DC Metro FCP UG

We are delighted to let you know about a brand new and completely unique book geared towards FCP editors in–the-trenches.

Final Cut Pro Power Skills: Work Faster and Smarter in Final Cut Pro 7 by Larry Jordan, is an essential resource for those editors who have the basics of Final Cut Pro down, but who need to know the hidden techniques, shortcuts and workarounds that make all the difference. With over 300 power skills techniques and an additional 300 productivity tips this book will help you make Final Cut Pro FLY!

Book Synopsis:

You have the basics of Final Cut Pro down and now you need to work faster and more efficiently in the program. With over 250 focused techniques and shortcuts, this book gives you what you need to know to blaze through your projects and work smarter in Final Cut Pro.

In Final Cut Pro Power Skills, you’ll learn everything from organizing and setting up your workspace to uncovering secrets for editing and effects work to color-correction speed techniques, and more. You’ll learn about Final Cut Pro 7′s new features including new ProRes formats, which allows faster and higher quality editing across a wide variety of workflows; iChat theater support, which lets remote clients and collaborators see the same footage the editor sees while making changes ; new speed tools; Alpha Transitions which allows the creation of  dramatic moving matte transitions; the ability to easily deliver content to multiple devices including iPhone, iPod, MobileMe; seamless integration with the other apps in Final Cut Studio and much more.

These are the hidden techniques, the little-known keyboard shortcuts, the power skills that make the difference between getting a project done and getting in done with enough time to still have a life.

Final Cut Pro Power Skills: Work Faster and Smarter in Final Cut Pro 7
Author Larry Jordan

ISBN: 0-321-64690-8
$39.99
Peachpit Press

http://www.peachpit.com/title/0321646908

Simply go to http://www.peachpit.com and enter coupon code at checkout. Send me an email if you are interested in the 35% off discounted coupon code for members.

And don’t forget!

Peachpit has a wonderful Final Cut Studio Resource page available to your members, which includes a full listing of all of our latest Final Cut Studio books as well as many hours of FREE tutorials and video footage from our official Apple Pro Training Series.

http://www.peachpit.com/finalcutstudio

Larry will be visiting DC Final Cut Pro Users Group in February 2010!

P.S: Have a Happy Halloween this weekend and don’t forget about the time change(Daylight Saving Time) this weekend (Saturday night) as well!

Rodney – DCFCPUG

Eric Egland, Founder of “Troops Need You” is looking for a few editor types to support a Reality TV concept for the holiday period focused on the USA homefront needs.  If you are interested in learning more visit this link.  Eric found us via the Apple Store event last week.

Tell him I sent you…  ;-)

Rodney – DCFCPUG

CALL FOR ENTRIES!
The competition, created by the Virginia Film Office, showcases the talents of Virginia’s homegrown independent filmmaking community and is open to all Virginia residents and students attending Virginia schools.  Enter your short film, independent feature or documentary to win cash prizes and a chance to have your film screened with other finalists in Richmond, Virginia.

Entries are accepted in three categories:

1)   Features (submissions over 20 minutes in length)

2)   Shorts (submissions under 20 minutes in length)

3)   Documentaries

Entries with a completed registration form MUST be received by the Virginia Film Office by 5pm November 24th or postmarked by that date. Finalists will be selected from the submissions and screened in early Spring 2010.  Winners in each category will be announced at the screening.

RULES:
· All entries must be submitted on standard DVD; non-working DVDs will be disqualified
· Entries must be received by the Virginia Film Office or postmarked by November 24, 2009
· The competition is only open to Virginia residents and students attending Virginia schools
· Approximately 75% or more of the film must have been filmed in Virginia
· Projects with paid distribution contracts, including DVD and theatrical, are not eligible
· A participant may submit only one film per category
· Participants are responsible for securing rights for use of all previously copyrighted material used in the entry
· Finalist films and winning films from previous years are ineligible for reentry in the competition
NO ENTRY FEE!
FULL REGISTRATION FORM ALSO AVAILABLE AT:

Form Link

Questions?  Please contact Kathryn Stephens at kstephens@virginia.org or call 800.854.6233.

Rodney – DCFCPUG

Greeting fellow DCFCPUG members and A-List Screenwriting guests:

The weekend two day workshop, despite the rain and road closures from the Marine Corp Marathon, was well attended and we even had the treat of two professional actors stopping in to read lines for greater emphasis on character.

