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The FREE three day expo that runs throughout the entire event features many of the top companies in the industry. We are adding more companies all the time and so far, the list of companies that will be showing their latest and greatest during the expo includes...


SPONSORS: (full exhibitors list is found just below our sponsors)


SHOW ORGANIZER
 Creative Cow is known as the  media professionals support and training site. Creative Cow's success is the outcome of over seven years of building "pro focused" forums communities on the Net, with a focus on fair play, professionalism and a standard that gives the Cow it's trademark "High Signal, Low Noise" reputation. Creative Cow's leadership team is the standard against which all other forum sites are compared.


SHOW ORGANIZER
 MeVMedia's team of event professionals have been developing trade shows, conferences and expos since the mid-1990's. They have produced shows with attendence in the 50,000+ range and have seen gross sales through their events that ranged into many millions of dollars. The MeVMedia team is concerned that their shows serve the needs of the visitor, the expo partners and the sponsors -- that's their measure for success.


PLATINUM SPONSOR
 Adobe Systems is the maker of such highly used and innovative tools as After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, LiveMotion and GoLive -- tools that are the creative center of many studios around the globe. More creative professionals use Adobe products than any other manufacturer in the world.


PLATINUM SPONSOR
 Pinnacle Systems industry-leading products span a wide range of tools from the very highest levels of broadcast installation services, to powerful desktop tools like the Pinnacle Liquid and CinéWave systems. From DV to HD, Pinnacle's products empower communicators to be their best and look their best.


GOLD SPONSOR
 Promax Systems: Promax has long been one of the most respected names in digital video and is today one of the largest systems integrators in the world. From DV to HD, Promax has the tools, the experience and the support to insure that your system is right everytime.


GOLD SPONSOR
 Media 100's 844/X delivers real-time image processing - along with internal precision to support the arrangement and editing of complex audio-visual content incorporating many layers - to broadcast designers, visual effects artists, and online editors. Strikingly versatile, 844/X delivers quality and speed, at an affordable price. Freeing you to create without waiting. Enabling change and experimentation.


GOLD SPONSOR
 AJA Video Systems Inc. is a leading manufacturer of SDI and HDTV solutions. Products include miniature stand-alone converters, a complete line of rack mount cards and frames, and a new line of SDI and HDTV PCI cards for the professional broadcast and post-production markets.


GOLD SPONSOR
 Discreet empowers moving media professionals to realize the visual experience, transforming their most evocative and ambitious visions into reality. Its range of award-winning systems and software is developed for digital media creation, management and deliveryÑacross all disciplines from visual effects and editing to animation, game development, web/interactive design, and design visualization. Discreet is based in Montreal, Quebec and is a division of Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading design and digital media creation, management, and distribution company. Product and corporate information is located on the Internet at www.discreet.com


GOLD SPONSOR
 Class On Demand (classondemand.net) is a leader in the field of professional training products for major applications like Newtek Lightwave and Aura, Discreet 3ds max and Combustion, Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro and many other tools. Many of the top training leaders such as the Cow's own Tim Kolb and Jerry Hofmann -- along with leading experts like Lee Stranahan and other luminaries -- make Class On Demand training a value leader for professional training products.


GOLD SPONSOR
 ULEAD products continue to bring creativity, power and value to digital media artists and editors. From powerful video editing tools to imaging, 3D to DVD authoring and encoding -- with the highly rated "DVD Workshop" which is drawing high marks from users -- Ulead tools empower the creative process.


WEBCASTING PARTNER
 VitalStream provides services to customers wishing to broadcast audio and video content and other communications over the Internet. The Company's unique mix of services and technology enables customers to focus on their core business by outsourcing complex streaming and hosting functions to VitalStream.


MEDIA PARTNER
 eMedia is the recognized leader in the field of DVD authoring and encoding. Now, with their recent expansion into audio and video design and compositing technologies, eMedia is "The Digital Studio Magazine" for serious content creators. If you aren't receiving eMedia each month, you can visit their site and register for a free subscription.


MEDIA SPONSOR
 Filmmaker Magazine is a joint publication of the Independent Feature Project (IFP) in New York and the Independent Feature Project/West (IFP/West) in Los Angeles -- and has helped foster the growing independent film movement worldwide.


MEDIA SPONSOR
 iHollywoodForum.com is the leading producer of roundtable discussions, networking events and business development opportunities for Hollywood executives and entrepreneurs involved in digital entertainment. Our closely followed monthly Forums consider topics such as online music, Internet entertainment, marketing and advertising on the Web, digital cinema, interactive television, games the post-dot-com world and much more.


MEDIA SPONSOR
 Medialine magazine serves the information needs of optical disc replicators, magnetic tape duplicators and professional users of recorded and recordable media, as well as premastering and authoring industries -- focusing on DVD production (authoring, compression, replication, etc.); CD-R; copy protection of intellectual property; storage/archiving; facility operations; and packaging.


MEDIA SPONSOR
 OSXFAQ.com is filled with the latest Mac OSX news, support and general information. Scott Sheppard, the editor-in-chief, is joined by a highly respected staff that includes such Mac luminaries as Bob LeVitus (editor) and many others that make OSXFAQ.com the place for OSX users.


