LAFCPUG various announcements

Chris Hurd · December 9th, 2007, 10:08 PM

And once again I'll be there, hanging on to the bar with absolutely no idea what's going on.

See you then, Michael!

Michael Horton · December 9th, 2007, 10:09 PM

And once again I'll be with Chris holding him up.

Chris Hurd · December 9th, 2007, 10:13 PM

Thanks. That'll make it easier to chat with the blonde.

Chris Hurd · December 9th, 2007, 10:14 PM

Speaking of twins, will Dan and Don be there again?

Michael Horton · December 10th, 2007, 04:57 AM

Of course. Dan is my producing partner on this show as all other SuperMeets.

Michael Horton · January 19th, 2008, 01:40 PM

Next lafcpug meeting will be Wednesday, January 23, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM - till we drop at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA.

Join us as we welcome JVC to lafcpug for a look at the 200 series of Camcorders and HD Monitors and FCP workflow. Also on the agenda will be a demo of the very cool lights from "Litepanels." Also Steve Martin will show us how to use 3D in Motion. Also FCP tips and tricks, show and tells, Stump The Gurus and World Famous Raffle.

A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door and lafcpug meetings are open to the public. Get there early if you want a good seat.

For more info including directions to the Gallery Theatre visit the lafcpug web site

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

Michael Horton · February 23rd, 2008, 12:25 PM

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, February 27 at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA. beginning at 6:45PM.

19 Marines and their instructors from the Wounded Marine Careers Foundation in San Diego http://www.woundedmarinecareers.org/ will bus up to lafcpug to show clips of their work and talk about what they've learned in the 10 week film and media production school which trains wounded Marines for a career in media, filmmaking, sound design, editing, graphics and photojournalism. This is the inaugural class. You can read about this school and the Marines, in this recent NY Times article.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us...in&oref=slogin

Also on the agenda will be Ricardo Silva, developer of Sugarfx who will wow our eyes with his suite of motion graphic templates and effects for FCS 2.

Marcelo Lewin (The Digital Media Dude) will show us a bunch of useful FCP Tips and tricks we should know.

Plus, Show and Tells, Stump The Gurus and of course, World Famous Raffle. And more!

A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door. Doors open at 6PM. lafcpug meetings are open to the public. First come, best seat.

For more details as well as directions to the Gallery Theatre, visit the lafcpug web site.

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

Michael Horton · March 4th, 2008, 12:22 AM

Going to NAB? Then plan your schedule around the 7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet, to be held at the MGM Grand Hotel, Wednesday April 16 beginning at 7PM. (doors open at 5PM)

Tickets are only $15.00 per person and include 3 raffle tickets and are on sale now.

This year we’ve booked the Grand Ballroom at the MGM Grand Hotel that will seat over 1000 people. In addition there will be 30 vendors outside the theatre doors showing off their “toys.” Some of these vendors will not be on the NAB show floor. The SuperMeet will be the only place you will see them. Our World Famous Raffle has over $25,000.00 worth of prizes so far and we haven’t even started.

This will be the biggest party in town during NAB week. Apple may not be on the trade show floor at NAB, but they WILL BE at the SuperMeet. In a BIG way.

So join us and the largest gathering of FCP Users and Gurus on the planet at the MGM Grand Hotel, Wednesday, April 16 from 7PM to 10PM (doors open at 5PM). There will be plenty to eat and drink, plenty to see, plenty to learn and tens of thousands of dollars worth of raffle prizes. We will have presentations by Apple, JVC, Blackmagic, Adobe and many special guests. This is the only place you need to be during NAB week.

Tickets are on sale NOW for only $15.00 each (includes 3 raffle tickets) and this event will sell out. SuperMeets always sell out. So don’t wait until last minute to buy tickets. There won’t be any.

For complete details on the SuperMeet including directions, current list of raffle prizes and a link to where to buy tickets, visit the lafcpug web site:

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008

Greg Rutkowski · March 8th, 2008, 09:10 AM

As a member of lafcpug...I will try to make the meeting and connect with you and the group members...see ya.

Michael Horton · March 22nd, 2008, 10:09 AM

The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, March 26, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA.

Join us as we welcome Promise Technology and Aperture 2.0 and the world debut of XMiL Sequencer to lafcpug.

Many of you have heard that Apple dropped their Xserve Raid and suddenly this company named Promise Technology and their VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem shows up on the Apple site seemingly taking it's place. So who is this company? What is Vtrak? Does it have blinking blue lights? Paul McLeod, Senior Marketing Specialist from Promise will show and tell.

Aperture 2.0 just shipped and features over 100 new features for the still photographer. What you might not know is that Aperture should be in every Final Cut Pro editor's toolbox. Apple's Kirk Paulsen will show you why.

