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This video teaches you how to optimize videos using VirtualDub and then how to dub the videos to make the people in the video say whatever you want.

In this tutorial Jimmy goes over the versions of CamStudio 2.5 and VirtualDub 1.7.3 that he uses to create his video tutorials and gives you his recommendations on what settings work best for screen capture, recording and editing.

Jeff Schell walks you through simple yet effective methods to show two people having a phone conversation on screen at the same time. Jeff starts by showing you how to quickly make a picture-in-picture effect in Premiere Pro CS3, and then adds on a cross-dissolve transition to fade the video in and out. Jeff then demonstrates how to use the Position property to slide a clip to one side, so the people on the phone are side by side.

Jeff Schell walks you through the necessary steps to edit video from multiple cameras, when you have multiple cameras set up and all of the cameras are shooting the exact same scene. Premiere Pro CS3 has a built-in Multi-camera editing mode, ideal for shoots where multiple cameras are taping the same event--such as a sports, theater, or a wedding.

Jeff Schell walks you through, step by step, how to create a handful of different track mattes in Premiere Pro CS3. Schell discusses where you can apply a track matte, how to expand it, how to apply and expand a blur, and what track you want to borrow the shape from. He also shows us how to apply a track matte with a title, and details the effects of a luma matte.

Jeff Schell shows you some of the options and configurations available when working with images that do not match the dimensions of your program monitor in Premiere Pro CS3. In addition, Jeff will introduce you to the 'Automate to Timeline" feature that helps you quickly create a photo montage or slide show with the click of a button.

Jeff Schell walks you through a few quick methods of making your titles appear less "computer-generated." This includes adding a linear gradient fill to the title as well as adding a soft Gaussian Blur to reduce the "computer crispness" of the text.

In this tutorial you will learn how to use the "write on" effect in Premiere Pro CS3. Specifically you will learn how to create an animated line that goes across a map to show the route taken.

In After Effects 6.5, Adobe introduced Incremental saves. Rather than waiting for the auto-save to catch the latest revision to your project, incremental save allows you to manually save a new file, incrementing the name of your project in numeric integers. CINEMA 4D does the same. And with a little configuration, you can make it act exactly the same as in After Effects.

This tutorial covers gathering up all of your data. In AE: Collect Files. You can do the same in CINEMA 4D. If you're not familiar with collecting files in After Effects, the video hits the rough outline.

Maxon's CINEMA 4D allows users to add a module called HAIR, integrating custom hair control to 3D projects. However, sometimes users may want to export the HAIR geometry to non-HAIR users. The process, although easy, isn't necessarily obvious. Here's how you can do it, or at least one way to do it.

Colin Lea has come up with a tutorial for creating animation that simulates slot machine reels. Ko Maruyama has made this video version of the tutorial for you to learn from.

Renato Tarabella's popular CINEMA 4D plugin called "Path Deformer LITE" is a favored tool because it does many things quickly and easily. Because the LITE version of the plugin is free, many people quickly download it, and get snagged by a couple of easily corrected mistakes. This tutorial shows you how to get past them.

This tutorial goes over how to edit the text document that controls the hot key (shortcut key) commands. It doesn't go into the advanced commands or even begin to describe the various commands that you can invoke by changing the text document, but most of the users who will be editing this are ADVANCED USERS. NEVER. NEVER change the shortcut settings on a machine that is not yours and ALWAYS. ALWAYS make a backup copy of the document before you start to work on it.

This three-part tutorial goes over how easy it is to incorporate and apply shaders within your 3D project in CINEMA 4D (release 9). The first part goes over material properties, the second goes over using Deepshade, and the last goes over manipulating default lighting to get a quick preview of the specular attributes of your textures.

If you've ever wanted to quickly create a simple starfield (with a constellation) in Photoshop, here's how. This is part one, creating the source material for the After Effects project that follows in Part 2 ("Fish Star").

In this CINEMA 4D tutorial, you'll learn a simple way to create some fake looking watery liquid stuff. An object, a spline and Path Deformer Pro will get you on your way. Be aware, Path Deformer is a plug-in.

This tutorial shows you the proper way to copy a mask in After Effects to the position property of another layer (and use it as a keyframe).

A beginner's introduction to CINEMA 4D. Learn how to use the basic tool set in Maxon CINEMA 4D R10 for a variety of purposes including animation, motion graphics, modeling, and rigging.

Learn some of the basics of Wondertouch's particleIllusion 3.0 software and how to create a smoking text effect using it.

