The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will hold it’s next monthly meeting, Wednesday, Sept 28 at the Gallery Theater in E. Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. It will be “HDV and Traffic Night.” Scheduled on the agenda will be the world premier of xmedit's TRAFFIC. Plus, "How to Edit HDV Natively presented by Academy Award nominated filmmakers, Chuck and Marilyn Braverman and editor Rob King. Also “Editing HDV Non Natively” presented by Brad Wright." Plus AJA,’s brand new KONA LH Capture card will make its LA debut, demoed by Ted Schilowitz. Rounding out the evening will be another round of Stump the Gurus, Show and Tells, and World Famous Raffle.

For complete details on the agenda and directions to the Gallery Theater, visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

This meeting is open to the public and a $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will welcome Academy Award winning Film Editor/Sound Designer Walter Murch to its next meeting, Wednesday, Oct 26 at the Gallery theatre in East Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. Mr. Murch will talk about the unique workflow he and his editing team used on the film “Jarhead,” directed by Academy Award winning director, Sam Mendes and slated for a US release in November, 2005

Also on the agenda will be Show and tells, 2 new free FCP Plug-ins by Marcus Herrick, and more.

Tickets are now on sale ($12.00) at the lafcpug web site where you can also get much more info including directions to the Gallery Theatre.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will welcome Huge Systems and the Panasonic AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD Camcorder Wednesday, November 16 at the Gallery theatre in E. Hollywood, CA. beginning at 6:45PM.

Huge Systems will discuss storage solutions that integrate quite nicely with Apple’s Xsan, while reps from Panasonic will discuss the AG-HVX200 DVCPRO HD’s much talked about P2 card and workflow with Final Cut Pro. Also on the agenda is a demo of the 3D app, Kinemac. Rounding out the evening will be another round of Stump the Gurus, Show and Tells and World famous Raffle. A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For complete agenda and directions to the gallery theatre, please visit the lafcpug web site
http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

Hey Michael,

Do you (or Jan) know if this will be a fully functional unit?
(From info I read on the CML list the HVX200 at HD Expo was not.)

Have no idea if cam will even be there. Hope it will as they hinted it might. Evening will be more about the P2 workflow and all the confusing stuff surrounding it.

FCP Users to Gather at DV Expo West

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will once again play host to hundreds of FCP Users and Gurus at this years DV Expo West to be held at the LA Convention Center, Wednesday, Dec 7, beginning at 7:00PM.

Scheduled to appear will be Academy Award winning Steadicam inventor and cameraman, Garrett Brown who will show off his brand new "Merlin." Plus Apple will be down to show the just announced tool for Pro Photographers, Aperture. Also scheduled to appear will be AJA’s Ted Schilowitz who will demo the new Kona LHe capture card. FCP Gurus Steve Martin and Brian Gary will show you exactly how to take your movie from Final Cut Pro to your Video iPod. And, if that isn’t enough, there will be a raffle with prizes totaling into the thousands of dollars.

Space is limited and seating is on a first come first served basis. More information including registration instructions and directions to the LA convention Center can be found on the lafcpug web site
http://www.lafcpug.org/dvexpo.html

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will once again play host to hundreds of FCP Users and Gurus at this years DV Expo West to be held at the LA Convention Center, Wednesday, Dec 7, beginning at 7:00PM.

Scheduled to appear will be Academy Award winning Steadicam inventor and cameraman, Garrett Brown who will show off the brand new just shipping "Merlin." Plus Apple's Kirk Paulson will be down to show the just announced tool for Pro Photographers, Aperture. Also scheduled to appear will be AJA's Ted Schilowitz who will demo the new Kona LHe capture card. FCP Gurus Steve Martin and Brian Gary will show you exactly how to take your movie from Final Cut Pro to your Video iPod. Plus Don Berube will show footage and show off the new Canon XLH1 HDV camcorder. And, if that isn't enough, there will be a raffle with prizes totaling into the thousands of dollars.

