In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Contributor Michael Mench begins a series called "Shake is Money" in which he will discuss how Final Cut Pro editors can quickly learn how to integrate Shake into their workflow for added flexibilty in the studio. In this first video in the series, Michael demonstrates how to use the 'Smooth Cam Node' in Shake. Use the Smooth Cam Node in Shake.
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 that's so popular right now. Use the color pass filter in Premiere Pro 2.0.
Have you ever created an effect in which your actor is throwing a fireball? Pretty cool effect, right? But something's wrong. It doesn't quite look real. In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Elvis Deane demonstrates relighting an actor that's throwing a fireball which will add realism to the effect. Relight an actor in particleIllusion.
In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a simple method of creating text wipe-on effects, and ways to enhance them with an updated look. Create & enhance text wipe-on effects in After Effects.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a simple method of ensuring Broadcast-Safe Colors in your final output. Ensure broadcast-safe colors in After Effects.
In this podcast, Creative Cow leader Andrew Kramer shows you how to use the "Per-Character Text Blur" effect, a new feature in After Effects 7. Use "Per-Character Text Blur" in After Effects.
In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the coveted Film Flash transition in After Effects, without the use of any 3rd-party plug-ins. Create the Film Flash transition in After Effects.
In this short After Effects tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates creating some cool volumetric lights without any plug-ins. So try it and enhance the "look" and "feel" of your projects by lighting them a little bit. The project files are also available on the site. Create volumetric lights in After Effects.
In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to Render a project on several computers at once (render farm), without the use of the After Effects render Engine. This may not be the most exciting video ever, but it's essential information when you need to render your really cool stuff quickly! Render an After Effects project on multiple machines.
In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create simple and complex multicolored gradient ramps in After Effects. No need to open Photoshop just to do your ramps ever again! Create multi-color gradient ramps in After Effects.
In this After Effects video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares helpful hints about working with audio, including avoiding a major pitfall, as well as better methods of timing video to an audio track. Work with audio in After Effects.
In this video tutorial, Andrew Kramer demonstrates how to create 'Time Freeze'. This effect is currently being used in 'Heros' and other popular TV shows. Learn about masking and time remapping. Create a frozen time effect in After Effects.
This tutorial creates several authentic lightsaber effects. Kramer has created a simple technique to make sabers with a breeze. Create a Star Wars lightsaber in After Effects.
In this video tutorial, animator Traylor Woodall demonstrates how to create 3D text or logos in Adobe After Effects without 3rd party plug-ins. Create 3D text in After Effects.
In this After Effects tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to create a radar that really works! You'll draw the radar, animate the target over it, and watch how the radar detects the object by itself, marks it on the grid and even makes a beeping sound. Create a working radar screen in After Effects.
Andrew Kramer takes you through the set-up for creating a day to night effect in After Effects. These are some more advanced techniques so make sure you are familiar with the software basics. Turn day into night in After Effects.
This After Effects tutorial shows you how to create an outward explosion, useful if you want to blow out windows or doors. Also create cool glowing flame effects for added realism. Make sure you have or get some fire/explosion footage to use for your effect. Create an outward explosion in After Effects.
Jayse Hansen demonstrates how to create graphic elements that will grow in After Effects. Now we have a step by step tutorial. More experienced users are welcome to skip around using the included menu. Using simple masking techniques doesn't always do the trick, this in depth tutorial gives you some better techniques. Make elements grow in After Effects.
Do much more with your PSP than just play games. This video will show how to load Windows Vista onto your PSP from your home computer. This will enable you to surf the net from your hand held device. Install Windows XP on a PSP.
Fabian Nunez Seixa explains that to hit a forehand volley, you should use the correct grip and be in the correct position which is three steps away from the net. When the tennis ball is approaching, you need to move the racquet toward the ball, keep your arm straight, and step diagonally forward. Hit a forehand volley in tennis.
Tennis professional Francis Ribeiro explains that to master the drop shot, you should be close to the net. You should bring your racket back farther than you would for a volley and step forwards as you chop down on the ball. This is an advanced shot that can wreck havoc on your opponents game. Master the drop shot.
All across the country, retailers like Best Buy, Target, and Walmart are gearing up for their Black Friday sales. Brick and mortar stores are already packed to the brim with inventory in anticipation of the craziness that will strike as soon as the doors open the day after Thanksgiving.
