Andrew Devis - Creative COW

Media trainer and producer based in Leeds, UK. I train Première Pro & After Effects as an Adobe Certified Instructor as well as some of the surrounding programmes such as Mocha. I am also a dramatic Bible story-teller


	Member Since: September 21st 2010 351 Posts Location: Leeds

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Tutorial: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 5 Workspaces
by Andrew Devis 1 week ago
Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 5 Workspaces In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows what happens when you open a project saved in a previous version of Premiere Pro and how

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Re: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 5 Workspaces
by Andrew Devis 6 hours ago
Just a note: If you don't want PP to open in the workspace for the previous project open PP and go to Window Workspaces and uncheck Import Workspace from projects. This will save having to reset the w


		Tutorial: AE Basics 47: Creating and Customizing Brushes by Andrew Devis 6 hours ago Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 47: Creating and Customizing Brushes AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 47: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes throug

Podcast: AE Basics 46: Mask Feather Tool (CS6 & above)
by Andrew Devis 1 week ago
AE Basics 46: Mask Feather Tool (CS6 & above) by Andrew Devis (00:12:13) -- 05 09 2012 AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 46: In this tutorial, Andrew Devis

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Re: AE Basics 46: Mask Feather Tool (CS6 & above)
by Andrew Devis 8 hours ago
Hi Brandon Thanks for the comment - lots more planned for the AE Basics series which are usually released one a week. Andrew ... because it's all about stories ...


		Tutorial: Premiere Pro Basics CS6: 18 Tools Part 3: Rate Stretch Tool by Andrew Devis 13 hours ago Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Basics CS6: 18 Tools Part 3: Rate Stretch Tool In this tutorial, Andrew Devis demonstrates the 'Rate Stretch' tool as well as showing how to see if you are drop


		Podcast: AE Basics 47: Creating and Customizing Brushes by Andrew Devis 13 hours ago AE Basics 47: Creating and Customizing Brushes by Andrew Devis (00:06:09) -- 05 16 2012 AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 47: In this tutorial, Andrew Devi


		Tutorial: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 17 Tools Part 2 by Andrew Devis 13 hours ago Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 17 Tools Part 2 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to introduce some of the timeline editing tools in Premiere Pro looking at the 'T


		Podcast: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 17 Tools Part 2 by Andrew Devis 20 hours ago Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 17 Tools Part 2 by Andrew Devis (00:05:27) -- 05 15 2012 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis continues to introduce some of the timeline editing tools in Premiere Pro loo


		Tutorial: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 16 Tools Part 1 by Andrew Devis 1 day ago Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 16 Tools Part 1 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces some of the timeline editing tools in Premiere Pro starting with the 'Trim' tool


		Tutorial: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 15 Targeting Tracks by Andrew Devis 2 days ago Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 15 Targeting Tracks In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the different ways of getting tracks onto the timeline either directly from th


		Podcast: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 16 Tools Part 1 by Andrew Devis 2 days ago Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 16 Tools Part 1 by Andrew Devis (00:07:56) -- 05 14 2012 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis introduces some of the timeline editing tools in Premiere Pro starting with t


		Podcast: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 15 Targeting Tracks by Andrew Devis 2 days ago Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 15 Targeting Tracks by Andrew Devis (00:06:04) -- 05 14 2012 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains the different ways of getting tracks onto the timeline either di

Tutorial: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 13 Timecode & Playhead
by Andrew Devis 6 days ago
Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 13 Timecode & Playhead In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains what timecode is and how to quickly navigate your playhead to precise posit

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@dazler green
by Andrew Devis 2 days ago
Hi Dazler As you can see from the image the perset is available in CS6. Off the top of my head it sounds like it may be an install problem. Also, have you installed the extra Premiere Pro CS6 content

Tutorial: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 9 New Items
by Andrew Devis 7 days ago
Adobe Premiere Pro basics Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 9 New Items In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through all the different synthetic footage items that can be created inside Premiere Pro

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@John Davidson
by Andrew Devis 2 days ago
Hi John Thanks for the comment, there are a lot more tutorials uploaded that will be released over the coming days and I am working on still more! So the next few weeks should see a lot more PP CS6 in


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		Podcast: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 14 Insert & Overlay Edits by Andrew Devis 6 days ago Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 14 Insert & Overlay Edits by Andrew Devis (00:07:41) -- 05 10 2012 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains first how to automate clips to your timeline so that they


		Podcast: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 13 Timecode & Playhead by Andrew Devis 6 days ago Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 13 Timecode & Playhead by Andrew Devis (00:03:47) -- 05 10 2012 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis explains what timecode is and how to quickly navigate your playhead to


		Podcast: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 12 Sub-Clips by Andrew Devis 6 days ago Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 12 Sub-Clips by Andrew Devis (00:03:31) -- 05 10 2012 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to create sub-clips from the media in your project panel.


