Third Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet

- Mystery Repeats - Danny Merk - Show and Tell
Local Amsterdam filmmaker Danny Merk will show off "Mystery Repeats," a music video featuring Pete Philly & Perquisite. Danny will tell us a bit about how it was created, as well as show the video.

About Danny Merk
Danny Merk (KGB Amsterdam)
KGB Amsterdam is not part of the USSR nor affiliated in any way with Russia.  No, it's "Kreativ Graphik Buro" with a unique style in (motion) design, video and animation.  Their work includes unique projects for MTV, TMF, BNN, Nokia, Achmea, Dance Valley,  many of the flyers for the Amsterdam nightlife and certainly the video of Mystery Repeats for Pete Philly & Perquisite.

- Gurus of Final Cut Studio: - Best of the Best Final Cut Studio Workflows: - Abba Shapiro, Simon Walker, Jonathan Eric Tyrrell and Andrea Rued: 
The entire 2nd half of the show will be devoted to Final Cut Studio Tips & Tricks. Apple Master Trainer Jeff Greenberg will share numerous FCP tips and tricks, many of which you do not know and will not see unless you are at the SuperMeet. Abba will be joined by the UK’s Simon Walker will show you how to animate text in Motion and FCP in just 10 minutes. Simon will be showing techniques in Motion that editors can use to create graphical sequences and flourishes, but to make them quickly, whilst also avoiding those evil keyframes!

Also on stage will be editor and trainer Jonathan Eric Tyrrell who will debunk the myth that "everything needs to be rendered in Final Cut Pro. And just added, from Germany, certified Apple trainer, lecturer and editor Andrea Rüd will solve your problems with Multiclip sequences.

About Jonathan Eric Tyrrell 
Jonathan Eric Tyrrell is an editor, consultant and Pro Apps Mentor Trainer for Apple EMEIA. He is one of the authors of Optimizing Your Final Cut Pro System and worked as a technical editor on Digital Heaven's Final Cut Pro Killer Secrets. He currently specializes in Final Cut Studio and Final Cut Server workflow integration, supporting a wide range of clients across Europe and into the Middle East. Jonathan also edited the award-winning short film, Centigrade, which premiered in competition at the Montréal World Film Festival and won 5 Leo Awards, as well as Best Narrative Short at the prestigious Cinequest Film Festival. 

- Avid Media Composer 5 for Final Cut Pro Editors: - Max Burgess, SpliceTV, London and Michael Krulik, Avid
Max Burgess, Offline/Online Editor at SpliceTV, one of the leading creative editors in London will showcase some incredible work edited on Media Composer and shot with theRED Digital Cinema camera; Max will demonstrate some of the new features in Media Composer 5 and how these can benefit any editor on any platform; Avid will in turn demonstrate complete integrated workflow with Final Cut Pro.

About Michael Krulik
Avid Principal Applications Specialist – Los Angeles, CA
Michael started working with and presenting non-linear technology in the early days with the first PC editing system called EMC (Editing Machines Corporation). We were capturing baseband video into Magneto-Optical disks and the resulting video was captured at such a low resolution, you could only use the software for offline editorial decisions. You could not even see if someone was blinking their eyes. As Non-linear technology evolved, he used and demonstrated Media 100, Panasonic’s PostBox, Softimage DS and, of course, Avid.
For over 18 years, Michael has worked with the editors, directors, producers and visual effects teams in the Film, Television and Broadcast industry and has devoted most of his career to working with manufacturers of technology and evangelizing their tools. Technology has come a long way since he would carry his punch cards down to the mainframe computer to run his program.

About Max Burgess
Editor and Graphic Artist, London, UK
After deciding editing was boring during his formative years at college, (often getting other students to edit his work) it was somewhat ironic that he would go on to forge a career as an editor once he finished his education. 12 years on and with 10 years experience in front of an Avid Media Composer and Apple Final Cut Pro as well as 4 years in front of an Avid DS, Max Burgess has a professional split personality. As Senior Editor at Box Television (a joint venture based in the UK between Channel 4 and Bauer Media) Max uses Avid DS to finish long form programming as well as graphic heavy promos for various channels. At home with his own Media Composer edit suite Max has forged strong relationships with some of the best up and coming music video and commercial directors as he works with them to craft their projects into award winning work.  

- Demystifying Smoke on Mac OSX: - Grant Kay and Jöran Maaswinkel, Autodesk 
See for yourself why everyone’s talking Smoke – the all-in-one editorial finishing tool for the Mac. Joran Maaswinkel, Senior Editor of Bake Post will join Autodesk’s Grant Kay,(man, myth and legend) to help demystify Smoke for Mac. Grant will have his bag of tips and tricks with examples that range from pulling the impossible key to using 3D compositing tools to take your motion graphics to the next level. Grant and Joran will also show the latest in stereoscopic 3D editorial finishing – an out-of-the-box feature in Smoke.  

About Grant Kay
Grant Kay is an Editing & Effects Products Specialist for Smoke & Flame. Based in the United Kingdom which covers Europe, Middle-East and Africa, Grant has spent the past 10 years supporting the editing and VFX communities from within Autodesk. Prior to working at Autodesk, Grant worked for 10 years in the TV/film effects and editing industries in South Africa and the United Kingdom. Currently, Grant's responsibilities include pre and post sales activities around Flame and Smoke. This includes product demonstrations, presentation content creation, workflow consultations, operational support and operational training. Grant is also an Autodesk Certified Instructor in Smoke and Flame. While a "Go To Guy" for all things Flame and Smoke, he also has a broader knowledge of other applications and production workflows.

About Jöran Maaswinkel 
Jöran Maaswinkel is a senior video editor at John Bake Postproductions in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The company was established almost 40 years ago as an audio recording studio and is now a full service post house for many Dutch and International clients such as HP, Coca Cola, TUI Nederlands (Holland International, Arke, Robinson, ArkeFly), Oad Travel, Opel SCA (Libresse, Tena, Edet), Procter & Gamble (Pantene, Pringles), Nokia, Seat, Unilever (Becel, Heartbrand) Sara Lee (Ambi Pur) Sony RTL Netherlands and many more. John Bake Productions uses Autodesk Smoke for Mac and Final Cut Pro in its workflow.  

- Introducing DaVinci Resolve for Mac: - Warren Eagles, Colorist 
Warren Eagles, a color artist for more than 20 years on movies such as “The Great Raid” and “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,” as well as TV series such as “Rush,” will give an in-depth look and demo at the new DaVinci Resolve for Mac, including workflow demos within Final Cut Pro.

About Warren Eagles
Warren Eagles has been grading for over 20 years for post-houses throughout Europe and Australia. He learned his trade in Soho London, working on high-end TV commercials, music videos, dramas and movies such as Lock, Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels’. Now working as a freelance colourist in Australia, he splits his time between training and grading throughout Asia. He has valuable experience on grading systems including Da Vinci Resolve, 2K Plus, Apple Colour and Bones Dailies.