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lacpug News
3.13.17

CONTENTS:
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1. Next lacpug Meeting
2. What’s new on the web site?
3. Articles and Things you Need to Read and Do
4. Earlybird Tickets Now on sale for 16th Las Vegas SuperMeet
5. Sponsor lacpug


***1. NEXT LACPUG MEETING


lacpug Meets are once again sponsored by Blackmagic Design for all of 2016 and we are grateful.

lacpug meets are made possible by Blackmagic Design and we are grateful.

The next lacpug Meet is Wednesday, March 22.

It will be “Moonlight in March” night.

We will welcome Nat Sanders and Joi McMillion, editors of the critically acclaimed film MOONLIGHT, the 2017 recipient of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Yes, there will be plenty of time for questions.

Plus, Kenn Michael returns after a long absence from lacpug, to present, uh er - something SuperSecret. Presentation description coming soon.

Plus Stump the Gurus and World Famous Raffle. This meet will sell out so get your seats SOON. Less then 50 seats left

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


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***2. WHAT’S NEW ON THE WEB SITE?


Taped live at the February 2017 Meet.

Working with Color in Adobe Premiere Pro - Karl Soule

Karl Soule joined us and went in-depth into the features of the
Lumetri Color Panel within Premiere.
Karl also covered:

* Introduction to the Lumetri panel.
* Using secondaries.
* setting up a Tangent Element hard surface control in Premiere.
* use of adjustment layers to manage color on a scene level
* use of Master Clip Effects
* masking/tracking in Premiere
* Use of LUTs and Libraries.
* exporting color as Premiere presets or generic LUTs for use in
other tools.
*Using LUTs in Media Encoder for dailies and proxies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKC6v2CBDF4

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***3. ARTICLES AND THINGS YOU NEED TO READ AND DO


WATCH: Due to scheduling problems the webinar with Eric Escobar on logging
videos on our IOS device as been postponed until March 23.

http://bit.ly/2mjW3Fx

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WATCH: New episode of 5 Things from Michael Kammes. Pretty much
everything you need to know about “Transcoding in Post.”

http://5thingsseries.com/transcoding-in-post/

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READ: Alexis Van Hurkman takes a good look at the new Color Control
panels from Blackmagic Design.

http://www.alexisvanhurkman.com/

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READ: Fox Mahoney has published some excellent Motion tutorials over on
FCP.co. This time, he really takes the tools in Motion to a new level with this
experiment in building custom behaviors.

http://bit.ly/2nx8bEg

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READ: Very nice summary of the annual ACE Editors Panel with all the
Oscar Nominated editors including John, Gilbert, Jake Roberts, Joi McMillion
and Jake Roberts, Joe Walker and Tom Cross.

http://bit.ly/2mEMBQB

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WATCH: I like this. Demystifying mattes, masks & alpha channels!

http://bit.ly/2n25cXF

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WATCH: Getting Started with Mocha - 01 - Fundamentals of Planar
Tracking

https://vimeo.com/206198832

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DO:The best deal on the web right now for everyone in the “BIZ.”

The Moviola web site has been totally remolded and everything on it can now
be found easily. It is, in my not so humble opinion, one of the finest resources
for everything production and post production on the internet. And you can try
it out for free for 14 days. No CC required.

https://moviola.com/

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READ: How many editors does it take to edit a movie?

http://bit.ly/2nmQhEL

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READ: Inside The World Of The Assistant Editor – With Chris Frith

http://bit.ly/2nmu9KX

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DO: Kollaborate 2.5 - Workflows, File Requests, Subtitles, Color Coding
and more

Digital Rebellion has just released a major new update to their Kollaborate
cloud workflow platform for video professionals, with a lot of new features
and important changes. try it. It is SO easy to use.

http://bit.ly/2nx6h6r

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WATCH: Publishing Music to FCPX

In this episode of MacBreak, Steve Martin demystifies how Final Cut Pro X
accesses music from Garage Band, Logic Pro, and iTunes.

http://bit.ly/2mEI8xp

Also on MacBreak:

Mark Spencer shows Steve Martin from Ripple Training how to rig a transition
in Motion so that you can choose from several options when using the transition
in Final Cut Pro X.

http://bit.ly/2nxc5go
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***4. LAS VEGAS SUPERMEET UPDATE.
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Has it been 16 years? Yes it has. Holy cow!

So, once again…. Announcing the Sixteenth Annual Las Vegas SuperMeet to be held on Tuesday April 25 in the Pavilion Ballroom at the Rio Hotel in Las Vegas NV.

Earlybird tickets are on sale online only NOW for the really cheap price of $10,00 each for adults (plus ticket fee) and $7,00 each for Students and Teachers. On March 18 the ticket price goes up to $15.00 so save money and commit early. It helps you and helps us plan!

This SuperMeet will once again be the largest gathering of Final Cut, Avid, Adobe, Resolve and digital filmmakers during NAB Show week. This is YOUR party and it’s going to be a great one. 

What’s on the  agenda? Well, it’s SuperSecret, but we can tell you this;
There will be USER driven presentations, revolutionary new ideas and new products for you to drool over. And yes, there will be another round of the seemingly endless World Famous Raffle where we will give away once again, tens of thousands of dollars worth of prizes to dozens of lucky winners.

Keep watching this page for daily updates and register now!

http://www.supermeet.com

Note: if you or your company wish to help sponsor the SuperMeet, get in touch with us. We will tell you hall you need to know.

michaelh@lafcpug.org

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***5. SPONSOR LACPUG


lafcpug.org has available sponsorships available. If your company is
interested in sponsoring lafcpug.org head on over to the "How to Sponsor
lacpug" page and read up on the particulars. lacpug does not exist without
the support of sponsors and sponsors get a lot from lacpug. You will also
help us get rid of this "Sponsor lacpug" section of the newsletter.

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


See you March 22 at the next lacpug Meet and then April 25 at the SuperMeet.

Peace- and bless you Ralph, Charles, Doug, Mik, Pete and Bruce.

Michael Horton "HeadCutter"


lacpug is sponsored in part by:

* MEMBERS LIKE YOU!

and


*BLACKMAGIC DESIGN
"Blackmagic Design is dedicated to allowing the highest quality video to be
affordable to everyone, so the post production and television industry can
become a truly creative industry."
http://www.blackmagic-design.com/

*CINEXTOOLS
File-file Insert Edit Application for macOS
http://cinextools.com

*DIGITALFILM TREE:
DigitalFilm Tree is a highly unique creative hub where technology and art
converge. Offerings include production, design, effects, color correction,
online finishing, and consulting services.
http://www.digitalfilmtree.com/

*OWC:
Upgrade nearly any Mac past factory specs with more RAM, more storage, and overall faster performance. We also provide refurbished Macs and accessories.
https://www.owcdigital.com/


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