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  • Larry Jordan North American Tour – Washington Winners!!!

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      9th Sep 08
      Rodney

    Congratulations to Twann Hudson of Fredericksburg, Virginia and Shayne Weyker of Columbia, Maryland for winning their choice of :

    • Succeeding in the New World of Tapeless and HD Video (4 hours)
    • Integrating Adobe Products into a Final Cut Workflow (4 hours)
    These two members will be enjoying the PowerUP class and giving us all their feedback on the seminar, the instructor, etc in the coming week so stay tuned for their report. Good luck to you both since you have a chance also of winning the Mac Book Pro!

     

     It should be a fantastic class! Wish I could be there !! 

     

    Rodney – DCFCPUG
      seminars
  • Larry Jordan’s 2008 North American Tour comes to DC

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      9th Sep 08
      Rodney

    Larry Jordan PowerUP 2008 North American Tour comes to DC

    DCFCPUG members: We have established a relationship with Larry Jordan’s group to bring our members a great source of training on FCP and donor to our user group meetings!  Let’s show our support !

    Sign up quickly as these limited seats go quickly! 

    Take advantage of this once a year opportunity when Larry Jordan comes to Washington D.C for his Final Cut Pro PowerUP series. We’ve established a special discount for our DCFCPUG members to save you money on this great seminar. See below for details:

    SAVE MONEY – LEARN MORE! READ YOUR EMAIL FOR FREE SEAT OPPORTUNITY!!!
    ATTEND THE SEMINAR FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A MAC BOOK PRO!!!
     
    Larry Jordan’s PowerUP with Final Cut Studio seminars are coming back to Washington September 18-19th! Larry has created three new seminars based on feedback from last year’s tour, and the latest news in our industry.
     
    • Succeeding in the New World of Tapeless and HD Video (4 hours)
    • Integrating Adobe Products into a Final Cut Workflow (4 hours)
    • Discover the Hidden Power in Final Cut Studio (8 hours)
     
    Click here for the full agenda!
    Every attendee is automatically entered into Larry’s raffle to win a Macbook Pro at the end of the tour!
     
    But wait…there’s more! Media Distributors is proudly offering a chance to attend the PowerUP seminars in the tour city of your choice for FREE (valued at over $600). Visit www.mediadistributors.com to enter.
     
    Save money! Receive a 10% DCFCPUG discount when you register at www.larryjordan.biz/seminar (Enter the promo code DCFCPUG8.)
     
    Seminar sponsors include Adobe Systems Inc., Blackmagic Design, Media Distributors and The Rental Station, Automatic Duck, and SmartSound.
      color correction, editing theory, production, seminars, tutorials, using FCP, using color, using motion, workflows
  • Demystifying Digital Camera Specifications – Part 4

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      9th Sep 08
      Rodney

    Diving into MTF - John Galt

    Pixels are not resolution!

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    Diving Deeper into Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) – John Galt

    Part 4:  Pixels are not resolution, Practical measurements of MTF, Introduction to sinusoidal MTF charts, The Panavision sinusoidal MTF Chart, MTF benches for measuring lenses, Cascaded MTF of a DI, Sensor MTF response, Depth of Field, MTF measurements of real world lenses.

     
    This seven part series will be presented in three resolutions: 

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    Permission granted: Panavision ( 2008 )

      imaging, specifications
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