Registration Link: http://bavug.org/contactus/register.asp


***NOTE: please be sure to pre-register if you plan to attend, it will make the check-in process more efficient and allow us to get accurate numbers for seating and refreshments***

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Location:
Rule Broadcast Systems, Inc.
395 Western Ave
Boston, MA
*note there is no parking available on the Soldier's Field Rd entrance side*


Event Directions:  http://www.rule.com/contact

We are excited to announce another joint-meeting between the Boston Avid Users Group and the Boston Final Cut Pro User Group.  Please join us for this exciting event.

Schedule of Events:
6:30pm - 7:00pm | Check-In & Networking
Come early to check-in, purchase your raffle tickets, and socialize.

7:00 - 8:00pm | Apple Color Commercial Workflow: For projects originating in Avid, grading in Apple Color and finishing in Autodesk Flame

Alex Bickel will take through the workflow for a commercial project, from ingest to output, and talk about the challenges, solutions and reasons for moving a project across multiple platforms. Using the latest ad campaign for the NYSE as a case study, he will share pro workflow tips to make sure your next conform and finish go smoothly. Finally, he'll take us through a few grades in color, demonstrating how he approaches a scene during a session, dissecting the frame into pieces to tell a stronger story through color.

ABOUT ALEX BICKEL:
Colorist Alex Bickel brings incredible creative insight and sensitivity to light and color for all of his projects. Alex’s credits include commercial projects for Jaguar, Old Navy, NYSE, Hyatt, Schwab, and the Atlantic Weekly, to name a few. He won the 2008 Hollywood Post Alliance award for outstanding color grading in a commercial for his work on the Jaguar XF campaign. He has also graded several independent feature films including the 2008 Independent Spirit Award nominee Quiet City. He currently heads up the Color department for Outside Editorial in Soho, NYC.


8:00 - 9:00pm | EditShare presents  FLOW
A look at Flow, EditShare’s ingest and browse tool, and the new Universal Media Files technology. This feature allows editors to capture one file with Flow , and then use it in both Avid or Final Cut Pro.  You can transfer a timeline from one NLE to the other, with media attached, no rendering or relinking.

EditShare LLC is the pioneer of a new category of collaborative editing solutions designed for digital media workgroups and production companies. The EditShare system fuels the collaborative creative process for digital media artists by delivering high-quality, high-performance, and cost-effective networked collaborative editing solutions. For more information, please visit www.editshare.com.



9:00 - 9:30pm | Raffle

The BAVUG would like to thank our presenters, Alex Bickel and EditShare, as well as, Rule Broadcast Systems (http://www.rule.com/) for sponsoring/hosting this month's meeting.  Also special thanks to the BOSFCPUG (http://www.bosfcpug.org/) for co-hosting this meeting.

We are always seeking additional sponsors and volunteers to help continue the efforts of the Boston Avid User Group. The BAVUG Board is currently just a few people who volunteer their time and it requires a lot of work to continue to have high quality meetings. If you would be interested in providing sponsorship or simply helping out at future meetings, send an email to volunteers@bavug.org

Join the BAVUG on LinkedIN, the online networking site for professionals. If you're already a member of LinkedIN and you would like to join the BAVUG Group, visit http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/41027/6B2CCE20A7D9 Once you are approved, you will be an official member of the BAVUG Group! If you're not already a member of LinkedIN, you must first sign in and create a profile. visit www.linkedin.com to join and/or find out more info about LinkedIN.


Lastly, if you have suggestions for guest speakers or topics for upcoming meetings please send us mail at contactus@bavug.org


Thanks!
The BAVUG Team
www.BAVUG.org

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additional info for tomorrow night's meeting:

EditShare has developed a line of products that enable smart workflow and collaboration at all stages of post production, from ingest to editing to archiving.  Andy and Jeff will bring the newest releases of EditShare Flow, XStream and Ark and demonstrate how EditShare's solutions work in a real-world shared workflow, with multiple editors ingesting and sharing media and projects. They will show how editors can use:
 
      -EditShare Flow to ingest files simultaneously in Avid or Final Cut Pro/Premiere formats and browse clips anywhere in your facility.
      -Ethernet-based EditShare XStream Storage to manage and share SD to uncompressed HD media, regardless of the platform or application (Avid, FCP, Premiere, Pro Tools, 2K, etc)
      -EditShare True Project Sharing to share clips, projects, and bins effortlessly whether you're working in Avid or Final Cut Pro.
      -EditShare Ark to effortlessly backup and archive your EditShare media and projects.
 
In the spirit of bringing together Avid and FCP editors, the pair will also demonstrate the ground breaking EditShare Universal Media Files technology, which allows editors to capture ONE set of media files that can be read by both Avid and Final Cut Pro NLE's. These clips can be edited into sequences that can be freely exchanged between Avid and FCP with no re-rendering re-linking, or transcoding required.