We began this 3rd and final day of the Dallas Casablanca Conference 2010 with Ken Smithers (Picture This Video) presenting an introduction to the power of Pro Show software to create great photo/video collages. I will definitely be using some of the techniques/operations I learned this morning to make more impactful montages.
Then it was a Vendor Fair where factory representatives from Canon and Bogen-Manfrotto were on-hand to answer questions and to provide up-close demos today with the latest tools & technology. I got to play with the newest Canon HD-DSLR cameras and a range of other HD/AVCHD camcorders. The Bogen rep had this awesome shoulder mounted camera brace that has matte box and really yields very creative camera movement.
After _another_ great lunch (this time the State Fair BBQ -- a great collection of Texas BBQ food, capped off with a great warm Peach Cobbler) Chet Davis presented some additional audio mix functions, specifically with the Audio TimeLine interface. Then Chet spent an hour sharing some PC/Mac technology that work well in concert with our Casablanca editors -- like services for transmitting large files to clients/partners, etc. Chet also presented his perspective about the ripe potential of Facebook for social media marketing.
In our last session of the day, Chet shared three new editing effects and de-constructed them to show the Conference participants how they could create these same cool effects combinations for their own projects.
Then it was door prize drawing time once more! In addition to gift certificates for Casablanca software from Macrosystem US and several certificates for $99 from CAM Audio we had several major prizes...
Lowell Brockway won the Casablanca Expert Private Tutor Package with 6-hours of private instruction with Chet Davis; Roy Connell won the Elite Video Proc-Amp; Russel Adams won the 3-night extension at Harbour Village Beach Club on the Island of Bonaire in the Dutch Antilles; and Ken Smithers won the 3-1 CAM Audio DVD/CD Duplicator.
It was Muriel Anderson-Spychala who won the Grand Prize... the Casablanca S3000 Digital Video Editor. She'll be adding that to her new edit suite with an S4100 and their Prestige.
Thanks to all who participated -- a great Casablanca community event!
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