November
6
1. Demonstration of a 'Storybook' program called Celtx (freeware)
2. Promotional DVD development - finalise script
3. Bring along footage of:
- audio problem
- shaky video
- out of focus etc.
4. Anthony Stallo demonstrating reworked VMWA Logo
5. Members Videos
6. Question and Answer time
October 2
1. VMWA Logo demonstration - how it was put together
2. Storyboard promotional video
3. Rough cut development of promotional video using Vegas
4. Members videos
5. Members discussions / questions
September 4
1. Back to basics with Vegas
- keyboard commands
- titles
- basic editing techniques
- Vegas websites
2. VMWA logo demonstration
3. Members videos
4. Members discussions / questions
August 7
1. Proshow Gold demonstration - a program for producing slideshows
2. 3D Text demonstration
3. Club Promotion video discussion
4. Videomakers WA Introduction (logo)
5. Members videos
6. General discussion and question and answer
July 3
The 3 July meeting is the AGM of Videomakers WA. After the AGM,
the program is:
1. Sound Depth - how to improve your sound using your camcorder
audio tracks
2. Roxio slideshow creator
3. Good and bad use of transitions
4. Members' videos
5. Preview of updated VMWA webpage
June 5
1. Green screen– chromakey (video & still images)
2. Internet tips– where to get useful veg files and plugins
(Trevor)
3. McKenna tips– useful tips for movie makers
4. Introductions with impact– Anthony Stallo
5. Members' videos
April 3
Apologies to all members for the non presentation of Colour Correction
within Vegas at the March meeting. The presenter was sent to Brisbane
(work related) on the day of presentation.
The April meeting is about Tripod Tips that members have developed
themselves, seen or read about, followed by members videos and then
questions, answers and discussion
March 6
1. 'Bring your video' for show, tell and analysis
2. Sony Vegas 6 Tutorials - colour correction
3. Cup of tea and a chat
4. General questions and discussion from the members
February 7 2008
Being the first meeting of the year, we will go with:
1. "Bring your holiday video" for show and tell
2. Sony Vegas 6 Tutorials
3. General questions and discussion from the members
December 6
Demonstration of Particle Illusion software (special effects). 30
second challenge. Xmas celebrations. Members free. Visitors $2.
November 1
Anthony Stallo has reviewed the guest speakers of 2006 (as videoed
by Les) and he will present the VERY BEST of 2006.
October 4
Problem solving evening - bring along your video editing questions
and someone will have an answer.
September 6
1. Chris Harding of Softweigh Media will demonstrate some of his
video gadgets and attachments which may be construcuted cheaply
2. We invite video clips from members - bring on a DVD or flash
drive.
August 2
1. Paul Hotchkin will explain the revolutionary
technology his company is offering which will allow videographers
to place their videos online without any buffering. What this means
is that it opens a whole new world to videographers in the market
place.
2. We invite video clips from members - bring on a DVD or flash
drive.
3. 'Steady Hand' - a simple, inexpensive program which takes all
the shake out of non-steady video shots.
July 5
The main topics for the next meeting are:
1. Alf will demonstrate an improved method of capturing video from
cine film, and an interesting procedure of putting the video clip
on the timeline twice (one above the other) to improve video quality.
2. Anthony will demonstrate some of the new features of Vegas 7.
3. Roger will demo converting vinyl records and audio tapes to CD.
4. Your videos. Bring them along on DVD or flash drive.
June 27
Annual General Meeting.. Following the AGM (which should not take
many minutes) we have a couple of items to complete the evening.
1. See how you can turn your laptop or desktop into a digital TV
and hard disk recorder for $80, using a small USB tuner and associated
software. The tuner displays analogue and digital TV, teletext,
forthcoming programs and can schedule program recording. Recording
is in MPEG2 format, so the files may be inserted straight onto the
timeline of Vegas or imported into Architect.
2. We have a list of over 30 tricks and methods of helping you to
edit video, like adding Gaussian blur, deinterlacing stills, colour
correction, using broadcast black, the quickest way of making DVDs,
the best format for stills and much more. We will pick out some
of the more useful or unusual items and demonstrate how they operate.
June 7
We will discuss the future continuance of VMWA and, if required,
will call an Extraordinary General Meeting for 28 June to arrange
for the closing of VMWA and the handing over of the club's assets
to another similar group, in accordance with our Constitution. See
the 'Download' section of this site for a copy of the VMWA Constitution.
May 3
Anthony will demonstrate some of the new features in Vegas 7. Alf
has news of a 'box' with inputs for composite, Firewire and USB
that makes DVDs, complete with a menu.
April 6
The next meeting is the day before Easter, so we have not organised
a formal speaker but will have a workshop session plus projection
of movies. Bring your laptop if you have your editing software loaded,
and there will be a series of practical assignments to undertake.
We also have a look at Photoshop Elements 5, a very friendly program
for organising and modifying digital photographs. We will project
some more of a DVD made by a video club in Newcastle NSW, so we
can view some of their work, plus we have other short videos. If
you have any of your videos to project, bring them to the meeting
on DVD or flash drive.
