Boston Avid Users Group - BAVUG Meetings

BAVUG Meeting Archive - January 13, 2010

The New England Institute of Art
West Building - Room 121
303 Boylston Street (Rt 9)
Brookline, MA 02445

Schedule of Events:

6:30pm - 7:00pm | Registration & Networking
Come early to check-in, purchase your raffle tickets, and socialize.

7:00 - 8:00pm | Gary Oberbrunner - GenArts Graphics Industry Update

In the spirit of the beginning of a new decade, Gary Oberbrunner will share a bit of where he thinks the industry is going, staying focused on what’s important to Avid users. Gary will talk about what’s been happening at GenArts, where he sees the Avid world going, and discuss the importance of 2D effects in the film and video pipeline.

Gary has been creating graphics for over 20 years. He is currently the Vice President of Engineering at GenArts, makers of Sapphire Plug-ins, where he’s been writing cool special effects software since 1997. Before that he did scientific visualization and supercomputer graphics at Thinking Machines. He’s interested in algorithms, image processing, compositing and fast computing. He knows just enough about every compositor and editing system out there to be dangerous.

8:00 - 9:00pm | Sid Levin - Avid meets the Canon 5D;
The Ideal Workflow for both Picture and Sound

Sid Levin will provide a 360 degree tour of the Canon 5D Mark II and Canon 7D Digital SLR cameras. The 5D will be mounted to a Steadicam Pilot. Sid will discuss editor workflow strategies to avoid the complexities of the present file structures the camera generates as well as the audio limitations of the camera. He will share some insights on color correcting and will present a short sequence edited and delivered to the iPhone.

Sid Levin is a three-time Cine Gold Eagle award winner for Cinematography and Editing, as well as, having being nominated for an Emmy. In 1991, Sid founded his own television production company, FirstFrame, Inc. and along with partner Nancy Maurer, they continue to serve both broadcast and corporate clients. Aside from production, Sid was a consultant to Avid and Ikegami on the design of the Editcam and was among the first to introduce the camera to the public during its debut at NAB. During the summer months, Nancy and Sid teach television/film post production courses at the Maine Media Workshops in Rockport, ME.

9:00 - 9:30pm | Raffle
Enter our raffle to win your own copy of Avid Media Composer donated by Avid or Sapphire Plug Ins. We also have a $25 Gift Card for Hunt’s Photo & Video donated by Sid Levin and Hunt’s Photo & Video (plus other great prizes!!!)

The BAVUG would like to thank our presenters as well as Rule Broadcast Systems, HB Communications Inc, and GenArts for sponsoring the January meeting.

We are always seeking additional sponsors and volunteers to help continue the efforts of the Boston Avid User Group. The BAVUG Board is currently just a few people who volunteer their time and it requires a lot of work to continue to have high quality meetings. If you would be interested in providing sponsorship or simply helping out at future meetings, send an email to volunteers@bavug.org

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