Ron Lindeboom Ron is the CEO and one of the founders of CreativeCOW.net. Along with overseeing Creative COW and its disparate divisions, he is also architects the COW's incredible growth and is always hatching new ideas and expansions for the community. The Creative COW Magazine interface is some of the work of which he is the most proud. "When we introduced our integrated magazine interface, there was absolutely nothing like it anywhere on the web. But I suspect that many publishers will soon copy the way that it places all of our issues on equal footing and makes any issue instantly the featured issue." He thrives in the stress and competition of business, enjoys the crucible of striving to achieve great things -- even when the money is not there to take the easy path -- and he loves working with creative people. He considers failure his best teacher, stating, "I've learned far more from my losses than I've ever learned from my victories - though I hope I'm not so hard-headed that I have to repeat the same mistakes again and again." Ron is a multi-tasker and is always working on many things at once. His latest project is finishing the Mancave Recording Studio that will soon join the Creative COW family of products and services. At the 1997 National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas, he was presented the Vision Award for his pioneering work in building online communities. read more
Kathlyn Lindeboom "If you were to ask me the most important factor in the success of the Creative Cow community, I would have to say it has been Kathlyn," says her husband and CEO of Creative COW LLC, Ron Lindeboom."She set out to build a far better site than the one we had lost in the Dot-Bomb debacle of 2000/2001. It's been nothing short of amazing and I am very proud of Kathlyn and the way she's played her instincts and followed her dream. She founded and built the foundation of the company and she really enjoys the people that frequent this site. They admire her as well and this mutual respect is what I believe is at the heart of the incredible success of this site." Kathlyn has a background in the medical sciences where she spent 15 years as a medical technologist, working in hospital laboratories. She has a very scientific mind and a sense of precision and mathematics that she uses in everything that she does. read more
Tim Wilson Associate Publisher of Creative COW Magazine and the Associate Director of the Creative Cow community website. Tim's reputation as one of the foremost leaders in the professional video market traces back to his years as a documentary filmmaker whose work has aired on major cable networks and other outlets, to his years with Ron & Kathlyn where Tim built such a reputation that he became the Marketing Director and Product Manager of RED while at Boris FX, then onto his years with AVID as their Senior Product Marketing Director for products like Avid Xpress and Media Composer. In a move that brought him full circle back to working with Ron & Kathlyn, Tim brings his wide knowledge and experience to Creative Cow readers and members. read more
Gary Adcock Chicago, Illinois USA - Gary Adcock travels the world consulting with a Who's Who client list that utilize Gary's wide-ranging knowledge of technologies and processes that are at the heart of today's rapidly changing production workflow. read more
Mark Allen Mark is an award winning writer, director and visual effects supervisor with over 120 produced screen credits. He recently directed episodes of next year's TV series "Kamen Rider Dragon Knight" as well as spots for MTV, Toni Braxton, Skechers, and many others. He is currently in pre-production for his first feature, a live-action anime-style adventure. read more
Bevin Baddorf Bevin Baddorf is responsible for video and film archives and services for Elvis Presley Enterprises. "I look for camera information at the COW," says Bevin. "Whether for a camera we rent or are considering buying, I like hearing from all the people actually using it." Bevin's email address ends with "@elvis.com." How cool is that? read more
David Battistella Toronto, Ontario Canada - David Battistella is a director, writer, producer, editor and actor. In 2002, his feature documentary, Shinny: The Hockey in All of Us, won the Banff World Television Festival Rockie Award for best sports documentary. The ode to the Canadian game has been broadcast nationally, used as the visual companion to 'O Canada' at NHL games, and used as a teaching tool at Ohio State University. read more
Peter Berghammer Peter Berghammer is one of the smartest people you will ever meet. He travels the world consulting with some of the top companies across a wide range of industries, the world of film and video is just one of his areas of expertise. Even governments have contracted with him to gain his input. Major universities like Stanford also call on Peter to teach, when available. From time to time, we get a little of what's available after all that. We are grateful when we do, as he really is an incredibly insightful man. Peter lives in Huntington Beach, California. He doesn't surf, he doesn't need to -- he is cool enough without it. read more
