Lee Stranahan will be talking about techniques and wages for visual effects artists with Star Trek / Pirates Of The Caribbean FX compositor Aruna Inversin. Also, discussing the GenArts / LucasFilm deal with Steve Bannerman of GenArts.

I just spoke with Steve this afternoon on the phone about some other unrelated topic. There are some interesting things in the pipeline for GenArts, but I can't divulge those details quite yet!

Anyway, the show is on tonight at 6/16/2009 10:00 PM EST. Lee and his guests are taking calls - call-in Number: (347) 945-5235.

Tell them you saw it at Toolfarm and give us some free advertising, okay ;-)

Labels: GenArts, Podcast

Toolfarm's Michele Yamazaki is a guest on The Art of Greenscreen Movie Talk Roundtable show on BlogTalkRadio. The talk centers around Michele and Jereme Hanke's book, Greensreen Made Easy: Keying and Compositing Techniques for Indie Filmmakers.

Labels: GreenScreen Made Easy, Podcast

In the latest Boris FX podcast, learn how to use Boris Continuum Complete's Rays Cartoon filter in Apple Final Cut Pro to generate a volumetric lighting effect on an animated text element. The BCC Rays Cartoon filter will also give the text the appearance of being made of neon lights. We'll complete the effect by using the BCC Light Sweep to add a light sweep across the face of the text element and then we'll use the BCC Colorize Glow filter to provide a soft glowing look.

If you don't have Boris Continuum Complete, you can download a free demo here. BCC works in a whole slew of hosts, so check it out, even if you're not a FCP user.

And if you're loving it, buy BCC here.

Labels: Boris, Podcast, Tutorial

Check out Adobe Creative Suite Video Podcast with Terry White, who is a fellow Michigander. The newest podcast features special guest Steve Whatley. Learn how to use Mocha in After Effects CS4

Labels: Adobe CS4, Imagineer Systems, mocha, Podcast

Check out podcast tip 15 from Maxon: Find and replace materials.

Get FREE Training with purchase! Limited time! 3-hours of Free online interactive hands-on/one-on-one training. Valued at $180.00! Offer expires on 12/31/08 and is good on full versions of Maxon Cinema 4D Core, Maxon Cinema 4D R11 XL Bundle, Maxon Cinema 4D R11 Studio Bundle and on competitive upgrades.

Download a trial version of Maxon Cinema 4D here.

Labels: Maxon Cinema 4D, Podcast, Training

It's been all over the web today... September 23 is the big day for the announcement about Adobe Creative Suite 4, aka CS4.

Register here to register to watch it live!

Labels: Adobe, After Effects, Photoshop, Podcast, Premiere Pro

Check out That MediaShow, a really great video podcast for VFX and Post-Production folks. It's like reading a trade mag without all that work reading! It's sponsored by fxguide.com.

Labels: Podcast

Guests Rami Katrib of Digital Film Tree and Stan Lozowski of LyloFilm are guests. Regulars Philip Hodgetts and Michele Yamazaki round out the hour.

Show 25 highlights include:

Philip Hodgetts, President, Open Television Network
Today we delve into Philip's brain in our premiere episode of "Being Philip Hodgetts"

Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing/Content Creator and Web Czarina, Toolfarm.com
Latest Toolfarm news and other happenings.

Ramy Katrib, Founder and CEO, Digital Film Tree
Ramy talks with us about the madness of modern day post production and working with Walter Murch

Stan Lozowski, Founder, LyloFilm
Stan talks about the many projects that he's creatively involved with from comics, to shorts, to animation, to feature films

Contact the podcast hosts at podcast@toolfarm.com

TRT: 55:30 min. Listen now at iTunes or here

Labels: Podcast

Save money on pre-made video backgrounds! Quickly design and animate your own unique video backgrounds by combining Boris Continuum Complete 5's Prism filter with your favorite Apple Final Cut Pro Generator.

Watch the Podcast!

Don't have Boris Continuum Complete? Download a free 14-day trial for After Effects and compatible, FxPlug (Final Cut Pro and Motion) or Avid. Buy Continuum Complete here in multiple flavors.