XMiL Sequencer. converts an XML file exported from a Final Cut Pro timeline and turns it into an Avid Log Exchange (ALE) file. This file can then be imported into an Avid nonlinear editing system, turning the segments used in the FCP timeline into Avid master clips. Editor and author Rainier Standke will demo. This will be the world premiere of Xmil Sequencer.

Plus, Converting HDV to ProRes 422 - and why you want to with Larry Jordan, Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells and of course, World Famous Raffle.

A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door. Doors open at 6PM. lafcpug meetings are open to the public. First come, best seat.

For complete info and directions to the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood visit the lafcpug web site.

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

Michael Horton · March 31st, 2008, 08:20 PM

The agenda is nearly set for the 7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet which will be held at the MGM Grand Hotel's Grand Ballroom, Wednesday, April 16 beginning at 7PM. (doors open at 5PM)

Tickets are only $15.00 per person and include 3 raffle tickets and are on sale now. Here are the particulars if you are gong to NAB

Where? MGM Grand Hotel & Casino
Grand Ballroom
3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109

When? Wednesday, April 16, 6:30M till 10:30PM (doors open 5:00PM)

Why? - Because you need to get out and learn something and then PARTY!!

What's on the Agenda?
- Apple - Richard Townhill - "Latest about Final Cut Studio"
- JVC - Craig Yanagi and Tim Dashwood - "What's new from JVC and Filming for a Music Video"
- Adobe - Steve Martin - "How CS3 Production Premium can compliment your FCP workflow"
- Blackmagic Design - M. Dot Strange - "We are the Strange"
- Red Digital Cinema - Ted Schilowitz and the Red Team - Footage from Red shooters from around the world will be shown
- Wounded Marines Careers Foundation - Inaugural Class
- Phantom High Speed Camera - Noah Kadner
- “The Scariest “Editing” Tool you will EVER see”- Philip Hodgetts
And MORE!

How much? Just $15.00 for online purchase (includes 3 raffle tickets). $20.00 at the door (includes one raffle ticket).

Any Raffle prizes? Over $65,000.00 worth! For current list of raffle prizes, visit the lafcpug web site.

- This event is open to the public. Seating is first come first serve.
- Free Food and Cash Bar will be available
- 30 Vendors showing off their "toys."
- Everyone gets a copy of the SuperMag, Magazine filled with 100 pages of feature articles and tutorials.
- 250 SuperBags will be handed to first 250 people through the door

Apple is supporting the User Group Network by co-sponsoring this event.

Tickets are on sale NOW for only $15.00 each (includes 3 raffle tickets) and this event is expected to sell out. "SuperMeets always sell out.

For complete details on the SuperMeet including directions, current list of raffle prizes and a link to where to buy tickets, visit the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) web site at:

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008.

Hope to see all of you there. The SuperMeet will be the only place you need to be at NAB.

Michael Horton
lafcpug

Michael Horton · April 1st, 2008, 03:54 PM

Further update. Today, JVC has donated the following to the Raffle:

- GY-HD200UB 3-CCD ProHD CAMCORDER w/16:1 FUJINON LENS
PACKAGE
Includes: GY-HD200CHU Camcorder Head, 16:9 LCD Viewfinder,
Mic Holder, Microphone, SD Memory Card, Th17x5BRM Fujinon
Lens, KA551 Tripod Plate Adapter, ABTRIMPACPKG2 (battery, charger/adapter), DRHD100 100Gig hard drive, ABFSKIT3 mount - JVC - (Value $8,995)

This brings total value of prizes to be given away to more than $82,000.00

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008

Yikes! It's friggen Christmas in April

Michael Horton · April 8th, 2008, 12:31 PM

SuperMeet further update

If Servers are in your dreams Apple's Richard Townhill will do the first public demo of Final Cut Server at the SuperMeet, April 16

http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008

only about 200 tickets left although there is 14 acres of standing room if the map of the room is correct.

Doug Okamoto · April 8th, 2008, 12:41 PM

Hi Michael,

I'm really looking forward to this! Especially since Apple won't be on the NAB show floor.

Are we going to be able to purchase additional raffle tickets when we get there?

Michael Horton · April 8th, 2008, 12:59 PM

>Are we going to be able to purchase additional raffle tickets when we get >there?

No. Chris Hurd bought them all.

Of course! Rules will be same as last year.

Limit 24 extra tickets per person and you can win only one prize.

Damn thing is I can't win any of these prizes.

December 9th, 2007, 10:08 PM	#106
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	And once again I'll be there, hanging on to the bar with absolutely no idea what's going on. See you then, Michael! __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

December 9th, 2007, 10:13 PM	#108
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Thanks. That'll make it easier to chat with the blonde. __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

December 9th, 2007, 10:14 PM	#109
Chris Hurd Obstreperous Rex Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: San Marcos, TX Posts: 27,366 Images: 513	Speaking of twins, will Dan and Don be there again? __________________ CH Search DV Info Net \| 20 years of DVi \| ...Tuesday is Soylent Green Day!