Learn how you can use Wondertouch's particleIllusion 3.0 software to add 3D particle effects to videos or images. This video specifically goes over importing your footage.

This tutorial shows you how to learn some basics of using cloth textures and effects in Maxon CINEMA 4D R10.

In this Particle Playground tutorial, Jerzy Drozda Jr (aka Maltaannon) demonstrates how to generate particles from live action footage without using any keyframes or expressions. The idea of this is to show you how to generate particles that inherit motion and velocity from live footage, not just make fire. Particle Playground is an After Effects plug-in.

Aharon Rabinowitz shows you several popular techniques and tools for creating 3D extruded text in After Effects. Some of the solutions he discusses are the shatter effect, plug-ins like Zaxwerks and another shadow and RGB value method.

Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Photoshop CS3's Vanishing Point tool to convert a flat 2D image into a 3D object in After Effects CS3. This may sound pretty basic, but After Effects doesn't always import the Photoshop coordinates correctly and this tutorial shows you how to fix it.

Painting in Final Cut Studio can be a lot of fun without the mess. This tutorial by Contributing Editor Stephen Smith showcases Motion's new paint feature. Learn how it can be used to create a brush stroke across your video.

Answering a commonly asked question, broadcast editor and Creative Cow leader Walter Biscardi shows you how to take advantage Final Cut Studio's Color's node-based compositing to create a vignette in the ColorFX room.

In this tutorial Chad demonstrates how video sequences can be shortened or lengthened using Time Stretching in Adobe After Effects CS3.

This two-part video is designed for people who are very familiar with CINEMA 4D. When you're using CINEMA 4D, you can setup channels for export to compositing applications, but sometimes a material change is more efficient and easier. In this first part, you will learn how to set up a material tag on any shape that contains a CAP or a ROUNDING feature. In the second part you'll create some quick buffers (a trick which is especially useful when creating some alpha channels from animated MoGraph...

Changing the duration of a particleIllusion composition doesn't necessarily mean that your particles will abruptly stop. It's all about how your emitter is set up. This tutorial will show you how to change the frame rate and keep your particles flowing.

Who says you can only get Homer's favorite food in Springfield? In the first part of this tutorial, you'll learn how easy it is to make a plain cartoon style (specifically Simpsons style) doughnut using CINEMA 4D. In part two you'll slather it with icing.

There are some very powerful tools in CINEMA 4D that you can use very quickly to create some 3D graphic elements. Once you start practicing you'll find it may be easier to create your own reference than to find the "just right" one on the web. So, if you're in need of some barbed wire, for reference or otherwise, check this tutorial out. Of course, it takes quite a bit longer to actually SHOW you how to create the barbed wire (creating the barb, wrapping it around the wire, using MOGRAPH in...

If you know how to use After Effects, you're probably very familiar with the ability to add 3D lights to a scene, and allow them to interact with 3D layers. In 3D applications like CINEMA 4D, lights are an essential part of your project, but how do you make them look at a specific "point of interest" or object? This tutorial shows you how.

In CINEMA 4D you can "parent" objects in a manner similar to After Effects. This video shows you how to use parenting relationships to group objects and hide (shy) layers.

This tutorial will show you how to create and save layouts in CINEMA 4D. The process is similar to doing the same in After Effects 7.0 in which panes and panels within the application can be moved around quickly and effortlessly to create a custom workspace, or several different workspaces that are custom tailored to the way you work.

This tutorial is for users familiar with After Effects 7 who want to start learning CINEMA 4D. It shows you how to take advantage of the FULLSCREEN mode, and changing the hotkey to tilde (~) just like After Effects 7.

Virtual CD technology allows you to copy CDs and DVDs to your hard drive so that you can play them without a disk. Learn about ISO files and how to use a virtual drive program like Daemon tools to create and open them.

Learn how to use Avid Interplay Window to access remote assets with working in Avid editing applications. This tutorial covers finding and using remote assets, checking in media, and capturing.

Learn how to edit video using Avid Xpress Pro HD. This tutorial covers every stage in the process of creating and editing a project including managing a project bin, capturing and importing video and other files, basic editing techniques (including effects and titles), and how to output your project to video or DVD.

Learn how to edit video with Avid Media Composer Adrenaline HD. This tutorial covers every stage in the process of creating and editing a project including managing a project bin, capturing and importing video and other files, basic editing techniques (including effects and titles), and how to output your project to video or DVD.