What is on the Agenda? -
Autodesk will show off Smoke on Mac OSX. Blackmagic Design will show of the new DaVinci Resolve. Avid will show off Media Composer 5. And yes, FCS fans, there will be plenty of Final Cut Studio magic on stage as we intend to devote an entire half of the show to Final Cut Studio. We intend to bring some of the best FCS Gurus on the planet to the stage and let them teach and delight you in their wizardry. Plus, Show and Tells from local EU filmmakers and more.
Agenda: (Not in order and subject to change)
- Gurus of Final Cut Studio:
Best of the Best FCS Workflow
- Hosted by Abba Shapiro and featuring Simon Walker, Andrei Nazarov and special guest to be named soon:
The entire 2nd half of the show will be devoted to Final Cut Studio Tips & Tricks. Apple Lead Trainer Abba Shapiro will both host and share numerous FCS tips and tricks, many of which you do not know and will not see unless you are at the SuperMeet. Abba will be joined by the UK’s Simon Walker will show you how to animate text in Motion and FCP in just 10 minutes. Simon will be showing techniques in Motion that editors can use to create graphical sequences and flourishes, but to make them quickly, whilst also avoiding those evil keyframes! Also on stage will be editor Andrei Nazarov who will also show off more FCS solutions. And joining Abba, Simon and Andrei will be Andrea Rüd, a Final Cut Pro Trainer with more than 22 years editing experience, who will show "Managing large multiclip projects with Final Cut Pro 7," the amazing time-saving technique for Editors to sync cameras and audiofiles in Final Cut Pro. She will demonstrate two workflows, with SD and Redcam material and on top external audiofiles..
About Abba Shapiro
Abba has been using FCP since April 1999 – Launch day! He is a Lead instructor for Apple's Pro Apps training program, certifying trainers worldwide in Final Cut Studio. He also teaches the on-line FCP7 training course for Lynda.com and is a co-author of the advanced tips and tricks book, "Final Cut Studio on the Spot." Abba Shapiro is also an award-winning writer/producer/director with over 25 years' experience in video and film production. His production company, Shapiro Video & Multimedia, works in every format from DVCAM to HD to 35 mm film. Abba has done work for a wide range of commercial, corporate, and federal clients, including USA Today, The Associated Press, NASA, The CW, Univision, and Department of Defense.
About Simon Walker
Simon Walker is an Apple Certified Master Trainer in Final Cut Studio, specialising in video editing, motion graphics, authoring, encoding and colour grading. He trains industry creative and technical professionals (from Sony, BBC, MTV, Vodafone, Natural History Museum, as well as many freelance editors, producers and journalists), on both Windows and Mac platforms, using the Adobe CS5 Production Premium and Final Cut Studio suites.
Simon is currently a professor with fxphd.com, and is running a 10 week course featuring a range of Red Giant software plugins for Final Cut Pro, which is aimed at editors who need to grade, improve and enhance footage, add flourishes, stylise shots, and perform post production and compositing tasks, all on a deadline whilst delivering technically proficient and high quality work.
He is also Creative Director of www.WiltshireVideo.com, a UK based video production company, for which he has written and produced two award-winning interactive training packages for national supermarket chain Somerfield PLC.
About Andrei Nazarov
Andrei Nazarov finally focused on video editing in 1998 with the Media100 system. In 1999 when FCP was introduced, it was offered to me by local Apple IMC for presentation purposes and I fell in love. At the end of 1999 I was offered a job on 1st nation tv channel production company VID. With VID, I think I was first in the world to cut a multi million dollar budget show ("posledny geroi" aka Survivor" aka "Expedition Robinson") entirely on FCP. After that I decided to go into the feature film industry. I joined independent film production and postproduction studio j.I.n.a. film and did 2 features as sound director and some documentary work. Also I did music videos for Russian artists. Some of my clients are well-known Russian artists like B2, Basta, Gorod312, etc. Earlier this year I finished "the "Target" feature, where I recorded sound on set and edited an assembled DI. On editing I collaborated with Mr. Neil Farrell who is quite an experienced editor from England, known for his work with Kenneth Branagh, and some major features. Currently I'm editor and DI supervisor on the feature film "The Date" by production company Kinobuerau, directed by Youssup Bahshiev.
Some of my work has won Russian national tv awards. I'm a member of mfcpug.
About Andrea Rüd
Andrea Rüd started with 16mm film-editing in 1988.
For the next 12 years she edited for several broadcast stations in Germany, such as VIVA, WDR, RTL, VOX und Sat 1 editing everything from daily soaps to political magazines, and comedy. In 1999 RTL television asked her to build an apprenticeship program for editors. Since then, she has worked as the education and development manager for editing at RTL and has trained about 50 editor volunteers, journalists and technical staff in AVID liquid and high end non linear applications. Additionally she supervised the daily work of 64 editors and guided the transistion to a tapeless and Final Cut Pro workflow.
