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After Effects CS5 Demo at B & H Photo - February 3, 2011

Tired of rotoscoping with masks? Introducing Roto Brush, After Effects' new time-saving tool that creates a matte to separate foreground from background.  In this demo featuring our Certified Adobe instructor Justin Madden, we will take you step by step through the Roto Brush workflow, such as creating a base frame, tweaking the propagation parameters, locking segmentation boundary, and refining the matte. Thursday February 3, 2011 at 3pm - 5pm.    Register   here . This is a free event that will be held at   B & H Photo Video and Pro Audio   located at 420 9th Ave, NY New York 10001. Justin Madden   is a freelance film editor and video artist artist who has worked in New York for over 11 years. After processing and printing motion picture film at Bono Film Labs in Arlington, VA, Justin moved to New York City in the beginning of 2000.  He began teaching Editing at the New York Film Academy, eventually serving as Post Production Department Chair and supervising the edit

Thursday - January 27, 2011 - Avid Pro Tools 9 Demo at B&H Photo!

Create bigger and better mixes with Avid's Pro Tools 9 Come see a demo of the new Avid Pro Tools 9 with certified Pro Tools trainer  Terron Darby .  With the new Pro Tools 9 you can work with your favorite Avid or third-party audio interface — or standalone — and with Avid Artist and Pro Series (formerly Euphonix) controllers. We'll take a look at Automatic Delay Compensation, OMF/AAF import and export and more. Finally we'll talk about boosting your power with Complete Production Toolkit 2. This one hour demo will be followed by a Q&A session. Thursday January 27, 2011 at 11am - 1pm. Register  Here . This is a free event that will be held at  B & H Photo Video and Pro Audio  located at 420 9th Ave, NY New York 10001. Featured Speaker: Terron Darby , working in the capacities of mix/recording engineer and producer/remixer, has lent his production prowess to a host of artists and labels. Some of his credits include London-based artist Natalie Williams “This Girl” -La

EditFest Shortcuts Featuring Editor Craig McKay - Early Bird Price Ends Today!

In 2008,  American Cinema Editors (ACE)  launched EditFest LA - a unique event, dedicated to the art of film editing .  This weekend series of screenings, talks, Q&A sessions and parties proved an entertaining way to shine a spotlight on an amazing and often misunderstood art.  A year later, Manhattan Edit Workshop offered to co-produce EditFest NY, the east coast extension of EditFest and the blockbuster editing event of the Summer!  Both shows have become wildly popular weekends for both fledgeling and veteran editors as well as film-lovers and enthusiasts.  Now in it's third year, EditFest is growing again - with EditFest Short Cuts!  These "mini EditFests" are in-depth talks with a single editor, aimed at taking a deeper look into one artist's body of work. For our first EditFest Short Cuts we decided to reach for the stars.  We got two of them!   On  January 20th, 2011 at 7PM, at New York's Helen Mills Theater , please join us for an intimate discussio

Digital Cinema and DSLR Filmmaking Demo at B&H Photo - January 10, 2011!

Join  Josh Apter  of Manhattan Edit Workshop and  Jem Schofield  of theC47.com to learn about how video capable DSLRs and the new crop of large sensor, interchangeable lens based video cameras like the Panasonic AG-AF100 are changing the way we do production. This will be an in-depth workshop on shooting techniques, editing workflows and distribution options when working with these various camera systems. The event will also include a live demo of lighting, audio and shooting techniques for video podcasts. Post production topics will include double-system sound and working with both Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere Pro. Monday January 10, 2011 at 3pm - 5pm.  Event has been booked to full capacity.  Space may become available due to cancellations or no-shows on the day of the event, in which we will be seating on a first come first basis. This is a free event that will be held at  B & H Photo Video and Pro Audio  located at 420 9th Ave, NY New York 10001. Featured Speakers: Af

Improving Your FCP Chops - Digital Films - By Oliver Peters

DSLR Intensive Returns January 21st! Early Bird Extended until January 14th!

Due to the holiday season, and requests from registrars, we are extending the early bird pricing for the workshop until Friday, January 14th. We are also introducing a new option. If you bring your own laptop with either the full version of Final Cut Pro 7 (part of Final Cut Studio 3), or the full version of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, you can save $100 off of the early bird or regular pricing of the workshop. To read more about this amazing class please click here .