Space is limited and seating is on a first come first served basis. Admission is free. More information including registration instructions and directions to the LA convention Center can be found on the lafcpug web site

http://www.lafcpug.org/dvexpo.html

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group, (lafcpug) along with leaders from the San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and other FCP User Groups will unite at the Mezzanine Club in San Francisco Ca. as part of the Macworld Expo festivities, Wednesday, Jan 11, beginning at 7:00PM.

On the agenda will be Academy Award winning film editor and sound designer, Walter Murch who will talk about his experiences with Final Cut Pro on the recent film Jarhead and take questions from the audience

Also scheduled to appear will be Apple’s Phil Jackson and Alec Little who will show off and talk about Soundtrack Pro.

Panasonic will show footage and talk about the brand new camcorder, the HVX200

A raffle with prizes totaling into the thousands of dollars will wrap up the evening.

Tickets are on sale now for $15.00 each and this event is expected to sell out quickly. Doors will open at 6:00PM and seating will be first come, first served.

Food and drinks will be available

For more details on the agenda, where to buy the tickets, a list of raffle prizes and directions to the Mezzanine Club, log onto the lafcpug web site.
http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld.html

If I volunteer to help out at the door, will that get me in? See you there, Michael!

No. But we need somone to sing the Star Spangled Banner to open the show. That will get you in. :-)

You are very welcome Chris. Just bring a load of those cool flashlight pens and remind me to put your name on list as we get close to the event as it is close to selling out

Yeah, I'd have to hit the bar pretty hard before I could do any singing.

But as for the swag, consider it done -- and thanks!

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be meeting Wednesday, January 25 at the Gallery Theater in Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. Scheduled on the agenda will be Digital Heaven's Martin Baker who is flying in from the UK to show off the world premiere of...something super secret. Plus Dan Montgomery from Imagine Products will show off HD Log. Plus Frank Colin of Final Draft will give a brief look at the latest version of Final Draft AV. Plus filmmaker Warren Eig will answer the question, can you make 2 short films for $5,400.00 and make them look like they cost $54,000.00. The answer it seems is yes you can and Warren will show you. Plus another round of Stump the Gurus, Show and Tell, FCP Tips and Trick of the Month with Larry Jordan and once again, World Famous Raffle. All in one night.

For all the details including directions to the Gallery Theater, visit the lafcpug web site

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door

The next meeting of the lafcpug will be Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the Gallery Theater in stunning E. Hollywood Ca.\. It will be “Get Yourself Organized Night” because that’s about as good a title we can come up with. This show is going to be a good one, that I promise.

We will welcome DigitalFilm Tree's Ramy Katrib who will show off what can only be described as a FileMaker Pro digital replica of the organizing solution Walter Murch uses on his movies. Plus a demo of the # 1 storyboarding software for filmmakers, Storyboard Artist. Plus Steve Martin will return with tips and tricks on Color Correction in Final Cut Pro and show off Ripple Training’s brand new training DVD, “Color Correction for Final Cut Pro.” Plus Philip Hodgetts will show us how to convert HDV to SD 4:3 and future proof your HDV movie when and if HD distribution becomes available. Not enough? Ted Bonnitt returns with a brand new short movie, shot on 35mm and mastered to HDSR 4:4:4 DI He will talk a little about the workflow and show the movie.

Hold on, we are not done yet. Another round of Stump the Gurus and World Famous Raffle will wrap up the evening.
Get there early for this one folks.

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For more info including directions to the Gallery Theater click on over to the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

Registration is now open for the annual Charles McConathy Digital Cafe (CMDC) which will be held at the Stardust Hotel, Tuesday NIght, April 25 beginning at 6:30PM

Presentations to include:

Adobe
AJA
Apple
Avid
Sony

and more.

This is just one of the must attend events at NAB, so if you are planning to go, make this one part of your plan.

Go to the ProMax web site to register

http://www.promax.com/events/cafe/

What are you doing with Final Cut Studio?

