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March Members Newsletter - now in your email Inbox

Just sent out the March News for Casablanca Expert Members... lots of info. Upcoming Webinar on Archives & Backups, Webinar Recording on Efx Pack 7 & 8, two Brand new video tutorials (short lessons), news about upcoming workshops, deeply discounted iPhone class and news about a FREE class to learn Twitter.

If you did not receive your copy (and you are a member) please let Chet know.

Casablanca Workshops & Seminars Announced through June 2013

Casablanca Expert Chet Davis is happy to announce a schedule of new opportunities to help you learn to get more out of your Casablanca video editors.  This short video provides a summary of the differences betwee the hands-on workshops, virtuals workshops, and virtual seminars. 

Click here to visit the Casablanca Expert workshop page for complete details - or you can scroll down beneath the video for a complete list (with links to the registration pages) for each of these exciting opportunities!

NOTE: The hands-on workshops and virtual workshops are offered right nowwith a special 20% discount off registration. This 'early- bird' special is good now through February 15, 2013. 

To enjoy the savings, simply select the 'Early Bird' registration on the workshop/seminar page.

 

 

Upcoming Casablanca Workshops & Seminars

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Seminar: PIP Effects on Your Casablanca
   Tuesday February 12, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Seminar: Arabesk & Awesome DVD Menus
   Tuesday February 19, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Seminar: Casablanca Chroma Key (BlueBox) Effects
  Tuesday February 26, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Seminar: Advanced Casablanca Audio
  Tuesday March 5, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Seminar: Impressive Image Processing FX (including Akaba)
  Tuesday March 12, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Bogart Workshop (4 consecutive Wednesday sessions)
  Wednesdays March 6 - March 27, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Smart Edit OS Workshop (4 consecutive Saturday sessions)
  Saturdays March 9 - March 30, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Seminar: Tremendous Casablanca Titles
  Tuesday March 19, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Virtual Seminar: Working with Video Files on Your Bogart Editor
  Tuesday March 26, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Hands-on Smart Edit Workshop: Mid-Atlantic/East Coast
  Tuesday & Wednesday April 16-17, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Hands-on  Bogart Workshop: Mid-Atlantic/East Coast
  Thursday & Friday April 18-19, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Hands-on Bogart Workshop: Southern California
  Tuesday April 30 & Wednesday May 1, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Hands-on Bogart Workshop: Midwest/Chicago
  Thursday & Friday May 16-17, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Hands-on Bogart Workshop: Dallas
  Thursday & Friday May 30-31, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Hands-on Bogart Workshop: Northern California/ SF Bay Area
  Tuesday & Wednesday June 4-5, 2013

• Casablanca Expert Hands-on Bogart Workshop: North Carolina
  October (specific days to be announced) 2013

• Casablanca Expert Hands-on Bogart Workshop: Missouri
  October (specific days to be announced) 2013

 

Hands-on Workshops next week - North Carolina & Missouri !

Here's your chance to learn from one of the top 5 most knowledgeable Casablanca experts on planet earth (perhaps immodest, but true).

A quick reminder that I'll be teaching folks at two different Casablanca Hands-on Workshops next week - North Carolina & Missouri

Full agenda, workshop details & on-line registration via the links below:

* Casablanca Expert Hands-on Workshop: North Carolina
October 24-25, 2012
http://workshopnc2012.eventbrite.com/

* Casablanca Expert Hands-on Workshop: Missouri
October 27-28, 2012
http://cassiemissouri2012.eventbrite.com


"Unless you know all there is to know about whatever Cassie unit you're using, you WILL learn some new & exciting things! These classes help get
you to put the 'spark' back in your work."
Beth Klinger
Ultima Photography & Video

Casablanca Workshop in Southern California - November 2012 ?

I am looking at hosting a 2-day, hands-on workshop - in Southern California on Tuesday-Wednesday November 13-14, 2012.

This would likely be held in Buena Park as this seems to be a fairly central location for our Casablanca colleagues in Southern California.
 
