COW Tutorials

Re: Cheating with FCP by Neil Weaver on Sep 17, 2009 at 2:08:56 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Thanks everyone. Grading with Color is certainly a next step - have followed a couple of your Cow tutorials on the basics Walter. (Am interested in buying the DVD, but there appear to be some shipping issues??) I'm pretty au fait with the 3-way Re: Matting moving text over an image by John Fishback on Jun 30, 2009 at 3:47:56 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro basics Forum Here are 3 Cow Tutorials by Walter Biscardi. You should find your answers here: #1 http://library.creativecow.net/articles/biscardi_walter/FCPTravelMat1.php #2 http://library.creativecow.net/articles/biscardi_walter/FCPTravelMat2.php #3 http Re: Controlling Strokes in a 3D Space. by Roland R. Kahlenberg on Jun 30, 2009 at 2:55:29 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum Have you seen any of these COW tutorials? http://library.creativecow.net/articles/kramer_andrew/nano.php http://library.creativecow.net/articles/chao_joe/genie_2.php I think they will be helpful. Cheers RoRK broadcastGEMs - AEPro Volume Re: combining videos by Tim Robinson on Jun 17, 2009 at 1:26:55 pm in the Adobe Premiere Pro Forum ...and after effects. You might want to do a little search of cow tutorials and post in the after effects forums for additional references. Tim Robinson tim@erobinsons.com Pride-Mobility-Products Corporate Video Editor Re: creating a galaxy by Roland R. Kahlenberg on Jun 8, 2009 at 4:50:36 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum I've seen an AEP using Particular to create something similar. Checkout the Trapcode People website. Also, Serge has done some nice space imagery at the COW - check out his COW tutorials. HTH RoRK broadcastGEMs - AEPro Volume 02 (Professional Ad Re: bulb / lamp recommendation for Lowel Rifa 88 by Mark Suszko on Jun 2, 2009 at 2:51:23 pm in the Lighting Design Pros Forum I am a huge Rifa fan, we have them in several sizes. I would hope you got the eggcrate directional diffuser for it, that will help you put the light just where you want it and not on the green screen, while still having that Vermeer-like wrap-around Boris FX Podcast from Creative COW by Creative COW on May 20, 2009 at 5:08:44 pm in the Boris FX Forum Boris FX tutorials now come in convenient portable sizes for your iPod, iPhone or any device that supports iTunes or Video Podcasts. Find the list of podcasts and a link to the XML file here: http://podcasts.creativecow.net/boris-fx-tutorials-pod Re: animate/jump still image in FCP by Eric Holzapfel on May 18, 2009 at 11:04:48 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Hello Guys, I have semi-good news. I do not want to cut the cannon out of the image. That would be a fair amount of work. Although, after I become more familiar with AE, that would be a good exercise for me! My first idea is to just move the ent Re: COW Tutorials: Apple Shake Keying 101: Light Wrap and Edge Blend by Ludovic Schweitzer on Apr 10, 2009 at 3:06:18 pm in the Apple Shake Forum Hi JM, Always glad to help. I had the idea to use the reorder node while reading another great tutorial on light wraping. It explains how to apply a directional lightwrap. Maybe you'll like it : http://www.briankloc.com/tutorials/tutorials.h Re: COW Tutorials: Apple Shake Keying 101: Light Wrap and Edge Blend by Jm Chadillon on Apr 10, 2009 at 2:55:09 pm in the Apple Shake Forum Ludovic, thanks so much for responding. This will definitely help in the future because since i couldnt figure out the light wrap i abandoned the idea of doing it in shake and exported my RGB+ animations over to AE and finished everything off in Re: COW Tutorials: Apple Shake Keying 101: Light Wrap and Edge Blend by Ludovic Schweitzer on Apr 10, 2009 at 9:28:04 am in the Apple Shake Forum Hi JM, I'm new to shake and got the same problem as you with the Andrew's tutorial. I found the solution : on top of the light wrap group, you just have to add a "reorder" node with channels set to "aaaa". Have a nice day, Ludovic Turn Video into Cartoon- Motion Freezes by Adam White on Apr 7, 2009 at 11:56:15 pm in the Apple Motion Forum I have been following Aharon Rabinowitz' tutorial on turning video into a cartoon using Adobe Illustrator, found in the Creative Cow tutorials section. However, I do not have AE and have been following along in Motion 3. I have been able to achieve t Re: COW Tutorials: particle Illusion Orbing and Beaming Effects by Martin Stromko on Mar 28, 2009 at 6:15:22 am in the particle Illusion Forum Hi I cant find the orbing effect can you send