User Group Blog Entries

Adobe After Effects and AVID Marquee reviewed at WNYPPG meeting

posted by brendab on Wed, Feb 11 2009

Kurt Murphy, Art Director, Animation Artist, Creative Cow Contributor and owner of Paws for Effect, presented to the Western New York Post Production Group on the fundamental understanding of Adobe After Effects. He demonstrated some of his current work... (read more)

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Steve Audette Best Documentary Nomination!

posted by brendab on Wed, Jan 21 2009

The Boston Avid User Group is fortunate to have Steve Audette as one of their members. Steve is a long time Avid customer and advocate. For 15 years Steve has been FRONTLINE's Senior Editor; cutting two documentaries a year for the series. Steve was just... (read more)

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Horror film edited on Avid in tapeless environment

posted by brendab on Tue, Jan 06 2009

Iain Mitchell, Avid customer and member of the UK Avid user group, has been editing on Avid for over 15 years, with a mixture of film and television work on his resume. He recently took some time out to talk to Avid about his latest film, S.N.U.B.!, which... (read more)

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DC User Group Meeting at GV Expo

posted by brendab on Wed, Dec 31 2008

The DC Avid User Group held a meeting during the GV Expo on December 3 rd . 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... (read more)

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Toronto - Best Meeting Ever!

posted by brendab on Sun, Dec 07 2008

Gordon Thorne, a long standing member of the Toronto Avid User Group, gave his take on the user group meeting on November 27th. Toronto User Group’s Secrets of Doc Editing panel - “Best Meeting Ever” How do you top some amazing meetings the Toronto user... (read more)

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  • Boston

    The Boston Avid User Group was founded in 2004 and is one of the most consistent user groups.  BAVUG hold regular meetings every month except for April, July and December.  They are self funding, well organized and work hard to attract interesting speakers from within their community.  They also created their own website which features information about them and their meetings, tips and tricks, links to helpful websites and a list of freelance editors and their certifications.

  • Toronto

     The Toronto Avid User Group is a beaming star in the North.  This is the oldest group founded in 1995 when Avid first opened their office in Toronto.  ATUG has been consistent with meetings and growing their membership.  They have over 600 members in their group.  Truly an inspiration to other groups.

  • Washington, DC

     The Washington DC group founded in November 2005 has been steadily gaining momentum.  The group attracts a diverse group of members from the military, government agencies, broadcast stations, post houses, advertising agencies, America’s Most Wanted, National Geographic Channel, aarp, and many educational institutions to name a few.    This group is an up and comer.



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Re: Paying for user group logistics?

I started a CorelDRAW! user's group in the early 90's. It became a very large group pretty quickly...(we eventually had hundreds of members and attendance at one event was around 300) -- it had...

posted by Adman on Wed, Jun 17 2009

Re: Paying for user group logistics?

We usually have annual sponsorship from local businesses (ie, RULE Inc just joined us as a new sponsor) At one time Avid and GenArts were sponsors of ours, but due to the economic climate we have been...

posted by Kenton.VanNatten on Tue, Jun 16 2009

Re: Paying for user group logistics?

We looked for places at one point for larger gatherings. The local parks department had some community centers available, but no alcohol was allowed. (A stumbling block for an editors' lounge...) You...

posted by TCurren on Tue, Jun 16 2009

Re: Paying for user group logistics?

Thanks Terry, The main stumbling block at the moment is a venue. I'm sure there's a suitable free facility someplace in London, but I haven't run across it yet, and it's a big city (haha...

posted by camoscato on Tue, Jun 16 2009

Re: Paying for user group logistics?

We try to get the visiting vendors to pay for the food. When the event isn't sponsored by a vendor, we cover the cost. I know some other groups out here charge $5.00 a head to cover their costs. We...

posted by TCurren on Tue, Jun 16 2009

Upcoming Meetings

 

Charlotte User Group Meeting

 

When:
Saturday, June 20th, from 10am-3pm

 

Where:
Rowan-Cabarrus Community College
South Campus
Concord, NC

 

Contact:
Mary Beth Ross
mbrstudio@carolina.rr.com