http://www.creativecow.net Video and audio Podcasts for Creative Media Professionals World-wide. en-us cow Technology No The Podcast for Media Professionals - More Signal, Less Noise. COW stands for Creative Communities of the World, this podcast is the place for all things creative. The Creative Cow Team covers video, audio, design, digital effects, editing, music, 3D, DVD, animation, motion graphics, Flash, Apple Final Cut Pro, Adobe Photoshop and After Effects, Combustion, hardware, moviemaking, digital compositing and all aspects of the creative media industry including Mac and PC. Featuring interviews with industry leaders, hardware and software reviews, technology news and much more. Explore more at www.creativecow.net The Podcast for Media Professionals - More Signal, Less Noise. www.creativecow.net The Creative Cow Team ron@creativecow.net Ron Lindeboom news, technology, animation, photography, marketing, Adobe, Mac, design, audio, digital, 3D, DVD, motion graphics, Flash, Final Cut Pro, Apple, FCP, Photoshop, After Effects, Combustion, hardware http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/ae-quicktips-6-remove-color--232 In this podcast tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz adds to the concepts he covered in his tutorial Straight Vs. Premultiplied. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Aharon Rabinowitz 05:29 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/CCQT_6_Remove_Color_Matting.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/crime-and-chaos-part-2--231 In this video tutorial, Eran Stern will show you how to project text on the floor using light transmission feature in After Effects. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Eran Stern 09:15 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/C_C_Podcast_Part_2.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/crime-and-chaos-part-1--230 In this After Effects video tutorial, Eran Stern shows you a how to build a 3D scene using Photoshop CS3 Vanishing Point and re-light it inside After Effects. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Eran Stern 10:42 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/C_C_Podcast_Part_1.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/shape-tips-2-creating-complex--229 In this After Effects podcast tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to combine several shapes to make a complex shape. Fri, 13 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Aharon Rabinowitz 06:27 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Shape_Tips_2_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/a-walk-in-the-park--228 In this video tutorial, Eran Stern shows you a how to track objects that are moving out of frame using expressions and AE motion tracker. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Eran Stern 17:52 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/AWITP_Podcast.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/ae-quicktips-5-perspective-offset--227 In this podcast tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a cool tip for adding depth to your Fractal Noise animations. Fri, 30 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Aharon Rabinowitz 04:45 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/CCQT_5_Perspective_Offset_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/shape-layer-tips-1--226 In this podcast tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to move beyond the Basic shape tools to create your own custom shapes. Fri, 23 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Aharon Rabinowitz 02:12 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Shape_Tips_1_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/tornado-text-part-2--225 In this tutorial podcast, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern enhances the 3D ribbon text composition by adding a ripple effect to the floor plus a flock of fireflies that dance around the scene. Fri, 16 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Eran Stern 11:53 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Tornado_Text_02_Podcast.m4v http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/tornado-text-part-1--224 In this tutorial podcast, Creative Cow Contributing Editor Eran Stern shows you a very cool way to create 3D ribbon text animation using After Effects CS3 Text tool. Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Eran Stern 11:00 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Tornado_Text_01_Podcast.m4v http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/ae-quick-tips-4-copy--223 In this tutorial podcast, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a menu item for speeding up the process of copying expressions to other layers, without typing or altering the current values. Thu, 01 May 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Aharon Rabinowitz 03:00 http://www.creativecow.net/aepodcast/casts/CCQT_4_Copy_Expression_POD_iPod_Lo_FIX.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/ae-quick-tips-3-show--222 In this tutorial podcast, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz returns to the subject of Audio (Workflow tips #8) and shares a tip for working with audio waveforms that he got from an AE user via email. Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Aharon Rabinowitz 03:22 http://www.creativecow.net/aepodcast/casts/CCQT_3_Show_Waveform_POD_iPod_Lo_FIX.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/ae-quick-tips-2-preserve--221 In this tutorial podcast, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed feature in AE that can help you when trying to create transparency in an image by using the layers below as the source of that transparency. Thu, 17 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Aharon Rabinowitz 02:46 http://www.creativecow.net/aepodcast/casts/CCQT_2_Preserve_Transparency_POD_iPod_Lo_FIX.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/ae-quick-tips-1-grow--220 In this tutorial podcast, CreativeCow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a an often-missed tool that can help you out in a pinch, by expanding the boundaries of your footage. Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast, tutorial podcast, ae podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial podcast Aharon Rabinowitz 03:36 http://www.creativecow.net/aepodcast/casts/CCQT_1_Grow_Bounds_POD_iPod_Lo_FIX.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/afterista-part-2--219 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern continues to animate the vector shapes using After Effects and finalizing the design for our Telenovela opener. Thu, 03 Apr 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast,adobe after effects video tutorial, ae podcast Eran Stern 14:00 http://www.creativecow.net/aepodcast/casts/Afterista_Part_02_Podcast.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/afterista-part-1--218 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates a cool way of designing a text title for a Telenovela soap opera opener using Illustrator open type font. Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No adobe after effects podcast,adobe after effects video tutorial,after effects text tips Eran Stern 10:38 http://www.creativecow.net/aepodcast/casts/Afterista Part 01 Podcast.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/an-introduction-to-shape-layers--217 In this Podcast Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Shape Layers, one of the most powerful features in Adobe After Effects CS3. Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No shape layers, after effects podcast tutorial, after effects tutorial, adobe after effects tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz 09:57 http://www.creativecow.net/aepodcast/casts/Shape_Intro_POD_iPod_Lo.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/invisible-cape--216 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern with the help of his brother Yuval will show you a simple method to create the famous invisible look inspired from the movie "The Predator" Fri, 14 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No after effects podcast, after effects tutorial podcast, digits man, ae podcast, adobe ae podcast Eran Stern 11:26 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Invisible_Cape_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/tv-screen-part-4--215 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. Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0700 No apple motion, motion, apple motion tutorial, podcast, podcast tutorial, tv screen effect Ben Scott 17:24 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/final_cut_pro/episodes/tv_screen_4.m4v http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/after-effects-text-tips-3--214 (Correcting and easing your After Effects text animations) In this podcast tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores a few ways to correct some common problems experienced when creating text animators. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No Adobe After Effects, text tips, text animators, after effects podcast, after effects tutorials Aharon Rabinowitz 04:53 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/CC_Text_3_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/final-cut-pro-open-format--213 In this video tutorial podcast Ben Scott explains what makes the best HDV render settings in Final Cut Pro. This tutorial covers the open format timeline and improved workflows using new codecs with HDV. Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No final cut studio, fcp, final cut pro, tutorial, podcast, tutorial podcast, render settings Ben Scott 06:29 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/final_cut_pro/episodes/hdv-open-format.m4v http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/after-effects-text-tips-2--212 In this podcast tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores creating Text animators, and talks about why you might animate properties together or separately. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No Adobe After Effects, text tips, Photoshop text, text animators Aharon Rabinowitz 08:22 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/CC_Text_2_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/final-cut-pro-qmaster-basic--211 In this Final Cut Studio tutorial Ben Scott shows how to get all your processors to work in Compressor by using Apple Qmaster distributed processing to improve rendering times. Wed, 27 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No final cut studio, fcp, final cut pro, tutorial, podcast, tutorial podcast, Qmaster, compressor 3 Ben Scott 03:08 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/final_cut_pro/episodes/qmaster.m4v http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/digits-man-part-2--210 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern will continue to finesse the design of the Digits Man promo. Learn how to create a subtle background using the Shape Tool and spice it further with additional effects and Text animations. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No after effects podcast, after effects tutorial podcast, digits man, ae podcast, adobe ae podcast Eran Stern 12:11 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Digits_man_2_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/final-cut-pro-compressor-deinterlacing--209 This Final Cut Studio tutorial covers deinterlacing at best quality for effects work. Ben Scott shows how to use Compressor to improve the deinterlacing process and further effects work like tracking in Apple Motion. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No final cut studio, fcp, final cut pro, tutorial, podcast, tutorial podcast, deinterlacing Ben Scott 04:03 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/final_cut_pro/episodes/compressor-deinter.m4v http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/digits-man-part-1--208 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern will show you a cool technique for filling an image of a human head with animated numbers using After Effects CS3's Text tool. Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No after effects podcast, after effects tutorial podcast, digits man, ae podcast, adobe ae podcast Eran Stern 08:48 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Digits_man_1_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/using-the-echo-effect-with--206 In this podcast tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some tips and tricks for working with the Echo effect. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No echo effect, animated layers, tutorial, podcast, after effects cs3, after effects, adobe Aharon Rabinowitz 05:55 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/CC_Echo_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/blend-and-bend-time--205 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates how you can create the illusion of time bending with a special focus on the correct way of using the CC Time Blend FX. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No cc time blend, time blend, time bend, after effects cs3, after effects, adobe, adobe after effects Eran Stern 10:53 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/TimeFX_Podcast.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/creating-a-hologram-look-in--204 In this 2 year anniversary episode of the AE podcast, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz returns to one of his earliest tutorials, "Creating TV Look," and shows how it can be used to create the look of a Hologram as seen in science fiction movies. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No hologram, after effects cs3, after effects, adobe, adobe after effects, podcast, tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz 14:33 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/CC_Hologram_POD.mp4 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/smoking-letters-in-ae-cs3--203 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Eran Stern demonstrates a quick, easy way to make a smoky title effect. Fri, 18 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No smoking letters, after effects cs3, after effects, adobe, adobe after effects, podcast, tutorial, vi Eran Stern 08:51 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Smoking-Letters-iPod.m4v http://cowcast.creativecow.net/podcast/creating-a-skybox--202 In this week's podcast Creative Cow Leader Jerzy Drozda shows you how to create a Skybox, the illusion of distant or even infinite 3D surroundings - in this case, a star field. Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:00:00 -0800 No skybox, star field, after effects, adobe after effects, adobe after effects tutorial, tutorial Maltaannon (Jerzy Drozda Jr.) 07:11 http://cowcast.creativecow.net/after_effects/episodes/Skybox_iPod_Lo.mp4