Labels: Boris, Continuum Complete, Podcast, Tutorial

Keith and Alan talk to regulars Phillip Hodgetts and Michele Yamazaki and to Steve Martin, founder of Ripple Training.

Labels: Podcast, Ripple Training

MAXON is now offering a series of Video Quick Tips that highlight simple workflow features. These little nuggets may even be unknown to pro users - whatever your experience level, you can hone your CINEMA 4D workflow with these Quick Tips. Subscribe to the podcast today via RSS feed or via iTunes.

Labels: Maxon Cinema 4D, Podcast

Guest Dan Green, Evangelist,MediaSilo gives us the skinny on MediaSilo and tries to forget his days as an FM DJ.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Open Television Network, discusses his latest work du jour: The HD Survival Handbook!

Michele Yamazki, VP of Marketing/Content Creator and Web Mistress at Toolfarm gives us the latest Toolfarm news and other happenings.

Plugged-In Fun as we hit a milestone. Or did we?

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Labels: Podcast

Aharon Rabinowitz of AE NY and the After Effects Podcast at Creative Cow is the guest on this episode of Plugged-in. Regulars Philip Hodgetts and Michele Yamazaki and new Plugged-Intern fill the bill.

Listen now!

Labels: Podcast

The Creative Suite Podcast has a new one up: Mixing different video formats in Premiere Pro CS3.

Labels: Adobe, Creative Suite, Podcast, Premiere Pro

Brad Peebler, president of Luxology, interviews John Knoll, Father of the Lens Flare and a creator of Photoshop. Listen now!

Labels: Luxology Modo, Photoshop, Podcast

One of the biggest Plugged-In podcasts ever, Show 21 NAB Special Edition! Keith Larsen and Alan Spaulding talk to dozens of guests.

From the NAB Show

Rob Birnholz, Absolute Motion Graphics
www.absolutemotiongraphics.com

Zax Dow, Zaxwerks
www.zaxwerks.com

John Dickinson, Motionworks
www.motionworks.com.au

Harry Frank, Gray Machine
www.graymachine.com

Jim Tierney, Digital Anarchy
www.digitalanarchy.com

Wes & Harry Plate, Automatic Duck
www.automaticduck.com

Dan May, BlackMagic Design
www.blackmagic-design.com

Stephanie Joyce, SmartSound
www.smartsound.com

From the FCPUG SuperMeet

Kristi Prost, Larry Jordan Associates
www.larryjordan.biz

Jay Ignaszeski, Tek Serve
www.tekserve.com

Kevin Fischer, Lite Panels
www.litepanels.com

Kevan O'Brien, Adobe
www.adobe.com

Ben Syverson, DV Garage/PixelCorps
www.dvgarage.com

Brendan Cass, Quantum
www.quantum.com

Dan Montgomery, Imagine
www.imagineproducts.com

Marco Solario, Cinesoft
www.mediabatch.com

Francisco Scartozzi, Matrox
www.matrox.com

Frank George, Roland
www.roland.com

Jeff Greenberg, Philadelphia FCPUG
www.finalcutpronews.com

Greg Clarke, Open Television Network
www.opentvnetwork.com

Damon Hampson, Peachpit Press
www.peachpit.com

Jim Davis, LaCie
www.lacie.com

Justin McCarthy, Albatat
www.albatat.com

Jon Schilling, CalDigit
www.caldigit.com

Peter Wiggins, Ricardo Silva & Nancy Schopoff, Noise Industries
www.noiseindustries.com

Norman Zeledon, GMax Storage Solutions, LLC
www.gmaxstorage.com

Sharon Cedars, Lynda.com
www.lynda.com

Roger Mabon, G-Tech
www.g-technology.com

Steve Forde, Gridiron Software
www.gridironsoftware.com

Chris Heffner, Other World Computing
www.macsales.com

Simon Hollingworth & Victoria Battison, BlackMagic Design
www.balckmagic-design.com

Bernie Mitchell, Silver Platter Productions,
www.panasonic.com

Call the podcast toll free: 877-809-8145

TRT: 135 min.