Are you going to NAB?

Great stories exist in our community and the Final Cut Pro
User Group Network (FCPUG Network) will bring these stories to the forefront to highlight at the 5th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet, to take place on Wednesday, April 26th, at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas.

The FCPUG Network is looking for your best work created in Final Cut Studio. This is your chance to get your work seen by a full house of filmmakers, broadcasters, FCP editors, gurus and enthusiasts. We're talking about hundreds of people seeing what can be done and what YOU have done in Final Cut Studio. So if you will be at NAB and want to show your work, then read on.

We will choose an undetermined amount of the best submissions based solely on how interesting it sounds and on diversity. Works can be from a doc, music video, narrative, animation, wedding, corporate, home movie or graphics heavy piece, or for the web. We don’t care. We want to see what you are doing. This is not about good and bad. It's about interesting, stimulating
and diverse stories.

HOW TO ENTER:
1. Send an email to michaelh@lafcpug.org
In the email, state your name and contact info and include a
paragraph or two on what is on the tape you wish to submit. We are not accepting tapes at this time. Only emails from those who will be at NAB and at the FCPUG SuperMeet and have a piece they think will rock the house will be accepted.

2. Deadline to send your email is April 10, 2006. No
exceptions!

3. All email entries received by April 10 will be reviewed by a
panel of 5 curating judges from LAFCPUG, BOSFCPUG, CHIFCPUG
and SF CUTTERS.

4. Through the curating process will select an undetermined amount of finalists by April 13, 2006. Each finalist will be contacted using the contact info supplied in your email.

RULES:
1. You, or someone involved in the making of your work must be present at the FCPUG SuperMeet, April 26 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas to show and tell about your work. No exceptions and no friends can show and tell for you! If you are not going to be at NAB and at our event, then don't send us a submission.

2. Your work must have been created using at least one of the applications in the Final Cut Studio Suite.

3. Your work can be on Mini DV, DVCam, DVCPro 50 or 100 or DVD only. No exceptions.

4. Each Show and Tell is limited to 5 minutes and not one
minute more. If your work is three minutes in length, that
means you will have two minutes to discuss it. NO
EXCEPTIONS. You must stay within the 5 minute limit. We
suggest keeping your work to be screened to 3-4 minutes in
length. If it is longer than 5 minutes, you will have to
edit it down before you submit it to us. We will not allow
anything over this time limit.

Send your submission now to Michael Horton at:

michaelh@lafcpug.org

The next meeting of the lafcpug will be Wednesday, March. 22 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in the heart of East Hollywood. Join us as we bring you real live user demos of the Panasonic HVX200 Camcorder, Real live human beings showing real footage using real Live HVX200 camcorders and P2 cards and doing real live workflow. This will be the REAL deal.

Editor Shane Ross, DP Andrew Parke, and Producer Jim Lindsey will takes us through P2 workflow as well as all the “gotchas” one might encounter out in the field. Plus they will show footage. Also DP and author Barry Braverman will show you what you need to know about the HVX200 including what to watch out for. Plus FCP Guru Larry Jordan will show us ”Tips to working with garbage mattes and chroma key.” Plus Brad Wright will show us what we need to know about the Macbook Pro. Plus the FCP Tip/Trick of the Month by Christine Steele, another round of Stump the Gurus and World Famous Raffle. All in one night. Whew!

For the entire agenda including directions to the theater, click on over to the lafcpug web site:

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

In what we hope will be a series of events on the "craft of film editing," the LA Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will welcome legendary film editor, Dede Allen (Bonnie and Clyde, Reds, Slapshot, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Little Big Man and many more) to the stage Wednesday April 19 at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. Ms Allen will speak about her extraordinary career, the craft of editing, show clips from some of her movies and take questions from the audience. Tickets are on sale now for $8.00 each and this event is expected to sell out. For more info and a link to where to buy tickets, visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html
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For those of you going to the giant FCPUG Event at NAB this coming April 26 at the RIO Hotel, we just passed the 47K mark worth of raffle prizes. That's HUGE!