January 19th, 2008, 01:40 PM	#111
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	JVC at lafcpug, Jan 23 Next lafcpug meeting will be Wednesday, January 23, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM - till we drop at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA. Join us as we welcome JVC to lafcpug for a look at the 200 series of Camcorders and HD Monitors and FCP workflow. Also on the agenda will be a demo of the very cool lights from "Litepanels." Also Steve Martin will show us how to use 3D in Motion. Also FCP tips and tricks, show and tells, Stump The Gurus and World Famous Raffle. A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door and lafcpug meetings are open to the public. Get there early if you want a good seat. For more info including directions to the Gallery Theatre visit the lafcpug web site http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

February 23rd, 2008, 12:25 PM	#112
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	lafcpug welcomes the Marines, Feb 27 The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, February 27 at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA. beginning at 6:45PM. 19 Marines and their instructors from the Wounded Marine Careers Foundation in San Diego http://www.woundedmarinecareers.org/ will bus up to lafcpug to show clips of their work and talk about what they've learned in the 10 week film and media production school which trains wounded Marines for a career in media, filmmaking, sound design, editing, graphics and photojournalism. This is the inaugural class. You can read about this school and the Marines, in this recent NY Times article. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/03/us...in&oref=slogin Also on the agenda will be Ricardo Silva, developer of Sugarfx who will wow our eyes with his suite of motion graphic templates and effects for FCS 2. Marcelo Lewin (The Digital Media Dude) will show us a bunch of useful FCP Tips and tricks we should know. Plus, Show and Tells, Stump The Gurus and of course, World Famous Raffle. And more! A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door. Doors open at 6PM. lafcpug meetings are open to the public. First come, best seat. For more details as well as directions to the Gallery Theatre, visit the lafcpug web site. http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

December 9th, 2007, 10:09 PM	#107
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	And once again I'll be with Chris holding him up.

December 10th, 2007, 04:57 AM	#110
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	Of course. Dan is my producing partner on this show as all other SuperMeets.

March 4th, 2008, 12:22 AM	#113
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet, April 16 Going to NAB? Then plan your schedule around the 7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet, to be held at the MGM Grand Hotel, Wednesday April 16 beginning at 7PM. (doors open at 5PM) Tickets are only $15.00 per person and include 3 raffle tickets and are on sale now. This year we’ve booked the Grand Ballroom at the MGM Grand Hotel that will seat over 1000 people. In addition there will be 30 vendors outside the theatre doors showing off their “toys.” Some of these vendors will not be on the NAB show floor. The SuperMeet will be the only place you will see them. Our World Famous Raffle has over $25,000.00 worth of prizes so far and we haven’t even started. This will be the biggest party in town during NAB week. Apple may not be on the trade show floor at NAB, but they WILL BE at the SuperMeet. In a BIG way. So join us and the largest gathering of FCP Users and Gurus on the planet at the MGM Grand Hotel, Wednesday, April 16 from 7PM to 10PM (doors open at 5PM). There will be plenty to eat and drink, plenty to see, plenty to learn and tens of thousands of dollars worth of raffle prizes. We will have presentations by Apple, JVC, Blackmagic, Adobe and many special guests. This is the only place you need to be during NAB week. Tickets are on sale NOW for only $15.00 each (includes 3 raffle tickets) and this event will sell out. SuperMeets always sell out. So don’t wait until last minute to buy tickets. There won’t be any. For complete details on the SuperMeet including directions, current list of raffle prizes and a link to where to buy tickets, visit the lafcpug web site: http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008

March 8th, 2008, 09:10 AM	#114
Greg Rutkowski New Boot Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Laguna Niguel, OC, CA, USA Posts: 9	Hi As a member of lafcpug...I will try to make the meeting and connect with you and the group members...see ya.

