DC Metro Final Cut Pros

See first hand how Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Server advances the art and technology of filmmaking with innovations that help you work faster, collaborate more efficiently, and finish brilliantly.

This seminar features terrific third-party solutions that work hand in hand with Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Server, including the Canon’s EOS plugin for editing and archiving your HD video from DSLR Cameras.

Where: Apple Offices, Reston, VA
When: June 9th, 2010 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Presenter: Orlando Luna

Orlando attended our last May DCFCPUG meeting (Apple rep from Miami)

Rodney Mitchell

DCFCPUG

We are also happy to offer all Final Cut Pro user group attendees 15% off any Apple training course or exam! It is as simple as referencing “Final Cut Pro user group” when registering. But the time to use it is limited. Though class can be scheduled for any time in the next 6 months, to enjoy this discount you must register by February 28, 2010.

This offer cannot be combined with other discounts. Call us today to inquire about our upcoming classes or check out our schedule of classes on our website.

Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or for help with registering or scheduling your training course. Hope to hear from you soon and look forward to seeing you at our training facility soon!

Martin Dudley
Corporate Account Manager
202-429-9700
martind@fmctraining.com

P.S: DCFCPUG – One of our attendees at our JANUARY meeting won the free class raffle prize!
Take advantage of our sponsors good will and expert training to step up your game in FCS.

Rod – DCFCPUG

Thanks to our members and invited guests for a record turnout last night!

For those that missed our meeting last night, you missed a treat!

Manny from AJA gave us a thorough overview of the AJA product line.  We had real product in the room for members and non-members to see, touch and feel.  After an awesome demo of the KiPro and its exoskeleton mounting gear, we watched a showreel of footage in which AJA products were featured.

KiPro components and other relevant AJA products were passed around the room which stimulated lots of good dialog between AJA and our audience.  We had a robust Question and Answer period for FCP and the intersection of AJA gear which could have gone on for hours….

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Attendance was in record numbers for a cold Tuesday night in DC and our venue sponsor outdid themselves from 2009 by providing refreshments and food (lots of awesome Pizza). Thanks Future Media Concepts (FMC)!

As a special SURPRISE bonus for the January meeting, FMC gave away a FREE FMC FCP course to a lucky attendee. We conducted our famous WINNER’S CIRCLE raffle in which nearly $2,000 worth of valuable sponsor items were raffled off.

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Congrats to our winners from last night. I’m sure you will put those tools to work in your next creative piece.  Start prepping your best works as we will begin to showcase our member’s works soon.

Since the meeting is all about members networking and learning, I deferred the DCFCPUG status to our next meeting in February (just a couple of weeks away – 10 Feb) and since you have the agenda posted, you can think about questions for the next meeting since our invited guest is the famous, yet humble LARRY JORDAN – FCP EXPERT extraordinaire!

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SEND ME YOUR “STUMP THE EXPERT” QUESTIONS NOW!  As a courtesy, I will provide those to Larry before the meeting so he can be best prepared to get you answer during our meeting timeframe.  For the full FCP immersion, take his very reasonably priced course during the day (see prior post on this subject). SIGN UP NOW as we have an additional discount for DCFCPUG members. Email me for details, if interested.

Yeah, next time, you should sign up EARLY and attend because you never know what might happen at a DCFCPUG meeting!

Again, I would like to thank our NEW and returning members for coming out last night, our venue and corporate sponsors for outstanding support and Manny for our “business meeting” at the Sushi house afterwards.  ;-)

I’ll have the meeting details up for the February meeting soon so check back often and don’t forget to tell your friends and colleagues to REGISTER FOR FREE MEMBERSHIP, AND sign up EARLY for EVENTS which helps us forecast resources (chairs, food, drinks, etc)

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P.S: New sponsors are signing up to support us (I’ll announce those new sponsors in a separate post shortly….)

Well, gotta go do real work now…

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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

Courtesy of Ripple Training:

Final Cut Studio – What’s New

The wait is over. The new Final Cut Studio is here. With dozens of improvements and features, this version of Final Cut Studio is a must-have for any serious post production professional. With over 11 years of experience teaching Apple professional video applications, Ripple Training was Apple’s first choice to produce and deliver tutorial movies that explain in real-world, no-nonsense terms, what these improvements and features will mean to your everyday workflow.

Below you will find 19 tutorial movies (all free), that cover Final Cut Pro 7, Motion 4, Compressor 3.5, Soundtrack Pro 3 and Color 1.5. Each tutorial is produced by Apple-certified trainers who are industry leaders in their respective fields of expertise.

Final Cut Pro 7: Produced by Steve Martin and Brian Gary
Motion 4: Produced by Mark Spencer
Compressor 3.5: Produced by Brian Gary
Soundtrack Pro 3: Produced by Steve Martin
Color 1.5: Produced by Alexis Van Hurkman

QuickTime 7 or above required to watch these tutorials. A fast internet connection is also recommended.

The total running time for all 19 movies is 78 minutes (give or take a second or two). So go get a sandwich, kick back and enjoy the presentation. Thanks for watching.

P.S: Click on their button to be notified of additional videos when added…

DCFCPUG

Given the move from Carbon to Cocoa 64 in FCS, the rewrite of FCS 3 will be interesting to watch for the Snow Leopard release of OS X. Read more at the Apple Insider at this link.

Another article goes further in explaining the general version breakdown in the new upcoming suite:

Final Cut Pro 7.0: for real-time editing for DV, SD, HD and film.
Motion 4.0: for real-time motion graphics and animation design.
Soundtrack Pro 3.0: for advanced audio post production and sound design.
Color 1.5: for real-time professional color grading.
Compressor 3.5: for high-performance encoding with output in various formats.
DVD Studio Pro 4.2.2: for professional authoring, encoding and burning of DVDs.

The codename for the upcoming suite is SIDEWAYS and will be about ~3 gigabytes (2.8 GB image)

Rod – DCFCPUG

“Apple has scaled back the SATA interface speeds in some of its new
MacBook Pros, testing reveals. Whereas Pros have typically been
equipped with 3Gbps SATA, the new 13- and 15-inch systems have been
limited to 1.5Gbps. The 17-inch Pro remains unaffected, along with the
MacBook Air and the 13-inch plastic MacBook…”

Source: MacNN and FCP-L list

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