Some of the prizes are:

Sony HVR-A1U HDV Camcorder - Sony ($3,100 value)
(2) Multibridge Extreme - Blackmagic Design ($5,100 value)
(3) Decklink Cards - Blackmagic Design ($2,685 value)
(2) G-DRIVE Q 250's - G-Tech ($538 value)
(2) G-DRIVE mini 100's - G-Tech ($598 value)
AJA Kona 3 Capture Card + K3 Optional 1RU External Breakout Box - AJA - ($3,298.00)
(2) HDP Mini Converters + Power Supply - AJA - ($1660.00 value)
Io LA - AJA -($1190.00)
Io - AJA - ($2290.00 value)
FireStore FS-4 Pro - Focus Enhancements ($1,200 value)
DV Creators Lighting Kit - Lowel ($1,800 value)
1 GY-HD100 3-CCD PROHD CAMCORDER - JVC ProHD - ($6295.00 value)

and that is just a few of them

Get your tickets now folks if you are going to NAB. Someone is going to win these. Course it ain't going to be me, damnit.

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2006.html

That's nice Michael, you can just go ahead and load all those prizes in my car thank you very much! =)

Now over 50K. Wow.

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2006.html

Whoa! What are the new prizes?

Andromeda Update for the DVX100 (A/B) $3000.00 value
(2) Firewire Rev Pro Drives - Thompson Grass Valley - ($1000.00 value)
Copy of Genarts Sapphire Plug-ins - Genarts - ($599.00)
Flip4Mac WMV Studio Pro HD Component - Flip4Mac - (value $179)
(2) Flip4Mac Infinity Component for Final Cut Pro - Flip4Mac - (value $990.00)
Gift Certificate for 3 Stock Footage titles from Creatas Footage, Thinkstock Footage & Bigshot Media - Creatas Footage - ($1500.00 value)

Awesome! One question though, what happens if someone wins the Andromeda mod but doesn't have a DVX to mod?

We will most likely ask for a raise of hands about who owns it and then limit the give out to them. Might take a little while though

I wasn't originally going to go to this, but some people have told me that it's open to the public. Is this true? I primarily use Vegas, but I work with a lot of filmmakers who use Final Cut -- so I work with it occasionally, especially at the local film fests, and my office is thinking of migrating to it. Would it be okay for me to attend, or do I need more Final Cut street cred?

I wasn't originally going to go to this, but some people have told me that it's open to the public. Is this true? I primarily use Vegas, but I work with a lot of filmmakers who use Final Cut -- so I work with it occasionally, especially at the local film fests, and my office is thinking of migrating to it. Would it be okay for me to attend, or do I need more Final Cut street cred?

Always open to the public. Lots of folks who attend dont use FCP so you are more than welcome. Just get a ticket before you arrive just in case we fill up.

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2006.html

These picts were taken by Cristoph Vornheim of CHV Electronics plug-ins for Final Cut Pro. Includes a few shots from the show floor.

http://www.lafcpug.org/album/more_nabpicts06/

The Steadycam on the Segway is pretty cool

Join us as we bring a little bit of NAB to lafcpug. The famous ProMax Digital Cafe will make a stop at lafcpug, May 24 at the Gallery Theatre in E Hollywood. Booked so far is Ted Schilowitz who will tell you all you need to know about the most talked about camera since the Kodak Brownie, RED. Plus our good friend Tim Wilson will fly in from Boston to show and tell what's new with AVID. Plus Pino Barile will show off the brand new Matrox MXO. Plus Keith Hatounian will show off the much talked about PictureReady! from Gallery. Plus Jeff Laity of Tascam will show us how to set up and use the FW-1082 Audio/Midi interface to control Final Cut Pro, Soundtrack and Logic. And they will be giving one away as part of our World Famous Raffle. Oh yeah, plus Stump the Gurus.

