Archive of the Workshops/Training Category

Building Community for Post Production Sales & Marketing Professionals

(Los Angeles, CA) The Hollywood Post Alliance Sales Career Resource Group presents, “How to Get, Keep and Not Lose My Business – The Sequel” – a luncheon and panel discussion Wednesday, June 8th at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn in North Hollywood, CA. The discussion will expose the most compelling sales information with an important group of clients that will provide insights into how and why they choose and continue to work with the vendors they do.

Bridging the gap between art, technology and commerce, the SCRG is was created by The HPA to create community amongst sales and marketing professionals in the post community that face a unique set of challenges and to provide an ongoing forum of support and resources.

Panelists included in the June 8th discussion are; Jason Leib, SVP of more

Cinesite announces four winners of its 2011 Inspire internship program

London, UK, June 1, 2011 – Cinesite, one of the world’s leading film visual effects houses, today announced that it has awarded places on its 2011 Inspire internship program to four exceptional candidates – Luke Armstrong, Ruairi Twohig, Eleanor Bond and Tom Flavelle. The winners were chosen from more than 200 applicants for their exceptional compositing, modeling and texturing skills. The placements will commence in June and run for six weeks.
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Dates Announced for Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York

(Burbank, CA) Createasphere – bringing together the best of the creative, production and technology communities in a dynamic experience – has announced June dates for the Adobe(r) Creative Suite(r) 5.5 Production Premium Road Show, with stops in L.A., S.F. and N.Y.C. Road Show attendees will learn about new features introduced in Adobe Creative Suite 5.5 Production Premium as well as get insight on ground-breaking workflows such as native editing of DSLR footage and working with other NLEs. Adobe video experts will host the free, in-depth seminars and each venue will include a keynote presentation from Jim Guerard, Vice President and General Manager for Professional Video at Adobe.

Createasphere’s Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium Road Show will begin in Los Angeles and then head to San Francisco and New York City in June. Dates and locations more

OLD LYME, CT — May 24, 2011: Audio specialist Sennheiser announced that it will be offering its Installed Sound Academy Seminar in four major U.S. cities this summer and fall. The single day seminar, which focuses on key practices, topics and trends in the installed sound/systems integration business, will be presented in Lafayette, Colorado, on Wednesday, June 1, 2011; Detroit, Michigan, on Thursday, July 14, 2001; St. Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday, August 24, 2011; and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on Tuesday, October 25, 2011.

Modeled after Sennheiser’s highly acclaimed RF wireless and studio recording Sound Academy seminars, the session will be led by Sennheiser veterans Kent Margraves and Eric Reese and offer valuable renewal credit toward CTS (Certified Technology Specialist) re-certification. In addition, attendees will learn or refresh their skills through classroom and demonstrative instruction on the following topics:

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With Brazil a rapidly emerging market in the global conversion to digital cinema, Christie®, the world leader in digital cinema projection, and Cinema Equipment and Supplies (CES), a leader in the installation and service of digital projectors in Latin America and the Caribbean, are hosting a 4-day Level 1 training and certification program for exhibitors and technicians seeking to strengthen their expertise in the installation of Christie digital cinema projectors. The seminar, led by Christie and CES engineers, sold out almost immediately upon introduction. It is being held at the Atlántico Hotel in Santos, Sao Paulo, Brazil, from May 24 – 27.

Brazil’s first Christie certification program will offer an introduction to digital cinema that includes a review of Christie hardware and software, digital servers and automation, macro title/configuration, and 3D solutions and configuration. It also includes practical, hands-on training with an industry-leading Christie digital cinema projector, which is more

Botswana, Africa – 3D Film Factory has been commissioned for the third time to supply 3D camera systems and professional stereoscopic services to Fosters Brothers Productions in order to complete their 3D wildlife documentary. Once again the crew will venture into the wetlands of Botswana, Africa to track the giant, man-eating crocodiles both above and below water.