Walter Biscardi Biscardi Media Creations - Atlanta, Georgia USA - When asked about Walter Biscardi, Kathlyn Lindeboom, director of Creative Cow remarks: "Our favorite part about what we do online has always been the people. Walter is one of the great people we've interacted with for years and he's a true pro's pro and he's also a very funny guy. In fact, when Ron emailed him to ask if he'd be interested in joining the Cow Team, he told Walter that: 'The hours are light, the pay even lighter but you get the prestige of wearing a Cow t-shirt 24 hours a day, seven days a week -- actually, we send out a biker tatoo artist who gives you a full body Cow tatoo (this, because t-shirts wear out so quickly).' He then sent the email. Not too long afterwards, Walter wrote back and began his email: 'Hmmmmmm, the full body tattoo is so tempting ... gotta think this through ... be rational ... should I go for the T-shirt ... the tattoo ... the T-shirt ... the tattoo...' Both Ron and I about came out of the chairs laughing as we read it. It was then that we knew he'd fit right into the Team just perfectly! In fact his whole bio was so funny that we're adding it with little editing -- though the serious stuff is all there as well." read more
Bob Bonniol "All of us at MODE Studio share the strange inclination to finalize our product in front of several, perhaps many thousands of people on a regular basis," Bob says. "Frickin' crazy…." Some of Bob's other projects have been for LeeAnn Rimes, Frank Sinatra, Dame Edna, Andrew Lloyd Weber and the Seattle Opera. You can find Bob hosting in the Cow's "Art of the Edit" and "Live & Stage Events" forums. read more
J.C. Bouvier J.C. Bouvier is the Managing Director of the Cape Cod-based 16th Woods Hole Film Festival. For the past 10 years he has served as arts administration staff for various festivals including the Sundance Film Festival, the Northampton Film Festival, Film Fest New Haven, the Boston Underground Film Festival and the F4. read more
Rick Bronks Before starting Forcefed Media ("Not bitter. Just twisted"), Rick worked his way up from fetching tea, to being a runner, to producing one of England's morning TV shows. The COW forums he visits "depends on the kind of help I need," he says, "or wherever I can start a debate!" You might try starting in the Sony Cinealta-XDCAM forum. read more
Thomas Burstyn While compiling nearly 70 credits at the Internet Movie Database (IMDB.com), Thomas Burstyn has been nominated for awards including the Emmy, American Society of Cinematographers, and two Genie Awards. Recently, he won a third Genie and an award from the Canadian Society of Cinematographers. We are proud that both Thomas and his wife, documentary filmmaker Barbara Sumner Burstyn, are members of Creative COW. read more
Rick Castañeda After majoring in Creative Writing at USC, Rick co-founded Psychic Bunny, a hybrid medio studio in downtown Los Angeles. His short films have been to SXSW, Japan, Canada, and soon, Romania. Rick's newest web series, "Coma, Period" has also just been launched. You can find him in COW forums for After Effects and related plug-ins, as well as posting offerings in the COW's job forums. read more
Winston Cely Winston Cely is the owner of Della St. Media in Greenwood, SC. He was inspired to get into this business by his parents, working as an assisistant on his father's productions. He graduated with a degree in Studio Art, and, like many of the working pros you will find in the Creative COW forums, he strongly recommends studying something besides editing or computer graphics. He most regularly visits the COW's Final Cut Pro, Motion and DVD Studio Pro forums, and drops in on the AJA Kona forum now and again. read more
Mike Cohen Michael Cohen is a charter member of the COW, joining on its very first day. One of the hosts of the Business & Marketing forum, you can also find him in forums including Audio Professionals, Compression Techniques, Flash and Premiere Pro. As Mike says, "Tools and technology are good to know, but craft and know-how pay the bills." read more
George Cohn "I began my career as a software engineer, and then spent many years as a software development manager," says George. "Later I discovered that filmmaking and video production are exactly like software development except for where they are completely different." He operates Creation Ground Media with partner Marilyn Ritter, and frequents COW forums including Avid Editing, Cinematography, Corporate Video, Lighting Design and Panasonic HVX-HPX (P2). read more
Sean Cusson Sean Cusson has been in the motion graphics industry for over 10 years and as the owner and creative director of Q Media Inc. Sean has played the role of graphic designer, animator, 3D modeler and client wrangler. He is active accross a wide range of Creative COW forums, especially Adobe After Effects. read more
John Daro John is a 3D colorist and DI specialist at FotoKem. He has also been a member of Creative COW since 2003, spending much of his time in the Avid and After Effects forums. "Stereo imaging became a hobby of mine since my first version of Photoshop," he says, "and I love getting to work it with it professionally." read more
