LAFCPUG various announcements

[Michael Horton]

Originally Posted by Robert Kirkpatrick

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

[Michael Horton]

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

[Michael Horton]

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

[Michael Horton]

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

[Michael Horton]

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.

[Michael Horton]

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

[Michael Horton]

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.

[Michael Horton]

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

[Michael Horton]

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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[Michael Horton]

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

[Michael Horton]

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

[Michael Horton]

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

[Michael Horton]

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

[Heath McKnight]

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

[Michael Horton]

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.