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footagehead launched on November 1, 2008 with a unique take on the familiar royalty-free footage store. Offering exclusively 16 x 9 footage captured on the latest solid state high definition cameras and charging only $200 per clip, footagehead positions itself for the continued growth of web-based and independent productions and for the continued constriction of budgets in all areas of media.
By pricing all clips at one low fee, offering a royalty-free license, and
making them immediately downloadable upon purchase,
footagehead takes the
confusion out of licensing footage. To avoid any possible technical
snafus, footagehead has kept its clips in their native formats and codecs,
without additional compression or conversion, and the tech specs of each
are clearly identified for the end-user. Like the company’s approach,
this footage is fresh. The majority has been captured on the newest
tapeless HD camcorders such as the Panasonic P2 and Sony XDCAM. This
league of camera creates high quality but reasonably sized files that are
very appropriate for web, corporate and low-budget productions and easy to
integrate into desktop editing systems.
At footagehead.com users can preview, purchase and download clips of locations around the world, energy technologies old and new, landscapes, lifestyles, wildlife and time-lapse footage, just to name a few. “It is our intention to be the leader in serving the growing demand for downloadable 16 x 9 digital files,” states founder Paula Lumbard who also founded sister company FootageBank HD. “We are seeing growth in this need around the world, and expect demand to continue as the consumers of media turn more and more to their mobile ‘third screens’ for their entertainment.” “Our cinematographers are also ‘footageheads’. They work in new media and independent productions, are well versed in the needs of today’s web producers and consumers, and are out there creating content that they themselves would want to use to tell their own stories,” states Lumbard. “With an eye on the future, we expect the need for production tools such as the affordable motion content we offer at footagehead to grow exponentially.”
SPECIAL DISCOUNT OFFER FOR MEMBERS OF THE FINAL CUT PRO USERS GROUP!
From now until September 1, 2010 enjoy $100 off all footagehead clips.
Steps to savings: 1) Find the perfect shots at www.footagehead.com 2) Enter discount code VIPfcpug at checkout 3) Watch the cost of each clip drop by $100 4) Download and use 5) Repeat
footagehead is a new royalty free stock footage site offering ready to download clips in high definition formats such as dvcpro hd, hdv, xdcam and photo-jpeg.fresh footage, yum!
NEW!!!!!
Class on Demand™, a provider of professional educational products for creative markets, has donated 2 training DVD’s for our monthly door prize from their award-winning training library, including, “Complete Training for Apple® Motion® 2,” and “Complete Training for Final Cut Pro® 7.”
All Class on Demand video-based titles deliver an exceptional viewing quality with a unique, non-linear training approach, enabling users of all levels to focus on specific new features and functions. The collective training chapters/lessons use real-world examples to provide an end-to-end curriculum for information retention and increased productivity.
“Complete Training for Apple Motion 2” encompasses 7-hours of highly informative instruction and includes 10 chapters of lessons ranging from interface to compositing. Motion project examples are also included within the training DVD for the user to follow-along. Production guru and Mantra Media Design co-founder, Harry Seldom, instructs this popular course from Class on Demand.
“Complete Training for Final Cut Pro 7” delivers 5-hours of in-depth application instruction and includes 22-lessons from user interface to outputting. Internationally known Final Cut expert, Tom Wolsky, spearheads this training, the newest offering from Class on Demand’s Apple curriculum. Class on Demand’s training library encompasses a broad spectrum of content including: video capture and editing, computer animation, federally mandated training, customized corporate training, IT, and vocational education. For more information about Class on Demand or their training offerings, please visit: www.classondemand.com
EXCLUSIVE Pricing for VIP’s!
The Hollywood Edge is the library division of audio post pioneers Soundelux and Todd A/O. T.H.E. offers over 50 collections of the highest quality, cutting edge and realistic sound effects available, ranging from Animal, Ambiences, Cartoon, Sound Design, Imaging Elements to General Sound Effects. Perfect for Radio, TV, Film, Gaming, Educational and Web applications. Our award winning sound effects are embedded with Soundminer metadata and available in CD/DVD and Hard Drive.
we've been developing software for film and
video for the last 8 years. We also develop Photoshop plug-ins for
photographers and designers. We recently sold off most of our film/video
plug-ins to Red Giant Software, but decided we still had a few good ideas
left, and Beauty Box is one of them. Digital Anarchy
From the Producers of the highly acclaimed Nightingale Music Library comes one of the largest and most respected collections of ‘voice’ production elements. Nightingale has been supplying voice elements to Hollywood feature films, tv shows, commercials, games and multi-media producers around the world for more than 10 years and now offers more than 5000 human voice elements covering just about any sound the human voice can do - from laughing, crying and screaming to talking, walla, group ambiences. The collection also includes news weather and sports in several languages as well as movie clips. And coming soon is the much anticipated and unique Nightingale sound design and imaging elements package that has everything you could want and more! Receive our monthly email newsletter & receive free sound effects each month at Nightingale Music!
