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The Matrox MXO had an enormous impact on the way I work and what I’m able to accomplish on the road. I can’t say enough good things about it. On 23 June 2009, you have an opportunity to learn about what Matrox did next. Local authorised dealer, Annex|Pro will be…

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Service with a Smile

Apple Canada is out on tour again. This time it’s Final Cut Server that’s coming to a town near you. The Vancouver stop is 23 June and there’s already a waiting list. I’ve been working with Final Cut Server (FCSvr) for the last few weeks and was very fortunate to…

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Jonathan | 10 June 2008 | Comments (0)
Tags: Final Cut Server

Great Expectations

Terry Linnegar from Precision Camera is extending an invitation to a special XDCAM event this coming Thursday (24 January). If your head has been turned by Sony’s latest formats and want to see the workflow with FCP in action, this will be a good opportunity. Please RVSP to Terry…

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Jonathan | 21 January 2008 | Comments (0)
Tags: Precision Camera | XDCAM

All Aboard

FTX West ‘07 rolls into town tomorrow (15—18 November), with a series of seminars and presentations. Then for those of you who didn’t make it down to NAB this year, over the weekend (17—18 November) the show floor will be open, where you’ll be able to see a range of…

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Return Engagement

Mark these dates in your calendars, 04-06 October 2007. For this is when the indomitable Larry Jordan will be making his next appearance in Vancouver for the 2007 leg of his phenomenally successful Power Up Tour! This year Emily Carr Institute is very proud to be the local sponsor of…

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Jonathan | 07 September 2007 | Comments (0)
Tags: Emily Carr Institute | Larry Jordan | VFCPUG

Humongous

If you’re planning to attend NAB this year and you use Final Cut Pro, you should probably make space for The 6th Annual FCPUG SuperMeet to your itinerary. These events are usually one of the high points of the week, with a large crowd, great presentations, and a massive…

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Jonathan | 14 March 2007 | Comments (0)
Tags: FCPUG Network | Final Cut Pro | NAB

Dawn

Courtesy of Apple As speculation for next week’s Macworld Expo mounts, Apple have decided to stoke the fires with a none too subtle teaser on their web site. While they’re obviously being coy about what we’ll see next week, their message seems clear. And it’s big.…

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Jonathan | 02 January 2007 | Comments (0)
Tags: Apple.com | MWSF

Tools of the Trade

Larry Jordan stepped things up a notch with his final seminar date in Vancouver on Saturday. He began with a demonstration of HDV workflow in FCP 5 and an overview of video standards in both SD and HD formats. Following on from that he then took us on a tour…

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Streamlined

The first day of Larry Jordan’s Vancouver seminar comprised a high-velocity tour through some of the essential features of FCP, with the “power-user” tips coming thick and fast. In his singular, indomitable style Larry discussed professional workflow considerations, project set-up, and core editing options, before wrapping with a trademark Q…

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Jonathan | 04 November 2006 | Comments (0)
Tags: Final Cut Pro | Larry Jordan | Vancouver

Masterful

It’s always a joy to see someone talk about a topic of which they have the most profound understanding and Larry Jordan’s enthusiasm for FCP is even more infectious in person. At last night’s VFCPUG meeting he regaled the assembled crowd with a detailed overview of colour correction in FCP…

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T Minus One Day

If you’ve been following recent announcements, you’ll know that Larry Jordan arrives in town tomorrow. He’s here for three events. On Thursday he’ll be our guest at a special VFCPUG meeting. Then on Friday and Saturday there are the Vancouver dates of his Power Up Final Cut Studio tour. It’s…

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Jonathan | 01 November 2006 | Comments (0)
Tags: Larry Jordan | Vancouver | VFCPUG

Exposed

While FTX WEST was a little more intimate than most of us expected, it did provide those inquisitive folk that ventured out to the show an opportunity to speak with the exhibitors one-on-one. The Apple booth was fairly lively and enjoyed a regular flow of visitors keen to get information…

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Booster

Courtesy of FTX WEST The Film and Television Expo is coming to town next week. Offering a series of seminars, panel discussions, demonstrations, and materclass sessions, in addition to a significant trade show, FTX WEST 2006 takes place 12-15 October. The conference includes sections for filmmakers, screenwriters and producers. There’s…

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Bird? Plane?

