Meet Aharon Rabinowitz

Aharon Rabinowitz www.allbetsareoff.com New York City, New York USA

Using both 2D and 3D software to bring his ideas to life, Aharon's work can be seen on television almost everyday. His credits include animation for Jimmy Neutron, MTV, Sesame Street, Verizon and Nickelodeon. Through beta testing and consulting, the combination of both his artistic and technical skills has helped breathe life into software from Adobe, Curious Labs, Corel, and Innuendo Software.

When he's not animating, Aharon can be found helping his friends brew beer, dancing the Salsa with his wife, or futilely trying to stop his cat, Ford, from scratching the couch. He plays several instruments (not often enough) and sings in the shower (too often).

Aharon is also the creator of the first DVD in our Creative COW Master Series of training products with his particleIllusion Fusion: Vol. 1. This disk is the fusion of wondertouch particle Illusion and Adobe After Effects. Aharon is the author of our best selling "Internet Killed the Video Star: Compressing Video for the Web" DVD from the Creative COW Master Series.

And check out Aharon's AE Podcasts-- tutorials specially formatted for the video iPod.

COW Master Series Titles

After Effects: The Next Level, vol, 2

After Effects: The Next Level

You can find Aharon Rabinowitz hosting in Creative COW's and Red Giant plug-ins Forum.

Articles by Aharon Rabinowitz

	Adobe After Effects The Bourne Flashback: Creating a Flashback Look In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the flashback look as seen in the film The Bourne Ultimatum with some extra touches and hints. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Looping Particle System In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz (Along with the help of his daughter Noa) shows you how to create a looping particle system in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Shape Layer Tip #3: Trim Paths In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use shape layers to easily create that Old-School look where a red dashed line animates over a map to indicate travel destinations. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating the Jumbotron Look in After Effects Its game time baby! In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the look of a giant monitor, such as the kind you might see at a stadium or concert. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Changing Shortcuts with After Effects In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to be an AE road warrior by changing the keyboard shortcuts to account for missing keys on a laptop - such as the Ram Preview key or the Audio Preview key. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #6: Remove Color Matting In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz adds to the concepts he covered in his tutorial Straight Vs. Premultiplied. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Shape Layer Tip #2: Complex Shapes In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to combine several shapes to make a complex shape. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #5: Perspective Offset In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a cool tip for adding depth to your Fractal Noise animations. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Shape Layer Tip #1: Custom Shapes In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to move beyond the Basic shape tools to create your own custom shapes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Expressions AE Quick Tips #4: Copy Expression Only In this video tutorial, 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. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #3: Show Waveform In this video tutorial, 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. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #2: Preserve Transparency In this video tutorial, 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. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Quick Tips #1: Grow Bounds In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you an often-missed tool that can help you out in a pinch, by expanding the boundaries of your footage. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics An Introduction to Shape Layers In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Shape Layers, one of the most powerful features in Adobe After Effects CS3. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects After Effects Text Tips 3 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores a few ways to correct some common problems experienced when creating text animators. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects After Effects Text Tips 2 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores creating Text animators, and talks about why you might animate properties together or separately. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Using the Echo Effect with Animated Layers In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some tips and tricks for working with the Echo effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Hologram Look in After Effects In this video tutorial, 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. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 3 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz finishes his series on weather replacement and shows you how to add realistic lightning to the shot. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 2 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz continues his weather replacement tutorial, and shows you how to add rain to your shot, as well as drops of water on the camera. Also, 3D compositing and color correction are covered. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Weather Replacement in AE CS3: Part 1 In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to change the weather from a sunny day at the beach to a very cloudy day, with a chance of showers. Youll learn techniques is color correction and compositing. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Using Brainstorm in AE CS3 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how get the most out of Brainstorm, a new feature in AE CS3 that lets you visualize randomized layer properties and effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Light Writing Part 2 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to improve the look of the light writing effect covered in part 1, adding intense points of light and other improvement ideas. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	particle Illusion particleIllusion Logo Hold Technique In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz answers the common question: How do I make my logo stay up longer in particleIllusion? If youve ever had trouble making youre logo stay on screen when using a pIllusion emitter preset, this will show you how to do that in just a few simple steps. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Light Writing Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use AE to simulate the popular light writing effect seen in recent Sprint commercials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics Per-Character 3D Text In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the new Per-Character 3D Text animation feature in After Effects CS3. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating 3D Extruded Text In this video tutorial, Creative COW leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you several popular techniques and tools for creating 3D extruded text in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Photoshop Layer Styles in AE CS3 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Photoshop Layer Styles in After Effects, a new feature in After Effects CS3. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Vanishing Point in AE CS3 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Photoshop CS3s Vanishing Point tool to convert a flat 2D image into a 3D object in After Effects CS3. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Business & Marketing Want to get paid? Make sure your client can see your work! With a nearly infinite variety of possibilities to deliver your final project to your client, there are an almost infinite numger of ways to mess it up. Get it right, and the client is happy. Get it wrong, and nobody's happy: the job's not done, and you're not getting paid. No matter what kind of work you do, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz tells you everything you need to know about output and media formats before you get to work...and before you can get paid. Feature, Business