Adobe is delighted to offer Sacramento Video Industry Professionals Group members special pricing on Adobe software. Members can now save 15% on all Adobe products in the North American online Adobe Store. As a member of Sacramento Video Industry Professionals Group you qualify to save 15% off your next Adobe Store order. Some key benefits of getting your software through this program include: • All standard commercial Adobe products are eligible for the savings. See terms and conditions below • The more you get, the more you save, since you receive a percentage discount off your total order • Save on shipping by ordering the downloadable version, and benefit from instant registration as well. Here are the simple steps required to get your discount: • Visit www.adobe.com/go/cspartners • You will be required to provide your name, e-mail address, validation number 72360, and association name code DVUG • The Adobe Store URL with the embedded coupon code will be e-mailed to you. The email may take up to two hours to arrive. If it doesn’t arrive within that time period, please check your spam folder. If you have any problems receiving the Adobe Store coupon email, you may also contact Adobe Sales at 800-585-0774 from 5am to 7pm Pacific Time Monday through Friday. You will need to identify yourself as an association member and let the Adobe rep know that you are eligible for the 15% savings as part of your association membership benefits. • The coupon code–embedded URL-- can be requested and used only once per three month time period • Full terms and conditions are detailed at the URL referenced above.
When you want to learn, Check out the amazing teachers and classes at New Horizons! New Horizons CLC 1750 Creekside Oaks Drive Sacramento, CA 95833 Main 916 609 4700
"Here's a code that will give free shipping to anyone in who orders from our website. It's activated for the next 30 days and we're having some seriously great sales right now on music and the Final Cut Pro plug in. Please feel free to share this discount code with anyone and everyone: SACFCPUG free economy shipping - expires 8/31/09"- Steph at SmartSound
GenArts, Inc. is the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, broadcast and video industries. Their flagship product, GenArts Sapphire, equips digital artists with a collection of more than 200 state-of-the-art image processing and synthesis effects such as glows, glints, lightning, film effects, warps and textures. Todd will be giving demonstrations of Sapphire on Final Cut Pro, with useful tips and tricks for creating amazing vfx. www.GenArts.com has just released a training DVD and placed some tutorials on the GenArts YouTube channel. Click here
wondertouch by GenArts
is an award-winning software developer specializing in particle effects
for the visual effects industry. The company's flagship product
particleIllusion, a sprite-based particle effects application, is designed
to provide the most comprehensive effects creation tool and efficient
workflow.
Artbeats offers innovative
royalty-free stock footage, plus the tools and inspiration to help take
your projects to a higher level. Our extensive library encompasses
thousands of NTSC, PAL, HD and Hi-Res RED clips in a variety of subjects.
Our latest releases include ultra slow motion footage, gyro-stabilized
city aerials, energy and environmental issues, cloud fly-thru's and
lifestyles. In addition, we provide our customers with free video
tutorials, tips & tricks, free footage downloads, creative samples and
more. "Artbeats is much more than a
source for high quality stock footage. We've garnered some of the biggest
names in the industry to provide our customers with creative tools to help
them boost production values," said Phil Bates, president of
Artbeats. Visit
Artbeats to to put these valuable
footage tools to work today.
MATROX Need I/O for the Mac? The hot new product from Matrox that won four prestigious awards at NAB 2008 is now shipping. Matrox MXO2 is the first truly portable device that gives you broadcast-quality input/output, monitoring, and up/down/cross conversion to streamline your workflow with Apple Final Cut Studio 2. It’s MacBook Pro and MacPro compatible, fits in your laptop bag, can run for hours off a field battery (or its AC adapter), and weighs under 3 ½ lbs.
Matrox MXO2 connects to a MacBook Pro via the ExpressCard/34 slot and to a MacPro via the internal PCIe slot. Everything you need to connect to both systems is included in the Matrox MXO2 package so can easily more it around as needed. This is the only mobile product on the market that gives you all the I/Os you need plus supports the full range of workflows that you are likely to encounter. It supports ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ and also gives you the freedom and flexibility to use a wide variety of other codecs and video formats. In HD for example, it also supports HDV, DVCPRO HD, XDCAM HD, XDCAM HD 422, and XDCAM EX workflows. Since it takes full advantage of the high bandwidth of the PCI Express bus (It is not a FireWire 800 device.), it also lets you work in 8- and 10-bit uncompressed mode.