This would be a Bogart only workshop (I have added workshop agenda/details below) --  there are too many variations between Smart Edit & Bogart now and it would be too much division to teach both platforms together. If you need Smart Edit lessons - I will be offering Smart Edit only classes later and on DVD)
 
Would you please take a moment to consider this learning opportunity - check your calendar and see if this is feasible and of interest to you - then contact Chet Davis via email letting him know you are interested (and available for these dates).
 
 
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Hands-on Casablanca Bogart Video Editing Workshop
Fall 2012 Southern California
Registration Fee $199
- This will be an intermediate workshop presented to increase your creativity and efficiency with the Casablanca Bogart OS video editor.
- You will bring your Casablanca Bogart editor, TV monitor and cables/accessories to set up your own work-station at the workshop*
- Chet will provide the footage for the workshop on data DVDs: several types of video files, JPEG & PNG photos/graphics, and music that will be used during the workshop.
- Lunch will be provided both days (breakfast, dinner, and lodging are on your own)
- A summary of the topics to be learned:
+ Importing of various files through the current Bogart OS (MOV, AVI, AVCHD, HDV, SD video)
+ Hard-drive back-up options
+ Editing using Store-N-Share HDD
+ Understanding project resolutions, Interlace vs. Progressive, monitor set-up & current limitations
+ Tips for More Efficient Workflow - using enhancements in Bogart V4, PowerKey, etc to improve speed in editing
+ Creative Effects Sequences with Casablanca Slivers, BlueBox World
+ PIP Studio 2 and PIP Studio 3D
+ Audio Sweetening: Internal & External - using the top Audio Effects Pack tools & when/how to export for Audacity on your computer
+ Professional looking DVD menus with Arabesk
+ Burning Blu-ray project using Arabesk 5
+ Basic comfort with Media Manager for exporting files (Chet successfully uses MM all the time!)
+ Exporting files: For use on other computers, for upload to internet, for mobile device display,
+ Project Sandbox: Building a sample local business profile web video
 
 
Please notify Chet Davis via email if you have other topics you'd like to see covered in this or a future workshop - or if you have any additional questions on this workshop in North Carolina.
 
 
 

Casablanca Workshops & Seminar Survey Being Reviewed

Thanks to those who provided their feedback in the Casablanca Workshop & Seminar Survey.

I will be spending th e first days of September going through the submissions that folks in the community made to the survey. I plan to post my Workshop & Seminar Schedule - Fall 2012 through Summer 2013 by Monday September 10th, 2012




Here's why I will be offering both 1-day seminars and 2-day hands-on workshops over the course of the next year:
Some folks don't want to unplug their editor and drive with it to set it up for a hands-on workshop and would prefer a seminar (where the teacher demonstrates and presents the info).... others know they learn best (and are more likely to retain the lessons) if they do bring their editing station and follow along with the teacher.  That's why I am considering both types of learning opportunities.

Workshop & Seminar Survey Closes in 2 Days

Just two more days to provide your feedback...share your opinions and needs, where and what would you like to learn about your Casablanca video editor at a Casablanca Expert Workshop or Seminar.

This short web-survey only takes about 8-minutes and the opportunity to give your input will close August 31st (so Chet can collate the responses and design a fitting workshop/seminar schedule).

Visit this page to share your thoughts & ideas: Casablanca Expert Workshop & Seminar Survey 2012 

Help Plan Casablanca Workshops & Seminars

 I have recently been approached by several colleagues around North America asking if I would consider presenting workshops or seminars near them in the coming months and I am delighted to say a big YES!

This is the initial effort to see which areas/regions of North America have enough interest for either a 1-day Casablanca Seminar or a 2-day hands-on workshop.

Click here to share input on the Casablanca Workshop & Seminar Survey

  Here's why I will be offering both 1-day seminars and 2-day hands-on workshops over the course of the next year:  Some folks don't want to unplug their editor and drive with it to set it up for a hands-on workshop and would prefer a seminar (where the teacher demonstrates and presents the info).

Others know they learn best (and are more likely to retain the lessons) if they do bring their editing station and follow along with the teacher.  That's why I am considering both types of learning opportunities.