	Adobe After Effects Working with Adobe Clip Notes - Part 2 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to perform collaborative commenting with Adobe Clip Notes. Hell show you how using Clip Notes can save you from stress, and how to import Clip Notes into AE. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Working with Adobe Clip Notes - Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to export your video as Adobe Clip Notes. Part 1 will show you how to prepare and export your AE composition so your notes appear in a PDF document alongside the video. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating an Automated Odometer: Part 3 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz finishes up the odometer project by giving it a 3D look. Also, for those who skipped part 2 or that just dont want to write expressions, this tutorial also comes with some effects presets that will let you automate your odometer within seconds. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating an Automated Odometer: Part 2 In this video tutorial, with the guidance of the COWs expression guru Dan Ebberts, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to set up an automated odometer effect. If youve been wanting to dig deeper into expressions, then this is the tutorial for you. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating an Automated Odometer: Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to set up a basic odometer, ready for manual keyframed animation. If youve been wanting to create an odometer or slot machine display, this tutorial will get you on your way. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Compression techniques Internet Killed the Video Star: The Details Creative COW's Aharon Rabinowitz has completed a new DVD for the Creative COW Master Series, about every aspect of preparing your video for the web. Here's the Table of Contents. Feature

	Compression techniques Introducing: Internet Killed the Video Star! Creative COW's Aharon Rabinowitz has completed a new DVD for the Creative COW Master Series, about every aspect of preparing your video for the web. We at The Cow are very excited about it, so we asked Aharon to tell you about it. We've also included some of the trailers Aharon created in his inimitable style -- great information presented with humor and high energy. Read on for a link to Chapter 1 of "Internet Killed the Video Star." Feature

	Adobe After Effects Perspective Corner Pin Effect In this Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a complete workflow for using Imagineer Systems Mocha with Adobe After Effects to create a perspective corner pin effect - an effect typically used for sign replacement or compositing video on a computer or television screen. Even if youre not using After Effects as your compositing application, you will still find the lesson extremely useful, as it focuses almost entirely on the use of Mochas powerful 2.5D planar tracking system. After Effects users not using Mocha will also find some of the compositing tips at the end very helpful as well. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Freeze Frame with Time Remapping In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a simple technique for quickly creating freeze frames in After Effects, and explains some basic concepts of time remapping. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Using the Puppet Tool with Particles In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to simulate airflow over an object by using the After Effects CS3 puppet tools with the CC Particle World particle system. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Workflow Tip #8: Working with Audio In this 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. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics Working with Null Objects in AE In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how working with Null objects lets you get better control of your animation. He also shares a technique for using nulls to make 3D camera motion easier. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Heart Monitor In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz uses the Vegas Effect in After Effects to show you how to build your own EKG Machine in the Comfort of Your Own Home (or Office). (Flatline not included) Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Magnifying Glass Effect in AE In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a technique for creating a magnifying glass in After Effects using an adjustment layer and distortion effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Working With the Scribble Effect - Part 2 In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to use Auto-Trace and Illustrator to create complex scribble animation in AE. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Compression techniques How To Preserve Detail in Mini-Media Movies In this Creative COW Magazine article Aharon Rabinowitz discusses distributing mini-media formats across the web, mobile phones and other devices. Aharon gets into the specific aspects of this growing market and covers common questions like, When to use Flash or Quicktime? What compression should I use? What bit rate? and gives helpful tips for distributing your videos to some of the most popular areas such as YouTube. Tutorial, Feature

