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:

• 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)

OpenCut.org describes their new film competition as “completely open-source” and “designed to encourage people to take professionally shot material and edit it in their own way.” Explaining that “there is no ‘one way’ to tell a story,” the competition is looking for their footage to be “re-edited and re-told from many different vantage points and perspectives.” (more…)

In his On Language column in Sunday’s The New York Times Magazine, William Safire writes about the three phases of language “compression.” The first phase occurred centuries ago, when contractions like “won’t” and “you’re” were introduced, much to the consternation of contemporary linguists. (more…)