Digieffects
announces
“Simulate: Illuma”, a plugin package offering a
specialized collection of effects plugins for creating light
and glow effects.
Digieffects Simulate: Camera.
Digieffects
has donated a straightforward plug in that
provides a "film degradation/contamination" type effect along
with destabilize and lens flare .
Production-proven technology developed by visual effects industry veterans such as John Knoll, Photoshop creator & Visual Effects Supervisor at Industrial Light + Magic (Knoll Light Factory); and Stu Maschwitz, CTO and Co-Founder at The Orphanage (Magic Bullet). Our software has been used in thousands of feature films, music videos, national TV commercials & broadcast shows. With a growing base of 100,000+ customers, we continue to deliver more innovative and exciting solutions. With Trapcode Suite 2009, the right effects plug-in will always be at your fingertips, because they're all included! Bundle pricing offers enormous savings over purchasing plug-ins individually. Includes Shine, Starglow, 3D Stroke, Lux, Form, Echospace, Sound Keys, and the new Trapcode Particular v2 plug-in. Magic Bullet Suite 2009 is a completely revamped product. Magic Bullet Suite now supports After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Premiere Pro, and AVID. The full suite of tools includes Magic Bullet Looks (including Misfire), Magic Bullet Frames, Magic Bullet Colorista, Magic Bullet Steady, and Instant HD for high-quality up-conversion. Now includes Magic Bullet Mojo.
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Sacramento (916) 456-8600 #112
Northern California Writers & Filmmakers (NCWF)
California Summer School for the Arts
(CSSA)
Horror Filmmakers
Sacramento Mac Users Group
Wedding &
Event Videographers
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Sony EX1
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motionVFX is an innovative world leader creating ready-to-use, Royalty-Free and fully customizable Templates for both Apple Motion and Adobe After Effects. The library contains stunning, full HD (1920x1080) material. All templates can be customized. Motion templates can be used not only with Apple's Motion 3 & 4 but with Final Cut Pro as well. "Their amazing library is the biggest and the best on the market."
Jeff Way from AJA will be at our meeting, March 31st, 2010! AJA Video will show the revolutionary Ki Pro. Finally, shoot on the same codec as you edit with, full raster 10 bit Apple ProRes 422, built natively into Ki Pro’s stand-alone, portable hardware.
all4DVD is an Authorized Apple Training
Center
O'Reilly Media is an American media company that publishes books and web sites and produces conferences on computer technology topics. VIP members are entitled to a 35% discount on books purchased directly from O'Reilly. VIP's also may get a discount on O'Reilly conferences and tutorials. "Digital Juice is the world leader in royalty-free professional animations, stock footage, music, layered graphics, clip art, and templates. Our mission and passion is to provide high quality creative content and software at revolutionary low prices."
NEW! Royalty-free stock AUDIO at Pond5.com with 1,000's of music tracks and sound effects. Pond5 has over 235,000 video clips, 3,600 music tracks (starting at $5) and 25,000 sound effects (start at just $2) in addition to 290,000 video clips! Get a FREE Video Clip and FREE Sound Effects every week by registering on their site. Pond5 is an open marketplace for buyers and sellers of stock video footage. It¹s fast-growing collection of HD and SD clips covers all categories from lifestyle, nature and travel to timelapse and motion graphics, at prices starting as low as $5! Prices are set by the footage producers, and producers receive the best payout (50%) in the industry. This combination creates true marketplace pricing and the lowest prices you can find. Pond5 has one of the fastest, easiest interfaces in the industry. All footage is licensed royalty-free, and is instantly downloadable. Membership is free.
Radial Wave effects pack is a hypnotic wave filter with numerous options to customize images, animation and secondary effects system. Noise Industries "idustrial revolution Decimal Counter" . Decimal Counter is an easy to use counter that works with monospaced as well as proportional fonts without causing any jitters. You can use any font, any color, and have a fully adjustable drop shadow. Using a tricky font like Zapfino is no problem, the result will be beautifully smooth increments. In addition, Decimal Counter offers global character spacing and three ways of ranging so that numbers can anchor on left, right or center positions. To learn more about FxFactory, our visual effects package for Final Cut Pro / Motion / Final Cut Express / After Effects, please go to our site
Royalty Free Video and Effects
ARRI is the largest manufacturer of professional motion picture equipment in the world. This equipment includes lighting, post production tools, professional motion picture cameras and accessories. Built for reliability, durability and performance, professionals from all over the world put ARRI lights to the test under the harshest conditions. Products consist of HMI Fresnels, PARs, electronic and magnetic ballasts, location and studio Fresnels, fluorescents, fill and portable lighting kits. ARRI's extensive range of quality products provides solutions to any lighting situation. For more information, go to www.arri.com
Peachpit.com has top-notch books on digital video and general computing. They give VIP’s a 35% discount off the list price on books. At checkout, enter coupon code UE-23AA-PEUF (case-sensitive.)
