SBFinalCut - The Santa Barbara Final Cut User Group

Silverado Announces OpenCut

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:37:00 +0000

I wanted to extend an invitation to you to participate in OpenCut - the world's first open source film competition.

We are providing an entire set of 35mm film quality assets shot on the RED ONE Digital Cinema camera--including all video, audio, as well as storyboards and scripts. OpenCut will provide the material, and entrants will provide the editorial.

We are kicking off OpenCut with a short subject called "Susannah" which was directed by Evan Nicholas and executive produced by Joe Carnahan of "Smokin' Aces" and "NARC."

Entrants to the competition register at http://www.OpenCut.org and then send a blank hard drive to OpenCut. Our film personnel will transfer 170 Gb of RED ONE material along with supporting media to the hard drive.

At a set date, all hard drives are shipped back to the contestants. They have 30 days to complete their cut including all color correction, audio fixes, and anything that would need to be accomplished for a completed project.

At the end of the competition, all finished entries are uploaded to VUZE which is generously hosting files in HD for all entrants.

Judging will take place through July 6th and a winner is announced on July 7th.

The winner of OpenCut will receive a prize package from Silverado Systems including a brand new AJA IO HD. Further, the winning editor will be listed as the official "editor-of-record" at IMDB and the winning short will be submitted to film festivals around the country throughout 2008. We will also be finishing the winning entry on SCRATCH in native 4k resolution.

Click here for more information on OpenCut.

Sponsored by Silverado
Check out the Silverado 4k Market at www.silverado.cc.

New Sponsor - Home Planet Productions

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:24:00 +0000

SBFinalCut would like to welcome Home Planet Productions as a new sponsor.

Home Planet Productions, High Definition Specialists, specializes in documentaries, newsmagazines, and 24p digital cinema productions.

Home Planet offers affordable high definition packages featuring Sony F900 Cinealta cameras, plus an arsenal of high def support gear.

Our start-to-finish HD solutions save you money! Conversions, editing and online using state-of-the-art Final Cut Pro, Avid Symphony Nitris and Teranex technology.

Click here for more information on Home Planet Productions.

Apple's Set to Screen Series

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:54:00 +0000

Every few weeks through October, a new podcast episode from Baz and his production team will introduce you to another aspect of moviemaking, starting with on-set still photography, then moving on to costume design, cinematography, scoring, and more. You�ll get insights from the artists at work on Australia, watch them in action, view footage the rest of the world hasn�t seen yet, and follow along as the movie comes together.

Start your journey now.
Subscribe to the Set to Screen Series, and iTunes will automatically download each new episode that�s posted. Once you�ve watched an episode, come back here to check out the notes about the featured member of the production team, and�if there�s a challenge for that episode�get all the details you�ll need to participate. So start exploring your creativity. You could wind up anywhere, even Down Under.

Click here for more info at Apple.com.

Call for Video and Film Entries - California Fine Art

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:46:00 +0000

�Call for Entries-- Entry Deadline: May 30, 2008. California Fine Art, juried art show of the California State Fair seeks artworks done in the past two years by California artists ages 18 and up. All media including special Division with Classes for Film, Video, and animation (short subject or excerpt.)

Over $21,500 in prizes. Entry fee: $20 per artwork. Submit entries on CD or DVD in QuickTime, Flash Player or Windows Media Player format; see Handbook for details. Prospectus, Rules Handbook and Entry Form available on our web site: bigfun.org. On-line entry will be available in early April.

Contact: California Fine Art fineart@calexpo.com or (916)263-3161.�

Thank you.

Carol Buchanan
California Fine Art
P.O. Box 15649
Sacramento, CA 95852
(916)263-3161

Click here for Big Fun!

The 7th Annual NAB FCPUG SuperMeet

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 03:16:00 +0000

Where? MGM Grand Hotel & Casino - Grand Ballroom
3799 Las Vegas Boulevard South
Las Vegas, Nevada 89109
When? Wednesday, April 16, 6:30M till 10:30PM (doors open 5:00PM)
Why? - Because you need to get out and learn something and then PARTY!! (Last year, more than 1500 people turned out for the event)
What's on the Agenda? Presentations from Apple, JVC, Adobe, Blackmagic Design and lots of surprise guests.
How much? Just $15.00 for online purchase (includes 3 raffle tickets). $20.00 at the door (includes one raffle ticket).
Any Raffle prizes? Of course!
Tickets on sale NOW!

