Media Tech Tonic: Media technology demos / seminars for artists and media makers held monthly in Boston

There will be no August meeting. We are currently lining up speakers/demos for our fall line up, if you have suggestions, please contact us.

Please join us instead at the Final Cut Studio Tour: Boston on our usual third-Wednesday of the month, August 20, 2008 at WGBH Boston (directions). There will be a Final Cut Studio Partner Pavilion from 5:00pm to 8:30pm in the Atrium and the Final Cut Studo World Tour from 6:30pm to 9:00pm in the Yawkey Theater.

Dased on this years highly acclaimed “Final Cut Studio World Tour” produced by Apple, Final Cut Studio Tour: Boston will feature Final Cut Studio workflows and demonstrations. Ted Schilowitz of RED, who will present a look at the Red Digital Cinema Camera and Final Cut Studio workflow. Mark Pederson of OFFHOLLYWOOD, who will share his experiences in shooting with Red and editing with Final Cut Pro and screen Red footage displayed via a 2K projector. Also featured will be the latest in new camera formats and tapeless workflows from companies including Canon, JVC, Panasonic and Sony. For more information and to register for this event visit the Boston Final Cut Pro User’s Group web site.

This event is being bought to you by the Boston Final Cut Pro Users Group, Rule Broadcast, and a host of other sponsors. The event is not directly connected to Media Tech Tonic in any way.

Tags: BOSFCPUG, Event, Final Cut Studio, Postproduction, Red, WGBH

This month’s session will take an in-depth look at the Sony PMW-EX1 XDCAM EX high definition camcorder and field-friendly post-production workflow using Sony XDCAM Transfer software with an Apple MacBook Pro and Final Cut Pro. This camera provides tapeless acquisition with SxS memory cards and stunning high-definition images thanks to three 1/2-inch CMOS sensors, each with an effective pixel count of 1920 x 1080 for true high definition images. The camera features MPEG-2 Long GOP codec for good balance between quality and bit rate, “over-cranking” and “under-cranking”, interval recording, true progressive scan at 24P, 30P, or 60P, and a stunningly crisp LCD display.

Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Building, 11th Floor, Alumni Room (Campus Map | Directions) Note: parking will be available for attendees of this event at the Ward Street lot (see PDF map via link above), the gate will be open from 6pm to 7pm.

Date & Time: Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 6:30pm - 9:00pm

Presenter: David Tames (blog | bio)

Access: Free and open to the public, however, seating is limited, please register for this event at upcoming.org.

Special thanks to Chuck Green for the loan of his Sony PMW-EX1 camcorder to Media Tech Tonic for this session.

Tags: Apple, camcorder, EX1, Final Cut Pro, HD, high definition, PMW-EX1, post-production, production, Sony, SxS, tapeless, workflow, XDCAM, XDCAM EX

Topic: This session will cover social networking with video and the uses of seesmic for communication and art. Philippe Lejeune has been experimenting with novel uses of seesmic and will discusses how he’s been using this fascinating service.

Location: MassArt, Alumni Room, Tower Building, 11th Floor (Campus Map | Directions)

Date/Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 6:30pm - 9:30pm

Presenter: Philippe Lejeune (videos | website | bio)

Access: Free and open to the public, however, seating is limited, register at upcoming

Tags: seesmic, social networking, video

Topic: Our first session will cover the use of WordPress as a blogging tool and introduce you to setting up your own blog. The session will then get progressively more technical covering installation on a unix server and customizing themes for your own look.

Location: MassArt, South Building, Room 304 (Campus Map | Directions)

Date/Time: Wednesday, May 21, 2008, 6pm - 9:30pm (or so)

Presenter: David Tames

Access: Free and open to the public (however, space is limited)

RSVP: via email: david[at]kino-eye[dot]com (required) or this contact form to avoid getting lost in spam filters.

Agenda

1. Intro to Blogging with WordPress (using WordPress.com) including adding video to your blog with blip.tv (6-7)
2. Installing WordPress on your own hosting account and why you want to do this (7-8)
3. Using a custom template and tinkering with a custom template (8-9)
4. Suggested resources for further study
5. Using WordPress as a Content Management System (9 till ? for the hardy ones who want to stay longer)

Notes

Bring a laptop w/ 802.11 wireless if you want to follow along with parts of the seminar. Access to a unix-based web server or shared hosting account recommended but not required if you want to mess around (especially towards the end). This will be a fast paced introduction, plan to spend some time reviewing and repeating what’s covered in the workshop shortly after the event to get the most out of it.

Tags: blogging, php, themes, wordpress