	Adobe After Effects Working With the Scribble Effect - Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create Scribble-like animation with shapes and text in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating Multi-Color Gradient Ramps In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create simple and complex multicolored gradient ramps in AE. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Expression Controls #3 In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz takes a look at some advanced uses of expression controls, and shows you how you can make your expression more dynamic. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Expression Controls #2 In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores most of the expression controls, showing you how they can be used to enhance your projects and save time. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Expression Controls #1 In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to expression controls, a series of effects designed only for use with After Effects expression. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics Expression Tips #1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you some basic expression principles and shares a very useful expression that can be used to convert one set of values to another. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Text Tips #1: Working with Photoshop and Illustrator Files In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares tips on working with Photoshop and Illustrator Text, as well as a few other text-related hints. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Workflow Tip #7: Importing Projects In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares tips on the many uses of importing After Effects Projects, and how you can recover corrupt AE files. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Animating a TV Turning on and Off In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz revisits one of his first AE tutorials (the Old TV Look) and shows you how to animate the TV turning on and off. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Bending Mode Tips #1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some hints for working with layer transfer modes / blending modes in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Animating a Signature - Part 2 In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz revisits his earlier tutorial on animating a signature and shows you how to add a pen writing the signature in After Effects 3D. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Workflow Tip #6: Drag and Drop In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how dragging and dropping can speed up importing footage, rendering video, and exporting files. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Pre-Composing and Nesting - Part 2 In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz explains when and why you would want to nest compositions and pre-compose layers in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Cinema 4D Creating the 3D Ribbon Effect In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz demonstrates how to quickly create the popular 3D ribbon effect in Maxon Cinema 4D and Maya. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Pre-Composing and Nesting - Part 1 In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz explains the basics of nesting and pre-composing compositions in After Effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Combining Effects with AEs Fractal Noise Effect In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz examines how to be more creative by combining different effects with AEs Fractal Noise. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Keyframe Boomerang Effect, Part 2 In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores another instance of the boomerang effect and its causes, as well as several solutions for preventing it. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Looping Fractal Noise IIn this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz show you how to create seamlessly looping fractal background animations by using AEs Fractal Noise effect. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Keyframe Boomerang Effect, Part 1 In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to handle the annoying (and sometimes crippling) boomerang effect, in which a layer moves randomly between two spatial keyframes that are exactly the same. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Workflow Tip #5: How to Find Missing Footage In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to locate missing footage and other elements in your After Effects project. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Force Motion Blur In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon rabinowitz shows you how to add a motion blur to effects that dont support this feature. Also covered is adding blur to video footage that has been sped up, and an introduction to CyCores updated Effects - CyCore FX HD. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects GridIron Nucleo Pro In this video review, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz explores GridIron Softwares Nucleo Pro, a new plug-in that speeds up AE renders and previews and helps users improve their workflow. Review

	Audio Professionals Cinescore 1 Review Sony releases a soundtrack creation tool and it's a winner - Cinescore just began shipping in the last few months and the program is a new kind of audio tool for Sony. It is not a loops program like Sony Acid, but is clearly targeted to compete against tools like Smartsound's Sonicfire Pro. Review

	Adobe After Effects AE Workflow Tip #4: Renaming and More In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz discusses methods of renaming layers, compositions, footage and effects. Also discussed are a couple of hidden buttons in AE that will make life a little easier. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Animating a Signature in AE In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to animate a signature appearing on screen, and a few tricks to make it look more realistic. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Workflow Tip #3: Open in Editor In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz discusses the Open Editor command and how it can help you streamline your workflow. Also covered is preparation for getting this command to work for you with all image, video and audio formats. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Knoll Light Factory Pro 2.5 In this article, CreativeCOW leader, Aharon Rabinowitz takes thorough look at Red Giant Software's Knoll Light Factory Pro 2.5. Review