John Dickinson John Dickinson, based in Sydney Australia, is the Senior Broadcast Designer at Foxtel (foxtel.tv). John delivers highly creative yet commercially relevant motion graphics solutions. With Motionworks, John combines 12 years of industry experience with a proven teaching ability to provide high quality learning resources that encourage and challenge participants to break through to new levels of excellence and impact in their work. read more
Timothy Duncan Nashville, Tennessee USA - Timothy Duncan may be a newcomer to Vegas, arriving at version 3.0, but he has been a deep explorer into the world of NLE's since the very early days of Avid and EMC2. His experience covers a broad range of linear/nonlinear editing, engineering, systems design, color correction as well as multi-camera video and film production. His earliest memories are of WBBJ-TV, an ABC affiliate located in Jackson, TN, where he began coming to the studio at age 2 and started running prompter at age 8. By age 12 he was editing, directing, and producing the number one rated religious program carried on the station for his local church. read more
William Dwyer (San Rafael , California USA) "Making games is a great profession, combining math, art, theatre, film, and more," says William, "but it's very demanding, and not for the faint of heart. The best advice I can give for getting started is to be as well-rounded as possible. The industry is brand new and problem-solving skills are incredibly important." You can find William in COW forums for Maya, 3D Studio Max, and After Effects. read more
Greg Foster Greg Foster is IMAX's President of Filmed Entertainment. Before joining the company in 2001, he was the Executive Vice-President of Production at MGM/UA, playing a key role in over 150 films, including Get Shorty, Rain Man, Species, Thelma and Louise, King Pin, A Fish Called Wanda, Moonstruck, and several of the James Bond, 007 pictures. read more
John Galt John Galt is currently the Senior Vice President of Advanced Digital Imaging at Panavision's corporate office. His responsibilities at Panavision include the development of digital imaging technologies in support of Panavision's core motion picture and television production business. read more
Jeremy Garchow This issue went to print over the holidays, during which Jeremy tells us he's been "perfecting my skills killing pesky aliens that are capturing humans in Gears of War 2. I feel good knowing I have a role in saving life as we know it from absolute destruction. Back on terra firma, we're posting recent shoots for Harley Davidson and GE, and we are in pre-production on several new projects." read more
Brian Gardner Brian's diverse experience includes everything from directing stage plays to being a technical director, 3D artist, or technology supervisor on visual effects blockbuster movies, like "X-Men", "The Matrix Reloaded", "Babe", and many others. "I don’t usually get interviewed," he tells us with a laugh. "I’m hoping that I can change the industry by sneaking around, and talking to people in private, one-on-one.” We’re happy to help save him a few steps as he reaches a lot more "ones." read more
Philip Garvin Philip is the president of the Mobile TV Group and Colorado Studios, as well as the Chief Operating Officer & General Manager of HDNet and HDNet Movies. He is also the author of “Religious America,” and “A People Apart: Hasidism in America,” both of which were nominated for National Book Awards. read more
E.L. Gibbor E.L. Gibbor is a computer consultant living in Cypress, California. He specializes in high-end networked systems for demanding clients. read more
Todd Gillespie Todd is a senior producer/director at UCSB, responsible for technical support of film studies, productions for their UCTV channel, in-house productions and the faculty media center editing labs. He is a recent recipient of 3 national Telly awards (www.tellyawards.com) for his short documentary about archeological work in Iceland. You can find him hosting The COW’s Final Cut Pro Basics and Adobe After Effects Basics forums. read more
Jason Goodman Jason is the founder and CEO of 21st Century 3D. He is also a graduate of the New York University (NYU) film school, a stereographer, and a long-time 3D enthusiast whose first attempts at 3D imaging began with red and blue crayons. "I had a personal fascination with production and 3D from the time we started, 15 years ago. As the company metamorphosized to focus on those things, we changed our name to 21st Century 3D in 1999, and haven’t looked back." read more
Nick Griffin Nick Griffin is the founder of Griffin Communications Inc., a Towson, Maryland-based production company specializing in corporate communications, video and advertising. His clients range in size from small industrial companies to large, multi-national manufacturers. Nick is also the founding leader of Creative Cow's Business & Marketing forum, as well as senior business advisor to CreativeCow.net read more
Eki Halkka and Stobe Harju Eki Halkka and Stobe Harju also worked together on videos for Poets of the Fall's "Lift" and "Locking up the Sun," among many others. To see more from the making of "Carnival of Rust," including storyboards and the video itself, visit http://library.creativecow.net/poetsofthefall read more
Doug Hansel Doug Hansel hails from Londonderry, New Hampshire, and has worked with Ringo Starr, Sting and many others. In this article, Doug shares tips that he has learned from the world of audio and sound. Sure, there's the easy way. Then there's Doug's way...obsessive, but still on a budget. read more