Labels: Adobe, Automatic Duck, Digital Anarchy, GridIron, NAB, Noise Industries, Podcast, Zaxwerks

Guests include Robert Sharp, President of Digieffects; Michael Horton, founder of the LA FCP User Group; and Carey Dissmore & Steve Griffiths of IMUG and the Media Motion Ball 2008 in Las Vegas at NAB.

Philip Hodgetts, President, Open Television Network discusses Avid's new customer outreach strategy and what he's cooking up himself for NAB.

Michele Yamazki, VP Marketing/Web Develpment Czarina at Toolfarm.com talks about the latest Toolfarm news and other happenings.

Robert Sharp, President of Digieffects discusses his acquisiton of DigiEffects and why it's "not your father's Digieffects"

Michael Horton, Founder, Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group talks to Plugged-in. You might know him as Grady Fletcher, Lt. Daniels, or even Rick Jones, but we know him as the 'Godfather' of User Groups and Michael is here to tell us about the FCPUGNetwork NAB Supermeet 7.

Carey Dissmore & Steve Griffiths, Founders,iMug Online & Co-Chair, Media Motion Ball 2008, stop by and talk about the classiest dinner event at NAB now in its 11th year.

CALL US TOLL FREE: 877-809-8145

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Labels: Apple, DigiEffects, Final Cut Pro, NAB, Podcast, User Group

Guests include Andrew Marcus and Bruce Nazarin of the DVD Association. Regulars Michele Yamazaki and Philip Hodgetts, too!

Labels: Podcast

Guests: Philip Hodgetts, Michele Yamazaki, Michael Mongillo and Daren Dochterman Listen now

Show 18 highlights include:

Philip Hodgetts, President, Open Television Network
Philip discusses the NAB pull outs by Avid & Apple and investigates the rumors that Apple may be selling the Pro Apps.

Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing/Content Creator and Web Czarina @ Toolfarm
Michele talks about the killer new MyToolfarm

Michael Mongillo, Director, Mean Time Productions
Indy Director from Connecticut, Michael talks about making a movie with Michael Madsen and how to get your productions off the ground.
ORIGINALLY AIRED ON CONNECTICUT PRODUCTION SCENE--JULY 2006

Daren Dochterman
Conceptual Artist, 2D & 3D Animator, BetaFive
Daren discusses updating Star Trek: The Motion Picture and his role on other major motion pictures.
ORIGINALLY AIRED ON CREATIVE COW'S RED HOT ROUND-UP--JANUARY 2007

CALL US TOLL FREE: 877-809-8145

TRT: 88 min.

Labels: Apple, Avid, Event, MyToolfarm, NAB, Podcast

The Next Digital CONNtent Creators Meeting is Wednesday February 20, 2008 at Gibbs College, Norwalk, CT. $10 gets you in the door with hot food and 3 raffle tickets.

Join Digital CONNtent Crators for the one meeting a year NOT TO MISS! This is their big 'New Media Summit' which will feature an All-Star panel brought in to discuss evolving trends in distribution and media dlievery. In the past they've been graced by such guests as Philip Hodgetts, Frank Capria, Ben Williams, and more!

This year guests include Philip Hodgetts from Los Angeles, Frank Capria from Boston. Aharon Rabinowitz from New York City and Magnet Media's Mike Raffensberger, also from The Big Apple. Co-Host of Toolfarm's 'Plugged-In: The Digital Landscape', Alan Spaulding will again host and moderate the panel discussion/Q&A.

Labels: Event, Podcast

Time for Show 17! MacWorld Part Deux. Live from the CalDigit Booth #S-2610 at MACWORLD 2008 in San Francisco!

Thank You Jon Schilling & CalDigit!

Show 17 highlights include:

• Jon Thorn Macintosh Product Manager, AJA
• Shane Ross, Editor
• Neil Bauman, Founder-Insight Cruises
• Ned Soltz, Writer

Labels: After Effects, Apple, Final Cut Pro, Podcast

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Live From the CalDigit Booth #S-2610 Thank You Jon Schilling & CalDigit!

