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November 2008 Meeting
Monday, November 17th, Networking starts at 6:00, Presentation starts at 6:30 PM

Cost: Free to members. Non members $25.

Location: The Santa Clara Fire Dept. Training Center, 1900 Walsh Ave., Santa Clara, CA


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Greetings, BAPVA members guests, and celebrities!

This month we have a jam packed session of interesting topics! Four topics, to be specific! But don't worry, we'll keep it light, interesting and entertaining. We'll be bringing in a couple of vendors to keep us up to date on some of the latest in NLE tools. We'll also attempt to reduce the fear, uncertainty, and doubt about making the jump from SD to HD, and finally will
be providing some advice on how to optimize your studio workflow. So, like I said, there will be a lot of meaty information. But we're a carnivorous group, so no problem.

Here's a quick summary for those of you who like to quickly get to the bottom line: (for more information, see details below)

- Avid will demo their new Media Composer NLE (Avid at a "reasonable" price)
- Matrox will demo their RTX2 (hardware accelerated rendering for Premiere)
- A recipe for dealing with the complexities of upgrading from SD to HD post production
- Advice for optimizing your post production workflow

Our brains will all be much larger upon leaving this event, so please join us for an enjoyable and informative evening.


Full Evening Program:

Skills Building: Optimizing Your Studio Workflow Product Demo: Avid Media Composer 3.0

We're all looking for ways to get our work done faster, spending less time on the tools and more time on the creativity. So, the first part of this program is a presentation on studio workflow optimization for event and corporate video. From acquisition, ingest, editing, and distribution, we will look at ways of improving efficiency and creating better quality and happier clients.

The second segment will be a demo of Avid's Media Composer 3.0 NLE which has been significantly reduced in price. And while it's still more expensive than most competing NLEs it brings the many strengths of Avid. We've had significant member interest in this, so we'll get an up close and personal demo of the product.

Skills Building: Dealing with the Complexities of Upgrading from SD to HD & Product Demo: Matrox RT.X2

For those us that have and those that haven't made the jump to HD, there are many challenges and complexities that create fear, uncertainty and doubt. The entire workflow is not 100% seamless. This presentation will attempt to address some of the key challenges involved in adapting to this change in technology. The discussion will include the following:

- acquisition: different types of compression and media
- capture: workflow and compatibility issues between acquisition and editing systems
- editing: different types of HD editing (native vs transcoded), benefits of hardware acceleration, format mixing on timeline
- output and distribution: workflow and tools needed to distribute in Blu-ray

The second segment will be a demo of Matrox's RT.X2 NLE solution. It is a bundle of hardware and Premiere software that accelerates real-time playback from the timeline and can make editing much faster. We have a number of BAPVA members using this product with good results. Come have a look at it for yourself.
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