Chris Healer Chris founded The Molecule in 2005, and is now President /CEO. After building a 16mm projector out of Legos and writing a 3D graphics library for DOS, he later finished a film degree at Colorado University Boulder, and moved from web design to motion capture and 3D animation. He and the Molecule team regularly use Cow forums for Shake, FCP, Nuke, Panasonic HVX-HPX, and the Jobs forums, and have gotten leads from their Cow Services listing. read more
Grinner Hester St. Louis, Missouri USA - Making his living primarily with a Sony FX-1 HDV camera and an Avid Adrenaline edit suite, he pleases clients ranging from ESPN to Anheuser-Busch. Wind in his sails, Grinner continues to create labors of love, while working to make a living on the side. "Fantastic Voyages" is set to begin production in the spring of '09, and Grinner continues to pitch "Moddin' Art" to any network that will listen. read more
Chris Heuer What I love about post-production is the innovative spirit that makes anything possible. This is why I started Freefall FX, an animation and effects house located about 30 minutes east of Washington DC on Maryland's Eastern Shore. I enjoy doing the creative work, but not as much as I enjoy watching people react to the work I've produced. read more
Jerry Hofmann Denver, Colorado USA - "After having interacted with Jerry Hofmann online for quite some time in the Final Cut Pro forum here at Creative Cow and elsewhere," says Kathlyn Lindeboom, "we finally had the chance to meet Jerry Hofmann during Maxon's 'Product Bash' at NAB 2001 in Las Vegas. He was great to speak with and is as nice in person as he is online. It was funny, he came up and introduced himself and he said he was glad to finally meet Philip Hodgetts and many others on the Cow team. We told him that we were thrilled to finally meet him! But it still took us until October to convince him that he'd be perfect on the FCP Team and he'd should send his picture. Well, here it is and now he's a part of the team and we are so happy he is." read more
Jason Howard SpectSoft's Jason Howard is a systems engineer with credits that include some of the biggest films in the last few years. What does he see coming? It's about media and project management and the flexibility to mimic known workflows. read more
Pierre Jasmin Pierre and Pete founded RE:Vision Effects in 1998. Since then, their work has been used in thousands of films and projects of every scale. In addition to the RE:Vision Effects forum at CreativeCOW.net, you can also find Pierre regularly posting in forums including Broadcast Video, Avid Editing, Apple Shake, Autodesk Combustion, Autodesk Smoke, and Adobe After Effects. read more
Nel Johnson Working with partner Nigel Collier, Nel Johnson and Studio Skylab have earned awards from Cream, NME, the British Video Association and BAFTA, for clients including Sony, BBC, Nokia, Microsoft, Universal and many more. Nel says, "The ethos behind Skylab is one of experimentation, discovery and enjoying what we do." You'll find him in the COW's After Effects and Trapcode forums, among others. read more
Bryan Kinnaird Bryan Kinnaird is a writer, producer, publisher, and spokesperson and project manager with extensive corporate experience, who has consulted for many companies both foreign and domestic. He is the founder of SILENT NEMESIS WORKSHOP and its Executive Director of Operations. He is the creative force de'jour behind THE VILLIKON CHRONICLES franchise. He is also a sitting board member and advisor to a school of technology specializing in curriculums such as 3D animation, web and multi- media design, and television and radio productions. read more
Andrew Kramer San Diego, California USA - Andrew is a visual effects artist and filmmaker from the inside out. He has worked for many Visual Effects studios and possesses a true passion for story-telling. He enjoys sharing his knowledge with people that are also interested in creating visual effects. read more
Andrea Laign Andrea Laign is a Promotions Writer Producer in the Washington DC market, whose work can be seen on WJLA, the ABC affiliate in the Nation's capitol. As well as donning her Wonder Woman costume during personnel shortages, Andrea writes and produces WJLA image spots, Proof of Performance spots, and sales/client tie-in spots, as well as directing HD shoots. read more
Bernie Laramie Bernie is Stereoscope's co-founder and COO. He has been a producer for more than 30 years, for such series as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Dark Skies," and "Profiler." He was the post supervisor for "Max Headroom," and a design consultant to Lucasfilm’s Droidworks for the creation of the Editdroid NLE, released in 1984. Bernie is also a member of the Producer's Guild, the Director's Guild, the Editor's Guild, and SMTPE. read more
Carl Larsen "I'm a Creative Cow reader - maybe even a junkie," says Carl. "I pass this story along as encouragement that great productions can have very humble beginnings." Carl recently began his own production company, Telescope Media Group, and wishes Vision Video "the absolute best in all of their future projects." read more