MEDIA SPONSOR
 Post Magazine's seasoned journalists are dedicated to serving the most intensely dynamic segment of the entertainment industry: post production. The Post masthead represents 25 years of experience covering this business. Post's editorial staff isn't satisfied just covering the growing excitement the post industry churns up each day they're also having a lot of fun.


MEDIA SPONSOR
 Production HUB is the information network for film, video and digital media production. Developed as a tool for people to locate production products, services and professionals, ProductionHUB has grown to become the number one industry information resource.


MEDIA SPONSOR
 Streaming Magazine is the only monthly publication exclusively covering the business issues relating to the streaming industry and the repercussions that streaming media technologies have for broadcasting and traditional business.


ASSOCIATION SPONSOR
 Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group is the largest Final Cut Pro user group in the world. With a membership that regularly exceeds 500 or more at their chapter meetings, the group explores a broad range of topics from DV to high-end HD and film uses of Final Cut Pro. Group president, Michael Horton, is a part of the Cow's Final Cut team and is a frequent and honored part of Creative Cow.


ASSOCIATION SPONSOR
 SCAMP 805 is the premiere film and media professionals resource for Santa Barbara's highly respected production community. With a large membership that is many hundreds in size and grows with each month, the organization serves as a means of strengthening local professionals while working to promote the work of local artists, producers and directors throughout many out-lying areas and events. Chaired by Wavefront Technologies (later Alias|Wavefront) founder Mark Sylvester, the group is home to users at all levels of experience, from audio/video to film.



EXHIBITORS:
Adobe Systems is the maker of such highly used and innovative tools as After Effects, Premiere, Photoshop, Illustrator, LiveMotion and GoLive -- tools that are the creative center of many studios around the globe. More creative professionals use Adobe products than any other manufacturer in the world.

ADS Technologies is a world leader in USB and FireWire solutions. Since 1992, the company has introduced niche or high-end technologies to the consumer marketplace with quality devices sold at a reasonable cost including VGA-to-TV scan converters, video capture and TV Tuner cards, PYRO ProDVD, PYRO PlatinumSE PCI, USB Instant DVD, USB Instant DVD For Mac, USB Instant Video.

AJA Video Systems Inc. is a leading manufacturer of SDI and HDTV solutions. Products include miniature stand-alone converters, a complete line of rack mount cards and frames, and a new line of SDI and HDTV PCI cards for the professional broadcast and post-production markets.

Artbeats is the maker of the highly successful Artbeats Digital Film Library of royalty-free stock footage -- now available in HD as well. Used in many major motion pictures and broadcast television, the Artbeats Digital Film Library is known for quality, artistry and variety. Their new V-Line also brings a whole new library built around both quality and economy.

Boris FX is the leading developer of integrated application technology delivering 3D compositing and vector graphic products for the television, broadcast, post production, multi-media and web markets. Its powerful products offer editors and graphic artists a professional content creation solution with unlimited creative flexibility.

Class On Demand (classondemand.net) is a leader in the field of professional training products for major applications like Newtek Lightwave and Aura, Discreet 3ds max and Combustion, Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro and many other tools. Many of the top training leaders such as the Cow's own Tim Kolb and Jerry Hofmann -- along with leading experts like Lee Stranahan and other luminaries -- make Class On Demand training a value leader for professional training products.

Creative Cow is known as the  media professionals support and training site. Creative Cow's success is the outcome of over seven years of building "pro focused" forums communities on the Net, with a focus on fair play, professionalism and a standard that gives the Cow it's trademark "High Signal, Low Noise" reputation. Creative Cow's leadership team is the standard against which all other forum sites are compared.

DigiEffects is the creator of the best-selling Aurorix, Berserk, Cinelook, Cinemotion, Cyclonist and Delerium plug-ins for After Effects. Their Photoshop series includes Euphoria, a collection of Digie's most popular effects brought to Photoshop users to explore. DigiEffects is one of the true pioneers and visionaries that empowered the plug-in community.

Digital Anarchy produces a wide range of products that empower motion graphics artists and compositors. From a wide range of Adobe After Effects plug-ins -- including the aquatic powerhouse, Psunami™ -- to the 64bit Microcosm™ Quicktime Codec, Digital Anarchy is a leader in producing great tools at prices even artists can afford.

Discreet empowers moving media professionals to realize the visual experience, transforming their most evocative and ambitious visions into reality. Its range of award-winning systems and software is developed for digital media creation, management and deliveryÑacross all disciplines from visual effects and editing to animation, game development, web/interactive design, and design visualization. Discreet is based in Montreal, Quebec and is a division of Autodesk, Inc., the world's leading design and digital media creation, management, and distribution company. Product and corporate information is located on the Internet at www.discreet.com

Incite produces great tools for media professionals, such as Incite Editor, for pros working in fast-paced, high-volume production models based on fiber-channel, SAN-controlled networking, etc. In addition, Incite Editor bridges the gap between the linear and non-linear world of editing, offering a sophisticated NLE application capable of operating as a hybrid editor, a tape to tape editor and also can interface with external hardware switchers and mixers. These are just some of the multi-faceted features defining the Incite spirit: a flexible, expandable set of NLE solutions designed to deliver the very best in today's cutting edge technology.

