new media and technology club

This is it...a brainchild for the next academic year. a club.

we need to have a meeting about this so we can start talking about logistics. I already know everything that we need to do to make this club happen. Basically we need a constitution, 15 registered student members a President and Treasurer.

I suggest that we have a meeting on Thursday April 21st after the workshop at 7 p.m.

these are my initial ideas for the club:

1. a forum open to all students at the University who share an interest in media and technology.
2. a collaborative learning environment to discuss (and practice) topics not covered in our classes
3. an organization that provides services to other entities at the University.
4. (this is the big one) a weekly one-hour news program focusing on campus/city information...to be streamed on the Web and on the TV screens

ready...set...go!

final cut pro

From Wikipedia,

Final Cut Pro is a non-linear editing system created by Apple Computer that allows users to edit video. The latest releases are for Mac OS X only. Since the early 2000's, it has come to be accepted as a high-end professional editorial tool, and has become a competitor to the previously main force in the industry, Avid.

Used on Macintosh computers, it is a resolution-independent software editing front-end to a user-configurable hardware architecture. It can be used to edit material ranging from Firewire-attached MiniDV video from a consumer digital video camera in the home environment to High-Definition digital video (HD) in a full professional studio environment. The software loads the video onto the Mac, where it can be edited and processed.
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I found a basic QuickTime based tutorial here - unfortunately you have to pay to see the advanced tutorials - which I'm looking into:

http://www.atomiclearning.com/finalcutprox.shtml

the University of Texas Austen has a killer web site for the Department of communication. check out their DV knowledgebase...

http://technology.communication.utexas.edu/dv/index.html

especially the section on final cut pro

http://technology.communication.utexas.edu/dv/2_editing.html#fcp

on the Prometheus site, in the outline section...session 10

Apple Final Cut Tutorial
http://www.apple.com/finalcutpro/quicktour/

Final Cut Pro Tutorial
http://www.atomiclearning.com/finalcutprox.shtml

2-pop web site: Useful forums and information about FCPro and digital media
http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/2-pop/