Day two (of three) was another day filled with Casablanca learning... Chet kicked off our morning session with a lesson on the new Casablanca Title Studio software. This great new piece of software - only available for the Bogart series of Casablanca editors - was well received by the Conference attendees.
Probably the coolest feature is the ability to not only select single characters for style modification but the ability to even edit your own fonts & characteristics within the program )members at CasablancaExpert.com can view Chet's comprehensive tutorial - a series of 7 streaming videos on the website here: http://www.casablancaexpert.com/articles/TitleStudio.
Seth Hampton from CAM Audio, Inc followed with a presentation on DVD authoring & duplication, fielding several questions from the group. CAM Audio duplicates literally hundreds of DVDs and CDs each... it's great to have a presenter with firsthand experience about a topic who is available for your questions!
In the last session prior to lunch Chet Davis pulled out his 'magic bag of tricks' and demonstrated several helpful tips. First he showed how to use the Advanced search functions in Google Images to find and use images (JPEGs) for your video projects - completing the cycle, he exported the file and then brought that into a project in his Casablanca using Photo Studio 2 (cropping the image for perfect use in his 16:9 video) Chet also showed use of the Bump effect to create what he calls 'video wallpaper'.
Day two lunch was yet another awesome buffet! The theme was Italian.. and it was favoloso! Several people remarked how this hotel's banquet food was superb. I loved the tortellini and the chicken parmesean but they also had an Antipasto salad that had more a large contingent of folks coming back for seconds.
After lunch Eric Kloor, MacroSystem US President, presented to the conference attendees. Erick (the founder of Draco Systems - predecessor to MacroSystem US) shared news of the parent company in Germany, info on some forthcoming software (like 3D Editing, Smart Edit 10, Bogart V4). He also provided an insight to the new S3000 and S6000 editors -- due in North America in the next few months.
Chet then shared some of his favorite operations in the Audio Mix menu. Some of what he shared has been a function in the Casablanca for years (but often most folks are unaware of these capabilities) -- he also showed some of the new Sample generation functions right in the Audio Mix menu that are brand new in the Smart Edit 9 and Bogart 3 Operating Systems versions.
The final session of Day Two was the highly anticipated presentation by Bobbie Evoy (Memories on Tape Video) who opened up our minds with the capabilities possible using Blue Box and BlueBox World software in the Casablanca to perform chroma key effects.
Bobbie not only distributed step by step instructions & tips but also (thoughtfully & generously) passed out a DVD with sample video clips. Chroma key possibilities were made all the more clear through her presentation and one effect I had never seen or used is the ability to take a subject and use them on-screen as a shadow to your primary video... very cool (thanks Bobbie!)
Bobbie set up several green screens and she directed/choreographed the participants in short sequences that will be edited later in a special music video that Bobbie will weave her magic with.
Dinner on this 2nd Conference Day was at Spring Creek BBQ -- man, I love their food. A great BBQ dinner capped off with the freshest, most delicious Peach Cobbler (ala' mode) I have ever had -- well, since the last time I was at Spring Creek last September.
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