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SF Cutters 9th Anniversary Meeting: Tues March 17Tuesday, March 17, 2009 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM (PT)San Francisco, United States |
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JOIN US FOR:
Tuesday MARCH 17th - SF Cutters Anniversary Meeting - Food- Lots a Raffle- and CAKE! refreshments provided by
Blackmagic Design and SF Cutters
Beer provided by Equilibrium
Please arrive early for refreshments, doors open at 6:30 and not before. Parking on street or in the Adobe garage at 650 King get your ticket for validation. All other parking garages charge their rates.
Convenient to Caltrain, the N Judah and T Line - get off at 4th and King or walk or take the #10 Townsend bus to Townsend and 7th. Also convenient to many Muni Bus lines and cab from Market St. connections on BART.
SEE
Kim Salyer of Video Arts , Joanne Dorgan, Scott Harris, and Ben Kopman showing:
"A Case Study on the Adidas Spiral Theatre and CocaCola Pavilion at the Beijing Olympics."
The Coca-Cola Olympic Pavilion Venue showcased numerous site-specific media including one video that was projected over a 40-ft. screen.
Kim Salyer is the Founder and CEO of Video Arts in San Francisco. 30 years experience in video and film production and post-production. Video Arts specializes in color grading, effects and compositing, title design and mastering. Since 1986 VA has provided final post on hundreds of excellent films including 10 Academy Award-nominated films. Kim Salyer is interested in the evolution of media technology and the convergence of digital media through high-definition TV. Experienced in choosing technology and matching tech to new work flow models.
Joanne Dorgan is a free lance Film/Video editor in the Bay Area. Her duties for the Coca Cola Pavilion included producing original content and coordinating approvals and delivery of media with the clients, Video Arts staff, and Creative Technology technical crew. In Beijing, her scope expanded to include editing, and managing and supervising editorial department for on-site programming.
Scott Harris, Art Director - Coke Pavilion - Designing the look and media for the Red Passion Theater. Harris worked with a canvas 9’ high by 40’ wide, designing an exciting graphically intense piece celebrating China’s Olympic history culminating in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In addition to the challenge of working in the large format, 4 x HD projection environment, content had to be created and integrated from historical footage, live action ‘real people’ greenscreen footage, Coke advertising elements and Scott’s original animation and motion graphics in both Chinese and English. Working in Flame and After Effects, Harris directed the VA team of After Effects artists and worked closely with Smoke editor Zac Pineda to bring the project in on time and on budget.
Ben Kopman - Adidas - Designing for the Spiral Theater
Ben is a California native who attended Ex'pression Center for Design majoring in 3d animation. I've worked for 6 years as a motion graphics designer at Video Arts, San Francisco. Issues that will be covered: Creating media from start to finish. Dealing with clients and their design specifications. Working with design elements from the client and tight budgets. Working around the world in different time zones. Designing media when the actual structure is in the process of being built. Discuss the real world of production and post-production. The Video Arts Team will show media from the initial 3D models and client elements to the finished project.
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Matthew Stoneking of Blackmagic Design -
"How Blackmagic Design makes the vital connections - a basic 101 - what cards and devices to use, what different workflows require."
"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." Grant Petty—CEO
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Frank Colin Director of Marketing at Equilibrium:
ONLY at SF Cutters
Sneak Preview:
"New Service for Monetizing Content on Any Website"
Frank Colin is a veteran of the software, video production and entertainment industries with extensive leadership, product management, sales, branding and marketing expertise.
Currently spearheading marketing of MediaRich server software for on demand, image and video processing and automation, with delivery to any device, anywhere.
Frank Colin’s Specialties:
Product development of graphics and entertainment industry productivity software; developed and implemented many successful marketing and branding strategies and campaigns. Founded one of the first companies distributing a variety of software productivity programs to the film industry. Extensive video production experience
Frank is a great speaker, direct and clear. He has a charming way of delivering disarming technological truth. SF Cutters is delighted to welcome Frank Colin.
