control. Richard walks you through using this tool and shows some new features added in Photoshop CS4. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington

	Apple Color Apple Color: First Time You Launch In this Apple Color video tutorial, Walter Biscardi demonstrates everything you need to know the first time you launch Apple Color. This is a basic level tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi

	Apple Color Should you use Final Cut Pro or Color? Should you use Final Cut Pro or Color? In this short video tutorial, Walter Biscardi demonstrates some of the differences and why you might use one program over the other. This is a basic level tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi

	Apple Color Apple Color: Auto Balance Feature In this short Apple Color video tutorial, Walter Biscardi demonstrates the auto balance feature in color. This is a basic level tutorial. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi

	Apple Color Apple Color: Building Vignettes in the ColorFX Room Apple Color offers a variety of tools for custom effects, each with different features. Answering a commonly asked question, broadcast editor and Creative Cow leader Walter Biscardi shows you how to take advantage Colors node-based compositing to create a vignette in the ColorFX room. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi

	Apple Final Cut Pro Preparing Your Sequences to Go From FCP to Color Yes, Apple Color is connected to Final Cut Pro...but not exactly integrated. Creative Cow leader Walter Biscardi, one of the worlds most respected experts on the connection between the two, will help guide your sequences safely from FCP to Color -- and show you why its worth the effort. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Walter Biscardi

	Apple Final Cut Pro 3-Way Color Corrector - Final Cut Help In this Final Cut Pro video tutorial you will learn about using the 3-way color corrector with skin tones and how the color corrector behaves when adjusting the color of two subjects in identical scenes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington

	Sony Vegas Sony Vegas Pro 9 In this article, CreativeCOW's Jim Harvey takes a look the new release of Vegas Pro 9 and determines ...This is one of the most comprehensive editing suites out there and certainly the most comprehensive version of VEGAS to be released. Review Author: Jim Harvey

	Cinematography Pushing the Limits on Pushing Daisies Visual Effects Supervisor William Powloski helped create one of the most eye-popping worlds ever seen on TV, as part of a feature film aesthetic on a TV budget and schedule. Although it was canceled after only two seasons, it remains one of the most beautiful and innovative programs to ever air on US television. In an extended version of the original article in The Visual Effects Issue of Creative COW Magazine, here is an exclusive look at how he and his team helped pull it off. Feature, People / Interview Author: William Powloski

	Adobe Photoshop Secondary Color Correction with Curves A tip on how to use Photoshop CS3 Extended to color correct video clips. Using Adobe Bridge to open the video file with Photoshop, he then uses LAB color mode and adjustment layers to turn a red truck into a green truck. A curves adjustment layer alters the a channel of the video, altering the color and a photo filter adjustment layer finishes it of by creating a cooling effect to the clip. Finally, the video is rendered with Photoshop back out to the hard drive. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Richard Harrington

	Adobe After Effects Color Grading in After Effects: Basic Color Control This series is discussing a couple of approaches towards color grading using After Effects 5.5. Barend Onneweer starts out with a rather mathematical approach to match the overal color balance between shots. This procedure can also be put to good use to correct badly white-balanced video. Tutorial Author: Barend Onneweer

	Adobe Premiere Pro High-bit Color Support in Adobe Premiere Pro 2.0 What does the new color depth capability in Premiere Pro 2.0 actually do? How does it differ from its sibling applications? And most importantly, what can it do for you? In this article from Timothy Kurkoski, we're going to explore the enhanced color features in Premiere Pro 2.0 and find out. Tutorial Author: Timothy Kurkoski

	Adobe Premiere Pro Using the Color Pass Filter IIn this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aanarav Sareen demonstrates how to use the Color Pass filter to achieve that black and white plus one color look thats so popular right now. Tutorial, Video Tutorial Author: Aanarav Sareen

	Autodesk Combustion Using the Diamond Keyer of Combustion 4 to change a selected color In this tutorial, Ayman Abdel-Basset demonstrates how to use the new Diamond Keyer of Autodesk Combustion 4 along with the Color Correction operator to change the selected color of the footage. Tutorial Author: Ayman Abdel-Basset

	Autodesk Combustion Combustion: Replacing A Color using the Color Suppression Operator Beginners in Combustion often ask the question: My actor's shirt is green. How do I change it to blue? In this tutorial, Ayman Abdel-Basset demonstrates how to change one color in an image to another color. And he does it in Combustion without extra plug-ins. Tutorial Author: Ayman Abdel-Basset

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