me link where can I it download? Re: COW Tutorials: particleIllusion Disintegrating People and Other Things by Alan Lorence on Mar 11, 2009 at 4:27:28 pm in the particle Illusion Forum You're using an old version of the software I think. Alan. www.wondertouch.com Re: COW Tutorials: particleIllusion Disintegrating People and Other Things by keith evans on Mar 10, 2009 at 10:03:28 pm in the particle Illusion Forum I'm also missing the start and end fields in the Background Image property box. There are a start/end fields to fill in for sequence or avi in the tutorial image. Anyone know why the end field is not there? Impressive edit of the week by Mark Suszko on Mar 9, 2009 at 4:22:26 pm in the Art of the Edit Forum This guy grabbed footage from many different youtube music playing tutorial videos, diced it up and recombined it to create a brand new piece of music, the video goes along with the accompanying sound samples so you see who's part belongs where. I im 3DS Max Tutorials - From Michael Hurwicz by Creative COW on Mar 6, 2009 at 3:44:39 am in the Autodesk 3ds Max Forum Two new 3DS Max video tutorials from Michael Hurwicz: Autodesk 3ds MaxIntroduction to the View Cube and the Steering WheelIn this 3ds Max tutorial, Michael Hurwicz provides an introduction to the View Cube and the Steering Wheel, new features in 3 Re: ProRes Recapture by walter biscardi on Feb 12, 2009 at 11:00:50 pm in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Have you look at Chris Poisson's HDV to ProRes tutorial? It's in the Cow Tutorials section.Walter Biscardi, Jr. Biscardi Creative Media HD and SD Production for Broadcast and Independent Productions. Read my Blog! STOP STARING AND START GRAD Re: Best quality output for web uploads by Dave Johnson on Feb 11, 2009 at 10:32:07 pm in the Adobe After Effects basics Forum My pleasure, Jeff. It's been many years now since I did any training beyond minor refresher/update type stuff so I don't make a point to keep up with the current resources. With that said, in my opinion, the best way to learn anything is always via New Photoshop Tutorials by Creative COW on Jan 29, 2009 at 9:07:22 pm in the Adobe Photoshop Forum iPod VersionHD VersionFind many great Adobe Photoshop video tutorials available in the Creative COW Library and as podcasts. New tutorials are available each week as podcasts and are then released the following week in our library. Easily subscribe t New Photoshop Tutorials by Creative COW on Jan 29, 2009 at 9:07:22 pm in the Adobe Photoshop basics Forum Re: COW Tutorials: Apple Shake Keying 101: Light Wrap and Edge Blend by Jm Chadillon on Jan 25, 2009 at 6:18:46 pm in the Apple Shake Forum Andrew, i get what you are trying to do. but what node are you coming out with. I have my tree setup for keyed footage like this: file in, then i have seperate dialate and erodes with blurs and keylights for garbage and holdout mattes then i put Re: COW Tutorials: 3ds Max Flying Through Clouds by Theo Aquitanious on Jan 7, 2009 at 5:45:43 pm in the Autodesk 3ds Max Forum Hi. Jonas, the tutorial is great. I did suffer some of the problems mentioned above at first, but i cant remember how i overcame them. i am a Max noob so i had to search around for some of the options you mention (as you say, you have to assume a ce Re: fx help ,,is there a better or faster way to do this shot by Jan Sherlink on Jan 7, 2009 at 9:50:46 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum There is a better way, but not really a faster one. You'll need to use masks to make a clean roto. Search the cow tutorials and internet for rotoscoping in AE. Use separate masks for arms, legs and body.cya, Jan Re: COW Tutorials: After Effects Creating a TV Screen by Andy Burchett on Dec 28, 2008 at 5:51:06 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum I'm using After Effects CS4 and I tried doing this. I got to the part where you make the shape of the TV screen with the mask going from a square to a circle. I got nothing like that. I rotated it and I got something that was half the original size i Re: Moving the Shatter 'World' by Roland R. Kahlenberg on Dec 19, 2008 at 2:51:30 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum [Avrohom Kohn] "http://www.revostock.com/TAMotion" So that's you. Cool! Like I said Particle Playground should do the trick for you. The 3D rotation of the particles should be done in a pre-comp. I've got a couple of COW tutorials on Particle Playgr Re: displacement map problems by Roland R. Kahlenberg on Dec 16, 2008 at 2:29:12 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum You need to understand the mechanics of AE's Displacement