This meeting is generously sponsored by ProMax, Gefen and lafcpug The Los Angeles Debut of...Final Cut Pro 5 and Soundtrack ProThis event is open to the public but it is first come, first seated. There should be plenty of seats. Join us Tuesday May 3, 6:45PM at the historic Digital Cinema Lab (Pacific Theater) in Hollywood CA. for what might possibly be the biggest and most important meeting of the year. There is MUCH more to Final Cut Pro 5 than Multicam and Multichannel Audio. FCP product designer Brian Meaney and others from the FCP team will be down from Cupertino to not only show off these two top ten requests, but go DEEP inside this new version to show you everything you need to know before you buy. This is a rare opportunity to not only see FCP 5 up close and personal but see it demoed by some of the folks who built it. And yes there will be plenty of time to ask questions and give feedback. Soundtrack Pro had to be one of the big hits of NAB. Certainly is was the most talked about. Alec Little, Product Manager of Soundtrack Pro will show you just why this may be the audio app for not only the rest of us, but all of us. And yes, there will be plenty of time to ask questions and give feedback. NOTE: For those of you who cant make it to this meeting and have questions you feel need to be asked, please send them to fcpquest@yahoo.com. Lisa Brenneis and myself will sort through them all and pick what we consider the "top ten." We will then present them to Brian and the FCP team and publish the answers here at lafcpug.org shortly thereafter. Keep watching this page. It will be updated daily. And spread the word. Doors open 5:30PM
Show starts at 6:45PM - until we drop There will be a $5.00 donation respectfully requested at the door
Agenda (subject to change)6:45PM - 7:00PM - "The Future of Digital Cinema" - Paul K Miller
Owned and operated by USC, the Entertainment Technology Center is arguably the world's finest Digital Cinema Theater. Theater Operations Manager, Paul K Miller will show us all why by screening the ETC's "Demo Reel." And oh what a demo reel it is. You do not want to miss this. 7:00PM - 7:15PM - "AJA, FCP and the Super Bowl and World Series" - Ted Schilowitz
If any of you out there watched the World Series and the Superbowl this year, you watched a lot of Final Cut Pro HD in action at the highest and most demanding levels. No second chances here - so when Fox wanted to experiment with cost effective non-linear editing systems in the broadcast trucks for pre-game and in game use, they went to AJA video and their brand new Kona2 card. Ted Schilowitz, Worldwide product manager for the Mac gear from AJA (also known as "the iTed") was on site for the pressure cooker of the Superbowl, and will show off some behind the scenes HDV footage and still pix of the systems in action, and tell us some fun stories of how it was done. 7:15PM - 7:45PM - Soundtrack Pro - Alec Little
STP Product Manager Alec Little will take us through this most unique "visual" audio editing and sound design application that may be best described as "Whoa! Sweet," a phrase heard over and over again at its recent unveiling at NAB2005. 7:45PM - 8:30PM - Final Cut Pro 5 - Brian Meaney and Paul Saccone
FCP Product Designer Brian Meaney and FCP Product Manager Paul Saccone will take us on a tour of as many of the new features in FCP 5 as we can cram into 45 minutes. 8:30PM - 8:55PM - Break
A chance to stretch your legs meet and greet one another and search Hollywood Blvd for food. ProMax and Gefen and G-Tech will be in the lobby showing off the latest toys and answering questions. In addition, FCP Gurus will be manning the Guru table to help solve any Final Cut or Pro App problems you may have. 9:00PM - 9:45PM - Q and A and Feedback - All of YOU
This is the fun part. This is a rare chance to get answers to your questions from some of the folks who built FCP and Soundtrack Pro. It's also your chance to tell them what features you would most like to see in future releases. The better your questions and feedback, the better this portion of the show. So make it count. 9:45PM - 10:00PM World Famous Raffle: iPod Shuffle - Apple
iPod Mini - Apple
iPod Photo - Apple
Kona 2 Card and K-Box - AJA
2 seats of FibreShare Software - Charismac (value $2500.00)
SteadyTracker Extreme - ProMax
WMV Studio Pro - Flip4Mac
55mm Plug-ins - Digital Film Tools
Copy of Nattress Film Effects plug-ins for FCP - Nattress
G-RAID 320 GB - G-Tech
50% off any Apple Pro Apps Class _ Moviola
Copy of Motion PowerStart - DVCreators.net
2 Copies of LiveType PowerStart - DVCreators.net
Copy of DV Enlightenment - DVCreators.net
Your choice of any plug-in - Automatic Duck
Your choice of any plug-in package- Lyric Media
Copy of DVDxDVPro - DVDxDV
Copy of HDVxDV - DVDxDV
FCP Keyboard KeyGuide - Neotron Design
2 copies of Inside Mac OS Tiger - Magnet Media
Copy of Inside Production Suite - Magnet Media
Copy of Final Draft and 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
Copy of the Feb lafcpug meeting with Walter Murch -lafcpug
How to get to the Digital Cinema Lab in HollywoodClick here for Map Digital Cinema Lab
Hollywood Pacific Theater
6433 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028
Tel: (323) 463-3255
From US 101 (heading South),
take the Cahuenga Blvd exit.
Turn right (south) towards Hollywood Blvd
Turn right on Hollywood Boulevard.
Look for 6433 Hollywood Blvd on the right side of street From US 101 (heading North),
take the Cahuenga Blvd exit.
Turn left (south) towards Hollywood Blvd
Turn right on Hollywood Boulevard.
Look for 6433 Hollywood Blvd on the right side of street Metro Red Line
Yes, Los Angeles has a subway and if possible you ought to use it. Riders are dropped of at Hollywood and Vine, 3 long blocks from the Digital Cinema Lab. More info on the Red Line can be found here. Note on Parking: There are parking lots all over the place. Parking is available behind the theater, and on Wilcox, north of Hollywood Blvd. On Wilcox south of Hollywood Blvd and many other places. They all charge different prices so give yourself time to find the best spot. 
|