Since the beginning of this year, Andrea is a freelance Apple certified Final Pro Trainer and college lecturer for FCP and film editing in film schools and works as an supervisor for complex editing projects and at TV Production studios who are transitioning to Final Cut Pro.
- Avid Media Composer 5 for Final Cut Pro Editors:
- Max Burgess, SpliceTV, London and Michael Krulik, Avid
Max Burgess, Offline/Online Editor at SpliceTV, one of the leading creative editors in London will showcase some incredible work edited on Media Composer and shot with the RED Digital Cinema camera; Max will demonstrate some of the new features in Media Composer 5 and how these can benefit any editor on any platform; Avid will in turn demonstrate complete integrated workflow with Final Cut Pro.
About Michael Krulik
Avid Principal Applications Specialist – Los Angeles, CA
Michael started working with and presenting non-linear technology in the early days with the first PC editing system called EMC (Editing Machines Corporation). We were capturing baseband video into Magneto-Optical disks and the resulting video was captured at such a low resolution, you could only use the software for offline editorial decisions. You could not even see if someone was blinking their eyes. As Non-linear technology evolved, he used and demonstrated Media 100, Panasonic’s PostBox, Softimage DS and, of course, Avid.
For over 18 years, Michael has worked with the editors, directors, producers and visual effects teams in the Film, Television and Broadcast industry and has devoted most of his career to working with manufacturers of technology and evangelizing their tools. Technology has come a long way since he would carry his punch cards down to the mainframe computer to run his program.
About Max Burgess
Editor and Graphic Artist, London, UK
After deciding editing was boring during his formative years at college, (often getting other students to edit his work) it was somewhat ironic that he would go on to forge a career as an editor once he finished his education. 12 years on and with 10 years experience in front of an Avid Media Composer and Apple Final Cut Pro as well as 4 years in front of an Avid DS, Max Burgess has a professional split personality. As Senior Editor at Box Television (a joint venture based in the UK between Channel 4 and Bauer Media) Max uses Avid DS to finish long form programming as well as graphic heavy promos for various channels. At home with his own Media Composer edit suite Max has forged strong relationships with some of the best up and coming music video and commercial directors as he works with them to craft their projects into award winning work.
- Demystifying Smoke on Mac OSX: - Grant Kay and Jöran Maaswinkel, Autodesk
See for yourself why everyone’s talking Smoke – the all-in-one editorial finishing tool for the Mac. Joran Maaswinkel, Senior Editor of Bake Post will join Autodesk’s Grant Kay, (man, myth and legend) to help demystify Smoke for Mac. Grant will have his bag of tips and tricks with examples that range from pulling the impossible key to using 3D compositing tools to take your motion graphics to the next level. Grant and Joran will also show the latest in stereoscopic 3D editorial finishing – an out-of-the-box feature in Smoke.
About Grant Kay
Grant Kay is an Editing & Effects Products Specialist for Smoke & Flame. Based in the United Kingdom which covers Europe, Middle-East and Africa, Grant has spent the past 10 years supporting the editing and VFX communities from within Autodesk. Prior to working at Autodesk, Grant worked for 10 years in the TV/film effects and editing industries in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Currently, Grant's responsibilities include pre and post sales activities around Flame and Smoke. This includes product demonstrations, presentation content creation, workflow consultations, operational support and operational training. Grant is also an Autodesk Certified Instructor in Smoke and Flame. While a "Go To Guy" for all things Flame and Smoke, he also has a broader knowledge of other applications and production workflows.
About Jöran Maaswinkel
Jöran Maaswinkel is a senior video editor at John Bake Postproductions in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The company was established almost 40 years ago as an audio recording studio and is now a full service post house for many Dutch and International clients such as HP, Coca Cola, TUI Nederlands (Holland International, Arke, Robinson, ArkeFly), Oad Travel, Opel SCA (Libresse, Tena, Edet), Procter & Gamble (Pantene, Pringles), Nokia, Seat, Unilever (Becel, Heartbrand) Sara Lee (Ambi Pur) Sony RTL Netherlands and many more. John Bake Productions uses Autodesk Smoke for Mac and Final Cut Pro in its workflow.
- Introducing DaVinci Resolve for Mac: - Warren Eagles, Colorist "Warren Eagles, a color artist for more than 20 years on movies such as “The Great Raid” and “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,” as well as TV series such as “Rush,” will give an in-depth look and demo at the new DaVinci Resolve for Mac, including workflow demos within Final Cut Pro."
About Warren Eagles
Warren Eagles has been grading for over 20 years for post-houses throughout Europe and Australia. He learned his trade in Soho London, working on high-end TV commercials, music videos, dramas and movies such as Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels’. Now working as a freelance colourist in Australia, he splits his time between training and grading throughout Asia. He has valuable experience on grading systems including Da Vinci Resolve, 2K Plus, Apple Colour and Bones Dailies.
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