Russell Lasson Russ is now head colorist and digital cinema technician at Universal Post in Salt Lake City, Utah. With two RED ONE packages and an Assimilate Scratch system in house, he specializes in RED post-production workflows. "With all the advances in digital cinema, it's been a lot of fun to be on the cutting edge of the technology." You can find him hosting Creative Cow communities for Apple - Windows on Mac, and RED Camera. read more
Dustin Lau (Singapore) Dustiin works as an editor and assistant producer for Game. He has written extensively about workflow at CreativeCow.net, offering insights into customizing hardware and software for maximum efficiency. "First and foremost, I'm a solutions guy," he says. And not just at work: "I consider a weekend setting up my home media server a weekend well spent." read more
Mike Lehman Mike has been involved with digital imaging and film for over 20 years, responsible for a number of 35mm and 65mm digital negatives and post production, including those in the 3D stereoscopic IMAX format. He is a member of the Cinematographers Guild, the Art Directors Guild, SMPTE, and the British Kinematograph Sound & Television Society. And as he told us, "I’ve been coming to the Cow pretty much since it first began." read more
Jim Mainard Jim is the Head of Production Development for DreamWorks Animation, and was responsible for the studio's transition to stereoscopic 3D filmmaking. Before the entertainment business, Jim's background was aerospace, where, among many other things, he was the Principal Systems Engineer for the Hubble Space Telescope's ground station planning systems. read more
Mark Maness Mark's "day job" is with SchaZam Productions, an awardwinning company in Collierville, Tennessee. "Birthrite" is the latest indendent film from Mark's Gopher Broke Productions. read more
James Manz Eau Claire, Wisconsin USA - James Manz MD has been at the forefront of using dynamic media in his medical practice, training doctors from all over the world in one of the top medical training facilities in the world. He videotapes, edits and burns DVDs of the very procedures they studied -- a powerful training tool to remind them of the in-depth surgical procedures they studied while with Dr. Manz. read more
David McGiffert In this article, David McGiffert explores ideas and working principles that have made him a successful part of such films as "Rain Man," "An Officier and a Gentleman," "Who Framed Roger Rabbit," all of the "Back to the Future" films, "Witmess" and many others. David's career started with the 1976 version of "King Kong" and is still going strong today, over 30 years later. David offers Creative COW members a look at what it takes to function as a successful part of a team in the high pressure world of filmmaking. read more
Megan McKenna Megan did some work on the Archives, though she'd tell you "not much." She mainly stopped in to marvel and say "hi" every now and then. After many years as a DVD author and video editor, she now works closely with clients in corporate, medical, commercial, entertainment and independent producers, to help find and tell their story with creative production, events, and multimedia. read more
Todd McMullen In this article, Todd shares his journey as a cinematographer working on projects like "Friday Night Lights," "Casino," Walter Hill's "Wild Bill," and "American Wedding." Todd has also worked on projects like "X-Files," "The Green Mile," "Superman Returns," "Miss Congeniality," and over two dozen others. You can find Todd in many Creative COW communities, including the Cinematography forum. read more
James Moll (Los Angeles, California USA) James is the principal at Allentown Productions, whose next projects include the documentary "Murder By Proxy," "Epilogue of the Pacific" for executive producers Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, and a scripted drama on the life of Emmett Till. He is a member of the DGA, the Television Academy, the Motion Picture Academy, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Documentary Branch of the Motion Picture Academy. read more
Matt Montemayor Before the Atlanta Braves, Matt worked for the 2002 Winter Olympics, FSN South and the Carolina Hurricanes in the National Hockey League. Today, says Matt, "I'm living the dream, working for the team I grew up with during the 80s and 90s. I've never once woken up in the morning and dreaded going to work." No doubt, Matt. read more
Lyn Norstad Chicago, Illinois USA - When asked about his own start in this industry, Lyn says: "I started out full time in the A/V business in 1970 with a family-owned company in Minnesota. My degree is in Electrical Engineering, and I've been an electronics/computer geek forever. I actually built my first computer from scratch while in high school. All discrete components (there were no ICs in those days), and all it did was count from 1 to 10 and displayed the answer in binary form. Input was a telephone dial -- most Bovines won't even know what that is. read more
Pete O'Connell Pete O'Connell is a feature film compositor at Barxseven Visual Effects in Montreal. Some of his list of credits include the films "Stranger Than Fiction," "Just Like Heaven," "Across the Universe," "The Fountain," "Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium," and the highly acclaimed "Transporter 2." read more