Show 16 highlights include:

Coby Rich Marketing Manager, Sorenson Media

Larry O'Connor Founder & CEO, Other World Computing

Richard Harrington Founder & President, RHED Pixel, Photoshop for Video, Final Cut Help, Video Podcaster

Jon Schilling, Sales Manager, CalDigit

Marlon Braccia, President, Shiva Entertainment

CALL US TOLL FREE: 877-809-8145

Labels: Podcast

Oh, this is a fun one! Keith Larsen & Alan Spaulding of Plugged-In talk to loads of people. Check out this crazy guest list!

• Greg Clarke, Intelligent Assistance
• Michele Yamazaki, Toolfarm
• Jim Kanter, Digital Film Institute
• Michael Horton, LAFCPUG
• Frank Capria, XProve & KingPin Interactive
• Andrew Marcus, Buck & Buck
• Anne Renehan, Apple
• Gary Adcock, Studio37
• Mik Vitti, VittiPhoto Productions
• Chuck Whitlock, AJA Video Systems
• Jon Thorn, AJA Video Systems
• Nick Rashby, AJA Video Systems
• Dan Berube, BOSFCPUG
• Brian Maffitt, Total Training
• Steve Martin, Ripple Training
• Ben Kozuch, Future Media Concepts
• Christopher Phrommayon, Apple
• Gene Czarnecki, CZAR Productions
• Daren Dochterman, BetaFive.com
  
• Stephanie Joyce, SmartSound
• Rob Birnholz, Absolute Motion Graphics
• Don Peebles, Apple
• Bob Donlon, Adobe
• Terry Curren, AlphaDogs
• Anita Engleman, Adobe
• Douglas Spotted Eagle, VASST
• Larry Jordan, Larry Jordan Associates
• Jerry Hofmann, JLH Productions
• John Dickinson, Motionworks
• Ko Maruyama, MGLA
• Chris & Trish Meyer, Cybermotion
• Kiki Stockhammer, NewTek
• Rich Lenoce, Middlesex Community College
• Ramy Katrib, Digital Film Tree
• Carey Dissmore, Carey Dissmore Productions
• Kevin Monahan, SF Cutters
• Steve Jobs, Apple
• Jon Higgins, Northeast Utilities Corporate Communications
• Lacey Girard, Northeast Utilities Corporate Communications
• Daina Dodge, Northeast Utilities Corporate Communications

Labels: Adobe, Apple, John Dickinson, Ko Maruyama, Podcast, SF Cutters, Total Training

The latest Plugged-in: The Digital Landscape is ready! Listen to a great interview with Bob Donlon, Sr. Manager of Dynamic Media at Adobe. Check out Bob's Adobe blog. Bob answers all of the answers you've been yearning to know. The podcast also features regular guests Philip Hodgetts and Michele Yamazaki of Toolfarm. Philip has some big news and Michele and the guys discuss roller derby. Subscribe today. It's freeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Labels: Adobe, Podcast

Guests this week include:

Listen now!

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Labels: Boris FX, John Dickinson, Podcast

Check out the newest Adobe Creative Suite Podcast: After Effects CS3 8.02 update with Panasonic P2 Support. Dave Helmly shows the workflow for AE CS3 and Panasonic P2 MFX. The update is expected by the end of the year.

Labels: After Effects, Podcast

Dave Basulto talks to Harry Frank, Toolfarm Expert Series trainer for After Effects Expressions Series 1 bundle and they're discussing Expressions!

Harry will have Series 2 out sometime soon, so if you haven't checked out Series 1, you'll want to do that first. It's like the show Heroes. If you start watching at Episode 10, you'll have no idea what's going on.

Labels: DMN, Forum, Harry Frank, Podcast, Training

Dave Basulto interviews Alan Jaenicke, President of Imagineer Systems for his latest DMN podcast. They talk in depth about mocha AE and it's a really good interview.

• Try a demo of mocha AE
• Imagineer mocha AE Plug-in Finder page
• Buy mocha AE

Labels: DMN, Imagineer Systems, Mocha AE, Podcast

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Guests Matt Plec, Product Manager for Nuke from The Foundry and Dan Berube of the Boston Final Cut Pro User Group. The usual suspects, Phillip Hodgetts and Michele Yamazaki talk to hosts Alan and Keith about all sorts of fun stuff. Sponsored by Adobe, Digital Production Buzz and the Digital CONNtent Creators.

