| | | | 3d masking in 3ds Max
by purplepixel on Jun 25, 2007 at 12:35:37 am
in the Autodesk 3ds Max Forum
invisible and also know abut the matte/shadow material which knocks out the object in 2 dimensions to the background but does not act in a 3d way. I'm suprised that this 3d masking technique isnt a standard effect as I ... | | | | |
| | | | News: BorisFX Announces Final Effects Complete 5 Sparks
by Cow News Droid on Sep 5, 2008 at 5:40:45 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
customizable presets, the ability to save/load Final Effects Complete presets from Adobe, Avid, and Apple host applications, and the built-in Boris PixelChooser matte and masking system. FEC 5 Sparks offers full multi-processor support for optimal performance under Linux. “Final Effects ... | | | | |
| | | | Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 8 vs Pro 8.0
by Theo van Laar on Apr 14, 2008 at 10:21:37 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
for a holliday video. Vegas 8 pro will give you as many tracks as you like. In addition, vegas 8 pro will give you far more possibilities for making compositions like masking and better tools for color correction. So if ... | | | | |
| | | | Blue screening with blue shirt ... ?
by Dumeyni Arnaud on May 9, 2008 at 8:40:21 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
with Aaron's super-tight junk matte. Head is ok, and i got a decent matte for the shirt but i can't get rid of the spill without making holes to the shirt matte. I tried masking its shirt and using a ... | | | | |
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Adobe Flash
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Creating Self-Writing Text in Flash
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross demonstrates how to create text writing itself via masking in Flash. Tools used include Brush tool, Selection tool as well as masking.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Tony Ross |
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| | | | Can After Effects do this easily?
by Larry S. Evans II on Sep 5, 2008 at 7:26:40 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
same lighting conditions as the actual shoot, and little moving traffic (cars, people, birds, etc.). You can then position the clean plate on a layer above the video and use masking to eliminate background areas while giving the illusion that ... | | | | |
| | | | News: Red Giant Software Acquires Digital Anarchy Plug-Ins
by Cow News Droid on Aug 4, 2008 at 3:57:07 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
high-quality creative software for professional photographers, Photoshop artists and graphic designers. Since 2001, our tools have solved a wide range of design issues, from masking out bluescreens for commercial still photography to generating custom lighting effects. Digital Anarchy products work ... | | | | |
| | | | News: Red Giant Software Ships Radium Glow
by Cow News Droid on Jun 23, 2008 at 6:25:32 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
Glow provides pinpoint control over the glow, with editable shapes that can generate precise outlines or create glimmering points. The advanced edge controls, built-in masking, and output controls in Radium Glow let you mimic real light behavior. The three plug-ins ... | | | | |
| | | | Lighting Problems to be fixed in Post
by Andrew Dickinson on Sep 2, 2008 at 11:04:01 pm
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
darkened vignette of the improperly lit background and leave the rest as close to what it is as possible. I've tried a number of things, and am afraid I'll have to resort to masking the entire 10 minute video. I've ... | | | | |
| | | | Need help with color correction (Night Shot issue)
by Harrell Williams on Aug 31, 2008 at 8:48:07 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
be once I save, then render the footage? Also, seems every Track FX I choose, when preview displays my experiments on the 1/2 of the preview screen, it seems the FX is only masking the footage. Meaning, any thing I ... | | | | |
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Adobe After Effects
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On Set Keying
In this article Creative Cow Leader Andrew Shanks plans to go through some of the software options for checking greenscreens on set (Lensfeed, Veescope and Conduit Live).
