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Join us as we celebrate lafcpug's 6 birthday. Scheduled to appear will be a demo of the new Gorilla 3 from Jungle Software. Bill Davis will show off the very unique "Start Editing Now" training DVD. Graeme Nattress will fly in from Canada to help you get that "Film Look" in your video. Damian Allen from Apple is coming down from Cupertino to show off the brand new Shake 4.1, now for only $499.00. More FCP tricks, show and tells, Stump the Gurus and of course World Famous Raffle.

Graphic by Michael Seidman -All Access Passes

Meeting is open to public.

A $5.00 donation will be respectfully requested at the door

6:45- 7:15PM - Stump the Gurus
Join FCP Gurus Graeme Nattress Andrew Balis, KD Gulko and Ken Stone, 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.

7:40PM - 8:05PM - "Gorilla 3" - Ethan Markowitz
Producing a movie doesn't have to be difficult! With Gorilla, all of your information can be stored in one place: Budgeting, scheduling, crew, cast, profit-sharing, editing notes, and even film festival submissions.
When it's time to create reports, Gorilla can generate over 70 industry-standard reports, from stripboards to breakdown sheets, budget top sheets to variances, your entire production can be run from one program. Ethan Markowitz will demo the latest version

8:10PM - 8:40PM - Start Editing Now - William Davis
Any editor will tell you: good editing takes practice. That's why William Davis created Videocraft Workshop's START EDITING NOW!-so people can have access to professionally shot footage while practicing their video editing techniques and have fun exploring the different editing choices they can make. William Davis himself will show off this one of a kind DVD.

8:40PM - 9:00PM - Break
This is a chance to hang out and meet and greet and get your problems solved. CalDigit will be in the lobby showing off their storage and Raid solutions. Intelligent Assistance will be in Lobby selling their latest creations and past lafcpug DVDs. Snacks and Beer and Wine will be on sale in the lobby. Proceeds go to the Gallery Theater.

9:00PM - 9:20PM -Shake 4.1 - Damian Allen
Damian Allen from Apple is coming down to show off the brand new Shake 4.1 now for only $499.00 and answer your questions

9:20PM - 9:40PM -Understanding "film look" - Graeme Nattress
Graeme Nattress of Nattress Filters fame is flying down from his home in Canada to show us how to get that film look in your video

9:40PM - 9:50PM - "Jonathan Birch" Drew Mylrea - Show and Tell
Jonathan Birch trots through life until one night he learns the lesson: "be careful for what you wish for."

9:50PM - 10:00PM - "Run" - Edber Mamisao - Show and Tell
The 50 second peice is a spec commercial about a 9-5er who runs to transcend his daily stress. Its called 'Run'. I shot it with Sony's PD150 and edited it with FCP.

10:00PM - World Famous Raffle
Commemorative lafcpug "6th Birthday Meet" passes to first 50 at the door - All Access Passes
Copy of Shake 4.1 - Apple
100 credits for the video clips of your choice - Revolution Stock Media
Entire Bundle of CHV Plug-ins for Final Cut Pro - CHV Electronics
Film Effects plug-ins, Standards Conversion, Set one and two, and Big Box of Tricks - Nattress
Copy of Gorilla - Jungle Software
Copy of Start Editing Now -Start Editing Now
5 $20.00 Gift Certificates - Paquito Mas Restaurants
Copy of DVDxDVPro - DVDxDV
WMV Studio Pro - Flip4Mac
Copy of Inside Flash 8- Magnet Media
Copy of Inside Final Cut Pro 5 - Magnet Media
FCP Keyboard KeyGuide - Neotron Design
Plug-in package of your choice - Lyric Media
Copy of Final Draft or Final Draft AV - Final Draft
Killer Titles for Live Type and Calligraphy - Intelligent Assistance
Practical Color Correction For FCP - Intelligent Assistance
1 T-shirt - kenstone.net
101 Final Cut Pro Tips -Intelligent Assistance

Special thanks to Promax for footing the bill and Victor Maldanado and Dean Cleary for taping the show