Click here for more information about the FCPUG SuperMeet at NAB.

FCPUG Network MacWorld Supermeet

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:33:00 +0000

FCPUG Network MacWorld Supermeet in San Francisco Jan 16
only $10 in advance, any remaining tickets will be $15 at the door - seating is limited

The Agenda ::

DV Rebel Stu Maschwitz for Adobe
Alex Lindsay of Pixelcorps and dvGarage demoing Blackmagic Design Workflow
Noah Kadner showing the XDCAM EX for Sony
Plus Show and Tells from Bay Area filmmakers Jason Mitchell and Stacey Ransom showing "They Turned Our Desert Into Fire", a moving documentary about Darfur
and Mabel Valdiviezo presenting "Soledad is Gone Forever"

RED Camera will be shown at the Silverado Systems Table

The first 250 people arriving receive a valuable reusable "goodie" bag

Robertson Auditorium, Mission Bay Conference Center -
UCSF
1675 Owens Street
San Francisco, CA 94158

Getting there:
pay parking garage
free shuttle from 16th BART Station or convenient walk from the UCSF/Mission Bay stop on the new MUNI "T" LINE

Tickets include: entry, stage show, 2 raffle tickets and refreshments

Additional Raffle tickets may be purchased at the event
Click here to buy tickets.

7th ANNUAL MACWORLD FCPUG SUPERMEET

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 05:39:00 +0000

Tickets are now on sale for the largest gathering of FCS users and Gurus on
the planet. Join us for the 7th annual Macworld FCPUG SuperMeet, to be held
Jan 16, 2008 at the Robertson Auditorium inside the brand new Mission Bay
Conference Center in San Francisco.

Tickets are STILL only $10.00 per person (includes 2 raffle tickets) and are
on sale now. This event will sell out. SuperMeets always sell out, so buy
your tickets early.

Agenda is currently Super Secret and will not be set until sometime around
the middle of December.

In addition to the SuperMeet, there will be a �SuperMeet Expo� featuring
over 20 vendors just outside the theatre doors. Many of these companies will
not be on the show floor at Macworld. The SuperMeet will be the only place
you will see them.

Raffle prizes are pouring in. They include an Io HD from AJA, an iPod Touch
from Ourstage.com, 2 Rifa 55 Pro Kits from Lowell and many many more. And
we�ve just started.

Don�t wait to buy your tickets. This will be the biggest Macworld SuperMeet
in our history.

Further updates on this event will be posted in this newsletter over the
coming weeks.

Special thanks to BlackMagic Design, Apple, Adobe, Sony and to the dozens of
generous sponsors of this event. Without them we�d be holding this event on
Pier 39 at Fishermans Wharf, assuming the Sea Lions let us.

Click here to register for this momentous even.

Lights in Motion 3

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:55:00 +0000

Great new tutorial on lights in Motion 3 from DV Creators
complements of LAFCPUG.org.

Thanks Mike!

Click here.

Larry Jordan and Power-Up

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:32:00 +0000

Internationally-renowned expert Larry Jordan is coming to Santa Barbara with a two-day, high-voltage seminar series guaranteed to improve your editing efficiency. Whether you�re editing your first family video, the next Pirates of the Caribbean or something in-between, these PowerUP Seminars will plug you into the unlimited possibilities of Final Cut Studio 2 with the practical knowledge you need to turn your vision into an edited masterpiece.

Click here to download the promo brochure.

Jeffery Morse at SBMUG

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Thu, 17 May 2007 21:24:00 +0000

THURSDAY, May 17th, 2007: Jeffery Morse will discuss Apple's integrated video post-production suite Final Cut Studio 2, and maybe show us how he uses Final Cut Pro with Aperture.

Be sure to bring yourselves, and your questions. We'll have the usual Questions & Answers, wireless internet access, delicious refreshments, and good company.