Matt Plec has enjoyed a variety of roles in the post production industry. He got his start doing 3D animation, compositing, and tool development for a variety of studios including Atomix, D-Rez, and Rhythm & Hues before joining Nothing Real’s Shake team. Following the acquisition of Nothing Real, Matt went on to ESC Entertainment, taking responsibility for the 2D pipeline. After ESC’s closure, he signed on at Sony Pictures Imageworks as Senior Technical Director and was quickly tasked with developing compositing features of the company’s next generation lighting and compositing package. In 2007, Matt joined The Foundry as Team Leader on the Nuke development team.

Hopefully we'll have a bio for Dan Berube up soon, too.

Listen now!

CALL PLUGGED-IN PODCAST WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS TOLL FREE: 877-809-8145

Labels: Final Cut Pro, Podcast, The Foundry, User Group

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Guests this show are Aharon Rabinowitz and Ben Kozuch.

H.264 in Flash? RED on the street? Philip Hodgetts Chief BuZZmeister, Digital Production BuZZ

Toolfarm Product News with Michele Yamazaki VP of Marketing/Content Creator and Web Mistress for Toolfarm.

Talking all things iPod, iPod Touch, and RED.

"Internet Killed The Video Star" and more! Aharon Rabinowitz, Creative Director, All Bets Are Off Productions, New York After Effects User Group, Creative COW After effects Podcast.

Certified Training, NY Post Production Conference and Editor’s Retreat, Ben Kozuch President, Co-Founder Conferences Chair Future Media Concepts.

CALL US TOLL FREE: 877-809-8145

Labels: After Effects, Event, Podcast

Hosts Keith and Alan talk to guests Michael Horton and Michael Vitti, and regulars Phillip Hodgetts and Michele Yamazaki. The show is filled with their knowledge and wit and a couple of cooking tips.

Michael Horton, the Kingpin of User Groups. The Dahlilama of community events, the Czar of all things information lending is on hand to tell us how he got the idea to form the biggest User Group of all time, the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (LAFCPUG) and how he has inspired hundreds of others to follow suit, what goes into an NAB Supermeet, and his roles on "Star Trek".

Michael Vitti, the Mayor of New York Citti, joins from the other coast to talk User Groups and film communities on the Eastern Seaboard. It's all things Michael and User Groups as "Mik" let's us know about the future for the former New York City Final Cut Pro User Group, now named the Moving Pictures Collective.

Labels: Podcast, User Group

A new addition to Boris Continuum Complete 5 (FxPlug), UpRez is a fantastic filter that lets you upscale SD video to HD. In this Boris FX podcast, Dave DiPinto demonstrates a possible production scenario in Apple Final Cut Pro 6 where you have D1 resolution stock footage that you want to use in a 1080 HD project.

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Labels: Boris, Continuum Complete, Final Cut Pro, FxPlug, Motion, Podcast

The lasted Plugged-in Podcast is ready for your ears!

Noah Kadner will be discussing some ideas on setting up a new edit suite and the challenges therein. With the industry changing so rapidly from year-to-year, how can one possibly anticipate what to purchase? Noah lends his thoughts, and will also be letting us in some cool things that he's been up to.

Terry Curren began his career in the early 1980's by directing, editing and producing music videos as well as a successful direct-to-video feature film, "Interview With Terror". In 1986, he began work at Matchframe Video a post-based facility in Burbank, CA wherein he spearheaded the creation of the studio's edit suites. Terry is now President of Alpha Dogs in Burbank and reviews and write tutorials for trade staples Post, DV Magazine, and others.

And the Regulars:

Philip Hodgetts will be by to talk about all that's new in the world of digital production and dispel some of the more popular myths about working in HD.

Michele Yamazaki will bring us all that's new and yummy at Toolfarm. We talk about Chinese stir fry so get your woks oiled up.

Labels: Podcast

DMN video podcster Jeff Schell has a terrific new podcast series about Premiere Pro. This is especially great for us Mac users who used to use Premiere back in the day but haven't messed with it in a few years. In his first podcast of the series, Jeff goes over the GUI, shortucts, and important new features of Premiere Pro.

Labels: DMN, Podcast, Premiere Pro

Keith and Alan have Show 8 ready for your ears.

