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 in After Effects.
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" in After Effects.
Unsharp mask in Paint Shop Pro is the preferred method in sharpening. What this tool does, is increase the contrast between light and dark. In other words, it makes lines darker, giving the illusion of being sharpened. This tutorial shows you how to use it.
My first tutorial on Valve's Map Editor: This is just a quick guide to get started creating maps for Counter-Strike:Source, Half-Life2, Garry's Mod, or any other game using the Source Engine. In this tutorial, you learn the basic tools of Valve's Map Editor: Hammer.
Sick of standard stereo sound in the videos you make? Well, try making them with surround sound next time using Sony Vegas - this tutorial shows you how.
This tutorial teaches you how to use, download, and install brushes for Photoshop! This tutorial was taught with Photoshop CS3 Extended, other versions of Photoshop may differ.
This tutorial shows you some totally hip and smashing effects with light rays and text in Sony Vegas. Difficulty: EasyPrior Knowledge: Basic Keyframing
This tutorial shows you how to create a cool red fire effect on footage in Sony Vegas. This particular footage is from Halo 3, but you could use any video game gun firing footage or whatever.Difficulty: Medium, HardPrior Knowledge: Masking
This tutorial teaches you how to record internal sounds from your soundcard such as Microsoft Sam, or audio from a YouTube video using Audacity or a recording program.
Montagical is here to answer the top 10 most asked questions about using Sony Vegas. So, if you are a new Sony Vegas user or just curious about some of those pesky questions, check out this video and see if your FAQ gets answered.
This two part tutorial covers all the basics of learning how to keyframe in Sony Vegas. More advanced techniques are covered in Montagical's other tutorials, but if you're new to Sony Vegas, this will be the place to start.
This tutorial shows you how to use transitions and media generators in Sony Vegas. You should have a basic idea of how Sony Vegas works first, and if you don't, you can watch Montagical's other tutorials here first.
This tutorial from Marty shows you how to use some basic video effects in Sony Vegas. He also gives some forgotten tips on creating keyboard shortcuts if you watched that tutorial.
This tutorial explains what rotoscoping is, and how to do it, despite him not doing it, in Sony Vegas Pro.Difficulty: Depending on Frames, Advanced/HardPrior Knowledge: Masking, Panning/Cropping, Basic Video Effects, Track Manipulation.
This two part tutorial for Sony Vegas explains how to use 3D (axis' X Y Z). It will tell you the fundamentals to work in 3D space, and also give examples of using this.
This tutorial teaches you all about blurring in Sony Vegas! Learn how to adjust the angle of blurring, the strength, and the different types of blurring.
This tutorial explains a brand new effect Marty Schindler created himself. Watch and learn how to create a Circle Color Effect (CCE) in Sony Vegas 7.Difficulty: ModeratePrior Knowledge Needed: Color Correcting Skills
This tutorial for Sony Vegas goes over credits and how to customize them. Credits can be a pain in the neck, but hopefully this video can help you get over that. Be careful, credits can cause problems and are often thrown away in the end anyways.If you like basic things, and don't have a problem with plain looking text, then credits are for you!
This tutorial shows you the fundamentals of the cookie cutting effects as well as the basics of the newspaper/print effects. Enjoy! 2 In 1 Tutorial I suppose.
This tutorial for Sony Vegas teaches you the complete fundamentals for building a simple and short, yet catchy intro. Also explains what metronome is and what it does. This tutorial is for more advanced Vegas users.