March 22nd, 2008, 10:09 AM	#115
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	Aperture 2.0, Promise, XMiL and HDV at lafcpug, March 26 The next meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will be Wednesday, March 26, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM at the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood CA. Join us as we welcome Promise Technology and Aperture 2.0 and the world debut of XMiL Sequencer to lafcpug. Many of you have heard that Apple dropped their Xserve Raid and suddenly this company named Promise Technology and their VTrak E-Class RAID Subsystem shows up on the Apple site seemingly taking it's place. So who is this company? What is Vtrak? Does it have blinking blue lights? Paul McLeod, Senior Marketing Specialist from Promise will show and tell. Aperture 2.0 just shipped and features over 100 new features for the still photographer. What you might not know is that Aperture should be in every Final Cut Pro editor's toolbox. Apple's Kirk Paulsen will show you why. XMiL Sequencer. converts an XML file exported from a Final Cut Pro timeline and turns it into an Avid Log Exchange (ALE) file. This file can then be imported into an Avid nonlinear editing system, turning the segments used in the FCP timeline into Avid master clips. Editor and author Rainier Standke will demo. This will be the world premiere of Xmil Sequencer. Plus, Converting HDV to ProRes 422 - and why you want to with Larry Jordan, Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells and of course, World Famous Raffle. A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door. Doors open at 6PM. lafcpug meetings are open to the public. First come, best seat. For complete info and directions to the Gallery Theatre in Hollywood visit the lafcpug web site. http://www.lafcpug.org/user_schedule.html

March 31st, 2008, 08:20 PM	#116
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	FCPUG SuperMeet Update The agenda is nearly set for the 7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet which will be held at the MGM Grand Hotel's Grand Ballroom, Wednesday, April 16 beginning at 7PM. (doors open at 5PM) Tickets are only $15.00 per person and include 3 raffle tickets and are on sale now. Here are the particulars if you are gong to NAB Where? MGM Grand Hotel & Casino Grand Ballroom 3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South Las Vegas, Nevada 89109 When? Wednesday, April 16, 6:30M till 10:30PM (doors open 5:00PM) Why? - Because you need to get out and learn something and then PARTY!! What's on the Agenda? - Apple - Richard Townhill - "Latest about Final Cut Studio" - JVC - Craig Yanagi and Tim Dashwood - "What's new from JVC and Filming for a Music Video" - Adobe - Steve Martin - "How CS3 Production Premium can compliment your FCP workflow" - Blackmagic Design - M. Dot Strange - "We are the Strange" - Red Digital Cinema - Ted Schilowitz and the Red Team - Footage from Red shooters from around the world will be shown - Wounded Marines Careers Foundation - Inaugural Class - Phantom High Speed Camera - Noah Kadner - “The Scariest “Editing” Tool you will EVER see”- Philip Hodgetts And MORE! How much? Just $15.00 for online purchase (includes 3 raffle tickets). $20.00 at the door (includes one raffle ticket). Any Raffle prizes? Over $65,000.00 worth! For current list of raffle prizes, visit the lafcpug web site. - This event is open to the public. Seating is first come first serve. - Free Food and Cash Bar will be available - 30 Vendors showing off their "toys." - Everyone gets a copy of the SuperMag, Magazine filled with 100 pages of feature articles and tutorials. - 250 SuperBags will be handed to first 250 people through the door Apple is supporting the User Group Network by co-sponsoring this event. Tickets are on sale NOW for only $15.00 each (includes 3 raffle tickets) and this event is expected to sell out. "SuperMeets always sell out. For complete details on the SuperMeet including directions, current list of raffle prizes and a link to where to buy tickets, visit the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) web site at: http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008. Hope to see all of you there. The SuperMeet will be the only place you need to be at NAB. Michael Horton lafcpug

April 1st, 2008, 03:54 PM	#117
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	Further update. Today, JVC has donated the following to the Raffle: - GY-HD200UB 3-CCD ProHD CAMCORDER w/16:1 FUJINON LENS PACKAGE Includes: GY-HD200CHU Camcorder Head, 16:9 LCD Viewfinder, Mic Holder, Microphone, SD Memory Card, Th17x5BRM Fujinon Lens, KA551 Tripod Plate Adapter, ABTRIMPACPKG2 (battery, charger/adapter), DRHD100 100Gig hard drive, ABFSKIT3 mount - JVC - (Value $8,995) This brings total value of prizes to be given away to more than $82,000.00 http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008 Yikes! It's friggen Christmas in April

April 8th, 2008, 12:31 PM	#118
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	SuperMeet further update If Servers are in your dreams Apple's Richard Townhill will do the first public demo of Final Cut Server at the SuperMeet, April 16 http://www.lafcpug.org/nab_2008 only about 200 tickets left although there is 14 acres of standing room if the map of the room is correct.

April 8th, 2008, 12:41 PM	#119
Doug Okamoto Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Bellevue, Washington Posts: 145	Hi Michael, I'm really looking forward to this! Especially since Apple won't be on the NAB show floor. Are we going to be able to purchase additional raffle tickets when we get there?

April 8th, 2008, 12:59 PM	#120
Michael Horton LA FCP UG Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: LA CA Posts: 340	>Are we going to be able to purchase additional raffle tickets when we get >there? No. Chris Hurd bought them all. Of course! Rules will be same as last year. Limit 24 extra tickets per person and you can win only one prize. Damn thing is I can't win any of these prizes.