6 Replies Latest reply: May 29, 2011 9:01 PM by Bill Hunt RSS

    Special Presentation showing Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium June 16th

    Eric Addison MeganK

      Next month, the San Diego Premiere Pro User Group will be having a very special meeting. The product manager for Premiere Pro is coming down from Adobe, and joining us to do a full demo of all that's new in Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Audition CS5.5. Come out see all the new features including the new Warp Stabilizer that works magic on the shakiest of  footage, the new workflow between Premiere Pro and Audition, and the increased support for RED cameras.

       

      Don't edit with Premiere Pro? We'll also cover how Premiere Pro CS5.5 can fit into your workflow even if you're a FCP or Avid editor, and how it can help you get your projects into After Effects.

       

      We'll have food and drinks for everyone, as well as some great raffle prizes. The best part - it's FREE!

       

      Save the date, and plan on coming out to network with other fellow editors and filmmakers. Come see how Adobe Production Premium CS5.5 can change the way you work.

       

      Visit the San Diego Premiere Pro User Group home page - http://sdpproug.groups.adobe.com/.

       

      More details on the event to follow.

        • 1. Re: Special Presentation showing Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium June 16th
          Community Member

          thanks !  I'm on the other coast but it was nice to read about your upcoming event anyway....

           

           

          • 2. Re: Special Presentation showing Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium June 16th
            Eric Addison MeganK

            Too bad - it'd be great to have you there!I know there's a few SoCal people who frequent these forums, so I'm trying to get the word out to them. If I could find a way to stream the event, I would.

             

            At some point I'd like to find out from the regulars here what they'd like in a user group (if they could attend), and for those that have them in their area, if you don't attend - why not?

            • 3. Re: Special Presentation showing Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium June 16th
              Community Member

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              At some point I'd like to find out from the regulars here what they'd  like in a user group (if they could attend), and for those that have  them in their area, if you don't attend - why not?

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              well, like everything else, it's first off a matter of schedule ( work ..which is generally 12 + hours per day on set + travel time to / from work etc )...and then family or personal needs ...  Your best bet might be to hook up with video locals and international ( IATSE ) to organize any real viable meets like you have there.  With FCP I know some video guys ( and DIT ) who attend and contribute to these type functions, but they in turn contact vendors and manufacturers and so on to make that work ( so the equip and hardware / software is there to work wtih etc ).... and my guess ( you have to ask them ) is that the apple stores help to some extent with that..and the forums....

              There's no sense trying to get 10 people together at a donated space ( stage etc ) in some city ...to promote education and new products without the coordination of some key players.

               

              So my feeling is that

              1) If I heard about a seminar or promotion would my own work schedule let me attend

              2) would the meeting or seminar have the equip / software / hardware ... to really benefit my "job"

               

               

              • 4. Re: Special Presentation showing Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium June 16th
                Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

                Eric,

                 

                These comments go way back, and also apply to Photoshop, but our ASMP chapter started a PS-Users Group. The space was donated by a local processing lab (digital capture was still a ways off), and Adobe provided "door prizes" to be awarded to the group. The lab had Mac's, but with a bit of help, I could do my demonstrations on those, as the GUI's were so very similar X-platform.

                 

                After the "classes," the lab would usually update everyone on new scanning services, etc., so got to put in a plug. Adobe handed out software, so there was a "carrot on a stick" for some. The only "rules" were that I could not win (but owned all the Adobe programs anyway, and updated each version), and that no member could win twice. This went well for about 2 years, with 10 - 30 showing up each month. BTW - the lab usually furnished refreshments too, and often the event would end with many attendees heading to a local bar for "adult refreshments," and general BS sessions.

                 

                Though these folk were competitors, they were also peers, and everyone got along nicely, and there was a real sense of "sharing." Though I was teaching many of these sessions, I think that I learned much from the questions from the attendees. They forced me to expand my use of PS outside my "comfort zone."

                 

                There were a few other software companines, like Extensis and AlienSkin, that contributed too, but Adobe was the big sponsor, along with the lab. Even mfgrs., such as Epson got involved, from time to time. Do not know how actively Adobe now supports such functions.

                 

                Good luck,

                 

                Hunt

                 

                PS - hope that you do not end up with Zonie families camping in your front yard...

                • 5. Re: Special Presentation showing Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium June 16th
                  Eric Addison MeganK

                  Thanks guys for your input and feedback. The group is doing pretty well. We seem to be growing with each meeting, and for someone that's never run a group before, I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. There have been some bumps here and there, but things are getting smoother with each meeting.

                   

                  The thing that I'm currently trying to figure out is what makes people want to come out one night a month to such a group. I'm a member of, or I attend, other video/film production groups here in San Diego, and I meet PPro users all the time - our ranks are growing. Some tell me that they want to attend (but then never/hardly do), and others show little to no interest. I'd like to figure out how to reach them - what's it take to get them to come out every month or at least more often? I realize time and/or family commitments can make it hard, but what could the group provide that would make it really hard to pass up? If there was a PPro user group in your area, what would you want from it - networking with other users? Tips and tricks for editing? Demos of plug-ins or effects? Showing members projects for feedback? Troubleshooting sessions? Something else?

                   

                  We try and do all of those things I've listed, but I'm just curious to find out from those who don't attend a group - what would get you to show up?

                   

                  Adobe provides excellent support. I really can't say enough good things about them. We raffle off two copes of the latest Creative Suite every year (courtesy of Adobe), as well as other swag they send my way. And the PPro team is starting to get in on the act as well - I'm really excited to have the PPro product manager visiting the group.

                   

                  Thanks again for the comments! Hope you all are having a great holiday weekend!

                   

                  And, Bill, as for the zonies...it's too early for them yet. We don't expect them to really start showing up for another month.

                  • 6. Re: Special Presentation showing Adobe CS5.5 Production Premium June 16th
                    Bill Hunt CommunityMVP

                    Eric,

                     

                    Sounds like you are doing a lot right. In my PS case, we already had the background of the ASMP, so that made things easier. It was an off-shoot of that chapter.

                     

                    As for the Zonies, if the weather keeps up, they just might not leave. I had to turn one set of fans off, as well the misters. It was getting too cool on the pool deck, and the Bulldogs were snuggled in a ball on their bed. We will remember this May for decades to come.

                     

                    Good luck,

                     

                    Hunt