MediaSilo and Final Cut Server Take Over Chi-Town

February 5th, 2010

On February 24th MediaSilo in collaboration with MacSpecialist, Chicago Final Cut Pro User Group, and the Apple store will continue the MediaSilo | Final Cut Server Road Show. This special event will not only bring together MediaSilo and the Chicago Final Cut Pro User Group, but is open to the public as well. This, dare we say … SUPER, monthly user group meeting will be absolutely free to the public. The event will be from 6PM-9PM and will be JAM packed with speakers, refreshments, and raffles. Our very own Stephanie Joyce will be presenting MediaSilo, Kevin Shea from MacSpecialist will speak about Final Cut Server, and word on the street there will also be a presentation from Sony and one other mystery guest. So if you are at all interested in video, production, collaboration, management, or anything Final Cut related, this event was made for you. More to come on the agenda.

For now, all you need to know is … Apple Store, North Michigan Ave, February 24th, 6PM-9PM – be there!

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An Editing Software Showdown

October 17th, 2008

We are giving you fair warning, set your DVR to record this weeks “How I Met Your Mother” and head over to the Holiday Inn/Dedham on Monday night to see the coolest thing since sliced bread. Well maybe it’s not THAT cool, but when’s the last time you saw an editing software showdown? Umm probably never!

Here are the details…

Have you ever wondered – How does my editing software stack up? Am I on the right track? Do you struggle to discern the respective strengths of Liquid, Premiere, Vegas, Edius and FCP?

On Monday, October 20th, 7:30 PM at the Holiday Inn/Dedham, just outside of Boston, the National Professional Videographer’s Association of New England will host an Editing Software Showdown, sponsored by Avid, Adobe, Sony, Thomson/Grass Valley.

This is collegial competition with a pop! – an immediate way to be educated, enlightened and entertained about the similarities and differences between editing systems as they are presented side by side.

The Format:

Representatives from the 5 major editing softwares: Apple, Avid, Adobe, Sony and Thomson/Grass Valley will each have 20 minutes to present the most compelling attributes of their softwares. Additionally, each representative, will have 5 minutes to execute a project common to each software so that you the viewer can see the workflow and any qualitative differences.

Raffle Items!!!

Through the kindness of the sponsoring companies, and your business card, we will raffle off the following items:

1 Copy of Avid Media Composer
1 Copy of Sony Vegas 8.0
1 Copy of Edius 5.0
1 Copy of Adobe CS 4 Production Premium Suite

Could there be a more important place for you to be on the third Monday in October?

Admission is free, but you must RSVP.

Email: whit@waleswedding.com, or call 508.829.0581 for more details.


National Professional Videographers Association of New England

Holiday Inn/Dedham
55 Ariadne Road
Dedham, MA USA
Phone: 508.829.0581

http://www.npva.org

And of course we’ll be there answering any questions you may have. Stop by, say Hi! See you on Monday.