Bill O'Neil When Bill O'Neil introduced this project in an After Effects tutorial at the COW, the response was so overwhelming that we asked Bill for more. In this follow-up, he explores techniques not covered in the original article. Bill is a commercial director based in Chicago, and principal at O'Neil Productions. He was the last stop-motion animator of The Pillsbury Doughboy before the little nerf blob found a new identity in CGI. (Although a fan of 3D, Bill thinks he never looked the same - almost like the second Darren on Bewitched.) Bill also directed many episodes of the "Life in the Refrigerator" segment for Pee Wee's Playhouse. His favorite was the Peanut Butter and Jelly wedding event. read more
Eugen Olsen "It’s rather urban where I live, similar to modern-day anywhere, so no dodging elephants in our backyards or endless savannah. Being South African, I’m multilingual. Besides English, I speak German (the language my mom, who’s German, reprimanded me in as a child, so I learned fast), and two local dialects - Afrikaans and Zulu. Quite a mix! I started on the COW seven years ago - absolute lifesaver! Faster and far better than trying to contact vendors directly." read more
Barend Onneweer Gouda, The Netherlands - When the Creative Cow site first began, one of the key leaders responsible for its speedy take-off and high reputation, was Barend Onneweer. "I don't think he slept much back then as he was in the After Effects forum and elsewhere in the Cow site answering as many questions as he could with all the expertise he could offer. As an instructor at the Art Academy in Rotterdam, Holland, his expertise is definitely high calibre and we're proud that he has been with us from the beginning," says Kathlyn Lindeboom, director of the Creative Cow site. "Other leaders, even those as illustrious as Brian Maffitt, have spoken highly of Barend and give him high praise; he's definitely one of the brightest in the Cow site. He's also a great person whose attitude and graciousness equals his talents as a creative artist." read more
Harry Pallenberg "Women in Boxes" was also an official selection of Ireland's Foyle International Film Festival. Critic Leonard Maltin hails, "What a remarkable group of women - and what an entertaining film!" In addition to his work at KCET, Harry is working on the official video news release for the Hollywood Sign Trust. You can find him hosting in the Cow's HDV and Indie Film & Documentary forums. read more
Michael Palmer Michael Palmer has been a film production professional since 1981, working mainly as a Gaffer lighting for features, episodic TV and commercials shot on film. A member of the IA, Local 728 LA & 52 NYC, he started producing 5 years ago when he created a national cable NASCAR show for Fox Sports SPEED Channel. read more
Charles Papert Charles Papert, Society of Camera Operators, is a DP and camera operator specializing in Steadicam. In addition to the projects he mentions above, he has worked on scores of others, including "Ugly Betty," "Scrubs," "Six Feet Under," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and two films with "3000" in the title. Charles is also the co-creator of Instant Film, which has produced over 175 films since its founding in 2002. read more
Eric Pautsch Eric's passion for DVD design began in 1998. "I was blown away by the fact there was 3 hours of video on that little disc!" Since then he has authored hundreds of commercial releases, and now serves as Director of BD/DVD Development at Orange County's Media Stream Partners. You can find him in the COW's DVD Studio Pro, Encore DVD, and DVD Authoring communities. read more
Laurie Pepper Laurie Pepper runs her own record label, Widow's Taste. "I'm introducing truly unreleased and unheard Art Pepper to people who love him and want to hear him. I'm introducing Art to people who thought they knew what jazz was (incomprehensible bebop), so they can correct that awful impression and fill their lives with soulful beauty." You can find her in the Cow forums for Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Trapcode, and Zaxwerks. read more
Grant Petty Grant Petty is the man who pioneered 10-bit graphics cards on personal computers, reinventing how content creators worked with higher resolution files in the process. read more
William Powloski William' is the Visual Effects Supervisor for ABC's "Pushing Daiseies" and his credits include "Total Recall," "The Tick," "Batman Returns," and animation for "The Simpsons." He's a regular Creative COW visitor who says, "It's not even necessarily for anything related to 'Pushing Daisies.' I get inspired by the way that people solve problems, and use that to create solutions of my own." read more
Aharon Rabinowitz New York City, NY - Aharon Rabinowitz got his start in animation the long way around. His years of experience in television production, technology, and the arts lead him to become a technical manager for a team of educational software designers and animators. Slowly but surely he learned the tools of the trade, and has been animating ever since. Never going a day without trying something new, his knowledge, experience, and love for his craft come through clearly in his work. read more