Directions:

We meet at Peabody School, 3018 Calle Noguera, Santa Barbara. Take Highway 101 to the Las Positas Exit and go north on Las Positas. Turn right on State Street. Turn left on Calle Laureles, left at Calle Noguera for parking.

Enter through the gate across from the parking lot, we'll be straight ahead in the auditorium.

Larry Jordan Presents PowerUP with Final Cut Studio in Santa Barbara June 25 - 26

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:15:00 +0000

Internationally-renowned editor, director, and trainer Larry Jordan is launching his new two-day "Larry Jordan Presents: PowerUP with Final Cut Studio!" worldwide seminar tour in Santa Barbara on June 25-26, 2007.

Jordan will be in Santa Barbara for two days, presenting "Picking the Right Hardware" and "Optimize Your Editing with Final Cut" on June 25, 2007, and "Mastering Final Cut Studio" on June 26, 2007. All seminars will be presented at the Hotel Andalusia.

Optimizing Final Cut Studio and Pick the Right Hardware are priced at $119. Mastering Final Cut Studio is priced at $249 dollars per person. Optimize and Hardware together is priced at $219. Optimize or Hardware with Mastering is priced at $349. All three seminars are priced at $449. Every seminar includes take-home workbooks and other valuable editing tools. Special student pricing and group discounts are available.

For more information about the "Larry Jordan Presents: PowerUP with Final Cut Studio North American Tour," including cities, dates and registration, Larry's website here.

Click here for the entire Press Release at PRWeb.

QuickTime and Modest Mouse Need You!

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:47:00 +0000

Apple and Modest Mouse are giving you the chance to make the band�s new video for its second single, �Missed the Boat,� from the album by the same name. The winning submission will become the official video throughout the world. The band has shot performance footage of the entire song on green screen from multiple camera angles. You can download performance footage and other digital assets to make your own video using Final Cut Studio.

Enter the Modest Mouse �Missed the Boat� video contest. And visit the iTunes Store to hear more music from Modest Mouse.

Click here for more info at the Modest Mouse website and here for more information on the Apple website.

Larry Jordan on the Radio

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 17:08:00 +0000

FCP Guru, Larry Jordan, will be on the radio this month.
If you're not familiar with his work, check out his website
on the link below and subscribe to his newsletter. It's awesome.
And, make sure you check out Larry on the radio.

Wayne Norris
Business & Technology Show
2:00-2:30 pm
April 30, 2007
AM 1290, KZSB

Click here to check out Larry Jordan's website.

The Sixth Annual FCPUG SuperMeet

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:17:00 +0000

The Sixth Annual FCPUG SuperMeet
-The only place you NEED to be-
Join us and the FCPUG Network at NAB for the largest gathering of FCP Gurus and users on the Planet

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Tickets on sale online now! To purchase tickets, click HERE

Where? - Venetian Hotel, Palazzo Ballroom, 5th level.
3355 Las Vegas Blvd, Las Vegas, NV
When? - Wednesday, April 18, 6:30PM - 10:00PM (Doors open 5:00PM)
How Much? - $15.00 per person. Includes 2 raffle tickets
per person
Any raffle prizes? - Of course. $2.00 per raffle ticket
or 3 for $5.00
Who should attend? - Everyone who wants to learn more about Final Cut Studio and meet others who know more than you do.
Food and Drink? - Food (free) and Cash Bar will be available.
What's on the agenda? - It's super secret!

Click here for more info.

HD DVDs in DVDSP

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:30:00 +0000

Are you out there wondering when the HD revolution will begin? Well . . .
It already has my friend. Rick Young, publisher of MacVideo Magazine, has a great tutorial on KenStone.net.

Check it out.

Click here to read the tutorial.

Final Print

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:15:00 +0000

Every wanted to print out a list of your markers and notes from a Final Cut Pro timeline? Final Print may be what many of you are looking for.

Here's what Macworld has to say about the program:
"The idea behind Final Print is not particularly earth-shattering� it lets users add timecode accurate markers with comments to their sequences and then print out the contents of those markers with thumbnail images of the video."