Map plugin. With respect to a displacement map (image), mid-level gray - RGB (127,127,127) results in no displacement for the effected layer (not the displacement map - but of course). White Re: COW Tutorials: 3ds Max Flying Through Clouds by Bradford Alicea on Dec 15, 2008 at 10:20:19 am in the Autodesk 3ds Max Forum Hello Jonas, thanks for the awesome tutorial. The final QT video is very inspiring. Unfortunately I am unable to achieve the same results. I seem to be having problems with creating the "cloud" material. I am stuck on the "fluffy teapot" section. COW Tutorials: Business & Marketing Staying Effective in Tough Times by Kathlyn Lindeboom on Dec 2, 2008 at 6:48:36 pm in the Business & Marketing Forum If you haven't seen this article in the library yet, be sure and check out: Marketing: Staying Effective in Tough TimesCreative Cow's Nick Griffin says that, "When we’re in a changing marketplace, we can go in one of two directions: we can make Re: It's been a great ride... by James Dierx on Nov 18, 2008 at 10:47:51 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum Aharon, You helped me out so much! I did creative cow tutorials @ my old job everyday. Now I'm sitting in a room with clients making changes on the fly. I'd say you sent me off on the right foot ;) cheers. -James Re: Trying to achieve a simple 3D line, drawn in from off camera. by Roland R. Kahlenberg on Nov 4, 2008 at 5:23:52 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum Below are a couple of COW Tutorials to help you create extruded objects. http://library.creativecow.net/articles/drozda_jerzy/CEShapeExtruder.php http://library.creativecow.net/articles/mylenium/pseudo_extrude.php Once you've done that, the mask t Re: Animating masks to reveal portions of the logo in time by Roland R. Kahlenberg on Nov 4, 2008 at 2:24:58 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum There are two COW tutorials that cover this topic. http://library.creativecow.net/articles/kantorski_kevin/signature.php http://library.creativecow.net/articles/rabinowitz_aharon/animating_signature.php HTH RoRKbroadcastGEMs.com - the leader in cu Re: Audio File to drive animated Noise/Volume Meter by Brian Jones on Sep 9, 2008 at 10:04:31 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum I know how to create the animation, thanks to the previously mentioned COW Tutorials. What I'm looking for is suggestions on the audio file used to drive the animation. I have a couple songs(Remember When and Mount Wroclai) that have worked well bu Re: COW Tutorials: After Effects Creating a Light Saber by James Gordon on Sep 9, 2008 at 1:53:26 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum Just thought you guys might like a ringing endorsement of this plug-in... I was recently brought a few clips for America's Next Top Model where there was an extremely short turnaround but the producers wanted a more realistic laser effect of some mo Re: COW Tutorials: After Effects Scribble Effect - Part 1 by Ron Lindeboom on Jul 25, 2008 at 2:35:12 pm in the COWmunications feedback Forum The tutorial is there. I just clicked on it and it works as it should. I suspect that you have something wrong on your end as it is playing fine here.Best regards,Ron LindeboomRemember: Burt Bacharach lied. What the world really needs now is an undo Re: COW Tutorials: After Effects Scribble Effect - Part 1 by Umer Zafar on Jul 25, 2008 at 9:37:28 am in the COWmunications feedback Forum tutorial missing. kindly repostRegards Muhammed Umer Zafar Re: COW Tutorials: After Effects Building a 3D World by Ryan Brown on Jul 21, 2008 at 5:49:37 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum I understand. I guess I was hoping for the videocopilot version on dvd that might take you through the process...I'd rather keep the pipeline within the creative suite rather than having to jump into 3D apps and then back to CS to finish the job...We Re: COW Tutorials: After Effects Building a 3D World by Ron Lindeboom on Jul 21, 2008 at 12:43:55 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum No, because it involves some rather advanced techniques that if you know them, then you can create what you see in Bill O'Neil's tutorial. It is an advanced tutorial, not a beginner or even intermediate tutorial. Sorry. This is one you have to work u Re: COW Tutorials: After Effects Building a 3D World by Ryan Brown on Jul 20, 2008 at 7:21:05 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum Is there any step by step tutorials that might help in learning how to create this?Ryan Brown DowntownBrownEnt. Become replaceable. Have a life with better FCP