		Podcast: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 11 Importing PSDs by Andrew Devis 6 days ago Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 11 Importing PSDs by Andrew Devis (00:03:42) -- 05 10 2012 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the various options Premiere Pro gives you when importing Phot


		Podcast: Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 10 Importing Assets by Andrew Devis 1 week ago Premiere Pro Basics (CS6 & above): 10 Importing Assets by Andrew Devis (00:11:15) -- 05 09 2012 In this tutorial, Andrew Devis goes through the different way to import assets into your project includi

Tutorial: AE Basics 29: Shape Layers Part 13 - Create a True Spiral
by Andrew Devis 5 months ago
Adobe After Effects basics AE Basics 29: Shape Layers Part 13 - Create a True Spiral AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 29: In this thirteenth tutorial loo

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Re: AE Basics 29: Shape Layers Part 13 - Creating a True Spiral Using Illustrator Paths
by arte digital 3 months ago
Hello Andrew! Your tutorials are among the best ones. After I saw this one, I discovered that you can create a spiral in AE without using illustrator. The technique is the same, but you do not need to

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		daniel barry 5 months ago Hey, I just came up with this. Rivers are waiting.


		daniel barry 5 months ago Andrew is my best friend, him or the other guy.

ProAnimator vs 3D Invigorator
by Petr Berger 1 year ago
Whats the difference between these two programs

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Re: ProAnimator vs 3D Invigorator
by Andrew Devis 5 months ago
Hi Adam, they are completely customizable and that is also.how I.use them. I only used the preset to give an example. ProAnimator is far easier and quicker to use and make custom animations with. Hope

daniel barry 6 months ago
Hi Andrew,
Been having trouble with my green screens lately: but just got a much better system. Thanks for your terrific tutorials. It is frustrating trying to catch up with this incredible software.
Dan Barry

daniel barry 6 months ago
How do I change my picture That guy actually looks a little like me except I never get up that early.

daniel barry 6 months ago
This dog, Whitney, is doing really well.

Kadshah Nagibe 1 year ago
Hi Andrew,

First I like to say that your tutorials have been a great help in understanding Premiere Pro.I rarely
read manuals since it will put me to sleep but your tutorials are easy to follow along. Question, could you possibly explain the new Technicolor Cinestyle work flow within Premiere Pro 5? There are some tutorials online but it's more about installing Cinestyle Profile and a breif expalantion on LUT. I'm sure there are lots of users like myself who would like to see a demo on how to color correct within Premiere
Pro 5 using the new Cinestyle Profile for DSLR's. Here's a short explanation on LUT I found online
http://nofilmschool.com/2011/05/what-is-a-look-up-table-lut-anyway/
What's confusing to me is towards the end Jay Friesen in his article says that "it’s best to remove it
(LUT plugin) for final color grading and rely on your properly calibrated monitor." I will pass this email to
Richard Harrington as well. Hopefully one of you can explain it.

-kaj

Andrew Devis 1 year ago
HHi Kadshah, I'm not really the best person to answer this, let's hope Richard can give you a good answer. Andrew

Kadshah Nagibe 1 year ago
ok

Having Trouble adding Video To Main Menu
by Thomas Mitchell 1 year ago
I have created a DVD project but can't seem to add a video to my menu screen. I made my menu in photoshop, it is a bottom thirds white band with the different chapter names made into clickable links i

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Re: Having Trouble adding Video To Main Menu
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hi, see my latest encore tutorial just released, it may solve your problem. Andrew Devis ... because it's all about stories ...

Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hi Todd, hope all is going well at NAB and you're having a good time launching CS5.5.

Sorry to bother you with this but I've searched around on the forum to find an answer to this but can't seem to get anything that works and wondered if you could suggest anything?

I'm rendering out from AE and my RAM is running out and causing AE to crash. Basically, the problem get worse the bigger the outout file type. Smaller codecs cope with my 4G (Laptop) but bigger codecs use it all us and it crashes.

I've tried disabling rendering multiple frame and I've got to the 'secret' preference and disabled layer cashe and changed the frame number to 10.

But still, RAM use goes up and up and it crashes. I was also getting the 'needs more than 2 frames for RAM preview' and that seemed to go away when I disabled render-multiple frames in the preferences. But I can't see why RAM use is going up so fast and why it should fail.

PS - I have updated to 10.0.2

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Andrew Devis 1 year ago

Hi Todd, a quick update. It seems that TGA sequences and quicktime have the RAM problem, but when I output to an HQ AVI my RAM sits at 24% or 29% and doesn't move and I get a good output! My guess is [more]

Andrew Devis 1 year ago
AVIs doing it now, but they are complex comps, so I think it has something to do with a link between the complexity of the comp render and the memory use ... any comments welcome :o)

RAM PREVIEW ERROR: need 2 or more frames to playback
by sofia tyler 4 years ago
I am working in CS3 on a 2 x 2.8 Ghz intel Xeon 8 GB ram I have worked with AE 10 years. I set my preview area on timeline and ram preview options in time control and no matter what the duration is I

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Re: RAM PREVIEW ERROR: need 2 or more frames to playback
by Daniel Andrade Lima Gabbay 3 years ago
Disable Multiprocessing.

