Look Like a Million Bucks on Your Webcam + Dreamweaver and Fluid Grid Design

Web - Video Crossroads - Thurs., April 11

Room 132

Adobe Software Bundle to Be Awarded at this Meeting!!!

NO PARKING PERMITS REQUIRED TONIGHT

Feature Presentation:
Webcam for Success!
Look Like a Million Bucks on Your Webcam

Your entire future and well being may hinge on seeing this presentation (well, kinda, sorta). Want to impress a prospective client, boss, girlfriend or boyfriend when their first view of you is online? That's what we're talking about! This is the age of meeting with clients online and interviewing for a position via Skype, and attending meetings online. "Dress for Success" might be replaced with, "Lights, Camera, Action" as the way to work your way to the top. You've seen how awful people usually look in the bazillion YouTube videos captured off a webcam. Don't let that happen to you! Be prepared! Mike McGready will share the BEST of the BEST of the BEST tips on this subject. Lighting, background, attire, grooming, cameras, and even makeup are part of this presentation for the ages.

Dreamweaver CS6 and Fluid Grid Design (postponed until May)

Mike McGready, Creative Director and Owner of Album of Life video studios, will be showing how Responsive Design and, specifically, Fluid Grids are part of website creation using Dreamweaver CS6.

Smooth and Steady Video | Responsive Website Design Part 3

NO PARKING PERMITS REQUIRED TONIGHT

Web - Video Crossroads - Thurs., March 14

Room 132

Feature Presentation:
Smooth and Steady Video

One of the most obvious clues that a video was shot by an amateur is whether it is shakey or not. Occasionally, a professional wants a shaky, hand-held look to achieve an effect but it is reserved for fight scenes or foot chases, not grandma blowing out the 82 candles on her birthday cake. Tonight, Bill Lang, owner of Imaging Concepts, and Paul Tetreault, past President of OCMMA and owner of Possiblities A/V, team up to focus on techniques and tools to achieve smooth and steady footage. We will also look at how to make shaky footage more steady using editing tools including the Warp Stabilizer effect in Premiere Pro CS6.

Responsive Design Part 3

Mike McGready, Creative Director and Owner of Album of Life video studios, will be thoroughly exploring this subject. This is part 3 of a 3-part series. This session will explore using WordPress and Dreamweaver in the process of creating a "responsive design" website.

Web - Video Crossroads - Thursday, December 13

Room 132

First Presentation:
Getting the Most Out of Adobe Connect

Tips on the process of setting up an Adobe Connect room for smooth transitions, various audio scenarios, dealing with screen sizes restricted by projectors, and more. Jeff Gomes, owner of MultiMedia Magic and manager of the OC Flash Interactive (Adobe User Group), will share some of the things he learned while preparing and serving as Connect Administrator at our recent "Duel of Video Editors" event. We will be using version 9 of Adobe Connect for the first time.

Second Presentation:
A Closer Look at Multi-Camera Shoots and Editing

At the recent "Duel of Video Editors," Mike McGready gave a very brief demonstration of how multi-camera edits are done in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6. Tonight, he will talk about how important it is to set up a multi-camera shoot correctly to make the editor's job less of a headache. What happens if your DSLR camera doesn't generate a time code? What if your camera falters and creates a break in your timecode? How does the editor cope with these things, and others, in the editing process?

Besides being the Manager of the Web – Video Crossroads (Adobe User Group), Mike McGready is also a Board Member of both the Orange County MultiMedia Association and the Professional Videographers Network. He is Creative Director and Owner of Album of Life video studios which specializes in creating heirloom quality event videos. The Album of Life Webworks segment of his business develops websites that adjust to the device used to browse them