Here is a picture of the class and the instructor reviewing a major film:

After detailed review and script analysis, the screenwriters consider the alternatives presented by the master script consultant:

Then the fun begins, the reading of the draft script to bring the scene alive for the class…

If you are reading this and have a interest in joining us for the next class, drop me a line at rodney@dcfcpug.org

We could not be there the second day of the workshop because we got caught in the traffic snarls created by the Marine Corp Marathon.  So after 3+ hours of sitting idle in freeway traffic (that looked more like a freeway parking lot), we cut our losses and drove back home so we could at least pull the raffle winners and post the winning names below and the winners need to email me (rodney@dcfcpug.org) with your mailing address so I can send your prize via mail!:

Sonya Dunn – Montage – Professional Screenwriting For MacOSX -(1 copy)
“Create, Write, and Submit Scripts for Film, TV, and Theater”  valued at $100 retail

Sonya Dunn – Desktop Poet – “Fridge Poetry for your Mac” valued at $20 retail -(1 copy)

Steven Barnvard – Desktop Poet - “Fridge Poetry for your Mac” valued at $20 retail -(1 copy)

Have a great Halloween next week and don’t forget to sign up to a free membership at DCFCPUG.org and Jim’s free newsletters and scheduled appearances updates at A-ListScreenwriting.com

Warm regards,

Rodney – DCFCPUG

Greetings fellow DC FCP Users!

Thanks to all who attended the first ever, joint, Apple Store/DCFCPUG event featuring Jim Mercurio!

I would like to personally thank Mike Danko, Lead Creative at Apple for teaming up with us for a successful event. The Apple staff was excited to have us and enjoyed the talk tremendously. It’s a recipe for success and we look forward to more activities in the future.

Our Winners of this month raffle of $1,800 worth of great sponsor prizes are:

Clifford Burke

Nnamdi Azikiwe

James R. Stansfield

Ryan Ragle

Thanks to all that attended and participated in the events.

Jonathan Luckett

Dane Styler

Aaron Dawkins

Sydney Chanele Dawkins

Rich Volin

Guido Cassetta

Penny Loeb

Rodney Remson

Products WON at the raffle!

BOOKS $52
Final Cut Pro 6 by Rick Young – Focal Press release $27

iPhone – The Missing Manual
The Book that should have been in the box! $25

FCP or AFTER EFFECTS PLUGINS $510

GenArts Gift Certificate – One Month rental of GenArts Sapphire (200 plugins) for Adobe After Effects or Apple Final Cut Pro $169 value

3 gift certificates given

APPLICATIONS/SOFTWARE $910

Automatic Duck – SWAG (Bottle opener) FREE
AVERY DesignPro software for Mac – FREE
Storyboard Quick – pre-viz storyboarding software $300
Freeway Express by SoftPress – web site creation software $80

StoryO – Story Organization Software $80
Gorilla Pro – #1 choice for independent film makers $400
Gorilla Pro Tutorial DVD $50

~$1,800 worth of valuable workflow tools

Please visit our sponsors and patronize their great products as they support our user group and help us all be successful at the craft!

Rodney Mitchell
DC Final Cut Pro User Group

In negotiations with AJA video systems for sponsorship!
Looking forward to exciting things coming in the near future on this topic.
Just a heads up to our readership that things are moving in the right direction.
Stay tuned for more on this later…

Rod – DCFCPUG

This utility allows you to uninstall all Final Cut Studio components with the press of a button. Apple does not offer an uninstaller, making removing or downgrading to an earlier version very difficult. Simply deleting the Final Cut Studio application icons does not remove the suite, nor does it make it possible to reinstall it again. FCS Remover allows you to quickly and easily uninstall Final Cut Studio either permanently or in order to reinstall an earlier version over the top.

I thought this would be useful as this was talked about in the FCP leaders list this week.

Enjoy!

Rodney – DCFCPUG

THIS WILL SERVE AS THE OCTOBER MEETING FOR DCFCPUG in conjunction with this SPECIAL EVENT and new relationship with the APPLE store – Tyson’s Corner!

THE APPLE RETAIL STORE EVENT IS FREE SO SIGN UP EARLY BOTH HERE AND AT THE APPLE RETAIL STORE SCHEDULE OF WORKSHOPS AND EVENTS TO RESERVE YOUR SPOT IN THE ONLINE RAFFLE and increase your odds in the raffle prizes! It will be the best $5 investment you’ve made in a long time

Undergraduate fulltime students who have valid ID can also save $100 on the class.  Use the code: STUDENT