The Fourth Annual Final Cut Pro User Group Amsterdam SuperMeet will take place during IBC, on 11 September at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky, with talks and demonstrations from filmmakers, colourists, and editors, writes David Fox.
Speakers include:
Michael Wohl, one of the creators of the original Final Cut Pro and an authority on Final Cut Pro X, which he will demonstrate;
Adobe’s Jason Levine (pictured at a previous SuperMeet) talking about Adobe Premiere Pro 5.5 for FCP editors;
film editor Eddie Hamilton describing the workflow on X-Men: First Class and Kick-Ass, using Avid Media composer;
and Autodesk’s Jim Geduldick with the latest on Smoke OS X.
DSLR Guru, Philip Bloom (pictured at a previous SuperMeet), will show his best creations from a year that has seen him work for George Lucas, and shoot with many of the most talked about cameras, such as Panasonic’s AF101, the Sony PMW-F3 and Red’s Epic. Bloom will also be holding an Amsterdam DSLR Meetup, on 10 September, at 19:00, to talk about filmmaking, DSLRs, and anything else that comes up. RSVP at his Facebook Meetup Event Page.
Also on the SuperMeet agenda will be London-based colourist, Dado Valentic (pictured left), who graded BAFTA winner Flying with Monsters, and the world’s first 3D opera Carmen in 3D, as well as 3D commercials for Panasonic, Red Bull and Nintendo. He will discuss his workflow using the latest DaVinci Resolve 8, from Blackmagic Design, particularly his work on fashion promos for the likes of Christian Dior and Zara. “The SuperMeet events are always really exciting and it will be great to show how I’ve used Resolve 8 to grade my latest projects,” said Valentic.
Tickets cost €15 online, or €20 at the door – if they are still available. SuperMeets have always sold out.
Doors open at 16:30 with an exhibition of more than 20 software and hardware developers, plus free food, and there will also be the traditional World Famous Raffle, with more than €34,000 worth of prizes from Blackmagic Design, AJA, Atomos, Adobe, Avid, nVidia, Zacuto, Red Giant Software, Telestream, Maxon, Artbeats, Boris FX, Glyph Technology, MotionVFX, Noise Industries, Imagineer Systems, Tiffen, and others.