LAFCPUG various announcements

[Chris Hurd]

Yeah, I'd have to hit the bar pretty hard before I could do any singing.

But as for the swag, consider it done -- and thanks!

[Michael Horton]

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be meeting Wednesday, January 25 at the Gallery Theater in Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. Scheduled on the agenda will be Digital Heaven's Martin Baker who is flying in from the UK to show off the world premiere of...something super secret. Plus Dan Montgomery from Imagine Products will show off HD Log. Plus Frank Colin of Final Draft will give a brief look at the latest version of Final Draft AV. Plus filmmaker Warren Eig will answer the question, can you make 2 short films for $5,400.00 and make them look like they cost $54,000.00. The answer it seems is yes you can and Warren will show you. Plus another round of Stump the Gurus, Show and Tell, FCP Tips and Trick of the Month with Larry Jordan and once again, World Famous Raffle. All in one night.

For all the details including directions to the Gallery Theater, visit the lafcpug web site

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door

[Michael Horton]

The next meeting of the lafcpug will be Wednesday, Feb. 22 at the Gallery Theater in stunning E. Hollywood Ca.\. It will be “Get Yourself Organized Night” because that’s about as good a title we can come up with. This show is going to be a good one, that I promise.

We will welcome DigitalFilm Tree's Ramy Katrib who will show off what can only be described as a FileMaker Pro digital replica of the organizing solution Walter Murch uses on his movies. Plus a demo of the # 1 storyboarding software for filmmakers, Storyboard Artist. Plus Steve Martin will return with tips and tricks on Color Correction in Final Cut Pro and show off Ripple Training’s brand new training DVD, “Color Correction for Final Cut Pro.” Plus Philip Hodgetts will show us how to convert HDV to SD 4:3 and future proof your HDV movie when and if HD distribution becomes available. Not enough? Ted Bonnitt returns with a brand new short movie, shot on 35mm and mastered to HDSR 4:4:4 DI He will talk a little about the workflow and show the movie.

Hold on, we are not done yet. Another round of Stump the Gurus and World Famous Raffle will wrap up the evening.
Get there early for this one folks.

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door.

For more info including directions to the Gallery Theater click on over to the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

[Michael Horton]

Registration is now open for the annual Charles McConathy Digital Cafe (CMDC) which will be held at the Stardust Hotel, Tuesday NIght, April 25 beginning at 6:30PM

Presentations to include:

Adobe
AJA
Apple
Avid
Sony

and more.

This is just one of the must attend events at NAB, so if you are planning to go, make this one part of your plan.

Go to the ProMax web site to register

http://www.promax.com/events/cafe/

[Michael Horton]

What are you doing with Final Cut Studio?

Are you going to NAB?

Great stories exist in our community and the Final Cut Pro
User Group Network (FCPUG Network) will bring these stories to the forefront to highlight at the 5th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet, to take place on Wednesday, April 26th, at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas.

The FCPUG Network is looking for your best work created in Final Cut Studio. This is your chance to get your work seen by a full house of filmmakers, broadcasters, FCP editors, gurus and enthusiasts. We're talking about hundreds of people seeing what can be done and what YOU have done in Final Cut Studio. So if you will be at NAB and want to show your work, then read on.

We will choose an undetermined amount of the best submissions based solely on how interesting it sounds and on diversity. Works can be from a doc, music video, narrative, animation, wedding, corporate, home movie or graphics heavy piece, or for the web. We don’t care. We want to see what you are doing. This is not about good and bad. It's about interesting, stimulating
and diverse stories.

HOW TO ENTER:
1. Send an email to michaelh@lafcpug.org
In the email, state your name and contact info and include a
paragraph or two on what is on the tape you wish to submit. We are not accepting tapes at this time. Only emails from those who will be at NAB and at the FCPUG SuperMeet and have a piece they think will rock the house will be accepted.

2. Deadline to send your email is April 10, 2006. No
exceptions!

3. All email entries received by April 10 will be reviewed by a
panel of 5 curating judges from LAFCPUG, BOSFCPUG, CHIFCPUG
and SF CUTTERS.

4. Through the curating process will select an undetermined amount of finalists by April 13, 2006. Each finalist will be contacted using the contact info supplied in your email.

RULES:
1. You, or someone involved in the making of your work must be present at the FCPUG SuperMeet, April 26 at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas to show and tell about your work. No exceptions and no friends can show and tell for you! If you are not going to be at NAB and at our event, then don't send us a submission.