	Adobe After Effects The Very, Very Basics of Fractal Noise In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to the Fractal Noise Effect, and shows you how to create the animated backgrounds seen in the opening of the Creative Cow AE Tutorials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Gotchas 1: Wrong Frame Rate In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz discusses one of the most common AE mistakes - Importing image sequences at the wrong frame rate - along with the effects and solutions. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects particleIllusion 3 and AE 7 After Effects 7 and ParticleIllusion 3: In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to get position data from After Effects 7 into particleIllusion. Also, using the same method, you can get data from After Effects 7 into older versions of AE. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Custom Wave Form - Part 2 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to improve the look of the Customized waveform and talks about how to get real control of your audio keyframes with Trapcode Sound Keys. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Custom Wave Form - Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create a customized, sound-reactive waveform using a stroke, a distortion effect and an expression. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects AE Workflow Tip #2: Rendering In this tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some rendering workflow tips to help you avoid a crash and render a little faster, and discusses an important plug-in for speeding up your renders and previews. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Understanding Straight vs. Premultiplied In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz helps you understand the practical differences between Straight and Premultiplied video, when working with After Effects alone as well as between AE and other programs. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects basics AE Workflow Tip #1: Duplication In this Video Tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz helps you improve your workflow through the use of duplication in After Effects. Topics covered include, duplicating layers, render settings, overwriting renders, and creating videotape containing both RGB and Alpha transparency information for archiving. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Flock of Birds - Part 2 In part 2 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create and animate a flock of birds from the original bird. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Flock of Birds - Part 1 In part 1 of this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to build and animate a bird in AE 3D. In part 2, it will join a flock of birds. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Horror Text - Part 2 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to make Horror Movie style text appear on a wall. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Horror Text - Part 1 In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to make Horror Movie style text appear on a wall. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Multi-Machine Rendering In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to Render a project on several computers at once, without the use of the After Effects render Engine. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Podcasting Creating Tutorial Podcasts With all the tutorials that I produce for the Creative Cow After Effects Podcast, the question I get emailed everyday isn't even related to AE, it's: ''How do you make your podcasts?'' In this podcasting tutorial from The Creative COW Magazine you will learn the long awaited answer to that question. Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating Super Tight Junk Mattes In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares a method of quickly and automatically creating extremely precise junk mattes/gargabe masks for use in the keying process. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Keeping Your Speed Constant In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz discusses creating smooth spatial animation with no variation in speed using Roving Keyframes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Fixing Scaling Issues--Part Two In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to ease the values of Exponential Scale to create a smooth end to your layers scale animation. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Fixing Scaling Issues--Part One In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz introduces you to Exponential scale, a keyframe assistant used to counter the issues that occur when scaling from very high values. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe Illustrator Creating a Cartoon from Video In this 3-part tutorial, Creative cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz explains the process of converting video to cartoon by using only After Effects and Adobe Illustrator CS2. While the tutorial spans 50 minutes and covers a wide range of topics (some in depth and some in general), after you have gone through the process once, you will find that it's easy to adapt the Cartoonification technique to your own needs. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating an Outline around an Actor In this tutorial, Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you how to create the popular effect in which a colored stroke is placed around a keyed or rotoscoped subject. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating and Enhancing Text Wipe On Effects 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. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Displacement Mapping Part 3: Text and Time In part 3 of this 3-part series on Displacement Mapping, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz covers displacement of Text, which follows slightly different rules than normal footage. Youll also be introduced to the concept of displacing time, which follows some of the same principles covered in the first 2 tutorials. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	particle Illusion wondertouch Professional Emitter Libraries for ParticleIllusion 3.0 Creative Cow leader Aharon Rabinowitz reviews wondertouch Professional Emitter Libraries for ParticleIllusion 3.0 and concludes that while not every emitter is equally useful, it's a great product to supplement the emitters you're already using, and an excellent value overall. Review

	Adobe After Effects Working with Broadcast Safe Colors In this video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a simple method of ensuring Broadcast-Safe Colors in your final output. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Displacement Mapping Part 2: Avoid the Pitfalls In part 2 of this 3-part series on Displacement Mapping, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz covers the problems that arise while working with displacement mapping in After Effects. These solutions and workarounds will help you avoid the pitfalls often faced by animators using these effects. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Displacement Mapping Part 1: Basics In part 1 of this 3-part series on Displacement Mapping, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz covers the basics of using this effect in both After Effects 6.5 and 7. This highly detailed tutorial will get you started on distorting your footage with displacement maps. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Creating a Film Flash Effect 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. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Importing Paths Into After Effects In this brief video tutorial, Creative Cow Leader Aharon Rabinowitz shows you a simple way to create masks and motion paths in After Effects using Illustrator and Photoshop path shapes. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects The Secret to Scaling a Motion Path in After Effects In this tutorial Aharon Rabinowitz shows you the secret to scaling a motion path in After Effects. If youve ever created motion in after effects that you needed to confine to a smaller area, but also needed to keep the exact same shape, this lesson will show you how you can easily do just that, through the use of After Effects layer masks. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Unlocking the Secrets of Effectively Using Z-Scale To most After Effects users, the Z-scale property on a 3D layer seems like a relatively useless feature.However, in this video tutorial, Aharon Rabinowitz unlocks the secrets of effectively using Z-scale, through the use of Anchor Points, Parenting, and Nested Compositions. These techniques will help you truly bring your animation into the 3rd dimension. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects Lip-Synching for Character Animation In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader Aharon Rabinowitz shares some animation techiques for character lip-synching in Adobe After Effects. This is not just the simple method of using open and closed mouths -Rather, Aharon covers the more advanced use of phonemes, which are the different mouth shapes formed by a person when making various sounds in a spoken language. Tutorial, Video Tutorial

	Adobe After Effects NAB Post Plus NY Review In this combination podcast and video report, Aharon Rabinowitz takes Creativecow members on a tour of last week's NAB Post + Show in New York City, where he presents both an inside look at the latest industry technologies and in-depth interviews with 2 of the experts featured at the show. Download the podcast and listen to his report, then watch the movies and take note of the show notes if you want to follow up on anything he said. People / Interview

	Adobe After Effects Creating An Old TV Screen In this video tutorial, CreativeCOW leader Aharon Rabinowitz demonstrates a quick and easy way of creating that old tv look -- complete with scan lines, interference and much more using Adobe After Effects without the use of expensive plug-ins. Tutorial, Video Tutorial