The DC Avid User Group held a meeting during the GV Expo on December 3rd. The meeting was held at a function room at the Walter E.Washington Convention Center in DC. They had a good turnout with over 60 people attending. The FCP user group meeting was right next door – the Avid group had more attendees. It started off with a reception with good food, beverage, and conversations. It was great to mingle and network with colleagues and friends before the meeting.
The meeting got underway with Avid’s Bob Russo discussing the RED workflow. This is a hot topic that everyone seems to be interested in these days. But as Bob explained, technology and updates are happening so quickly that everything that he said today could be different tomorrow. Avid is a licensed R3D developer and continually working on improving the workflow and integration. Application Editor, Glen Seaman was also on hand to field questions. To get the step by step technical information on the RED workflow, download the pdf at: http://www.avid.com/RED/REDstepbystep.pdf
Next, Coby Rich from Sorenson Media introduced the crowd to Squeeze 5. It is crucial to be able to deliver your projects in a variety of different formats. All the different file and compression formats can be overwhelming. However, Squeeze 5 makes it seamless and transparent with single preset settings for your audio, video, filters and distribution. The software allows you to deliver the best quality in any format without needing in depth knowledge of compression formats. Coby showed how simply you can get your project from your Avid to DVD and the Web.
Coby then gave a quick overview of Squish® which embeds the power of Sorenson’s Squeeze® into any Web page on your site, allowing you to easily accept user-submitted video. Users can drag-and-drop video files onto the Squish applet or capture video streams from Webcams or camcorders, and have them be automatically encoded and uploaded to any network-accessible host.
