DC Metro Final Cut Pros

WHAT’S ON THE AGENDA?
Rodney Charters ASC (D.P., “24″) will offer DSLR workshops with Canon
during the day and present on the latest DSLR workflow solutions at the
SuperMeet. Autodesk will show off the must see Smoke on Mac OSX. Apple
certified trainer, Abba Shapiro will give us some of his “Secrets of Final
Cut Pro.” In addition we will have show and tells from NE area filmmakers,
more FCS workflow solutions, and of course the World Famous Raffle where we
will give away once again, thousands of dollars worth of prizes to dozens of
lucky winners.

SUPERMEET DIGITAL SHOWCASE
In addition to a great show we will once again have a vendor area we are
calling the “SuperMeet Digital Showcase”, with 20 software and hardware
developers including, Autodesk, Canon, Avid, Adobe, Blackmagic Design,
Matrox, Maxon, Noise Industries, GET and many others.

FREE WORKSHOPS

Rodney Charters, DOP of the TV show “24″ will be holding 2 FREE Canon DSLR
workshops during the day. Also Adobe will will be holding several sessions
on the brand new Production Premium CS5. Registration for these workshops
will be online this week so keep checking the SuperMeet.com web page.
Workshops during the day, and SuperMeet at night. Great way to spend a
Friday in Boston.

OPEN SCREEN THEATER
SuperMeet Attendees will be able to showcase their projects in what we are
calling the “Open Screen Theatre.” Those of you wanting to get seen will
have a 10 minute chance to do so. All you need to do is just show up and
sign up, get up and show off. The Open Screen Theater will be located in the
Digital Showcase Area and sign ups begin at 4PM.

PITCH YOUR REELS. GET WORK!
For the very first time in SuperMeet history we will dedicate an area of the
Digital Showcase to getting jobs. Post Production Companies and individuals
are looking for talent and they are hiring. You will have a chance to meet
these people and a chance to pitch your reel. Bring your reels, business
cards, resumes, iPad or lap top, and sell yourself.

Again, tickets are only $10.00 each and only $5.00 for Students with Valid
Student ID and will remain so until June 1, 2010. After that it’s $15.00
each. So buy your tickets early. There are only 500 tickets available and
once they are gone, they are gone.

If you are able to support and take advantage of this opportunity for education and networking, go to the Supermeet in Boston, represent DCFCPUG and most of all have fun and get new work!!

Rodney Mitchell

President, DCFCPUG

One day, the Supermeet will be in Washington DC, but in the meantime, let’s see if our membership can support the 1st East Coast event in Boston next month… Tickets are cheap on United (less than $150 RT)…details below:

Join the FCPUG Network, including FCPUGs and digital video user groups from within the US, Canada and the world over in Boston for the largest gathering of FCP, Avid and Adobe editors, HD-DSLR filmmakers and digital content creators and Gurus on the East Coast in 2010! Digital Filmmakers: “Get Seen” by showing your films in Open Screen Theatre.

GET SEEN and interact with other Filmmakers via “Open Screen Theatre.”

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 all Digital filmmakers to screen your content and interact. Just show up and sign up, get up and show off. It’s first come, first serve in our “Open Screen Theatre.”

Bring your content on a DVD or a QT movie on a flash drive. Sign-ups begin at 3:45PM.

Rodney Mitchell
DC Final Cut Pro Users Group Leader

Click HERE to download your digital, iPad ready magazine now…
Read your very own’s PUG Leader’s article in this year’s magazine!!!

Check out the digital SUPER Magazine… We are headlining the opening article for the contributors this year!
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the May DCFCPUG meeting in Washington DC!

P.S: Janie James Briggs…. this is for you!

Rodney DCFCPUG Leader

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

For those in DC/MD/VA going to this year’s SUPERMEET, its going to be a blast!

This will be the first year that it will be broadcast LIVE!

Head here for details…

Tune in and enjoy…

Rodney Mitchell

DCFCPUG Leader and a few of our members are representing OUR PUG at the SUPERMEET

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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I’m representing our DCFCPUG at the national level in San Francisco this year. Here is the details of the upcoming event. Perhaps DC might be a new destination for the SUPERMEET one year!

San Francisco Supermeet

[prMac.com] Los Angeles, CA / Boston, MA – The agenda has now been set for the Ninth Annual San Francisco SuperMeet to take place on Friday, February 5, 2010 at the UCSF 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. Tickets are on sale online for $15.00 each and $10.00 for students or $20.00 at the door. 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. It is expected this SuperMeet will sell out as historically every SuperMeet sells out.

• 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

To purchase tickets and for complete details on the SuperMeet including driving and transit directions and instructions, a current list of raffle prizes and details on Open Screen Theater and the free Educational SuperWorkshops, visit the SuperMeet web site.

• 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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