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Play a tGA sequence as a footage item
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hi, I'm having to work on FCP for the first time and really need to know how to make it play a TGA sequence as a footage item Many thanks Andrew PS - really new to FCP so please keep the answer simple

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Re: Play a tGA sequence as a footage item
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
You guys have all been really helpful, thank you :-) I\'m back to it on Monday so will put this into practice then. Learning FCP quick and on the go is proving to be quite fun. And this forum is g

Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hey Abraham
I thought I saw a tweet the other day saying Encore 3 was up and yet not seen it. Any idea when it will go live?
Andrew

Abraham Chaffin 1 year ago
Hello Andrew, Looks as though it is up now: http: library.creativecow.net devis_andrew Premiere-Pro-3-Buttons-and-wiring-up 1 Thanks.

Can't Edit Duplicate Comp Without Messing Up Original
by Elizabeth Wallace 1 year ago
Hi All, I've got an AE problem. I pre-comped some footage inside of an HD video composition, creating two tracks in my timeline. Seemed straightforward enough. But when I went to delete some items fro

Re: Can't Edit Duplicate Comp Without Messing Up Original
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
I think you can get a script at aescripts.com to create a new project from a comp. If you did that then you would pull the new project into your current project as a new independent item. hope this he

Using both Audition and Soundbooth in CS4
by John Matheny 1 year ago
I am primarily using Premiere Pro CS4 but also have PP CS2 installed (with Audition). There are many instances in which I would prefer to use Audition for sound correction. Is there a way set things u

Re: Using both Audition and Soundbooth in CS4
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
It was a feature we requested to be added back and returned with cs5. Unfortunately, it isn\'t available in cs4 :-( Andrew ... because it's all about stories ...

Tutorial: The Vectorscope in After Effects
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Adobe After Effects The Vectorscope in After Effects The vectorscope is a powerful tool to help users get a graphical representation of the chrominance values of their footage instead of just having

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Re: The Vectorscope in After Effects
by Johannes Floor 1 year ago
Hi Andrew, Thank you for the great tutorial. It is the clearest explanation of the vector scope I have had. For myself I apply the SA color finesse effect to an adjustment layer then I do not have to

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Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hi Todd
I noticed what I think is an error in PP in the YC waveform monitor in PAL settings. The mV range should be 0 to 714 (which is what Color Finesse and Test Gear use in AE) while PP uses the range 0.1 to 1.0 (you can see this by using the colour bars to calibrate).

Is this an error or am I missing something?

Thanks
Andrew

Todd Kopriva 1 year ago

It seems that a different set of units is being used there, with 1.0 representing 100% of the legal value (700 mV). That isn't entirely clear. Would you mind filing a bug feature-request regarding thi [more]

Andrew Devis 1 year ago
No problem will get on with soon. Thanks Andrew

Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hey Ann
I had a look at your tutorials on youtube! Just wondering when we can expert to see some of your wisdom and experience on the Cow as you seem to know premiere very well indeed!
Andrew :o)

Ann Bens 1 year ago

Tutorials. All two of them. hahaha. Well i have got two new ones lined up for YT but struggling with the voice over. English is not my native language and I have this terrrible accent. You would not b [more]

Andrew Devis 1 year ago
You ought to give at least one a try and let the users see how they get on, it is probably worse in your own mind than in reality. I.would love to see and hear them. Andrew

Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hi Bob
Just wanted to let you know that I've put another couple of CF tutorials up. One on the vectorscope and another one which is only podcast at the moment and will go live later this week is on waveform monitors in CF. I have also pointed out in both that Test Gear is available and given the SA website.

Let me know what you think
Andrew

Bob Currier 1 year ago

The VS tutorial looks really good. I tweeted about it via @synthap and am planning to include a pointer to it (and your other tutorials) in our next email newsletter. Looking forward to the WFM tutori [more]

reduce bass, and remove soundbooth effects
by tyler smith 1 year ago
I have been tweaking a few audio clips, saved in sound booth but now want to remove the effects changes and get the original audio clip back in premiere...how do i do that Whats the best way to remove

Re: reduce bass, and remove soundbooth effects
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hi Tyler To get back to the original it all depends how you have worked in the first place. If you have edited the file and saved it and shut down Soundbooth you can't get back to the original unless

Recording Problem. High Pitch and Stutter
by Rodger Wang 1 year ago
I recorded a podcast with Soundbooth CS5, I used a Zoom H4n as an audio interface and mic to record straight to my laptop. After recording the voices sounded slightly high pitched and every few second

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Re: cording Problem. High Pitch and Stutter
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Hi Rodger It sounds like you have some kind of background process running which is causing the stuttering. Once recorded the only way to get rid of it is to manually get in there and delete the repeti

Service: Tale2tell media
by Andrew Devis 2 years ago
Leeds England, United Kingdom Training Animation Tale2tell media Software Training Motion Graphics CompTIA CTT+ Certified Technical Trainer Adobe Expert and Trainer in Premiere Pr

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Re: tale2tell media
by Andrew Devis 1 year ago
Unfortunately it seems that this won't happen for a while. I did raise the idea with the people at the Cow after you asked before, but they would rather wait for awhile before we offer that. Sorry. Ki

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