DC Metro Final Cut Pros

Here is what the world will see come NAB time and the release of the SUPERMEET digital magazine with over 50 top authors from around the world covering over 300+ pages of new and exciting content.

Thanks for contributing to the success of the PUG so far and I look forward to more exciting things to come for us!
Keep your eyes on the Supermeet.com site for the imminent release of the digital magazine…

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!

Rodney Mitchell
DCFCPUG Leader

Bringing the Tips of the Editing Suite to the Middle of the Action.

The Post Pit, sponsored by NAB, brings together users and creators of the most savvy and dynamic post-production software available. Located right on the show floor, the Post Pit isn’t about products or vendors, its about getting work done. During the day, post-production geniuses take the stage to showcase their work and talk about how it was done, while at the end of the day, no matter your platform of choice, you can join together with fellow pros for a reception.

Thanks Larry Jordan!

Rodney Mitchell – DCFCPUG Leader
Member of FCPUG network

I’m representing our DCFCPUG at the national level in San Francisco this year. I’m registered for the free workshops during the morning and in the afternoon we do a roll call of all FCPUG Leaders around the country. This will be the FIRST year DCFCPUG will be represented. Another milestone for our growing PUG community! Given the epic snow storm descending on the DC area, I can’t complain about the rain here in the Bay Area too much… I just hope I still can fly home as scheduled on Sunday… if not, guess I will just have to tough it out here in the Silicon Valley one more day..

Post a comment and say hello…

All the best and edit the rest!
Rodney Mitchell
President, FCP Leader and Apple Ambassador

Washington DC Metro Final Cut Pro Users Group

http://www.dcfcpug.org

email: rodney [at] dcfcpug.org

Here is the details of the events today. Perhaps Washington, DC might be a new destination for the SUPERMEET one year!

San Francisco Supermeet

Event specifics – Ninth Annual San Francisco SuperMeet to take place on Friday, February 5, 2010 at the University of California San Francisco, Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco, CA. Doors open at 3:30PM with a Digital Showcase and presentations begin at 7PM and continue until 11:00PM. This SuperMeet promises to be the single largest gathering of Final Cut Studio, Adobe and Avid editors, gurus and digital filmmakers in the Bay Area for all of 2010.

• Canon: Best Workflow for Canon File-Based Cameras
• Canon’s line of EOS HD Video Cameras has created a storm of interest among cinematographers and videographers, using them exclusively as a tool for video acquisition. Joe Bogacz of Canon will present solutions for matching Canon’s file-based cameras with the most functional workflow choices for high-end production.
• Autodesk: Smoke on Mac OS X
• Alexandre Domingue, President of Post-Moderne will show commercial and music video work on Autodesk(R) Smoke(R) on Mac OS(R) X.
• Music Video: “Destroy Me”
• The debut music video from Indie/electro band Lilofee for their single “Destroy Me” was directed by filmmaker Jordan Livingston. The video features all six band members perming amidst eye-popping, post-apocolyptic dreamscapes. Visual Effects and Animation were created by Tony Hudson in extensive collaboration with the visual effects students at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA.
• AJA KiPro and Io Express: A Simple Workflow from Lens to Post
• Jon Thorn of AJA will show off the simplicity of a 10-bit workflow from lens to post using both the AJA KiPro and Io Express. The Ki Pro’s ability to instantly create Apple ProRes files on-set has revolutionized post-production in addition to giving file-based life to a range of tape-based cameras. Io Express, a portable digital i/o with full 10-bit support can be used alongside Ki Pro recordings to monitor and edit files anywhere, at anytime. Jon will demo how the Ki Pro’s included up/down/cross conversion brings unity to a production while providing the most efficient direct-to-edit capabilities in the industry.
• Motion 4 Does 3D
• Apple Motion expert Mark Spencer will show us real honest to goodness 3D by showing how to integrate Motion 4 and Maxon Cinema4D together into your editing workflow.
• The New Speed Tools in Final Cut Pro 7
• Final Cut Studio Guru and author Kevin Monahan returns to the SuperMeet stage to show off the newly improved and much easier to use speed tools in Final Cut Pro 7.
• Top 5 iApps Every Digital Content Creator Must Have
• HandHeldHollywood.com’s Taz Goldstein will show off 5 of the newest, most innovative must-have iApps for the iPhone and iPod Touch designed for digital content creators, along with a variety of hardware that’s been developed to support this growing market.
• Matt Silverman: The Idea behind IDEO’s Living Climate Change
• IDEO CEO Tim Brown needed to tell the world about his latest initiative, LivingClimateChange.com. Bonfire’s Creative Director Matt Silverman convinced IDEO’s senior creative brain-trust to move away from a simple live-action video and created an eclectic motion graphics piece utilizing a combination of live action video, rotoscoping, hand-drawn illustration and animation, 3D animation, and hand-lettered typography.

