Los Angeles Final Cut Pro Users Group to Hold “Encoding Night”

The May meeting of the Los Angeles Final Cut Pro User Group (lafcpug) will host an event near and dear to video makers of all skill levels: “Encoding Night.”

On Wednesday, May 21, 2008 beginning at 6:45PM, lafcpug will welcome welcome Bill Harris from Telestream who will show off the new and improved “Pipeline” hardware encoder. Also Josh Mellicker of DVCreators will demonstrate their latest software encoder, dvcCast.

Andreas Wacker, who developed the digital workflow for David Fincher’s Zodiac returns to lafcpug to talk about how to “Encode for the Web” including choosing the right codec and container etc.

Compressor Guru Brian Gary and Ray Wallick of Omni Cinema Craft will debut the brand new Cinema Craft Encoder MP Plug-In for Compressor 3.

The evening will also feature Stump The Gurus, Show and Tells and of course, World Famous Raffle with prizes worth well over $4000.

A $5.00 donation will be requested at the door. Doors open at 6PM. lafcpug meetings are open to the public. First come, best seat.

For more information including complete details on the agenda as well as directions to the Gallery Theatre, visit the lafcpug web site.