Highlights include:

Ted Schilowitz

Let's talk revolution with Ted Schilowitz, Leader of the Rebellion, RED Digital Cinema

John Thorn

All thats new and then some at AJA with Jon Thorn, Product Manager for Desktop Macintosh Products, AJA Video Systems

Regular features:

What's new in the Digital Desktop World, or get excited about GenLock with Philip Hodgetts, Chief BuZZmeister, Digital Production BuZZ

And of course, Toolfarm Product News with Michele Yamazaki, VP of Marketing/Content Creator and Web Czarina for Toolfarm.

Plus, there's a cool new phone out...with Alan, Keith, and Special Guest Rit Campbell.

Labels: Podcast

I'm a guest on this week's Creative Planet's Digital Production BuZZ. Philip Hodgetts interviewed me a couple of days ago and it was a lot of fun. Larry Jordan, Editor, Edit Well and Founder LarryJordan.biz, is also a guest. I'll tell ya, that Phil Hodgetts is eloquent, he speaks so fluidly and uses big words.

Labels: Podcast

Jon Thorn
Product Manager for Desktop Macintosh Products
AJA Video Systems

Jon will be joining Keith and Alan to talk about AJA's product line for Macintosh, including the new I/O HD, which is about one month from shipping. They'll discuss how the new I/O HD and Apple's ProRes 4:2:2 will change the way we work in HD.... and trust me, it will.

Ted Schilowitz
Leader of the Rebellion
RED Digital Cinema

"Red Ted" will be here to talk about Red One, but more importantly, what is coming next from the mysterious new company with the biggest buzz and hottest new toys. Ted is fresh from the WWDC and he surely has cool news for us.

If you have a question for any of our guests, send them to podcast@toolfarm.com and we'll be sure to ask it on the show. Also, we still have room for advertisers. Advertise your services or products on our podcast. We have great rates!

Labels: Podcast

Richard Townhill, Director of Professional Video Product Management at Apple, talks to Keith and Alan about Final Cut Studio 2 and Final Cut Server. We'll get it straight from the horse's mouth about all things digital video from the biggest little company in Cupertino.

Regulars, Philip Hodgetts and Michele Yamazaki are also featured in the podcast. Philip talks about the new MacBook Pros, and Leopard's (OS X.5) ZFS file formatting system used at SUN Micro systems.

Michele talks about what's new and cool at Toolfarm and what she's making for dinner.

Labels: Apple, Final Cut Pro, Podcast

Plugged-In: The Digital Landscape podcast with hosts Alan Spaulding and Keith Larsen, is up. It's their most entertaining show to date, titled "Women in Digital Media".

The first guest, though, is Phillip Hodgetts from Digital Production Buzz (not a woman, obviously). Phillip will talk about Apple Color, which is a new program to Final Cut Studio.

Next up, me, Michele Yamazaki, from Toolfarm. I'll tell you all about what's new and cool at Toolfarm. I've become a regular guest on the Plugged-In podcasts. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to hear us talk about, email podcast@toolfarm.com.

Beth Corwin of Digital Media Academy - Beth Corwin has been a news photographer since she was 15 and freelanced for her local newspaper. After majoring in communications, she went to work in local television, learning the craft of editing and camera work. She was hired by ABCNews in New York in 1982 and has worked as a network news cameraperson ever since. Her award-winning work has been seen on PrimeTime Live, World News Tonight, Nightline 48 Hours and other news programs. Along with Tom Wolsky, she is co-owner of their project production company, South Coast Productions.

"Warp 11 with Kiki" - Kiki Stockhammer was the mysterious spokesmodel for the infamous NewTek Video Toaster back in the heyday of the Amiga. Many came to know her from her appearance in magazine ads touting the impressive technology. Watch one of the Video Toaster sales pieces. An impressive piece of software indeed. I posted it here last week, but if you missed it, here it is again!

Labels: Podcast

CTFCPUG's next meeting will be held June 12.2007 at 6:00pm at Quinnipiac University, Ed McMahon Mass Communications Center. Admission is $5. Raffle Tickets: (1) Ticket free with admission, $1 ea, 10 for $5 and 25 for $10. Raffle value stands at $2,125 and growing.

