MCA-I Atlanta officers announced.
Posted January 19, 2012, by John Osgood
Congratulations to MCA-I Atlanta's new officers:
President-Elect: Scott Saunders.
Vice-President: Don Sherrill.
Secretary: David Knope.
Treasurer: John Clower.
Donata Renfrow was also elected to the Board of Directors.
Our outgoing chapter president, Don Glass, is now president of the national association. Thanks, Don, for everything you have done.
MCA-I Atlanta meets at Georgia-Pacific television studio January 18.
Posted January 19, 2012, by John Osgood
MCA-I Atlanta's first meeting of 2012 took place at Georgia-Pacific's television studio on Wednesday, January 18th. The studio is in Georgia-Pacific's headquarters on Peachtree Street, and includes Avid Media Composer (Nitrus and Adrenaline), along with Adobe Audition for audio mixing and editing. Webstreaming can also be achieved from these facilities.
The studio can be rented for $1350 a day, which includes hardware, grip gear, etc. The price does not cover the cost of a crew. Several commercials, including some well-known Mercury ads with a live cougar ("At The Sign of the Cat!"), have been created in these facilities.
We thank Grant Williams, John Hilpertshauser, Jim Robinson and Brad Hinton for hosting our meeting and for the tours they offered of their facility .To learn more about Georgia-Pacific's studio, visit http://g-ptv.com.
Also, we thank our sponsors, Showcase Video and Agora TV.
MCA-I Atlanta holiday party at Violette Restaurant, December 14.
Posted December 28, 2011, by John Osgood
The MCA-I holiday party was held Wednesday, December 14, at Violette Restaurant (www.violetterestaurant.com). It's located at 2948 Clairmont Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30329). Violette has graciously hosted a number of our meeting and parties. As always, we thank them for their hospitality, and their wonderful spread of delicious goodies.
MCA-I Atlanta enjoys "All About Editing" discussion at Van Gogh, Inc. Video available for viewing here on our website.
Posted December 28, 2011, by John Osgood
MCA-I Atlanta's November meeting was a thrilling "double feature" at Van Gogh, Inc., (www.videovg.com) in Smyrna. Video of the presentation can be viewed at the right-hand side of the screen.
Mary Poplin from Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) demonstrated the amazing "mocha Pro" system. Its planar tracking capability allows versatile image tracking, object removal and replacement of elements within an image. Mary demonstrated the removal of a skiier from a video clip, so that only the mountain remained. The process was not nearly as tedious or cumbersome as standard rotoscoping.
The full-version of mocha Pro costs $1495.00, while the upgrade is $895.00. Also, a free version of mocha After Effects can be upgraded from Adobe After Effects CS4 - CS5.5. That upgrade costs $149.00.
Turner Studios editors Matt Preis and Greg Liptak, along with Van Gogh's Robby Heisner, then discussed the pitfalls of Apple Final Cut Pro X. Guests also offered comparisons between that system and Final Cut Pro 7. Several deficiencies in Final Cut X were pointed out, and many questioned whether that system will achieve the capabilities of FCP7. Adobe Premiere and various Avid systems were also compared with Apple, in terms of system performance, technical support, and customer service.
Preis, Lintak and Heisner also shared methods to ensure productive editing and field production sessions. Heisner said the notion of "fix it in post" should be changed to "enhance it in post." Liptak mentioned that you "really have to feel the client" and make the experience as easy for him/her as possible. He also mentioned that whatever the producer, editor, etc., feels is best may not be what the client wants. Preis emphasized the importance of cooperation between all parties involved in any production, regardless of the simplicity or complexity of the project.
MCA-I thanks Robby Heisner, Michelle Raven and James "JB" Bell of Van Gogh, as well as AgoraTV and Niche Video Products for hosting the meeting. Thanks also to Mary Poplin, Matt Preis and Greg Liptak for their presentations, and also to Robby Heisner for editing the presentation video featured on our website.
MCA-I Atlanta enjoys Primerica Convention highlights at Yeahburger
Posted August 19, 2011, by John Osgood
MCA-I Atlanta enjoyed two great presentations Thursday at Yeahburger.
Chris Carroll from Primerica presented 16 x 9 1080i ProRes QuickTime movie of the Primerica Conference, which took place in June at the Georgia Dome. This time-lapsed QuickTime movie showed the transformation of the vacant Georgia Dome into the hub of the convention. Thousands of shots documented the massive load-in of hi-end audio-visual equipment, the activity and festivities of the attendees, and the complete removal of all set pieces and equipment.
This amazing video is on our homepage, and to the right-hand side.
Chris also shared a brief history of time-lapse photography, mentioning such film pioneers as George Melies, and the filming methods of that era (the late 1800's.). Chris also explained how frame rate and exposure time affect the presentations, and provided a brief introduction to HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography and its ability to capture individual frames of highlights, midtones and shadows.
Also, Freelance Director/Editor Jeff Jeffares demonstrated how to produce High Definition timelapse videos using a DSLR camera. He also created a Hi Def timelapse video on site to show activities of our meeting, and how you how you can incorporate this inexpensive value-added feature into your next video project. Jeff also shared a few of his more than 200 timelapse videos. The presentations included a sunrise over downtown Atlanta,clouds over Daytona Beach, the excitement of the Alaska Gold Rush Train, fireworks (photographed at 1/13th of a second), and a thrilling open-cockpit ride in a 1943 Stearman PT-13.
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