Shane Ross Los Angeles, California - Shane Ross is a broadcast television editor in Hollywood. Well, OK, Los Angeles. He only had one job that was actually in Hollywood. He is a documentary and narrative editor and has edited shows for the History Channel, Discovery Channel, National Geographic and Nickelodeon…plus a handful of short films, spec commercials and demo reels. read more
Markus Rothkranz Markus Rothkranz hails from Las Vegas, Nevada, and lives in a home that many of his friends call Markus World. One part science-fiction movie set, some amusement park thrown in, and add some Vegas hotel and casino to the mix, and it ends up 100% pure Markus. Markus has worked with Disney, Lucasfilm and many other top names in the industry and has even directed his own major film. But his real passion is getting the look of huge budget productions with budgets that would make an accountant break out into uncontrollable smiles. Just when you think you have Markus nailed down as a this or a that , he dons a completely different hat and becomes something else completely different and you have to ask yourself, ''Is there anything this guy can't do?'' Talent? He has it to burn. read more
Zed Saeed Zed Saeed is the Senior Post Production Consultant with DigitalFilm Tree in Los Angeles and New York. "Each year, some miracle technologies appear. Few of these last," he says. "Part of my job is to bet on the right horse." read more
Aanarav Sareen Adobe Certified Expert - Adobe Premiere Pro - For the past 4 years, Aanarav has worked extensively with all sides of video production, all the way from pre-production through post production. read more
Ethan Schur Ethan is the Chief Marketing Officer for TDVision Systems, and Chief Standards Engineer for their contributions to SMPTE, SCTE, ATSC, CEA and others. He is also the chair of 3D@Home’s ST3, their Worldwide promotional subgroup. Ethan’s experience includes post houses, studios and military virtual reality applications, and Electronic Arts, where he was a build engineer working with developer toolkits, internal logic and optimization. read more
Kim Segel Kim has been creating television shows, films and computer animation since the 1980s. He's worked on everything from music videos to computer games. He's held a Pyro Technician Special Effects 1st Class Permit for 15 years. He currently works full-time in Hollywood, doing digital effects for two television networks, and recently gave an 8-week University lecture series on creating digital visual effects for feature films. read more
Steven Smith Salt Lake City, Utah USA - Stephen graduated from college with a bachelor's degree in Multimedia Communications Technology. "I picked the degree because it had the longest name, "says Stephen. Since then, he's gone on to produce internationally distributed DVDs, some in 21 different languages. Stephen has won over a dozen awards while working at Lone Peak Productions, where he is a producer and lead editor. He is also the author of the Creative Cow Master Series DVD, Money Making Graphics and Effects for Final Cut Studio 2. read more
Marco Solorio Walnut Creek, California USA - Owner of OneRiver Media, Marco Solorio has nurtured his talents over many years of development; from photo-realistic 3D animation to interactive DVD authoring as just two examples. Having literally grown with computer-based graphic imagery since the Commodore Pet in the start of the 1980's, Marco has developed a natural talent in blending art with algorithms. It is no surprise that Marco has received a multitude of awards ranging from visual effects to musical scoring. read more
Bob Stevenson (San Francisco, California USA) Bob began his career as a game artist and designer and quickly established himself as a notable talent. He has worked as an independent developer on games that have appeared on nearly every major platform in the history of the industry. They include "Myth," "The Jungle Book," "Robocop vs. Terminator," "Giants: Citizen Caputo," "Armed & Dangerous," and, in partnership with EA, "Wii SmartyPants." read more
Dave Stump David has extensive experience in high definition film and video photography, content creation, CGI and visual effects production. He has won an Emmy Award and an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Acheivement. He is a full member of the American Society of Cinematographers, where he currently serves as Chair of the Camera Subcommittee of the ASC Technical Committee. He was also the founder of camera and equipment company Motion Control Rental Services. read more
Mike Sullivan Mike's other museum installations include the Smithsonian Institution, The International Spy Museum, and The National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame. Regular haunts at the COW include After Effects, Particle Illusion and Avid. "I especially like the Art of the Edit forum," says Mike. "I wrote this to give back to everyone who helped me figure out ways to make some of these Gordian projects become a reality." read more
Mark Suszko Mark Suszko has close to 30 years of experience as a writer/producer/director/editor/anything else, most of it working in government video production for the State of Illinois, as well as a private freelance production and teleprompter rental business. Mark has long history in the Creative COW website and is one of the most prolific posters and contributors in the COW's Business & Marketing forum. read more
