Meeting Summary

The Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group along with leaders of the Boston, San Francisco, Chicago San Diego and Washington DC, FCP User Groups gathered for a very special "Meeting" at the DV Expo, December 11 beginning at 6:00PM at the LA Convention Center. This was the largest gathering of FCP Gurus on the planet. Well, at least during the month of December.

On the agenda was FCP Product Designer Brian Meaney, Apple's Michael Wong, and FCP lead Engineer, David Black who took questions and gathered feedback from the audience on Final Cut Pro 3 and beyond.

Cawan Starks of Promax demoed DeckLink from Blackmagic-Design, the most talked about Video Capture Card to hit the market since the AJA KONA.

Digital Anarchy's Jim Tierney premiered 2 brand new plug ins for FCP: Psumani and Aurora Sky.

Director Noah Kadner showed us the results of a side by side video shoot he did with the new Panasonic DVX100 24P Camcorder and the Sony PD 150.

Director of Photography Nate Weaver presented "If Ozzy Was My Dad (That Would Rock)", a video produced with the new Panasonic DVX100 24Pand shot in one exhausting 19-hour day, with a crew of 3 and budget of $150. This video displayed just how much production value can be had for the low-budget filmmaker.

Plus there will be a raffle with prizes totaling close to $4,000 including a copy of DVD Studio Pro donated by Apple Computer.

It was a great time had by all but unfortunately it wont be available on DVD

But we do have pictures courtesy of Ken stone

DVD Studio Pro - Apple Computer
SteadyTracker Lite - Promax
one free trainingclass of your choice - Promax
One FCP Keyboard - Promax
3 copies of Speed Truck Challenge - Darren Purcell
Free one year subscription to MacWorld Magazine - MacWorld Magazine
1 Copy of Final Draft or Final Draft AV - Final Draft
2 FCP Keyboard Keycharts - Neotron Design
2 Royalty Free Stock Footage CDs - ThinkStock
5 $20.00 Gift Certificates - Poquito Mas Restaurants (Hey, we gotta eat)
DV Companion for FCP 3 - Intelligent Assistance
TroubleShooter fo Final Cut Pro - Intelligent Assistance
DVD Companion Pro Pack - Recipe 4 DVD
1 copy Audio Post Production - CMP Books
1 copy Compression for Digital Video- CMP Books
1 copy Lighting for Digital Video and Television - CMP Books
1 copy Great Sound for Digital Video - CMP Books
1 copy Non Linear Editing, Story Telling, Aesthetics & Craft - CMP Books
1 copy Color Correction for Digital Video - CMP Books
1 copy Final Cut Pro 3 Editing Workshops - CMP Books
1 copy Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects - CMP Books
1 T-shirt - kenstone.net

Special thanks must go to Ken stone for taking pics and of course Promax for footing the bill.

Michael Horton,
"HeadCutter"

Michael Wong, Brian Meaney, and David Black

Michael Wong, Brian Meaney, and David Black

Michael Wong, Brian Meaney

Brian Meaney

Cawan Starks

Apple Classroom on the show floor

Another view of the Classroom

Noah Kadner

Timothy Griffen, Gary Adcock, Dan Berube, Kevin Monahan

Steve Martin

Gary Adcock

Timothy Griffen

Noah Kadner

Nate Weaver

Kevin Monahan

Jim Tierney