The San Francisco SuperMeet will also feature Show and Tells from Bay-area digital filmmakers

• SuperMeet
• AJA Ki Pro
• Autodesk
• Canon
• Adobe
• Red Giant

SuperMeets are gatherings of Final Cut Studio, Adobe and Avid editors, gurus and digital filmmakers from throughout the world who use or want to learn to use Macintosh-based workflows and solutions such as Apple’s Final Cut Studio suite of applications. SuperMeets are held annually in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Amsterdam, and London, with a new major city to be announced in 2010. The SuperMeet agenda usually includes demos of new products, digital video tips and tricks, and filmmaker show and tells, including a SuperMeet Digital Showcase with vendors and small developers providing workflow solutions for digital filmmakers and content creators.

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For the 2010 Las Vegas NAB show, I was asked to be a author/contributor to the famous FCPUGnetwork.org SUPERMAG (digital magazine) that reaches thousands of FCP oriented people, worldwide.

I appreciate the confidence from my peers in Los Angeles (Mike Horton) and Boston (Dan Berube) and the opportunity to author a topic and get our group greater exposure on the national and international scene.  Let’s talk about how I might be able to help our members and their respective companies greater exposure via the SUPERMEET and NAB this year.

Regards,

Rodney Mitchell
President, FCP Leader and Apple Ambassador
DC Final Cut Pro User Group

http://www.dcfcpug.org

Free Workshops and Open Screen Theater!

The 9th Annual San Francisco SuperMeet is coming up soon and will once again be held at the UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center on Friday, February 5, 2010.

Tickets are on sale now for the “Early bird” price of $10.00 each. Which means if you plan to attend, then buy your ticket now or you pay $15.00 after January 4, 2010 and $20.00 at the door.

This event will be the single largest Bay Area social gathering of digital filmmakers, content creators, FCS, Avid and Adobe Gurus and users in all of 2010.

SuperMeet Digital Showcase
This years SuperMeet promises to be bigger than ever before. In addition to a great show we will once again have a vendor area we are calling the “SuperMeet Digital Showcase,” with over 30 software and hardware developers including AJA, Autodesk, Canon, Avid, Blackmagic Design Footagehead, G-Tech, Matrox, Maxon, Noise Industries, Red Giant and others.

FREE Workshops
Also, for the first time ever we will include FREE educational workshops as part of the SuperMeet experience. Workshops during the day, and SuperMeet at night. The workshops are sponsored by Adobe, Autodesk, Canon and Red Giant and all are 2 hours each and all are absolutely free. You can sign up for one workshop or for a maximum of three. There are only 40 seats available for each workshop so if you are interested, then register NOW. Go here to register and for course descriptions:

<http://supermeetworkshops.eventbrite.com/>

What’s on the agenda?
Well, it’s SuperSecret, but we can tell you this: There will be USER-driven presentations from AJA, Canon and Autodesk. There will be show and tells from local Bay Area filmmakers, FCS tips and tricks and yes, the World famous Raffle where we will give away thousands of dollars worth of prizes to dozens of lucky winners including a Canon EOS 5D Mark II HDSLR, AJA KiPro, NLE software, plug-ins and more. More importantly the SuperMeet is your chance to hang out and network with over 600 of your peers, many of whom know more than you do.

Open Screen Theatre
Not enough? We’ve also added an exciting component to the SuperMeet Digital Showcase. Local filmmakers can showcase their projects in what we are calling the “Open Screen Theater.” Filmmakers and digital content creators wanting to get seen will have a a 10 minute chance to do so in an informal, collaborative setting. We want those who are shooting with HDSLRS and other tapeless workflows to screen content and interact. Filmmakers, just show up and sign up, get up and show off. It’s first come, first serve in our “Open Screen Theater.”

Buy Your SuperMeet Tickets Now
Tickets are on sale now, and as usual we expect this event to sell out. As you all know, SuperMeets always sell out.

Again, tickets are only $10.00 each and will remain so until January 4, 2010. After that it’s $15.00 each. So buy your tickets early online. There are only 500 tickets available online and once they are gone, they are gone.

Go to the SuperMeet web site for daily updates, directions to the MBCC, updates on the FREE educational workshops and the ever growing list of raffle prizes and generous sponsors.

<http://www.supermeet.com/>

See you in San Francisco on Feb. 5, 2010. We can’t wait!

Thanks!

Dan
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Daniel Berube
Co-Producer, SuperMeets

BOSFCPUG

Some of the DCFCPUG Leadership team will be attending the SuperMeet for the first time! More to come on this topic, but if you are interested in attending, head on over to the FCPUGnet site to take advantage of the discounted room rates at the KIMPTON Serrando Hotel in SF.  They will have day long workshops before the evening SUPERMEET this time around so it should be educational as well as a chance to meet and greet our peers on the West Coast. I hope to have some reporting from the field while in attendance.

If you can join us, let me know!

Rodney
DCFCPUG