“Africa is a place of wonderment for me. It’s great to go back. There’s nothing like filming animals in stereoscopic 3D, as long as I’m not getting in the water with the crocodiles,” stated the company’s director of stereographer Keith Driver. “Working with the Foster Brothers is a rewarding experience. Their knowledge and passion for wildlife makes it that much more exciting. I’m just there to make sure the 3D is – memorable and comfortable.”

The 3D production team will be on location for 2 weeks utilizing the 3D Film more

The 3D Film Factory’s popular “hands-on” 3D Training Workshops announces its 2011 Summer Schedule for Los Angeles and San Diego sessions.

These information-packed classes cover » principles of 3D filmmaking “tour dé force”? 3D camera choices ? gen-lock issues ? re-lighting for 3D ? 3D rigs vs. dual fixed lens cameras ? calibrate & prep ? 3D shooting ratios demystified ? who’s watching depth, pop & parallax ? convergence abuse ? achieving perfect 3D alignment ? professional 3D vs. amateur ? 3D post workflows for Dummies ? 3D exhibition ? and all the other tools you need to create amazing, eye-catching 3D.

Workshops are geared for individuals and production companies preparing to shoot a stereoscopic 3D production – commercial, doc, feature. So, in addition to learning 3D theory, you’ll spend the majority of the day, actually filming with 3D camera systems – beam-splitter, side-by-side & real-time 3D production more

Significant upgrades greatly improve overall quality, performance and precision of stereoscopic 3D rig

San Diego, California – 3D Film Factory recently made significant upgrades to their line of stereoscopic 3D camera rigs, greatly improving overall quality, performance and value. The redesign included easier-to-use, more accurate camera mounts and greatly enhanced 50/50 beam-splitter glass.

By redesigning the camera mounts, users can now more easily and accurately adjust camera elevation and x-y-z axis (yaw, roll & tilt) angles as needed. The fresh mounts no longer require hex wrenches to make finite adjustment s. The new triangular bolt arrangement utilizes three, over-sized thumb fasteners to raise, lower and tilt the camera plates – all by hand. Now in a matter of seconds, the cameras can be completely re-aligned, creating perfect 3D image alignment “on the fly”. It’s the perfect solution for 3D productions on the move, capturing action, or “running more

Significant upgrades greatly improve overall quality, performance and precision of stereoscopic 3D rig

San Diego, California – 3D Film Factory recently made significant upgrades to their line of stereoscopic 3D camera rigs, greatly improving overall quality, performance and value. The redesign included easier-to-use, more accurate camera mounts and greatly enhanced 50/50 beam-splitter glass.

By redesigning the camera mounts, users can now more easily and accurately adjust camera elevation and x-y-z axis (yaw, roll & tilt) angles as needed. The fresh mounts no longer require hex wrenches to make finite adjustment s. The new triangular bolt arrangement utilizes three, over-sized thumb fasteners to raise, lower and tilt the camera plates – all by hand. Now in a matter of seconds, the cameras can be completely re-aligned, creating perfect 3D image alignment “on the fly”. It’s the perfect solution for 3D productions on the move, capturing action, or “running more

ALT Systems, a full service systems integrator and workflow solutions provider, has expanded their training programs and appointed Brent Gilmartin as Artist Advocate and Senior Trainer. Gilmartin, a certified Autodesk trainer, will lead ALT Systems’ efforts in developing and implementing proprietary courses for Autodesk® Creative Finishing Products, beginning with the company’s new Smoke® for Mac curriculum for professionals new to finishing or unfamiliar with the Smoke interface.

ALT’s new Smoke for Mac University program starts by assisting participants with loading a trial license on their own Mac Pro or MacBook Pro. During class meetings, students will have the opportunity to drive one of ALT’s professionally configured workstations. This combined in-person instruction and experiment-at-home model is designed to improve the educational experience in ways that other training courses do not, and make it easy to learn new software inexpensively.

The training program consists of a free orientation on more