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| Past Meetings |
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Tonight we celebrated lafcpug's 7th Birthday. We devoted the entire night to everything you need to know about FCP 6. We had several presentations covering most of the new "cool stuff" and if that wasn't enough, we had round of Stump The Gurus and World Famous Raffle.
Guests included Steve Martin showed us "Working with Motion Templates in FCP 6." Apple's Senior Manager, Pro Apps Marketing, Paul Saccone showed us told about ProRes 422 and more. Also, very special guest, FCP Product Designer, Brian Meaney was on hand. Larry Jordan demoed the new filter, Smoothcam from FCP 6. Not enough? Author and editor Lisa Brenneis showed off her latest doc, "Eat at Bill's: Life in the Monterey Market."
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6:45- 7:15PM - Stump the Gurus
Join FCP Gurus Andrew
Balis, Steve
Martin, Larry Jordan,
and KD Gulko as they will attempt to answer all of your
questions and solve all of your problems concerning FCP. If they
can't solve your problem or answer your How 2, then you go home
with a problem but you still got out of the house, so that's
not a bad thing.
7:20PM - 7:40PM - 'SmoothCam Filter'
-Larry Jordan
One of the new features in Final
Cut Pro 6 is the SmoothCam filter, which essentially does what
the name implies, smooth out your shaky camera shots. Using technology
from Shake, SmoothCam is an easy to use drag and drop, 2 step
process filter. BUT, there is lots you should know before you
use it.
7:45PM - 8:15PM - ProRes 422 and something
Super Secret- Paul Saccone
Apple's Senior Manager, Pro Apps
Marketing, Paul Saconne will show off and explain the
new codec, ProRes
422 and more. Paul announced FCP 6.0.1
8:20PM - 8:30PM - "Eat at Bill's:
Life in the Monterey Market".- Lisa Brenneis - Show and
Tell
In the two years between FCP
5 and FCP 6, Lisa Brenneis was able to stop endlessly revising
her Final
Cut Pro Visual Quickpro Guide and finish Version 1.0
of her video documentary "Eat at Bill's: Life in the Monterey
Market".
"Eat at Bill's" is a homemade valentine to a man and
his market -- man and market both remarkable.
Details here: http://tangerineman.com/eab.htm
8:30PM - 8:55PM -
Break
This is a chance
to hang out and meet and greet and get your problems solved.
Dulce
Systems will
be in the lobby. So will Shane
Ross plus lots more folks. The
lobby will be full of fun stuff. Lots of FCP Gurus come to lafcpug
meetings and ths is your chance to network and make contacts
and get your problems solved. Snacks
and Beer and Wine will be on sale in the lobby. Proceeds go to
the Gallery Theater.
9:00PM - 9:20PM -"Working with
Motion 3 Templates in FCP 6." - Steve Martin
Deep integration with Motion 3
Editable Motion 3 master templates
- complete with video drop zones and text fields - let you easily
update content without leaving Final Cut Pro. Send clips from
Final Cut Pro to Motion for advanced image processing, including
sophisticated retiming effects and image stabilization. Data
from variable speed changes and SmoothCam adjustments made in
Final Cut Pro appears in Motion along with your footage.
Ripple Training's
Steve Martin shows how.
9:20PM - 9:55PM - Feedback and Q and
A with Apple -Paul Saccone
Many of you have had a chance
to play with FCP 6 and many of you haven't. This is a rare opportunity
to give your feedback, feature requests and get your questions
answered directly from Apple's Senior Manager, Pro Apps Marketing,
Paul Saccone.
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10:00PM - World Famous Raffle
Duo-500GB,FW,USB
Drive - Dulce
Systems
2 copies CHV FxPlug Bundle
04-2007 - CHV
Electronics
Various Training
Books - Peachpit
Press
Compressor 3
Quick-Reference Guide (Apple Pro Training Series) - Brian
Gary
2 copies "Getting
Organized in FCP - Shane
Ross
Copy of Color Correction
in Final Cut Pro - Ripple
Training
Copy of DVD Authoring in DVD Studio Pro - Ripple
Training
Color Correction in Final Cut Pro - Larry Jordan
Soundtrack Pro Audio Filters - Larry Jordan
Final Cut Pro
Foundations - DV
Creators.net
FCP KeyCaps - WorldTech
Devices
Copy of VeeScope Live
- VeeScope
Live
Final Cut Pro Keyboard
Covers for Powerbook/MacBook Pro - KB Covers
Keyboard Symbols" Keyboard Covers for Powerbook/MacBook
Pro - KB
Covers
$100.00 off or towards
any Digital Heaven products - Digital Heaven
100 credits for the royalty
free stock video clips of your choice - Revolution Stock Media
Copy of DVDxDVPro - DVDxDV
WMV Studio Pro - Flip4Mac
50% off Training class
at Moviola - Moviola
FCP Keyboard KeyGuide
- Neotron
Design
Plug-in package of your
choice - Lyric
Media
Ken Stone dot net T-shirt
- Ken
Stone
Killer Titles for Live
Type and Calligraphy - Intelligent
Assistance
Practical Color
Correction For FCP - Intelligent
Assistance
303 Pro App Tips -Intelligent
Assistance
Special thanks to ProMax for footing the bill and Victor Maldonado and Dean Cleary for taping the show