The affordable video content management and collaboration platform that puts an end to expensive overnight deliveries and time consuming client review meetings.Say good-bye to FTP and hello to MediaSilo. With no software to install, MediaSilo is a complete turnkey solution. Post-production companies, casting agencies, web broadcasters, and just about anyone working with video on a regular basis benefits from making MediaSilo part of their routine workflow. Virtually unlimited storage combined with the fastest available content delivery network means fast uploads and fast downloads anywhere in the world.
Motiondrops offers free clips for registered users, each week we release 2 or more free clips! Motiondrops offers a wide variety of royalty-free visual FX and stock footage. High quality footage at affordable prices. Single clips, collections, or special bundles can be instantly downloaded in any format: Web, Multimedia, NTSC, PAL and Hi-Def”. www.motiondrops.com
KB Covers is dedicated to providing the finest quality keyboard covers for Apple/Mac desktop and laptop computers. All our covers are ultra-thin and made with the highest quality silicone available. VIP’s can use promo code SACFCP09 and save 10%!
Blackmagic Design, Inc. “Intensity card”, Add the incredible quality of HDMI to your computer. Intensity features the latest HDMI technology for the highest quality capture and playback on Windows or Mac OS X computers. Now you can edit using big-screen HDMI televisions and video projectors, or capture uncompressed quality from HDV cameras
Mark Spencer Freelance Editor/Producer/Apple-certified instructor Books and DVD Tutorials on Motion
VIDEOHELPER Music Library’s hard-hitting, attention-grabbing, modular cuts are easily edited by providing builds, breaks and mood changes without changing tempo or key within the cut. Search/Audition/Download at www.videohelper.com
Music 2 Hues is a leading supplier of Production Music & Sound Effects to the Pro Sound, Film, Video & Multimedia Industries. Now offering instant online downloads as well as over 100 CD's, our music line covers numerous genres for the video or music editor. Supporting our music line is a sound effects series of over 800 SFX, also available for instant download. Download single tracks or whole CD/Categories. Another highly requested title from our worldwide clients, this collection of acoustic melodies is perfect for anything from documentaries to multimedia and video background tracks. Featuring beautifully recorded 6 and 12 string guitar, these tunes provide a warm and soft feeling to any production needing an easy listening audio bed. Please visit our website for more information: www.music2hues.com
Wiley: "With over 200 years experience in the publishing business, John Wiley & Sons has been a valued source of information and understanding, helping people around the world meet their needs and fulfill their aspirations. Wiley offers a wide selection of resources for the multimedia hobbyist, amateur and professional. If you can dream it, we'll help you do it."
Sound design library packages, extremely popular and useful toolkits for producers & editors. For detailed info on each, visit http://www.noisegenerator.com
Telestream,
makers of
Flip4Mac
Focal Press - learn, master, create
Focal Press has been a leading publisher of Media
Technology books for 70 years. We provide essential
resources for professionals and students in many areas
including: film and digital video production, photography,
digital imaging, graphics, animation and new media,
broadcast and media distribution technologies, music
recording and production, mass communications, and theatre
technology.
We are committed to publishing high quality books filled
with practical hands-on information, dealing with
cutting-edge and converging technologies from the experts in
the field. You will find practical solutions to problems,
examples you can apply to your work, and valuable insights
that will help you keep up-to-date in these highly
competitive fields.
Great Music, Great Prices
If you are looking for affordable royalty free music that is modern, up to date and full of energy, you have come to the right place. We produce an ever expanding library of hot, energetic production music and our tracks have been heard on TV around the globe.
Our company is headed by a record producer with an established track record with Grammy winning artists. The difference is clear: our music sounds less like 'canned music' and more like today's hit music.
G-Technology by Hitachi manufactures the industry’s most comprehensive line of external disk storage solutions designed for professional content creation applications. Our USB, FireWire, eSATA, and Fibre Channel systems support all levels of audio/video production and are perfect for high-performance backup and storage. G-Tech’s focus on technology, quality and design has resulted in disk storage solutions with unmatched performance, style and reliability
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