This meeting is open to the public as always and seating is first come, best seat.

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully required at the door.

Gor here for all the details, directions to the Gallery Theatre and a link to where to register

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will celebrate it's 6th birthday, June 28 at the Gallery theatre in Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM

Scheduled to appear will be a demo of the new Gorilla 3 from Jungle Software.

Bill Davis will show off the very unique "Start Editing Now" training DVD.

Graeme Nattress will fly in from Canada to help you get that "Film Look" in your video.

A special guest from Apple is coming down from Cupertino to show off the brand new Shake 4.1, now for only $499.00. Plus we get back to the FCP tips and trick of the month with Christine Steele, show and tells, Stump the Gurus and of course World Famous Raffle.

For complete details including directions to the Gallery theatre in Hollywood, click over to the lafcpug web site

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Croup (lafcpug) will hold it’s monthly meeting this Wednesday, July 26 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in E. Hollywood. Join them as this month they bring you lots of cool toys to make your life easier in the Summer heat.

Scheduled to appear will be Stephanie Joyce from SmartSound who will show off Sonicfire Pro 4. Plus Eric Huffman from Synk Audio will show off his music creation tool, Musicbed DV. Plus Michael Buday will demo the "ultimate review and approval tool," syncVue. Not enough? Well, how about a demo of the very cool Storyboard and pre-viz tool, Frameforge 3D Studio. Plus the students from SFETT will make their annual visit to lafcpug to show and tell and talk about the upcoming iCan7 Festival de Cine And of course, the FCP tip/trick of the month with Steve Martin showing us Multicam tricks in FCP, show and tell with Brian Gary, Stump the Gurus, and World Famous Raffle. Meeting is open to public.

For complete details and directions to the Gallery Theater click on over to the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will present “Making DVDs Night”, Wednesday, August 23 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood. Scheduled to present will be DVD Guy Bruce Nazarian will show how to make HD DVDs. Plus Wes Plate of Automatic Duck will be down showing off the Duck's latest features. Plus, director/editor Tara Veneruso will give a primer on DVD 101 and Editor’s demo reels. Plus FCS Guru Larry Jordan will show how to create DVD Motion menus using LiveType. And if that is not enough there will be a 3D show and tell by Les Perkins, Stump the Gurus with Andrew Balis, Noah Kadner, Tara Veneruso and KD Gulko, and of course, World Famous Raffle. And more.

This meeting is open to public.

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For complete agenda and directions to the Gallery Theatre, go to the lafcpug web site

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, September 27 at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, Ca. beginning at 6:45PM. It will be “How did you do that?” night.

It will be an evening of creative artists showing us clips of their work and giving us an opportunity to learn from it. No product selling, just tips, tricks, and techniques. We will show everything from animation to DVCPRO HD. We will show tips and techniques you can use with all Apple’s Pro-Apps plus, Combustion, After Effects, Photoshop, Poser, Studio Artist and more. Going to be a great night and one you should not miss if you live in the So Cal area.

Plus we will have another round of Stump the Gurus, Show and Tells, and of course World Famous Raffle, with this month prizes totaling over $2,000.00.

This meeting is open to the public. Seating is first come, first seated and doors open at 6:00PM

For complete agenda and directions to the Gallery Theatre, click on over to the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

Final Cut Users and Gurus from around the country will gather in Los Angeles, November 15 at the LA Convention Center, beginning at 7:00PM as part of the annual “DV Expo.” This event is hosted by the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group. (lafcpug)

Scheduled to appear on the agenda will be producer/director Brian J. Terwilliger who will show clips from his documentary film, "One Six Right" and discuss the workflow.

Also scheduled to appear will be FCP Product manager Steve Bayes who will take questions and listen to FCP feature requests and feedback.

Ted Shilowitz from the Red Digital Cinema team will provide everyone with the latest information on the “Red Camcorder” and take any and all questions.