If you are truly interested in attending a workshop or seminar in a place - please take 10 minutes and complete the short survey.  You'll be asked what kind of learning class you prefer (workshop or seminar), where you would be willing to attend, what are your best days to learn. 

On September 1, 2012 I will post the schedule for Casablanca Workshop & Seminars for North America for 2012-2013.

Click here to provide your input for the Casablanca Workshop & Seminar Survey

 

On the Workshop/Seminar Survey you'll see these are the places that are most likely candidate cities, though I am totally open to consider other cities if there is sufficient interest (there's a write-in spot)

March Get Together 2013 Cancelled - Possibly a MGT 2014

If you're on the email distribution list for the MGT - March Get Togehter you have already received news that the 9th annual Conference has been cancelled.  Started by Casablanca enthusiast Jim Meeker, Sr. back in March of 2004, this multi-day conference brought together Casablanca folks from all over North America - and a few from the United Kingdom as well!

This past year saw the MGT open the conference agenda to editing platforms outside the Casablanca product line -- with presentations on Apple's Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere & After Effects, and SpeedEDIT by NewTek.  It's my understanding that an MGT Organizing Committee, who volunteered to help Jim with this event, recommended this move to interest folks outside the Casablanca community and also to expose Casablanca enthusiasts to other technologies that might compliment their Casablanca editing tool/s.

From Jim Meeker's eMail:

... Sadly, after adding up the registrations for the 2013 MGT and taking into consideration that the goal was to give an early registration discount, to get an early start on paying the expenses for the next year's event, so we could afford to hire speakers who wanted to be paid for their efforts......the numbers are just not there!

...taking into account the reality of the financial situation, I must cancel the 2013 March Get Together, with hopes that we might be able to hold it again the following year in 2014 as a semi-annual event instead of every year, at least until the economy turns around and people are back to being enthusiastic about their financial futures.

If you would like to ensure you remain informed about the future of the March Get Together - MGT you can visit the website here: http://www.marchgettogether.com/index.html  

Better yet, I would suggest you sign-up on the Email list on this web page: Join Us - MGT Contact List.

 

Chet Davis to Present Two Special Sessions at the MGT 2012 This March

You may know the MGT 2012 (March Get Together) has announced it's schedule of presenters - and I am happy to be presenting two sessions for this year's event.  Unfortunately I will be unable to attend this year's Casablanca Conference taking place in the QuadCities of Illinois/Iowa but  I will be presenting 'virtually', in a pre-recorded session taped specially for my friends who are attending the MGT.

I will be presenting Monday a session titled 'Bogart 4 - What's New and What's Hot' and on Thursday, a new session I am calling 'Casablanca Eye Candy' !

You can check out all the presenters and the sessions on the MGT web site here: http://www.marchgettogether.com/2012_Schedule_for_MGT.html

Digital Imaging Super Show - WEVA Expo Online 2011

On October 5-6, 2011 Wedding & Event Videographers Association International (WEVA) are holding their annual 2nd Digital Imaging Super Show.

This is an on-line event designed to present info where you can "Explore Wedding Filmmaking, Event Video, and Digital Photography. Hangout. Learn. Share."

Ckick the playback button below to see a short (2-minute) video that introduces the concept of a virtual Conference/Expo.

The Full-EXPO Registration in offered at a discounted $99 through October 4th and then the price raises to $159 on Oct. 5-6, 2011.

This registration fee gives you "Total Access to all EXPO SuperShow Programs, Events & Exhibits – including all Sessions (on-demand), all LIVE Video Q&A with Featured Speakers, LIVE Video Chat with other attendees worldwide for private & group-video chats." 

 

Speakers include Alan Naumann who will also has and will be presenting again at the March Get Together (set for March 5-8, 2012).  Whether this is or will be a valuable event for you depends on any experience you've had and/or how you feel about on-line interaction.  If you've attended my webinars, or more fitting if you've participated in my virtual workshops and been ok with the interaction I think you'll be fine.

It is a very different experience then being live in the room with the presenters and the opportunity to rub elbows and network with your colleagues. But then the cost savings and convenience from 'attending' in the comfort and convenience of your home or office is nothing to sneeze at.

You can find all about the event on their website www.wevaexpo.com