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BAVUG Summer BBQ

The Dog Days of summer… a perfect time to take a break from the serious User Group demos and presentations. A perfect time to spend a hot evening with a cold beer and mingle with the friends and colleagues you’ve met throughout the year. That’s exactly what the Boston Avid User Group... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Mon, Jul 14 2008
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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. Attendees also had the opportunity to see... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Sat, May 17 2008
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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 the crowd. Next was an entertaining presentation... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Wed, May 14 2008
Filed under: 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? I know Peter Hordylan is for sure. Peter loves what... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Mon, Apr 28 2008
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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 share their expertise, unique approaches and job... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Wed, Apr 23 2008
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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 news and multi-media production services for more... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Thu, Mar 6 2008
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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 of traveling a long distance, a group of students... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Thu, Feb 21 2008
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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 a host of new codec’s and will be threaded to... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Wed, Feb 20 2008
Filed under: 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 new Sony PMW-EX1 camera, which records a true 1920x1080... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Wed, Feb 6 2008
Filed under: 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 you had clients tell you their son can do what you... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Wed, Jan 30 2008
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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. It takes focus, discipline, ability to work under... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Tue, Jan 29 2008
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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 1 panel discussion consisting of: 2 editors... (read more)

Posted to Events Rewind by brendab on Mon, Jan 28 2008
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