Intelligent Assistance is renowned as the creator of such powerful personal assistance help support systems as the DV Companion for Final Cut Pro, the Boris RED Companion, the After Effects Companion and many others which followed the success of the original Media 100 Companion back in 1997. Today, Intelligent Assistance is also adding two new products to their line -- one, that you can see before year's end and another which you will see introduced at the Creative Cow West 2003 conference and expo.

Matrox Video Products Group is a technology and market leader in the field of digital video hardware and software for realtime editing, DVD authoring, and web streaming applications. Matrox's Emmy award-winning technology powers a full range of content creation and delivery platforms used by television broadcasters, post-production facilities, project studios, corporate communicators, event videographers, and video enthusiasts worldwide.

Medea designs and manufactures high-performance, low-cost disk storage systems optimized for digital content creation (audio & video editing, animation, etc.) and Internet streaming media applications. Our award winning products include the VideoRaid and AudioRaid disk arrays. MedŽa products are universally known in the industry as the price/performance leaders in RAID storage solutions.

Media 100's 844/X delivers real-time image processing - along with internal precision to support the arrangement and editing of complex audio-visual content incorporating many layers - to broadcast designers, visual effects artists, and online editors. Strikingly versatile, 844/X delivers quality and speed, at an affordable price. Freeing you to create without waiting. Enabling change and experimentation.

MeVMedia's team of event professionals have been developing trade shows, conferences and expos since the mid-1990's. They have produced shows with attendence in the 50,000+ range and have seen gross sales through their events that ranged into many millions of dollars. The MeVMedia team is concerned that their shows serve the needs of the visitor, the expo partners and the sponsors -- that's their measure for success.

Pinnacle Systems industry-leading products span a wide range of tools from the very highest levels of broadcast installation services, to powerful desktop tools like the Pinnacle Liquid and CinéWave systems. From DV to HD, Pinnacle's products empower communicators to be their best and look their best.

Profound Effects develops advanced special effects technology for film and television use. Founder Perry Kivolowitz received an Academy Award® in 1996 for his invention of Elastic Reality®. Co-founder, Paul Miller, authored the IRIX® version of Elastic Reality, Avid Marquee™ and was the architect of the AVX™ plug-in architecture. Profound Effects’ products include Move™, Useful Things™ and Swim™.

Promax Systems: Promax has long been one of the most respected names in digital video and is today one of the largest systems integrators in the world. From DV to HD, Promax has the tools, the experience and the support to insure that your system is right everytime.


Sonic Desktop: Makers of SmartSound and Sonicfire Pro and other great tools for media pros. Sonic Desktop tools make soundtrack creation easy. With an ever-growing audio library of choices to choose from, Sonic Desktop tools are empowering users with great music and sound effects.

Sonic Foundry products span a wide range of solutions from video editing and compositing to audio editing and sweetening. With such top-selling tools as Vegas Video, ACID, Sound Forge and more, Sonic Foundry is a leading provider of professional tools for content creators and storytellers.

SpectSoft produces uncompressed standard and high-definition video tools for Linux. Their highend media production solutions include both SD and HD Linux systems based on the AJA Kona 10-bit video engine.

Synthetic Aperture has been a drving force in the motion graphics field due to their popular plug-ins for After Effects, Premiere, Final Cut Pro and Photoshop. The popularity and functionality of EchoFire, Video Finesse and Color Finesse make Synthetic Aperture a leader in the field of professional visual design.

Technical Animations is the creator of highly regarded VHS/CD/DVD training tools for products such as Discreet Combustion, 3ds max, Character Studio and Reactor. Hosted by highly respected trainers, Technical Animations is the leader in Discreet training products.

Total Training is the foremost creator of training systems for use with Adobe tools such as After Effects, Premiere, LiveMotion, GoLive, Photoshop and Illustrator. Their "Total" series for these tools have long been the standard against which all other training tools are compared against. Recently, with tools like their new OSX and Zaxwerks series, the company has broadened its offerings into other supported tools as well.

Ulead products continue to bring creativity, power and value to digital media artists and editors. From powerful video editing tools to imaging, 3D to DVD authoring and encoding -- with the highly rated "DVD Workshop" which is drawing high marks from users -- Ulead tools empower the creative process.

VitalStream provides services to customers wishing to broadcast audio and video content and other communications over the Internet. The Company's unique mix of services and technology enables customers to focus on their core business by outsourcing complex streaming and hosting functions to VitalStream.

Wondertouch is the creator of particle Illusion, the particle engine that makes organic and other effects easy and powerful. You've seen particle Illusion in action in many movies and television shows. Using OpenGL, you'll time most of your renders in frames per second instead of seconds (or minutes) per frame. See it in action at Cow West 2003!

Zaxwerks produces some of the most respected tools in the motion graphics industry. Their 3D Invigorator ships as a part of After Effects due to the power that the Invigorator brings to AE artists. The company also makes a stand-alone version for those who need the power and simplicty of use that is the hallmark of Zaxwerks 3D products.