DC Metro FCP UG

Happy Holidays to the Washington DC Metro Family! Today we go international with our first global radio interview on the Digital Production BuZZ! The BuZZ is hosted by the internationally famous, Larry Jordan. Here is a little insight into what my creative mission is all about:

INTERVIEW AUDIO:

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As the Apple User Group Ambassador for the Washington DC metro area, Rodney has taken the reigns in 2010 as President of the Washington DC Metro Apple Final Cut Pro Users Group and has made a tremendous difference in the growth and diversity of what a user group can do in today’s fast paced, creative environment. In 2011, he is looking to expand into other creative edit and production activities to re-energized the Washington region to participate, learn, share and network with the greater network of creatives worldwide. As a true leader, he demonstrates his abilities by leading by example. Check out our reel page for a few examples!

The Washington DC Metro Final Cut Pro User Group (DCFCPUG) is an established community of Final Cut Pro enthusiasts, digital filmmakers and broadcast professionals sharing ideas and concerns encompassing the use of Final Cut Pro HD and related tools for digital cinema.

Officially recognized and listed by Apple as a regional member of the Final Cut Pro User Group Network, DCFCPUG provides both advocacy and education about Digital Filmmaking on the Mac and free membership opportunities for learning and professional growth in storytelling. DCFCPUG builds connections between storytellers who want to lead the Digital Filmmaking revolution. Bridging the gap between Apple, Adobe, Avid and Sony creative solutions to evolve and advance the art of storytelling. Product neutral, we use the best the industry can provide to tell that awesome story!

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Larry Jordan is an internationally-renowned digital media consultant and Apple-Certified trainer with over 30 years experience as a television producer, director, and editor with national broadcast and corporate credits. Based on Los Angeles, he’s a member of both the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America. Jordan is the author of hundreds of hours of online training, and five books on Final Cut Pro, published by Peachpit Press and Focal Press.

Rod

As if you didn’t need yet another reason to attend our special event on 1 December at the Expo!

Sign up now and let’s make a big splash for the world!

MacVoices#1068 audio podcast

Listen to The Talk of the Mac Community – MacVoices with Chuck Joiner as he interviews Dan Berube [Left in Photo] of BOSFCPUG and Mike Horton of Los Angeles FCPUG on the upcoming NAB show and FCPUG SUPERMEET. Around audio marker ~00:31:40, you will hear Dan talk about the DCFCPUG and fact that my SuperMag article was chosen to lead on Page 1 of the SUPER MAGAZINE for Issue 4, 2010!  I was totally honored to hear about that selection since there were over 50 contributors from all over the world in this edition!

This is great visibility for us as a growing PUG and it gives us all more exposure on the big, worldwide stage. Don’t forget to watch the SUPERMEET live on the 13th April at:

http://www.supermeet.com/live

This has been a very interesting year so far, let’s show the world we are here to stay!

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All the best and edit the rest!

Rodney Mitchell
DCFCPUG Leader

Any DC FCP members going to NAB this year? Want a shot at working on a production team in Las Vegas?

I’ve got an opportunity for our members to get some experience with an FCP expert and his production team producing the NAB newscast and other coverages. You won’t be alone… I’ll also be on the team.

Let me know if you are interested asap.

Rodney
DCFCPUG

from p20 of Final Cut Pro Killer Secrets

It theoretically *should* apply to the IoHD but I’m not 100% sure.

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The Voiceover Tool makes it possible to record a voiceover clip directly into a sequence. This is fine if you’re recording a narration to picture, but there are times when it’s more useful to do an open-ended audio capture which you’ll edit together later on.

So you’ve opened the Log and Capture window, set up the microphone, disabled video capture and pressed the Capture Now button. After a couple of seconds, the capture stops. Huh? What’s going on?

The usual reason this happens is that even though the disable video in the Clip Settings tab of the Log and Capture window, Final Cut Pro still expects a video signal and if it doesn’t see one then the capture is aborted.

A solution is to set up a dedicated capture preset that you only use for voiceover recording.

1    Choose Final Cut Pro > Audio/Video Settings > Capture Presets tab.
2    Locate the current capture preset in the list and click the Duplicate button.
3    Change the name of the duplicated preset to a suitable name such as “Voiceover”.
4    Change the Video Digitizer to “None”.
5    Change the Audio device to the desired input and click OK.

Next time you want to record a voiceover, select this preset in the Capture Settings tab of the Log and Capture window and you should find that you can capture audio only without any problems.
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FilmFellas Cast 2 Trailer from Steve Weiss, Zacuto USA on Vimeo.

Adobe really illustrates the power of searchable metadata to include the transcribing of video audio that is searchable… (Speech search) Learn more about XMP (eXtensible Metadata platform) within Adobe Bridge and CS4 to more efficiently track/search your assets.

Watch and learn… pretty slick, frame accurate dialogue!  A real timesaver! Now video can be searchable by the big search engines…

Rodney – DCFCPUG

(Successful post-production requires solid production. Here is one in a series of production tutorials designed to improve the ultimate edit.)

The oft-stated yet still under- appreciated reality is that audiences will forgive mediocre video but not sub-standard sound. Solid audio recording offers better choices in post-production, and separates your work from that of an amateur.

Listed below are the steps to set up an external condenser microphone, a basic field mixer and a prosumer camcorder – specifically, audio-technica’s AT8035 Line + Gradient Condenser Microphone, Sound Devices’ 302 Compact Production Mixer and Canon’s XH-A1 high definition camcorder – to capture audio in the field. Read the rest of this entry »