DC Metro FCP UG

Thanks George Kennedy for the Vimeo post! Check out our DCFCPUG member winning the biggest prize at the SUPERMEET – 30K worth of BlackMagic Design DaVinci software + associated color grading console gear [1 min, 31 seconds in on video]

[Courtesy: Manhattan Edit Workshop]

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!

Hi all

Thought we’d pass this on to all of DCFCPUG members. Its a heck of a
deal.

Get in on this and tell your colleagues. You do NOT need to be at the SuperMeet
to win.

The SuperMeet and Class on Demand have teamed up to make the World Famous
Raffle even more famous. For the first time, you can enter online to win a
Class on Demand grand prize drawing including the top-of-the-line NVIDIA
5800 graphics accelerator card and 1 year unlimited access to Class on
Demand¹s entire online media training catalog! This prize has a total value
of over $5,000!

One lucky winner will be announced at the SuperMeet on Tuesday April 12th at the event.
You need NOT be present to win. But you must enter to win! You must register
online before 12:00PM CST, April 10, 2011. Register to win this prize at:

http://www.classondemand.net/giveaway/register.html

Enjoy the background on the Supermeets and the details of the upcoming Amsterdam Supermeet which is the final one for 2010.

Rodney – DCFCPUG Leader

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.

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Should be a chance to show off your work and GET SEEN!

Rodney Mitchell
DC Final Cut Pro Users Group Leader

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

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

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

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 representing OUR PUG at the SUPERMEET