The local SIGGRAPH folks are holding a meeting on Wednesday 18 October 2006 called, “Frantic Films: The Making of Superman Returns”. Ken Zorniak and Chris Harvey from Frantic Films will be in attendance to discuss their effects work on the project, which includes the opening sequence. For those of you…

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Jonathan | 06 October 2006 | Comments (0)
Tags: Frantic Films | SIGGRAPH Vancouver | Superman Returns

Divine

© Maggie Soladay On 06 September, International Arts Initiatives will present renowned artist, Laurie Anderson in conversation at Ironworks Studios. Most of you are probably familiar with Anderson’s extensive body of work, which has intersected with FCP from time to time. I’ve been fortunate to see her perform a few…

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All Speed Ahead

Courtesy of Larry Jordan & Associates More details about Vancouver leg of Larry Jordan’s forthcoming “Power Up with Final Cut Studio” tour have emerged since I first blogged about it back in June. Along with more information about each session, Larry Jordan & Associates are offering a 10% discount to…

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Jonathan | 24 August 2006 | Comments (2)
Tags: Emily Carr Institute | Larry Jordan

On the Road

Apple Canada have just announced the dates for their forthcoming tour, “Mobile Editing with Final Cut Studio and Sony XDCAM HD System”. Events are currently planned in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver towards the end of August—registration required and space is limited. As the title suggested the focus of the tour…

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Jonathan | 28 July 2006 | Comments (0)
Tags: Apple Canada | Final Cut Pro | XDCAM-HD

Real Good

Courtesy of Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc We’ve been talking behind-the-scenes at VFCPUG about ways we might attract Larry Jordan across the border. This week Larry took matters into his own hands by announcing a date in Vancouver for his fall tour, “Pushing the Limits —Power Up with Final Cut…

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Slideshow

Courtesy of Paramount Classics I’ve been holding off posting about Apple’s story on, An Inconvenient Truth (2006), the documentary about Al Gore’s lecture on climate change, because I hadn’t been able to track down a Canadian release date. However, it’s playing at Tinseltown this week. The Apple article mainly addresses…

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Do the Right Thing

Courtesy of Wener House Music Tickets go on sale tomorrow for An Evening with Spike Lee in Vancouver. He’ll be in town on 12 August at the Orpheum. I’ve followed the ups and downs of Spike Lee’s career since She’s Gotta Have It (1986), which I saw at the tiny…

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Jonathan | 02 June 2006 | Comments (0)
Tags: Spike Lee | Vancouver

Actualities

Courtesy of Documentary Media Society DOXA is returning to Vancouver 23-28 May 2006. For six days the festival will showcase a range of documentary work from Canada and the world.…

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Jonathan | 17 May 2006 | Comments (0)
Tags: DOXA | Vancouver

Montage

Courtesy of Travesty Productions If you’ve ever had the pleasure of watching Visions of Light (1992), especially on the big screen, then you’ll understand my interest in attending the Vancouver premiere of Edge Codes.com: The Art of Motion Picture Editing (2004). It’s playing at the VIFC 29-31 May and tickets…

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Truly Scrumptious

Last night was spent in the company of Emily Carr’s Media Grads at the sumptuous VanCity Theatre for the first evening of Tasty Flicks. Though you may consider me biased, I have to say the work stood up very well and looked good on the big screen. I’m now very…

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Jonathan | 13 May 2006 | Comments (0)
Tags: Emily Carr Institute | Vancouver | VIFC

Yum

Courtesy of ECI Media Grads (Class of 2006) The Media Grads from Emily Carr Institute will be showcasing their work at the VIFC on Friday and Saturday. The program called, “Tasty Flicks” will be different each night and features an eclectic mix of work, including drama, documentary, experimental, and visual…

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Doing It

The focus will be visual effects at the SIGGRAPH Vancouver event on Wednesday 17 May 2006. Mark Roth from The Embassy and Adam Stern from Artifex will be in attendance to discuss their process and take a look at some of the award-winning work that’s happening in town.…

