[MacDV] Shake 'n' Final Cut Studio FCP User Group Event

[Daniel Berube]

The Boston and Connecticut Final Cut Pro User Groups, HB
Communications and Future Media Concepts invite you to
attend "Shake ‘n’ Final Cut Studio." This special event
takes place during SIGGRAPH 2006 and is yoru chance to
learn about the industry’s leading editing, motion
graphics and compositing technologies while connecting with
members in the industry.

Join our experts as they show you how to extend the
creative work you produce in Final Cut Studio with an
integrated Shake workflow. See how everyone who uses Final
Cut Studio has the power to create the most sophisticated
visual effects, without breaking the budget.

REGISTER NOW
Shake ‘n’ Final Cut Studio is free to the public, but
you must register to attend at:
http://seminars.apple.com/goToEvent.html?id=52185

NETWORK AND PARTY
After the presentations, stay to socialize with your peers,
pick the brains of industry gurus or just enjoy the music.
A huge raffle will feature hardware, software and training
materials, including products from leading manufacturers.
Even if you’re not attending SIGGRAPH 2006, you can
attend this event to network with Boston's filmmaking,
motion graphics and compositing community and Final Cut
Studio users from around the world.

For update info on this event, visit www.bosfcpug.org.

Featured Presenters:
- Dion Scoppettuolo, Shake Product Manager, will present
Shake 4.1, which is now available at a price that fits any
production budgets. Shake has been used to create the
world’s most celebrated visual effects. Join Dion as he
shows you some of the compositing techniques used in
feature films such as the LORD OF THE RINGS Trilogy, BATMAN
BEGINS, KING KONG and SUPERMAN RETURNS.

- Chris Phrommayon of Future Media Concepts will follow
with a quick overview of the new Universal version Final
Cut Studio. Chris will then demonstrate how to use Final
Cut Pro and Shake to create convincing, Hollywood-caliber
visual effects on a desktop — and on a budget.

- Jem Schofield of Button Productions will show you the
seamless integration between Motion and Shake, including
how to effectively use Particles created in Motion in your
Shake scripts.

- Todd Prives of GenArts will then demo the new major
version 2.0 update to the Sapphire Plug-Ins for Shake as
well as version 1.3 for Final Cut Pro.

Who Should Attend:
Video editors, motion graphics professionals, independent
filmmakers, wedding videographers specialists, producers,
students, teachers, web masters, nonlinear editing or
compositing software users, are simply those who are
interested in learning more about computer graphics and
interactive technologies on the Macintosh.

Thanks and see you there!