Ben Aein from Red Lightning Software will demo the brand new “DV Monitor,” which is looking more and more like "DV Rack for the Mac."

Finally, filmmaker Mike Goubeaux who will show his award winning music video, "Trains."

A raffle with prizes totaling over $14,000 will wrap up the evening.

You must register for DV Expo to attend this event.

For further information including where to register and directions to the LA Convention Center, go to the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/phorum/list.php?1

Tickets are available for the Sixth Annual MWSF FCPUG Network Supermeet. This January 10th event takes place during the MacWorld Conference and Expo 2007 in San Francisco, CA. This much-anticipated event is hosted by Final Cut Pro User Groups from Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Mexico, United Kingdom and more.

Hollywood filmmakers will share their stories and discuss their tapeless Final Cut Pro workflow. Scheduled to appear is Associate Editor Sean Cullen, who is currently working with legendary film editor Walter Murch on Francis Coppola's new film, "Youth Without Youth." Edited with Apple's Final Cut Pro and shot using the Sony HDC F950 HD Cam, this film marks the first time that Murch and Coppola are going "filmless." Sean will share details of their tapeless Final Cut Pro workflow with attendees. Also on the agenda is Angus Wall, who just completed editing "Zodiac" for director David Fincher. Edited using Final Cut Pro, this film was shot using the Grass Valley Viper Film Stream camera. Angus and tech consultant Andreas Wacker will discuss their all-tapeless workflow. In addition, San Francisco's own Alex Lindsay from the Pixel Corps will briefly discuss the production of Macbreak and other podcasts including distributing, editing and compositing around the world. Rounding out the evening is an assortment of product demos, a special appearance by Apple personnel and World Famous Raffle valued at over $39,000.

Tickets are only $10.00 per person and include two raffle tickets. Food and a cash bar will be available throughout the evening. This event always sells out, so buy your tickets now. You can purchase tickets online at:

http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld_07.html.

Raffle prizes now total over $39,000! Among the highlights, Silverado Systems will provide a 7-day free rental of a RED Digital Cinema Camera ($14k value); AJA will give away a Kona LH or LHe capture card ($1790 value); Blackmagic Design provided two new Intensity HD HDMI capture cards; G-tech donated three G-Raid Minis ($1450 value); Lowel contributed a DV Creators light kit ($1800 value); Matrox will give away a MXO HD converter ($1000 value); and Focus Enhancements provided a FireStore DTE Recorder (value $1400). Additional prizes are listed at http://www.lafcpug.org/macworld_07.html.

For updated information including directions to the Mezzanine Club as well as a link to buy tickets, click the 6TH Annual MWSF FCPUG Network Supermeet link at: www.lafcpug.org/macworld_07.html.

Michael Horton
lafcpug
http://www.lafcpug.org
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Next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro user Group (lafcpug)will be Wednesday, January 24 , 2007 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in East Hollywood, CA.

Join us for a very special evening dedicated to the "Future of Post workflow." Scheduled to appear will be film editor Angus Wall who just completed Zodiac for David Fincher. Angus will discuss the all tapeless workflow they developed for Zodiac. The film was shot using the Grass Valley Viper Film Stream camera and Angus will be joined on stage by tech consultant, Andreas Wacker and assistant editors from the movie. Also scheduled to appear will be Brad Wright, author of DVDxDV who will show us the world premiere of “VeeScopeLive, the first application of its kind to provide live chroma keying, high and low video brightness Zebra patterns all being performed on your graphics card of your computer. Also we will have another round of Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells and World Famous Raffle.

This meeting is open to public.
A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For complete agenda as well as directions to the Gallery theater, please visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, February 28 , 2007 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theatre in East Hollywood.

Director/cameraman Jody Eldred will bring in the Sony F350 XDCAM HD camera, show footage and along with FCP Guru Larry Jordan, show what you need to know about its 1080i, 24P-capable optical disk recording and file transfer software.