Review, Feature
Author: Andrew Shanks |
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| | | | Adding Affects to certain colors in a Still Image
by Connor Flynn on Aug 30, 2008 at 12:42:12 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Hello everyone, I'm relatively new to Sony Vegas and was seeking some help. I understand all basic concepts so you can skip the small talk, i.e. keyframing, adding affects, tracks, and masking. However... I was wondering... with the sophistication of ... | | | | |
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Adobe After Effects
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Creating the Sin City Effect
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Grant Swanson will take you step-by-step through the easiest and fastest (and extremely effective) way of creating the popular Sin City effect - colorized objects in a black and white world. You will learn basic techniques when working with color, and some useful masking/rotoscoping techniques.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Grant Swanson |
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| | | | News: Announcing the Mystical Painter Bundle
by Cow News Droid on Apr 24, 2008 at 7:38:40 pm
in the News & Press Releases Forum
natural results you can achieve are visually stunning. Mystical Lighting includes powerful features like layers, layer presets that record and replay effects, masking layers and unlimited undo capability. Using this feature rich application the user can work in a high-grade ... | | | | |
| | | | Cracking Concrete
by Brian Lynn on Aug 10, 2008 at 3:31:05 am
in the Adobe After Effects Forum
dust flying out from the wall in specific places. Comedy moment when one friend tried to blow powder for us, and inhaled with the straw in his mouth! Using some creative masking I was able to reveal the damage as ... | | | | |
| | | | Talking head
by Allen Zagel on Aug 19, 2008 at 1:16:19 am
in the Sony Vegas Forum
Also you can just crop the video, put it on the track above and do a picture-in-picture. Another way is to use Vegas's Bezier masking to cut out the head. Ed Troxel's Tips & Tricks newsletters go into some detail ... | | | | |
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Adobe Flash
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Pencil v.2 Drawing a Curved Line
In this Flash video tutorial, Pencil Drawing part 2, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates drawing a line. Learn how to use Masking, Motion Tweens, and Motion Guide Layers to create an animated pencil drawing a curved line. Tools used are the Rectangle tool, Pencil tool, and Free Transform tool.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash
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Optical Illusion, part 2
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross demonstrates part 2 of a 3 part series, creating optical illusions in Adobe Flash. Create a tunnel illusion using Motion Tweens and Masking. Tools used include the Oval Tool, Free Transform tool, Gradients, and the History panel.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Tony Ross |
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Adobe Flash
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Pencil Drawing in Flash
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Tony Ross introduces drawing techniques in Flash, as well as how to use Masking, Motion and Shape Tweens to create an animated pencil drawing a line. Tools used are the Rectangle tool, Pencil tool, and Free Transform tool.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Tony Ross |
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Adobe After Effects
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Simulating a Tornado in After Effects
Mark Simpson uses the masking capabilities of After Effects along with some 3rd party plug-ins to simulate an animated Tornado. This tutorial is in response to the many requests about how to make a Tornado in After Effects. This simple tutorial uses the pen tool to create multiple masks in conjunction with the 'Turbulator' plug-in, to make a quick and dirty Tornado. It can't compete with the advanced particle emitters of a dedicated 3D app, but it is sure to be useful in some instances, where the lack of time or high end 3D tools required for a fully realistic tornado are not available.
Tutorial
Author: Mark Simpson |
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Apple Motion
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Apple Motion - TV Screen Part 4
In this Apple Motion tutorial Ben Scott shows you how to create a TV screen effect inside Apple Motion. This is part four of a series that can be found in the Creative COW Final Cut Studio Tutorials Podcast.
Tutorial, Video Tutorial
Author: Ben Scott |
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Adobe After Effects
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Combining Volumetric Lights and Grid Basics
Aaron Slater was working on a music video in which his images would 'flash' within a basic grid to the beat of the music. Here's a tutorial demonstrating his technique combining volumetric light effects with the grid.
Tutorial
Author: Aaron Slater |
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Adobe After Effects
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Lon Clark looks at After Effects in Production
Like many Adobe After Effects users, Trish and Chris Meyer's book ''Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects'' has long been Lon Clark's Holy Grail of AE information. (Besides Creative Cow, of course!) The pages of my copy are dog-eared and coffee stained from countless sessions of late-night referencing, and I regard it as an indispensable book in my collection. The Meyer's second AE book, published by CMP Books (the publishers of DV Magazine) is ''After Effects in Production: A companion for Creating Motion Graphics,'' and as excellent as CMG is, ''After Effects in Production'' is the perfect sequel.
Review
Author: Lon Clark |
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Podcasts | | | | final cut studio tutorials podcast
Apple Motion - TV Screen Part 4
In this Final Cut Studio tutorial podcast Ben Scott shows you how to create a TV screen effect. using generators, masking, vector masks, behaviors and keyframing in Apple Motion. | | | | |
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