DC Metro FCP UG

A large crowd turned out for Kevin and it was a great time for all in attendance! Hang out with us at NAB where the stars come out to learn and play!

More pictures in the REEL gallery!

Looking for the best event to attend during NABShow 2010?

The Ninth Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet happens at NAB Tuesday, April 13, 2010 in the Amazon Ballroom at the Rio Hotel Las Vegas, presented by the Final Cut Pro User Group Network.

Witness SuperMeet history as Apple, Adobe, and Avid share the stage together for the very first time.

Connect with industry peers and user group members from around the world at the largest gathering of Final Cut Pro, Avid, and Adobe editors, HDSLR and digital filmmakers, content creators, and Gurus on the Planet.

Receive a collectible pair of 3D SuperMeet glasses to see solutions for Affordable 3D on the Mac.

Network and connect with over 35 software and hardware developers in the SuperMeet Digital Showcase.

“Get Seen” by showing your short film in the Open Screen Theatre.

Watch as the DCFCPUG leader leads off the Issue 4 of the SuperMag this year!

Download issue #4 of the SuperMag, featuring over 300 pages of workflow articles for today’s digital filmmaker.

For those not attending NAB, register to view a free Live Video stream of the SuperMeet.  Who knows, you might even see our DCFCPUG members on stage or in the audience. At last check, over $83,000 worth of raffle prizes are at stake… Wish us luck!!

For details and to purchase tickets, please visit http://supermeet.com.

To watch live, go to:

http://www.supermeet.com/live

Scheduled to appear on stage (subject to change) will be:

– Canon, Shooting for Saturday Night Live; Canon XF305 and XF300 professional HD camcorders
Alex Buono, 10-year veteran Director of Photography for NBC’s Saturday Night Live Film Unit, kicks off the SuperMeet with a real-world perspective and a bit of humor on shooting for broadcast for the weekly live comedy series with Canon EOS DSLR cameras. Alex will be joined by Paul McAniff of Canon, who will introduce Canon’s new XF305 and XF300 professional HD camcorders, featuring 50 Mbps MPEG-2 4:2:2 recording to affordable CF Cards.

– Adobe, Creative Suite 5 Production Premium for FCP Editors
Jason Levine, Adobe Worldwide Product Evangelist will highlight several new features that will be useful for the Final Cut Pro editor (including Round tripping to/from FCP and native DSLR HD video support) in the just announced Production Premium CS5.

- Avid: XDcam and Canon 7D with Avid Media Composer & AMA
Editor Misha Tenenbaum will discuss production from an editor’s point of view and explore his use of the AMA plugin architecture with Sony XDCam HD and Canon EOS 7D cameras for his new show, “Handicapped John.” Misha will explore watching and even editing dailies instantly, while still on location and demonstrate how to save money and avoid potential hassles by offline editing in camera-native HD codecs. Avid Media Composer and AMA brought his post to production.

- Apple, New Developments in ProRes and Stereo 3D
Steve Bayes, Sr. Product Manager for FCP at Apple, returns to the SuperMeet stage to highlight exciting new developments in Apple Partner Support for ProRes and Stereo 3D.

- ARRI: Introducing the ARRI ALEXA Digital Camera
Adrian Widera of ARRI and a special guest will showcase the new ARRI ALEXA Digital Cinema Camera, the only camera of its kind to shoot directly to Apple’s ProRes 422HQ and ProRes 4444 onto SxS Pro cards.

– Blackmagic Design: Interview With Peter Barber
Peter Barber, Director, Blackmagic Design, will show off brand new solutions that Blackmagic Design is expected to announce at NAB.

– Affordable 3D on the Mac for All
2010 is the year of 3D, so Stereo Cinematographer Tim Dashwood of Dashwood Cinema Solutions will show how content creators can affordably capture and edit footage and timelapse in 3D using Canon EOS 7D DSLRs and other cameras. Featured will be 3D footage and a live demo projected on stage.

– iPad for Digital Filmmakers
Director Taz Goldstein of HandHeldHollywood.com will discuss how the iPad will impact filmmaking and show off 5 of the newest, most innovative must-have iApps designed for digital content creators, along with a variety of hardware that’s been developed to support this growing market.

Rounding out the evening will be the always wild and crazy “World Famous Raffle” with currently $82,000.00 worth of prizes to be handed out to dozens of lucky winners, including a Canon EOS 7D DSLR Camera and related HD-DSLR gear, Apple iPad, NLE software and hardware, plug-ins and much more.