Special Guest Gary Adcock, Founder of CHIFCPUG amongst other things, will be in the house. Gary will be showing the amazing AJA I/O HD for Final Cut Studio 2 along with discussion and review of the other products in the Kona and I/O line. Gary will also discuss the various HD choices and workflows we currently have available to us and the pros & cons of each. Come see Apple's new ProRes 422 in action! Gary is a world-renowned expert in HD production and his thoughts on the subject will be worth hearing. We'll also take a look at all of the great stuff released at NAB 2007 and the new direction of our industry for 2007 & 2008.

The Plugged-In: The Digital Landscape guys, Keith and Alan, are super involved with the Connecticut FCP UG.

Labels: Final Cut Pro, Podcast, User Group

Keith Larsen and Alan Spaulding have episode 5 waiting for your ears.

Here is the run down:

Philip Hodgetts
Chief BuZZmeister, Digital Production BuZZ

Hot industry BuZZ with Philip. Visionary and Technologist Philip Hodgetts is the Managing Editor and primary host of Creative Planet's Digital Production BuZZ. He is co-developer of Intelligent Assistance and the Pro Apps Hub and the technologies that support them. Phillip talks about what is due to evolve from what was announced at NAB in Las Vegas.

Michele Yamazaki
VP of Marketing/Content Creator and Web Mistress for Toolfarm.com

Michele talks about what's new at Toolfarm, including Harry Frank's new training, After Effects Expressions.

Jerry Hoffman
President, JLH Productions, Denver, Colorado

During his 32 year professional show business career, Jerry has become an award winning theatrical actor, TV and film editor, writer, director and producer. He started his pro career as a theatrical producer, director and actor. He founded his first television and film production company in Los Angeles in 1978. During those years, he produced hundreds of TV Commercials, industrial films, as well as broadcast television shows. Currently, he is a partner in Bat-Mann Productions. Their clients range from product manufacturers to development of feature films, as well as industrial clients which include Merck Pharmaceuticals and the National Jewish Medical Research Center. Jerry has produced in excess of 600 projects. He was a beta tester for Avid, helping them develop the world's premier non-linear editing solutions. For the past couple of years he has been teaching part-time at The Colorado Film and Video Instructional Studios, a joint facility shared by the Aurora Community College and the University of Colorado at Denver in the art and craft of production and post production in a laboratory with 20 Final Cut Pro bays.

Douglas Spotted Eagle
"Spot" is a giant in the video and audio industries, having received Grammy, Emmy, DuPont, Peabody, and many other awards. His music is heard in a wide range of films from "Last Samurai" to "Star Wars-Ewok" cartoons.

Spot may also be found in the DMN, Sony, and DVInfo.net forums as a host on subjects from compositing to audio engineering. He also has won many awards for his documentaries, including "Toubat: A Journey of the Native American Flute" and "The Way of the Powwow." His Azee' Choo'nii'gii' is the first film produced in the Dine' language.
Douglas has authored several books, the first of which was published world-wide when he was 18 years of age. His technical books include subjects such as Apple's Soundtrack, Sony's Vegas, Adobe's Encore, and DV Basics, and co-author of "HDV: What You NEED to Know," and "Instant Vegas."

As a VASST trainer, Douglas has been around the world several times. Training in areas as diverse as Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Guatemala, Bolivia, Dominican Republic, Sweden, Russia, England, Germany, France, Canada, Japan, he has gained a powerful understanding of what people want to know, and how they'd like to best learn it. A powerful speaker, an inspiration to the industry, and a doer rather than a talker, Douglas simply is wonderful to experience. Catch this guy where you can, because he never stays in one place very long.

Spot trains in the Sound Forge, ACID, Vegas, HDV, Power Production Techniques, and Streaming VASST classes.

Labels: Podcast, Toolfarm

Boris RED is a complete 3D compositing, titling, and effects package that can be used as a filter, transition, or generator inside Apple Final Cut Pro. In this Boris FX podcast, Dave DiPinto from Boris FX walks you through how to create a transition in Apple Final Cut Pro using Boris RED.

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Labels: Boris, Final Cut Pro, Podcast, RED