Raffle Prizes CalDigit Raid Card - CalDigit - ($549 value) - Decklink HD Extreme Blackmagic Design - ($995 value) - 2x 250GB External USB+FireWire 400 Drives - HDDisk - ($135 value each) - FULL SET Digieffects - Digieffects - ($1300 value) - Wirecast - Telestream - ($499 value) -ScreenFlow - Telestream - ($99 value) - Kinemac Real Time Animation - Kinemac - ($299 value) -4 x $100 worth of Stock Footage - Pond5 - ($400 value) - G-RAID mini 320GB - G- tech - ($399 value) -2 SugarFX themes - SugarFX - (up to $119 value) - $100 worth of Digital Heaven stuff - Digital Heaven - ($100 value) - Set of Sapphire Plug-Ins - GenArts - (value $600) - 2 copies DVKitchen DVCreators - ($158.00 value) -3x SonicFire Pro Scoring Edition w "Core Foundations" multi-layer music disc - SmartSound - ($149.00 value each) - Nexto Video Storage - International Supplies ($695 value) - 6x Purosol Cleaning products - Purosol (up top $35.95 value each) -2x UserMatic - EditGroove ($34.95 each) - High Definition Survival Guide Callbox ($74.99 value) -DVD Art Professional Eye Scream Factory ($49.95)   many more prizes to come

lafcpug going to DVEXPO Room 502A It is too late to register for your FREE Expo Only pass or save $100 off any Conference Pass online. Never fear! lafcpug to the rescue. CLICK HERE to download this free DV Expo Pass and bring it with you to the show.  Where? - LA Convention Center Room, 502A When? Wednesday, Nov 5, 7:00PM - 9:30PM Why? Because we need somplace to hang out and wait for traffic to die down. And you need to learn something and we need to learn from each other. How Much? - Free Any raffle prizes? Of course. $2.00 per raffle ticket or 3 for $5.00 Seating is first come first seated and we expect to fill up quickly lafcpug is once again going to DV Expo and yes, it will be HUGE. Join us for 2 hours of learning, fun and general chaos. Agenda (subject to change) 7:05PM - 7:20PM - FCP Tips and Tricks - Larry Jordan FCS Guru Larry Jordan will give us a bunch of useful FCP Tips and tricks you may or may not know. 7:25PM - 7:40PM - Scary new tool - Philip Hodgetts Philip Hodgetts will debut another really scary tool as part of the the VERY scary First Cuts for FCP. Be afraid. Be very afraid. 7:45PM - 8:10PM - Sony EX3 and PDW700 XDCAM HD - Jody Eldred DP Jody Eldred will show us footage from the Sony EX3 XDCAM EX and PDW700 XDCAM HD and show us how to use it all with FCP. From Jody: "I will show recent footage I shot with the new Sony PDW 700 XDCAM HD, 4:2:2, 2/3" camera, speak briefly about its capabilities, future capabilities (such as 24P), and workflow. Then I will show Sony's new XDCAM EX3 camera, explain some of its capabilities and features, then show some recent footage shot with it in 24P. Finally I will do a short demonstration using my MacBook Pro as to the EX3 workflow: from shooting to transferring files, then importing them into FCP and editing on a timeline." 8:15PM - 8:45PM - Onlining Weeds - DigitalFilm Tree The boys from DigitalFilm Tree will show us how they online the hit Showtime series, "Weeds" using FCP, including color correcting with Color and doing the titles with Livetype. Yes, LiveType. 8:45PM - 9:05PM - "Heckler - Michael Addis Filmmaker Michael Addis will show clips and talk about his recently released and critically acclaimed documentary, HECKLER starring Jamie Kennedy. Michael will talk about how he went from easily obtainable and inexpensive digital camera gear (about $2k), cut 400 hours of footage down to 78 minutes on an affordable Mac, then delivered on HD (and various formats) a finished movie that played in theaters and just last week was lauded by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC. Heckler now has over 100k units for sale/rent in the US, Canada and Australia. Whew! 9:05PM - World Famous Raffle It is too late to register for your FREE Expo Only pass or save $100 off any Conference Pass online. Never fear! lafcpug to the rescue. CLICK HERE to download this free DV Expo Pass and bring it with you to the show.