Todd Terry Todd has shot countless television commercials and industrials using both 35mm film and depth-of-field converted video. The creative director of Fantastic Plastic, you can find him hosting in the COW's forums for Business & Marketing, Canon camcorders, Cinematography, HDV, Indie Film & Documentary, and Lighting Design Pros. He claims to own no socks. read more
Arthur Vibert Arthur Vibert has been, at various times, an advertising creative director, commercial director, video editor, motion graphics designer and visual effects artist. He was half the team that created the Max Headroom campaign for Coca-Cola, as well as creating work for BMW, Levi's, and Sears, just to name a few. He currently lives in Marin County, California, but has also lived in London, Chicago and New York. He shares his home with a wife, a son, a dog, two cats and two birds. You'll find him most often in the Cow's AE forum, followed by FCP, Cinema 4D, Art of the Edit, and Demo Reels. read more
Mark Wagoner Mark's client list includes Wachovia Bank, United Airlines, Wrangler Jeans Wear, and Sara Lee. He's also written nearly a dozen books about North Carolina, where he lives with his wife, daughter and golden retriever. "I've been fortunate to work for 30 years doing what I love," Mark says. You can find Mark in the Cow's HVX/HPX P2 forum. read more
David Weiss David Roth Weiss joined the Cow in its first week in 2001. Over seven thousand posts later, he continues to be a valuable part of the COW, today serving as one of the hosts of the Final Cut, Business & Marketing, and Indie Film & Documentary forums. You'll also find him posting in forums for AJA Kona, HDV and DVD Authoring, among others. read more
Christopher Werronen Chris's career has included working with special needs kids and adults, organic farming, and acting. He is developing the pilot for a stereoscopic 3D TV series as he works at the farm shared by his wife, son, a stable full of horses, some chickens, cats and a dog. You can find him posting in COW forums including HD-High End, Final Cut Pro, and Nuke. read more
Rick Wise "I've been shooting and making films for over thirty years," says Rick. "I have taught courses including 'True Lies: Film Structure & Film Language' (which I designed from the ground up), and am now instructor of Graduate Lighting and Graduate Cine 1 at the Academy of Art University / Film Division." You can find Rick hosting in the Cow's Lighting Design Pros and Cinematography forums. read more
Joe Womble Atlanta, Georgia - With over 25 years of experience as a videographer, director, and editor, Joe Womble is quick to point out that he doesn't make videos, but that he provides his clients "communications solutions". read more
John Woody John Woody is a Professor in James Madison University's School of Media and Design, as well as an "Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE)" who has been active in the Broadcast Education Association. He balances his academic background with a professional production background that includes numerous post houses and a tenure at The Learning Channel. (No, not that kind of tenure.) read more
Steve Wright Steve Wright, author of the book "Digital Compositing for Film & Video," looks at some of his favorite commercials. With more than twenty years experience creating broadcast television commercials and feature films, Steve's opinions may surprise you or help you recall some of your own favorites. Steve's credits include over 70 broadcast commercials and 50 feature films. Steve began his career with the legendary Robert Abel & Associates, pioneers of many techniques that birthed modern effects and production methods. Steve has also served as Technical Director at Kodak's famed Cinesite Hollywood studios. read more
Aaron Zander Aaron hasn't graduated yet and is building edit suites for several post houses in the LA area. His photography has also been published in several magazines and books. Even though he was in the middle of posting this project, he turned this article around in a day. Aaron has written several tutorials for the COW, and is found regularly in forums for Avid, AE, FCP, Cinematography and RED among others. read more
Bob Zelin Bob Zelin is an old cranky video engineer who got his start in the professional audio business in 1977. By 1981, he was fired so many times that no one wanted to hire him, so he started his own company in 1982. Today, Bob makes his living by terrorizing southern editing facilities. He is nevertheless one ofthe industry's most respected systems contractors. You won't have to look hard to find him at The COW: he posts daily in over a dozen forums. read more
Ray Zone Ray is an award-winning stereographer, a producer of 3-D films and an author. He is currently working for Santo Domingo Animation as 3-D Producer on "Brijes 3D," the first stereoscopic animated feature in Mexican cinema, and is the author of "3-D Filmmakers: Conversations with Creators of Stereoscopic Motion Pictures" and "Stereoscopic Cinema and the Origins of 3-D Film: 1838 - 1952." read more
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