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Motion Menus with LiveType
Guru Larry Jordan will show us a simple techniques on how to make DVD Motion Menus using LiveType.
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Larry Jordan will show us a simple techniques on how to make DVD Motion Menus using LiveType.

Editing HDV Natively in Final Cut Pro 5
Academy Award nominated filmmakers Chuck Braverman and editor Rob King will show clips and discuss the real world workflow from their documentary, "Abused.
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Academy Award nominated filmmakers Chuck and Marilyn Braverman and editor Rob King will show clips and discuss the real world workflow from their documentary, "Abused." This Doc was shot on HDV and edited natively on FCP 5. They intend to take you from capture to output and try once and for all, to give you everything you need to know about editing HDV natively on Final Cut Pro.

How to make a FCP Plug-in, Using FCP Scopes and P2 Import to FCP
us how to get started making your own Plug-in in FCP, how to use the Final Cut Pro Scopes and how to Import P2 to Final Cut Pro.
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us how to get started making your own Plug-in in Final Cut Pro - and no, you don't have to be a geek to do it., how to use the Final Cut Pro Scopes and how to Import P2 to Final Cut Pro. Three tips for the price of one.

Traveling Mattes in Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Studio Guru Larry Jordan will show us everything you need to know about travelling mattes in Final Cut Pro.
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Travel Mattes allow one layer to control the shape and transparency of another layer. Larry Jordon describes how to do the only 3-layer effect in Final Cut Pro.

Compression Recipes for Web Video
From Final Cut Pro to the web via Windows Media, Flash, MPEG-4, H.264, AVI, DivX.
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From Final Cut Pro to the web via Windows Media, Flash, MPEG-4, H.264, AVI, DivX... an editor could go nuts trying to figure all this out. Instead Final Cut Pro and distribution guru Philip Hodgetts will break it down in simple recipes. When do you use each of the formats if they're all good for something? How do you make it look good at the smallest bandwidth in plain simple language. You won't become the World's Greatest Compressionist, but you will get the magic formula for consistent quality results at the minimum bandwidth.

How the big boys do it (Encoding)
Dan DiPaola will discuss what tools and techniques the "Big Boys"(such as the folks who do those movie trailers on Apple) use to produce the results they do. And no it's not because these films were shot on 35mm film.
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We were pleased to bring you one of the giants in the digital production field, Dan DiPaola. Dan will discuss what tools and techniques the "Big Boys"(such as the folks who do those movie trailers on Apple) use to produce the results they do. And no it's not because these films were shot on 35mm film. Dan DiPaola, President of Digital Production Racks (DPR)™, is a seasoned entertainment professional who has spent his career on the cutting edge of technology delivering creative solutions for 25 years. Right out of college, he joined Francis Ford Coppola's Zoetrope Studios where he spent five years pushing the early digital invasion of Hollywood. Since the 1980s, DiPaola has been a featured speaker at technology and entertainment conferences, always making technology accessible to the average user. n late 2003, he began accessing the emerging HD market and analyzing what products or services would advance the use of HD and make it affordable for most productions. After 18 months of research and testing, he launched Digital Production Racks, linking pre-production-post by organizing every aspect into one location with access to all key players.

Exporting Widescreen Movies for the Web
Compressor Guru Brian Gary will show us how to export a widescreen movie to the web without those annoying black bars.
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Compressor Guru Brian Gary will show us how to export a widescreen movie to the web without those annoying black bars using two different techniques: cropping or scaling.

Making the leap to Freelance
Michael Friedman talks about the path to being a successful freelance editor.
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Emmy Award ("Amazing Race," "Laguna Beach," "The Sureal Life") editor Michael Friedman talks about the path from being on the 'outside' to moving up the food chain to a Emmy winning network show. - Including - how to get hired - do you need a reel? - getting asked back - who to call - etc.

Adding Transitions to multiple clips at once
Andrew starts with adding a transition to multiple clips at once but continues with a twist.
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This month's Tip/Trick of the month builds on the tip to add a transitions to multiple clips at once and applies it to video clips, audio clips and how to apply a transition to multiple tracks stacked 'vertically' in the Timeline.

Editing "Zodiac"
Angus and associates will discuss the all tapeless workflow they developed for Zodiac.
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We are honored to have Film editor Angus Wall who just completed Zodiac for David Fincher make an appearance at lafcpug. Angus will discuss the all tapeless workflow they developed for Zodiac. The film was shot using the Grass Valley Viper Film Stream camera and Angus will be joined on stage by tech consultant, Andreas Wacker as well as some of the assistant editors from the movie. Despite this being a big budget Hollywood movie, the post workflow these folks developed was VERY Independent movie making thinking. Some footage of Zodiac will be shown as well as the trailer. Oh yeah, it really looks good.