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Adobe Systems - presents
Simon Hayhurst: Director of Product Management,Digital Video & Audio
Karl Soule : Product Evangelist
"64-bit optimization in Adobe CS4"
Take advantage of 64-bit OSes today with Adobe CS4 Production Premium
Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 and After Effects CS4 have been re-architected for 64-bit operating systems to use large memory more effectively (up to 20GB of memory for Adobe Premiere Pro alone, up to 64GB of memory for a large Production Premium workflow). When you use Adobe Creative Suite 4 Production Premium on a 64-bit OS, you can expect to see tangible benefits right away:
· Faster editing performance in Adobe Premiere Pro, especially when working with high resolution files.
· Better multi-core rendering and longer RAM previews in After Effects.
· Run multiple Production Premium components simultaneously, and leverage new integration like Dynamic Link to move content between them.
· Projects can scale further in resolution and complexity, taking advantage of the additional available memory.
Also Adobe will be giving away an Adobe Production Premium, in a separate drawing - more chances to win - since its our Anniversary if you are the lucky ticket holder you are eligible to win in both the Adobe and Raffle drawings
More complete details to come - Remember this is the FREE Meeting this year Please pre-register
Future Meetings: $10.99 for available seats, Pro Team Members will be sent a code
April 28 at Adobe 601 Townsend
May 19th at the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
June 16th at the San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
check out their great new reel: http://www.sfdigifilm.com/
To prepay all your SF Cutters Meetings this year become a Pro Team Member - only a few remain, sales end midnight March 17 :
http://sfcmembership2009.eventbrite.com/
Many thanks to SF Cutters Crew Members: Joanne Dorgan, Nanette Rosen, Paul Kalbach, Masako Kalbach, Alan Carpenter, Alvin Remmers, Bernie Kriegel, Joyce Anastasia, Allan Phillips, Moses Ma, and Colleen Kessler.
Super Thanks to our Monthly Sponsors:
Many, Many thanks to our vendor and raffle sponsors:
A Prize will be awarded on March 17th to one person with the best GREEN outfit:
St. Patty's Day Green we are speaking of here.
Adobe Systems: CS4 Production Premium: separate drawing, must complete form
Blackmagic Design: two Mac only, Blackmagic Design Analog Video Recorders
Conoa Easy FX - two copies
After Effects the Next Level Vol. 2 CS3 Tips and Tricks by Aharon Rabinowitz
Class On Demand Training DVDs:
Basic Training for Adobe CS4 Production Premium by Tim Kolb
Final Cut Pro UG Network Supermeet - 5 Tickets - Winners must be going to NAB
Mammoth HD Free Monthly Clip Program:Extensive HD and RED footage
NAB Show: Free Exhibit Hall Pass code: TP01
Noise Industries: Perf Motif is one of many themes with animated graphics, designed exclusively to enhance the look of your editorial.
Pond5: Two $100 gift certificates
Redgiant Software: Magic Bullet Suite 2008
Includes: Colorista, Frames, Instant HD, Looks, and Steady:
MBS supports After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, and AVID.
4.5 Cows (Out of 5)
"Overall the Suite is sweet. Apart from a few hiccups, this set of plugins is awesome. It covers a lot of ground and can be used by all AE artists. Lots of controls for the control freaks, one-click presets for the newbies, and everything in between. I would concur with the review of a couple years ago--MBS 2008 is an outstanding buy .
Creative Cow - Tim Johnson
Reel Directory: 5 Hard copies of the Directory, and CDs,
free listing use the code: Deadline March 18 : sfcutters
and more to be confirmed!
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Questions and inquiries:
Claudia Crask
SF Cutters Manager
sfcuttster@gmail.com
When & Where
601 Townsend Street
San Francisco,
94103
Tuesday, March 17, 2009 from 6:30 PM to 10:00 PM (PT)
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SF Cutters is the World's first Apple Final Cut Pro User Group forming in March of 2000.
That's right, the concept of a DV User Group, complete with networking, screenings and tech info centered around Apple Final Cut Pro was born right here in San Francisco. Currently there are over 100 chapters of Final Cut Pro and ProApps User Groups based upon our model. We are proud to be the founders of this exciting movement, dubbed in 1999 as "The DV Revolution". Viva!
SF Cutters meets regularly in San Francisco and the Bay Area Jan thru Nov, the schedule may vary from year to year.