Click here for the full Macworld review.

Click here for the Digital Heaven link to Final Print.

Must-read RAID Article

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 16:00:00 +0000

Terence Keegan has published an article at DV.com that is a must-read about HD, RAIDs, how they work and why you would need one.

"Where would the HD revolution be without affordable digital storage? No matter what flavor of HD you're shooting, editing, massaging, or playing out to air, you need big hard drives to hold all that high-def footage. If you're working with material that's longer than a few minutes, a big hard drive will likely translate to lots of hard drives bundled together into a storage system known as a RAID."

Thanks to Michael Horton at LAFCPUG for the link.

Click here for the article.

Great FCStudio Resources at Apple.com

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:06:00 +0000

Looking for Resources at Apple.com? Check out this page with links to Plug-ins, Tools, DVDs and CDs, Books, User Groups, Online Resources, Training, White Papers etc. The list goes on and on.

Click here for Apple.com.

Learn About Panasonic's AG-HVX200

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Mon, 22 Jan 2007 15:36:00 +0000

Want to find out more about Panasonic's affordable HD camera? Here's a page with downloads for the Panasonic FCP Frame Converter, FAQ, Discussion Forums, Drivers etc. Check it out.

Click here for the Panasonic website.

TICKETS ON SALE NOW FOR 6TH ANNUAL MWSF FCPUG SUPERMEET

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 19:32:00 +0000

Mark your calendars as the Final Cut Pro User Group Network, including Final Cut Pro User Groups from Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Mexico and elsewhere is once again heading to San Francisco for the Sixth Annual MWSF FCPUG Network SuperMeet, what is considered to be a much-anticipated highlight of Macworld Conference and Expo SF 2007.

6TH ANNUAL MWSF FCPUG SUPERMEET
When: Wednesday, January 10th
Time: 7:00pm until we drop (Doors open at 6:30pm)
Where: CLUB MEZZANINE, 444 Jessie St @ Mint, San Francisco, CA

Cost: $10 online (see link below) Includes 2 Raffle tickets
Raffle: $2.00 per raffle ticket or 3 for $5.00

Click here for more information and to purchase tickets.

Downloadable Walter Murch

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:26:00 +0000

The Boston FCPUG has a link to download uber-editor, Walter Murch's talk from last year's FCP User Group Network meeting at Mac World. Walter is the Oscar winning editor of Apocalypse Now, The English Patient and Cold Mountain. If you're not familiar with his work, you should be.

Click here for the download.

FxFactory for Final Cut Studio

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:32:00 +0000

High-performance visual effects, unlimited expandability and professional features available in no other plug-in package. Noise Industries is proud to announce immediate availability of FxFactory, a revolutionary visual effects suite for Final Cut Studio.

Based on FxPlug, Apple's modern architecture for film-quality effects, FxFactory comes with an extensive collection of over 100 plug-ins that work seamlessly in Final Cut Pro and Motion.

Jeffery Morse says: "I'm checking these out ASAP, baby."

Click here for the Noise Industries website.

HDforIndies - Fincher's Zodiac

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:12:00 +0000

Zodiac is probably the first all digital, completely tapeless major motion picture production. This article has details on what, why, and how they did their production.

Considering an all digital production? Read this. I'm not saying much here, but I consider this a MUST read for anyone considering a heavy digital production.

Click here for HDforIndies.

HDforIndies - Sonnet shipping $130 eSATA card for MacBook Pro laptops

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:09:00 +0000

"I've used quite a bit of Sonnet kit, I like it, I like it a lot, this is good news for indies. Also, this pops to mind in terms of having hotswap drive enclosures for in-the-field P2 backup - you could even do RAID 1 sets for mirrored for data redundancy protection. Unless this product is an aberration from Sonnet's usual quality, I'd be inclined to recommend it sight unseen."

Click here for Mike Curtis' link at HD for Indies.

FAQ at LAFCPUG

noreply@blogger.com (Jeffery Morse) — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:01:00 +0000

Got question?
LAFCPUG has answers.

Click here to check out LAFCPUG's phorum.