Sony just announced a new phone in its Xperia line that is equipped with what is quite possibly the finest front-facing smartphone camera ever. Dubbed the Xperia XA Ultra, the handset features a 16 megapixel "selfie" shooter with optical image stabilization to give you crisp, blur-free selfies even in low light. The front camera is also gesture-activated, starting a timer when you raise your hand; This should help keep your hand a bit steadier as the phone won't wobble as you tap the shutter....
Part of the reason bacon tastes so good is because of its high fat content, but that also means that it shrinks significantly when you cook it. How much it shrinks depends on how fatty it is and what method you use to cook it. Bacon cooked on the stovetop shrinks quite a bit more than bacon that's baked in the oven. DIY blog Franalan tested a Pinterest tip that claimed rinsing bacon under cold water before cooking it could reduce the shrinkage by up to 50 percent. Yes, we just wrote about how...
Hello everyone, I am Brandon Hopkins from TechHut and I am going to be showing you how to install Minecraft Texture Packs on Windows, Linux, and Mac. I will also link you to one of the best Texture Pack I have used and a website where you can download 100+ different texture packs.
Would you rather live far up in the trees? Or deep underwater? A Nevada family of scuba divers have built the ultimate childhood getaway: the Needham family's "Bubble Room" is an underwater fort that sits at the bottom of a lake in the Sierras. The room is an air-filled pocket, made with vinyl and anchored down by an octagonal framework of metal pipe.
In these great, in depth videos, you'll learn how to process and finalize your RAW files in Nikon's picture capture program: Capture NX2. Over 40 minutes worth of material ranging from how to set up the process all the way down to the actually finalization. Definitely worth a watch for any camera nut!
How to use the Transfer Case manual lever on a 2010 Toyota 4Runner with a few easy steps: The manual transfer case offers three drive modes: two wheel drive high range, four wheel drive high range, and four wheel drive low range. Shift the transfer case from the two wheel drive high to four wheel drive high while in motion. To shift from four wheel drive high to four wheel drive low, come to a complete stop, shift the transmission into neutral and move the transfer case lever to the four whee...
This is a song from HSM3 or High School Musical 3 starring Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens and other Disney stars. This is an original dance to 'Now or Never' but the song is wholly Disney from HSM.
This is a demonstration of High End exercises on the saxophone. This exercise involves the last five notes on the top, starting from B up to a high F and back down. There are also different combinations. This tutorial video is great for beginners and advanced sax players. Check out this instructional sax video that shows you how to practice these high end exercises and improve your saxophone playing skills!
This fitness how-to video demonstrates proper form and technique doing a sumo dead lift high pull with a kettlebell. Sumo dead lift high pulls with kettlebells are an effective way of strength training. Follow along with this video workout to learn how to do kettlebell sumo dead lifts with high pulls.
High heels to dance in? While a high heel might seem awkward to dance in, a good rule of thumb is to go by what sort of heel you're used to using anyway. Watch this video dance tutorial and learn how to pick out a pair of high heels for Latin dance class.
In this video you will learn how to make a high voltage, high frequency power supply in just five minutes, and for less than twenty bucks. All you'll need is a compact fluorescent light (CFL) and a flyback transformer to make that alternative energy source of yours.
Check out this video to learn how to play high major chords on the fret board of a ukulele! Part 1 of 2 - How to Play high major chords on the ukelele.
Learn how to create a high score table for Flash games using Armorbot.com Part 1 of 2 - How to Create a high score table for Flash games.
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A high waisted skirt is one of the most flattering skirts you can wear. Because it's cinched in directly at the smallest part of your midsection - your waist - you automatically get an hourglass figure silhouette.
Need some high quality images to work on? High resolution images are those that are at least 300 dpi (dots per inch)... In layman's terms, high quality. When an image is less than 300 dpi, you will notice a loss in quality and an add-in of pixelation when printed.
Explanation of the "540 kick", a 360° spinning kick landed on the kicking leg. This high jumping, high kicking move will surely impress.
Learn how to do high speed photography with Bre Pettis. To do high speed photography correctly, you need to link a strobe to your camera as shown by Mr. Pettis of Make Magazine. Then you can create cool pictures just like him.