2. Your work must have been created using at least one of the applications in the Final Cut Studio Suite.

3. Your work can be on Mini DV, DVCam, DVCPro 50 or 100 or DVD only. No exceptions.

4. Each Show and Tell is limited to 5 minutes and not one
minute more. If your work is three minutes in length, that
means you will have two minutes to discuss it. NO
EXCEPTIONS. You must stay within the 5 minute limit. We
suggest keeping your work to be screened to 3-4 minutes in
length. If it is longer than 5 minutes, you will have to
edit it down before you submit it to us. We will not allow
anything over this time limit.

Send your submission now to Michael Horton at:

michaelh@lafcpug.org

[Michael Horton]

The next meeting of the lafcpug will be Wednesday, March. 22 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theater in the heart of East Hollywood. Join us as we bring you real live user demos of the Panasonic HVX200 Camcorder, Real live human beings showing real footage using real Live HVX200 camcorders and P2 cards and doing real live workflow. This will be the REAL deal.

Editor Shane Ross, DP Andrew Parke, and Producer Jim Lindsey will takes us through P2 workflow as well as all the “gotchas” one might encounter out in the field. Plus they will show footage. Also DP and author Barry Braverman will show you what you need to know about the HVX200 including what to watch out for. Plus FCP Guru Larry Jordan will show us ”Tips to working with garbage mattes and chroma key.” Plus Brad Wright will show us what we need to know about the Macbook Pro. Plus the FCP Tip/Trick of the Month by Christine Steele, another round of Stump the Gurus and World Famous Raffle. All in one night. Whew!

For the entire agenda including directions to the theater, click on over to the lafcpug web site:

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

[Michael Horton]

In what we hope will be a series of events on the "craft of film editing," the LA Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will welcome legendary film editor, Dede Allen (Bonnie and Clyde, Reds, Slapshot, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Little Big Man and many more) to the stage Wednesday April 19 at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood beginning at 6:45PM. Ms Allen will speak about her extraordinary career, the craft of editing, show clips from some of her movies and take questions from the audience. Tickets are on sale now for $8.00 each and this event is expected to sell out. For more info and a link to where to buy tickets, visit the lafcpug web site.

http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html
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[Michael Horton]

For those of you going to the giant FCPUG Event at NAB this coming April 26 at the RIO Hotel, we just passed the 47K mark worth of raffle prizes. That's HUGE!

Some of the prizes are:

Sony HVR-A1U HDV Camcorder - Sony ($3,100 value)
(2) Multibridge Extreme - Blackmagic Design ($5,100 value)
(3) Decklink Cards - Blackmagic Design ($2,685 value)
(2) G-DRIVE Q 250's - G-Tech ($538 value)
(2) G-DRIVE mini 100's - G-Tech ($598 value)
AJA Kona 3 Capture Card + K3 Optional 1RU External Breakout Box - AJA - ($3,298.00)
(2) HDP Mini Converters + Power Supply - AJA - ($1660.00 value)
Io LA - AJA -($1190.00)
Io - AJA - ($2290.00 value)
FireStore FS-4 Pro - Focus Enhancements ($1,200 value)
DV Creators Lighting Kit - Lowel ($1,800 value)
1 GY-HD100 3-CCD PROHD CAMCORDER - JVC ProHD - ($6295.00 value)

and that is just a few of them

Get your tickets now folks if you are going to NAB. Someone is going to win these. Course it ain't going to be me, damnit.

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2006.html

[Zack Birlew]

That's nice Michael, you can just go ahead and load all those prizes in my car thank you very much! =)

[Michael Horton]

Now over 50K. Wow.

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2006.html

[Zack Birlew]

Whoa! What are the new prizes?

[Michael Horton]

Andromeda Update for the DVX100 (A/B) $3000.00 value
(2) Firewire Rev Pro Drives - Thompson Grass Valley - ($1000.00 value)
Copy of Genarts Sapphire Plug-ins - Genarts - ($599.00)
Flip4Mac WMV Studio Pro HD Component - Flip4Mac - (value $179)
(2) Flip4Mac Infinity Component for Final Cut Pro - Flip4Mac - (value $990.00)
Gift Certificate for 3 Stock Footage titles from Creatas Footage, Thinkstock Footage & Bigshot Media - Creatas Footage - ($1500.00 value)

[Zack Birlew]

Awesome! One question though, what happens if someone wins the Andromeda mod but doesn't have a DVX to mod?

[Michael Horton]

We will most likely ask for a raise of hands about who owns it and then limit the give out to them. Might take a little while though

[Robert Kirkpatrick]

I wasn't originally going to go to this, but some people have told me that it's open to the public. Is this true? I primarily use Vegas, but I work with a lot of filmmakers who use Final Cut -- so I work with it occasionally, especially at the local film fests, and my office is thinking of migrating to it. Would it be okay for me to attend, or do I need more Final Cut street cred?