Also on the agenda is filmmaker John Putch who will show clips and behind the scenes footage from his award winning feature film, "Mojave Phone Booth." This movie was shot using the Sony Z1 HDV camera. If you are planning to use HDV in your next project or are not sure about HDV at all, then you will want to hear and see what John has to say and show.

Also on the agenda will be Eric Ocean from Ampede, makers of the very cool plug-ins for FCP and Motion, LayerLink for Motion and PDFLink 2 for FCP. Eric will show his brand new plug-in, "WebLink" for Safari and Motion."

Rounding out the evening will be another round of Stump The Gurus, FCP Tip/trick of the Month, and World Famous Raffle.
This meeting is open to public.
A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For complete details including directions on how to get to the Gallery Theatre, visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

If you have not heard Apple will hold a special event at the Venetian Hotel, Sunday at 11:00AM, April 15 as part of the NAB festivities. You MUST register to attend this event and you must get there early if you actually want a seat.

So go here and sign up and see you all there.

*http://www.apple.com/go/nab/register/

PS: Dont forget to buy your tickets to the FCPUG NAB SuperMeet, April 18. Tickets are going fast and this show will be HUGE.

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2007.html

Legendary film and sound editor Walter Murch will appear as a guest at the 6th Annual FCPUG NAB SuperMeet at NAB, April 18 at the Venetian Hotel.

Tickets are going fast, so if you are going, buy them now.

For complete details on the where, why, when, and how, visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2007.html

That's very cool--Murch has been leading the way, with his famous book (In the Blink of an Eye), his pioneering ways (early Hollywood adopter of Avid, Final Cut Pro) and more. He's a teacher and a professional editor, so he's one of my biggest heroes.

I hope I can make this.

heath

In addition to Murch, Apple's Paul Saconne and Richard Townhill will be there. Also the latest from JVC, BlackMagic Design and SmartSound. Plus over 25 vendors will be there showing off their toys, many of whom will not be on the show floor. And then thre is the World Famous Raffle with a gazillion prizes to give away, including a Sony V1U.

Going to be a heck of a show.

Sounds pretty great. You guys at FCPUG know how to throw a shindig!

heath

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will welcome Adobe to its next meeting, Wednesday, March 28 at the Gallery Theatre in E. Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. Sr. Product Manager for Premiere Pro, Giles Baker will show us everything we need to know about the brand new Creative Suite Production Studio which includes Premiere Pro, Encore, Audition, After Effects, Photoshop, and Illustrator all in one box.

Also on the agenda will be Kevin Louden and Barbara Dehart from Telestream, who will show off Episode Pro as well as the brand new hardware encoder, Pipeline.

Rounding out the evening will be another round of Stump the Gurus, the FCP tip/trick of the month, and “World Famous Raffle.”

Meeting is open to public and doors open at 6:00PM. A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For complete details as well as directions to the Gallery theatre, visit the lafcpug web site

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

Does anyone know if this will be a Keynote Presentation like Macworld and WWDC have been as of late?

Yes it will be. You can view live updates here:
http://www.macrumorslive.com/

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will bring a little bit of NAB ot its next meeting, Wednesday, April 25 at the Gallery Theatre in E. Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM.

Scheduled to appear will be Martin Baker of Digital Heaven, Christoph Vornhein of CHV Plug-ins and Dan May of Blackmagic Design. Plus “Everything you want to know about Final Cut Studio 2 with FCP Gurus, Larry Jordan, Steve Martin, Martin Baker and Philip Hodgetts. In addition we will have another round of Stump The Gurus, and World Famous Raffle, where we will be giving away 2 Decklink HD Extreme Cards, and 2 Intensity cards as well as many other valuable prizes.

Doors will open at 6:00PM and we expect a full house so get there early if you want a good seat. For more details on the agenda as well as directions to the Gallery Theatre, please visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, May 23 , 2007 beginning at 6:45PM - at the Gallery Theatre in E Hollywood, CA.