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Oh

You’re probably already aware that there are a handful of Canadian FCP user groups scattered across the country. I had the pleasure of meeting representatives from some of the groups in Las Vegas last week and we’ve begun talking about ways to strengthen our connections, as well as how we…

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Jonathan | 02 May 2006 | Comments (0)
Tags: Canadian User Groups | Final Cut Pro | Final Cut Studio

Double Act

Courtesy of Apple Today Apple launched a new advertising campaign, “Get a Mac”, which currently includes six short skits that feature rather inspired personifications of “Mac” and “PC”. They all raised a chuckle, but I think the spot called, “Restarting” is my favourite!…

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Jonathan | 01 May 2006 | Comments (1)
Tags: Apple | Get a Mac

Remarkable

LAFCPUG have an exciting meeting planned for Wednesday (19 April 2006). Veteran editor Dede Allen (The Hustler, Bonnie and Clyde, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon) will be in conversation! At the time of posting they only have 10 tickets remaining—a steal at US$8. If I were in LA this week I’d…

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Jonathan | 17 April 2006 | Comments (0)

Playtime

Courtesy of GDC The Game Developers Conference takes place in San Jose this week. I fly down in a few short hours to sample the wares and take in the sights. My primary mission is to research game curriculum with an eye to developing the recently announced Masters in Digital…

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Jonathan | 18 March 2006 | Comments (0)

On Tour

Courtesy of Apple Sometime in the coming weeks Apple Canada will be bringing iLife and Logic Pro to a town near you. Calgary—March 21 Vancouver—March 24 Victoria—March 31 Kelowna—April 4 Edmonton—April 11 Winnipeg—April 18 Each date is divided into two seminars. The morning session is devoted to the latest versions…

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Jonathan | 17 March 2006 | Comments (0)

NAB Bound

I should be in Las Vegas 22-27 April. Are any other VFCPUG members going to be in attendance? Leave a comment or drop me a line. The plan is that I’ll be spending some time in Apple’s Classroom, but beyond that I need to think about who else I must…

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Jonathan | 14 March 2006 | Comments (2)
Tags: Final Touch | NAB | Red Digital Cinema

Party

Michael Horton of the LAFCPUG wrote this afternoon to draw my/our attention to the “FCP Supermeet” at NAB this year. If you’re going down for the show, you should make sure you get your tickets now! If you’re not going to the show, you should ask yourself why on…

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Jonathan | 02 March 2006 | Comments (0)

Equalibrium

Courtesy of Institute for Regional Education I’m still not entirely sure what kind of dark arts Cathy had to practice to get us an audience with Philip Glass, but I’m eternally grateful to her for the experience! We filed in early to watch the sound check for the performance of…

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Jonathan | 23 February 2006 | Comments (0)

Details

For the afternoon session of the Master Class we relocated to the intimacy of one of the computer labs at Harbour Centre. Once all twenty of us were settled at our systems Walter presented the group with the document he supplies to all the members of his editing “atelier”.…

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Jonathan | 17 February 2006 | Comments (1)

Three Times

Courtesy of Miramax Films The morning session of the Master Class with Walter Murch was focused on his relationship to the script. We began with a discussion of the ways in which a movie is written—the first is in the screenplay, the second time is during the filming, and the…

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Jonathan | 17 February 2006 | Comments (1)

Pristine

Courtesy of Paramount Pictures The screening of The Conversation (1974) this evening was great! I hadn’t seen the film in a theatre, or attended the VIFC before; and then there was the Walter Murch, who introduced the film and was generous with his time afterwards answering questions from the audience.…

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Jonathan | 16 February 2006 | Comments (2)

Gather Round

Today was the first of the events with Walter Murch and I am happy to report that it was a stimulating and sometimes provocative discussion. Walter gave considered and detailed answers to a series of questions on topics that ranged from the current state of cinema and its digital future,…

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Jonathan | 15 February 2006 | Comments (0)

Action!