project management by Dustin Lau on Jul 15, 2008 at 12:00:00 am in the Apple Final Cut Pro Forum Sure, being replaceable can be scary -- but sometimes you NEED somebody to step in and help. Here are some of the tricks that Cow author Dustin Lau has learned for project set-up, file naming, and clear communication with other members on the team. T mixing 2 actionscripts found in tutorials to achieve website goal. by richard smith on Jun 18, 2008 at 7:20:49 pm in the Adobe Flash Forum hi guys, im trying to create a website in flash, so far i have what you see at www.purplehazefilms.com quite simple using the actionscript code stop(); function menuNav(event:MouseEvent):void{ gotoAndStop(event.target.name); } nat.addEventLi Re: COW Tutorials: Adobe After Effects Weather Replacement in AE CS3 by Andrew Muir on Jun 9, 2008 at 1:17:47 pm in the COWmunications feedback Forum Hi, i've watched your tutorial on weather replacment and i cant seem to find the effects that you've used to create the rain in the scene, eg. cc rain. i seem to recall seeing a link for them a long time ago, but cant seem to find it now. Thanks. Re: COW Tutorials: After Effects Building and Animating a CG Snake by Niklas Froese on Jun 7, 2008 at 8:10:56 am in the Adobe After Effects Expressions Forum hey! i know it's some time ago, this tutorial was up, but i just discovered it. it was very useful for me, because your technique nearly solves all of my problems. but there is one more challenge, which i personally can't compete with. so you chain Does AE recognizes Adobe Illustrator cliping mask? by Marcel Leite on May 31, 2008 at 9:43:16 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum I am trying to animate a character. I'm using the mouth sinking techinique from the creative cow tutorials. My illustrator eyes have a cliping mask on the iris, so i can double click on it and move the iris within the eyes inside illustrator... but w The Skin used for Cow Tutorials, and Video Settings? by Ryan Walker on May 28, 2008 at 9:42:01 pm in the Adobe Flash Forum Hey guys! I was just wondering what the skin for the player was, that is used for the tutorials here on Creative Cow? Is that added in Flash, or is there a much more simple answer. Here is an example of the skin I am talking about, just in case Im Re: Turning code into photo? by John Felt on May 26, 2008 at 10:12:05 pm in the Adobe After Effects Forum Thank you for your response That's one of my favorite Creative Cow tutorials, and I am definitely borrowing some of the techniques from it. However, and I guess I didn't explain this above, but I would like to use card wipe to do it, except that ca BMX Ninja 3! by Chris Brackley on May 26, 2008 at 11:48:49 am in the Adobe After Effects Forum Hi all, new poster here, a student at Sunderland University in the UK. I hope this is not an inappropriate post for this particular forum, but I really wanted to show you folks what I've been able to produce thanks to the Cow podcasts from Aharon a Re: COW Tutorials: Zaxwerks Understanding Custom Edges by Serge Hamad on May 15, 2008 at 7:37:26 pm in the Zaxwerks Forum Hi, You must be using Invigorator 4.5. Make sure you're modifying the Custom Edges folder in the My Documents/Zaxwerks/Invigorator" folder, not the installation folder as it used to be. Salut, Serge Invigorator/Proanimator Training: http://librar Re: COW Tutorials: Zaxwerks Understanding Custom Edges by Cory Travalena on May 15, 2008 at 6:15:36 pm in the Zaxwerks Forum I have created a custom edge in illustrator, then save the project. When I click the reload custom edges button, nothing happens. What am I doing wrong. My custom edge won't come up. I even saved a new project, and moved the old one to a different lo Re: Need Advice - Suggestions for EX1 by Craig Seeman on Apr 4, 2008 at 4:44:59 am in the Sony EX Series XDCAM Forum If you put an 1920 by 1080 image in a 720 by 480 or 720 by 576 (PAL) timeline you have A LOT of room to zoom in or pan left/right etc without any loss of resolution. If you're not sure what "Keyframing" is you've got some very very basic things you 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 Adobe Flash Using After Effects and Flash This is part of a presentation Jim Tierney will be giving at After Effects West. The presentation will be on using AE and Flash together, with some intro tips for Flash, info on what is supported as vector (the info presented here), the best way to get it out of AE, the best way to get it into Flash, and when and why you should use AE to create Flash content. Tutorial Author: Jim Tierney

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