Join us as we welcome Ripple Training's Steve Martin and Apple’s Doug Cunningham who will take us deep inside Soundtrack Pro 2. Plus Marco Solorio of Cinesoft who will show off the brand new Media Batch, Shane Ross of Little Frog in High def, will show us how to get Organized in FCP. Plus another round of Stump the Gurus and World Famous Raffle and Show and Tells from Christine Steele and Tony Mark.

For complete details on agenda as well as directions to the Gallery Theatre, visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

Doors will open at 6:00PM and a $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will celebrate its 7th birthday, Wednesday June 27 at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, CA. beginning at 6:45PM It will be "FCP 6 Night."

Scheduled to present will be Ripple Training's Steve Martin who will show off "Working with Motion Templates in FCP 6." Apple's director of Pro Video Product Management, Richard Townhill will discuss Apple's new codec, ProRes 422 and also something "super secret.". Larry Jordan will demo the new filter, Smoothcam from FCP 6. And, very special guest, FCP Product Designer, Brian Meaney will make an appearance.

Not enough? Author and editor Lisa Brenneis will show off her latest documentary, "Eat at Bill's: Life in the Monterey Market." Plus there will be another round of Stump The Gurus, and World Famous Raffle.

Doors will open at 6:00PM and a $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For complete details as well as directions to the Gallery theatre, please visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

It will be “Apple Color, Boris BCC, CHV and SFETT” at the next Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) meeting to be held Wednesday, July 25 at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood, beginning at 6:45PM.

Scheduled to appear will be LA Post House Hollywood-DI who did the world's first movie color corrected on Apple Color. Managing Director Neil Smith, senior colorist Yasu Tsuji and DI supervisor, Aaron Peak will show us all you need to know to get started with Color.

Also set will be Eric Gardner from Boris who will show off Boris Continuum Complete 5.0 FXPlug.

CHV Electronic's Christoph Vonrhein will show off his new suite of particle emitters for FCP 6 and Motion.

Also on hand will be the students from SFETT http://www.sfett.com/ who will make their annual pilgrimage to lafcpug to tell us all about this years iCan Festival de Cine.

FCP Guru Andrew Balis will show us some of the cool functionality of Apple’s Color.

Rounding out the evening will be another round of Stump The Gurus and of course, World Famous raffle. All in one night. Whew!

For complete details on the agenda plus directions to the Gallery Theatre, please visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door.

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, Aug 22 at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. It will be Compression Night.

Join us as we welcome Compressor Guru and author Brian Gary and Apple's Brian Hoffman as they take us on a "How2" tour of Compressor 3. Also scheduled to demo will be John Diel and Coby Rich who will show us Sorenson Squeeze 4.5.

Brian Dalton will show us clips and talk about his hugely popular video podcast, Mr. Deity and how he does it.

Not enough? Red Giant Software will show off Magic Bullet Looks, Primatte Keyer for FCP and Trapcode for FCP and Motion.

Plus another round of Stump The Gurus and of course, World Famous raffle, where this month we are giving away thousands of dollars worth of prizes.

For complete details on the agenda including directions to the Gallery theatre, visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be held Wednesday, September 26 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in Hollywood, CA.

It will be “Motion 3 and FX Night” where you will learn all you need to know about getting started in Motion 3, and how to create FX using Apple Color.

Scheduled to appear will be Steve Martin of Ripple Training who will pull a Motion 3 Tip/Trick out of his hat. Also, Motion Guru and author of the “Motion 3 Fast Forward” training DVD from Ripple Training, Mark Spencer, will be down to give us a tour of getting started with Motion 3.

Neil Smith, Yasu Tsuji, Aaron Peak from Hollywood DI, return, this time to show us how to create FX using Color.

Plus another round of Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells and of course, World Famous Raffle.
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For directions to the Gallery Theatre and all the details on the agenda go to the Next Meeting page at lafcpug.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

Doors open 6:00PM. Meeting is open to the public.