Doors will open at 4:00PM with the SuperMeet Digital Showcase featuring 35 software and hardware developers including Adobe, Blackmagic Design, Canon, ARRI, Avid, Automatic Duck, Data Robotics, Future Media Concepts, Matrox, Noise Industries, NVIDIA, Panasonic, Vimeo and many others.

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This will be a VERY busy week and a great learning experience…

Rodney – DCFCPUG

Congrats to the DCFCPUG members selected to contribute to the 2010 NABshow Digital Production BuZZ activities featuring Larry Jordan. We are the official talk radio podcast for the entire NABshow!

This is a full on, five day production and is a great learning opportunity for all involved, plus you get production credit for supporting.  ;-)

Roles for DCFCPUG members:

Rodney Mitchell – Lead Audio Editor
George Kennedy – Field Reporter
Zhibo Lai – Audio Editor

This has been a very successful year so far for the DCFCPUG.  I hope to see more of the membership take advantage of the learning opportunities and networking connections that you gain from the added exposure to the entertainment industry!
This should be fun but a lot of hard work….

Watch for updates while at the show on DCFCPUG!

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Respectfully,

Rodney Mitchell
DC Final Cut Pro User Group 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!

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All the best and edit the rest!

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

If any DCFCPUG members are going to the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show in April, there is a RED Camera and Post training event sponsored by RED and HD EXPO the week before NAB.

REDucation is the only RED-approved and RED-sanctioned educational program for learning the RED camera, RED workflow, RED data management, and RED post production techniques.

REDUCATION Registration page:

SELECT YOUR WORKSHOP:
April 8-12, 2010 – Las Vegas – REGISTER NOW
August 2-7, 2010 – Los Angeles – Registration Open Soon
September 27-October 2, 2010 – New York – Registration Open Soon
December 6-11, 2010 – Los Angeles – Registration Open Soon

About RED

CURRICULUM
It is important to note that REDucation is the RED approved and sanctioned education for learning RED. While the popularity of the camera and the 1000′s of RED jobs and massive industry adoption of the RED have created a lot of entities teaching RED in some fashion – none have been authorized by RED as the best practices that we believe should be taught. REDucation is what RED believes is the best way to learn the RED camera and RED post production techniques.

RED TECH:

• Theory & Philosophy of RED – The concept of digital film and RAW Cinematography
• The Future of RED – A peek into the Crystal Ball – EPIC, SCARLET, REDRAY, and more
• RED Myths – Dispelling rumors, innuendos, misinformation and FUD
• Common On Set Scenarios – How to work most effectively with this new tool
• The RED ONE Camera – Menus, Frame Rates, Resolution, overview of how to best learn and use the tool
• The RED ONE production packages – Setups for various shooting styles and production scenarios
• Shooting assignments – Testing various lighting setups, exposure situations, and rigging styles
• The RED Lab – Exposure measuring tools, on-set grading & file backup, and prep options
• Monitors – Calibration and setup procedures, philosophy of RED on set monitoring
• Software – REDCINE, RED ALERT!, REDrushes & 3rd Party software
• REDiquette – On-set procedures and politics, dealing with tricky situations and various personalities
• Data Management – Options and best practices for protecting and managing the digital negative
• RED Tech kit review and setup – use of the data-wrangling tools
• Data management during prep – Various testing methods and benefits
• Testing with the DP and the assistants – Getting comfortable with each job and its nuances
• Data management during photography – How to tech the data efficiently and effectively
• Hardware and software solutions for on set work – What makes sense for various types of productions
• On-set footage and color checks – File requirements for post production
• Data Management Lab – Who’s Responsible and various options
• Camera-to-Posthouse workflows – Options and recommended practices
• Storage and backups – How many, how often, and where do they go
• On-set editing and dailies – The modern video assist and file prep station

RED POST:

• RED Post logic points and theory – The pros and cons of many flexible workflows
• Overview of Workflow Solutions
• Small – Kitchen table, Do it Yourself
• Medium – Indy, Commercial, Do it yourself or Outsource
• Large – Feature, Episodic, Do it yourself or Outsource
• The RED lab – Receiving data from the field
• Backing up data – Data and error checking and best practices
• Quality control checks and feedback to set – Informing the set of problems or concerns
• RED Proxies – What are proxies and the various ways to use them
• RED Myths – Dispelling rumors, misinformation and wild information
• Preventing problems before they get to the post stage
• Archiving data – On-set, very short term, short term, long term, very long term
• Dailies – pictures and sound, and the various modern and traditional methods for creating RED dailies
• Editorial Workflow – Yesterday’s offline is today’s online
• Delivering cut scene outputs and elements to directors and producers
• Working with directors, post producers, and post supervisors
• Politics in post production – Specific to RED and the modern state of the industry
• Software options – Offline and online editing, DI and finishing
• RED specific post utilities and the best practice uses – REDCINE, RED Alert!, RED Rushes & 3rd Party software
• VFX Handling – How to manage and optimize the pipeline
• Color Space and LUTs for Post Production deliverables
• Deliverables – Traditional 35mm, and DCP, large format film and digital, broadcast HD and SD, DVD & Blu-Ray, mobile devices, web delivery

RED Digital Cinema is taking the next step in the evolution of our various education efforts with REDucation. The goal of this effort is fully immersive, hands on, practical training and teaching of the RED ONE camera system for both on set practices and post production practices.

This is real world training – taught by working professionals, for working professionals and those looking to work in the field of DigitalCinematography and High Resolution Post Production.

Over the past few runs of REDucation, we’ve streamlined the course, and are combining the Camera and Post sides of the course into one comprehensive class (no longer will we have the option of taking just the camera side or the post side separately.)

We proved with REDucation what we knew all along, that with the RED, shooting and post are so intertwined, that it doesn’t make sense to separate them into to different modules. Considering there is a large on set component of post production, viewing footage, prepping files for editorial, screening dailies during or immediately after the shoot, etc. it really is critical to know all of it to be fully effective as a RED expert.

By combining the Camera and Post sides, we will be making it more focused on the subject matter that’s most important, based on feedback we have received from the first few classes.

The new structure for REDucation is as follows: 6 day class – 2.5 days of Camera tech and on set practices, 2.5 days of Post Production for both on set and off set (post environment) editorial, color grading and DI finishing for TV and Theatrical deliverables. Middle day will continue to be the RED community day, giving the students in the class time to interface with the various companies that support RED in both production and post.

Classes will still be fully hands on with many RED camera packages, all kinds of support gear, both 4k and 2k projection. many Mac workstations for On set Tech training and post production training, and RED rocket enabled 4k screening station to view Student shot footage in 4k.

Looks like the first class we will be run this way will be in Las Vegas from April 8 to April 12 at the Tropicana Hotel with registration open for the first 200. Then we will be running this class structure in NYC, LA, Paris, London and select Cities in Asia and India – dates to be announced sometime early 2010.

REDucation Vegas:

The first class we are planning to run as discussed above will be in Las Vegas from April 8 to April 12th at the Tropicana Hotel with registration open for the first 200. Then we will be running this class structure in NYC, Paris, London and select Cities in Asia and India – dates to be announced sometime early 2010.

This REDucation Vegas looks to be a very popular destination, as it is set to run directly before the NAB show, so many people coming in from all over the USA and Internationally will extend their trip by a week, and combine REDucation with their NAB activities.

Even though this class will be larger than our normal class size, we will be increasing support staff, gear and the venue to support it properly. All the learning will be hands on, just as with the LA classes.

Michael Cioni and Steve Freebairn will be instructing with twenty TAs and forty camera packages. A massive gathering of RED gear and technology.

If you are interested in Vegas REDucation, please register soon, as we anticipate this class will fill up fast, even with the larger number of students we plan to work with on this run.

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

The Digital Production BuZZ, the official podcaster for the NAB 2010 show in Las Vegas, NV offer me a role on their production team for this year’s NAB show event.  The show is from 10-15 April and features a full radio production booth on the show floor for the duration of the NAB show.

Keynote speakers, members of the NAB team, vendors and show attendees will be interview and produced in near real-time. It’s going to be a busy week but will give me additional exposure and the ability for me to talk about DCFCPUG!

One of the benefits is that we get a FULL SHOW PASS for contributions to the team production of the show. Any DCFCPUG members going to NAB this year?  Look for us on the show floor and join us for the planned SUPERMEET as well. There are special considerations made for FCPUG members, ask me for more info!

Regards,

Rodney – DCFCPUG Leader