Courtesy of VIDFEST Vancouver’s VIDFEST has issued their annual call for entries. They’re looking for video and interactive work to exhibit during this year’s festival, which takes place 14-16 June. They accept an eclectic range of work in their screening section—anything from narrative shorts, through game sequences, to experimental video—but…

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Jonathan | 04 February 2006 | Comments (0)

Not Butch

Courtesy of Golden Horse Productions Fresh from her success in the Special Jury Prize in the World Dramatic category at Sundance, for her debut feature, Eve and the Fire Horse (2005), Vancouver-based filmmaker Julia Kwan will be in conversation with film critic Ken Eisner at Cineworks on 8th February 2006.…

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Jonathan | 03 February 2006 | Comments (0)

Fashionably Late

Courtesy of Silicon Color One of the reasons I cleared my day to attend the VidCom Open House was to see Final Touch colour correction software, in action for the first time. I’ve been avidly following Mike’s adventures with the HD version of the application over at HD4NDs for…

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Jonathan | 24 January 2006 | Comments (0)

Spotted

Courtesy of Panasonic Apparently a sighting of the AG-HVX200 in Canada is incredibly rare. The suggestion was that those of us at the VidCom HD Open House may have been in the presence of the only one! The demo was geared toward sales, but those of us bold enough to…

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Jonathan | 24 January 2006 | Comments (0)

Sit Down

Walter Murch is coming to Vancouver! Next Month! I can barely breathe. He’s coming to town for a series of events organised by Praxis and SFU. On 15 February he will feature in a roundtable discussion “on film and perception” at SFU Harbour Centre with SFU Professors Andrew Feenberg,…

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Jonathan | 23 January 2006 | Comments (0)

VidCom OH Registration

VidCom have posted details on their web site about their HD open house and seminars on 24 and 25 January. There are three primary presentations which are intended to address new possibilities in HD workflow: Panasonic AG-HVX200 and P2 FCP and DVCPRO HD Final Touch HD Each presentation is scheduled…

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Jonathan | 12 January 2006 | Comments (0)

Untitled:003-EMBRYO

Courtesy of Belief Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH is holding an event on 18 January 2006 at the VIFC. Mike Goedecke from Santa Monica’s “broadcast design and live action studio”, Belief, will be discussing HD workflow and his short UNTITLED:003-EMBRYO.…

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Jonathan | 10 January 2006 | Comments (0)

HD Expo 2006

HD Expo has announced dates for events to be held in 2006: March 9th, 2006 LOS ANGELES at the Petersen Automotive Museum; May 18th 2006 CHICAGO; and November 2nd, 2006 LOS ANGELES at the Universal Hilton. “[In 2005] HD EXPO blazed new ground with its two events in Los Angeles and…

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Jonathan | 22 December 2005 | Comments (0)
Tags: HD Expo

HD Open House

Vancouver’s VidCom is having an open house 24th and 25th January 2006, which will include seminars on DVCPRO HD workflow and a look at the AG-HVX200. They’re promising more details in the new year, I’ll pass them on as I hear.…

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Jonathan | 22 December 2005 | Comments (0)
Tags: AG-HVX200 | HD | VidCom

More Murch

The word on the street is that sfcutters (“The World’s First Final Cut Pro User’s Group”) are preparing to announce details of a special event with Walter Murch at Macworld San Francisco on 11 January 2006. More details as they become available, but if you’re really keen, you may…

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DV Expo West 2005

DV Expo West is imminent—04-09 December 2005. Are any of you planning to make the trip down to Los Angeles? As with previous years the agenda is packed with presentations, training sessions, and workshops on a variety of professional video topics. The Apple Pro Training team will be there in…

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Jonathan | 28 November 2005 | Comments (0)
Tags: Apple Certification | DV Expo | HD4NDs

Pro Tools 7

For the Pro Tools users amongst you ANNEX|PRO are hosting two free events as part of the PT 7 “Power to Create Tour” on 30 November 2005. Event details and registration are managed through the DigiDesign web site.…

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Jonathan | 25 November 2005 | Comments (0)
Tags: ANNEX|PRO | Pro Tools

Upcoming FCP Certification Course

Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro 5 In a couple of weeks I’ll be teaching a Final Cut Pro 5 Certification course at Emily Carr Institute. This hands-on class covers the fundamentals of working with FCP and participants have the opportunity to become a Apple Certified Pro. Course…

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Jonathan | 10 November 2005 | Comments (0)
Tags: Apple Certification | FCP 101 | Final Cut Pro

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