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• Motion Picture Editors Guild
• Panasonic P2
• Sony XDCAM
• Sorenson Squeeze

• DC user group, run by Bruce Dixon of EFX Media, held meeting at WUSA Channel 9-TV

  First a tour of the WUSA station was given to attendees by one of the news directors. He showed the newsroom area, assignment desk, master control room, media composer editing rooms for the promotion department and newscutters bays for the producer/reporters... Posted May 17 2008, 01:36 AM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups, Panasonic P2

• Denver Avid User Group, run by Dan Warvi, Graphics Producer at KUSA 9News had its largest meeting yet

  James Murphy, Avid Broadcast Application Editor, gave an overview of Avid’s new thinking and new management changes. James then presented the new Avid editing systems - hardware and software. The response was great with many nods and smiles from... Posted May 14 2008, 06:54 AM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups, Motion Picture Editors Guild

• Canadian Cinema Editor alliance and new Avid Community introduced to largest Toronto User Group meeting ever

  Well the Toronto User Group did it again. April was their largest user group meeting yet.Maybe the largest Avid user group meeting ever. They had 426 people register and a whopping 300 attended. Is this community passionate about what they do or what... Posted Apr 28 2008, 05:40 AM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups

• The new Montreal Avid User Group held their first meeting in April at the NAD Centre

  The NAD Centre is o­ne of Canada's major training centre for new technologies and new media. The NAD Centre is an Avid DS Authorized Training Centre (ATC) and home to current and future television, film and electronic entertainment professionals who... Posted Apr 23 2008, 09:12 AM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups

• Room with a View

  The DC user group meeting on January 31st started out with the usual networking, food and beverages. The meeting was held at Mobile Video Services, LTD. Founded in 1977, Mobile Video has produced thousands of hours of the best in broadcast television... Posted Mar 05 2008, 11:13 PM by brendab with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: User Groups

• A Chilling Event: ATUG Meeting - January 24, 2008

  Even with the mercury dipping to a low -9C, the Bravo Studio was packed as ATUG President Peter Hordylan introduced Eric Gardner from Channel Wolves who flew all the way from Boston, Mass., earlier that day to present an in-depth demo of BCC 5 . And speaking... Posted Feb 20 2008, 10:21 PM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups

• A new Squeeze

  CTG hosted the Atlanta Avid User Group meeting on January 24th with a great spread from Moe’s. Coby Rich of Sorenson Media presented a demonstration of Squeeze 4.5.7 and then a sneak peek at Squeeze 5 currently in beta. The new Squeeze suite will support... Posted Feb 20 2008, 05:15 PM by brendab with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: User Groups, Sorenson Squeeze

• Editors' Lounge January meeting

  A hundred Los Angeles-area editors, cameramen and other enthusiastic professionals gathered at Burbank post facility, AlphaDogs, Inc. for the January Editors' Lounge. This month the subject was a hands-on demonstration and post workflow overview for the... Posted Feb 06 2008, 06:41 PM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups, Sony XDCAM

• Managing Client Expectations (Part 1 of 2)

  Do you remember planning your dissolve renders during lunch? Do you feel like you are not only an editor but also a color corrector, graphics designer, special effects expert and DVD author to name a few added specialties and you now charge less! Have... Posted Jan 29 2008, 11:43 PM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups

• Managing Client Expectations (Part 2 of 2)

  Sid Levin presented a humorous look at working with clients throughout the past 20-25 years. It was fun to reminisce about the products and prices of the past and see how client's expectations have evolved. Sid gave some insight into how to be successful... Posted Jan 29 2008, 06:48 PM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups

• User Group Spotlight: Avid Toronto User Group

  What are the ingredients for a great user group meeting? Well if you looked at the October 25th Toronto user group recipe you would mix up the following... 1 Cool downtown Toronto TV station for the venue 120+ local editing professionals and video enthusiasts... Posted Jan 28 2008, 06:31 PM by brendab with | with no comments Filed under: User Groups