VIDEO SHOOT 7pm Tues 17 April
We have been asked to video a close harmony singing group doing
some of their routines, as they practice for a convention to be
held in Sydney. There are over 30 singers in the group so we will
need at least four cameras. It is in Scarborough.
March 1
Annie Payne from 'History from the Heart' will present her methods
of collecting life stories, such as prior to making a video history.
Annie's site is at annie@historyfromtheheart.com.au
We have a DVD from a Newcastle video club illustrating some of
their projects. Also Alf will project his video of the Ernie Turpin
shoot and we will discuss the results. There will be time to project
your videos - being them to the meeting on DVD or flash drive.
February 1 2007
Suzanne Richards will demonstrate using Photoshop for producing
quality artwork. Suzanne's work may be seen at on her web site www.mojo.com.au.
She has an Associate in Graphic Design and was a founding student
of the Centre for Advanced Digital Animation in Fremantle. Suzanne
will be using Photoshop CS, controlled via a graphics tablet.
John McKenna will demonstrate the free program 'Anaglyph Maker'
which takes two photos and converts to a 3D image. John will also
show the special camera mount he made to obtain the two photos.
Tony Luha has also been busy making a camera mount that pivots about
the focal plane of the camera, then uses special software to make
panoramic photos. These are not just photos stiched together - the
photos form a two-dimensional panorama that can contain hot spots
for storing extra information.
January 4 2007
We will be have a live shoot. We have engaged the services of a
local artist who will demonstrate his quick sketches. Bring along
your video camera, tripod, microphone and fully-charged battery.
We will supply lights. We also will have a demo of a $200 hardware/software
device for calibrating the colours of a computer monitor (CRT or
LED).
December 21
Meeting
This will be our Christmas event. We will supply the drinks and
nibbles. We also have some videos to show you, but bring along some
of your work on DVD or flash drive for projection.
December 7
Meeting
We have another exciting collection of goodies. First Lindsay Fleay
will show us what he has been working on at Fox Studios in Sydney
for the last 12 years. Lindsay is a graphic artist and animator.
Paul Dennis will demo the open source browser that really works
well, Firefox, and he plans to bring along his hard disk HD recorder.
Ron Pereira to talk about his analogue video to DVD converter.
Then it is the turn of you members. If you have purchased a video
camera in the last 12 months, bring it along and let us know the
plusses and minuses. If you bring along something you have captured
with your camera, make sure you bring the camera to composite (or
SVHS) cables, or put the clip on a DVD. Finally, Tricia has bought
a dolly (the sort that carries a camera) and she will bring that
along to show us. But there's more - if you have any videos to project,
bring them along on a DVD or via your camera (but bring the camera
cables).
November 16 Meeting
This is a 'workshop' meeting, when we bring along our laptops and
our problems for solving, or inventions to view, or videos to watch.
To start the meeting, Anthony Stallo will demo some of the new features
of Sony Vegas 7, and will list some of the other new features he
has not yet tried.
This will be the last workshop meeting held on a regular basis.
The committee have decided the equivalent meeting on 21 December
will be the Christmas party, and in 2007 we will not book the room
for every third Thursday, but just hold workshops as the demand
arises.
November 2
Meeting
We have another selection of interesting topics for the next meeting.
Anthony Stallo will demonstrate his DVD replicator, which makes
multiple DVD copies at a time. Paul Dennis will demonstrate his
High Definition DVD recorder. Eric Trown will show us his new cine
to video device - made in Australia, costs less than $180 and claimed
to produce high quality conversions. If there is one question VMWA
receives on a regular basis, it is "How do I convert my old
cine films to video?" and this could be the answer. As usual,
if you have any videos you would like projected (on our new data
projector) bring them along.
October 19 Workshop
Meeting
For the rest of 2006 the workshop meetings will be operational on
the third Thursday of each month. Come along to Bullcreek at 7.30pm
on 19 Oct, bring your laptop with video editing software loaded,
and we will get down to some serious work.
October 5
1. MUSIC, MUSIC, MUSIC - do you have a favourite supplier
or website where you obtain music for your productions? Then share
that source with the group next week. Bring along a sample or just
the website or supplier's address.
2. Trevor will demonstrate his video streaming process
3. Paul will show the latest modifications (now around V5) of his
self-constructed Steadycam device. He'll show footage taken both
with and without the steadycam.
4. Discussion on the website and its contents - what do you want
to see on the site ... have you ever used or even looked at the
site?
5. Where do we go with the Vegas workshop group?
August 3 Annual General Meeting
After the AGM, David Lockett of www.westcoast.com.au
and www.holiday-wa.net
will present a talk on hosting streaming video. David also has a
lot of information on graphics, animation and WiFi internet systems.
July 20 Workshop Meeting
Anthony Stallo will demonstrate video merging, from camera to the
Vegas timeline. Roger Watson will demonstrate morphing using WinMorph,
plus present examples of copyright-free music suitable for video
backgrounds.
July 6
Ron Pereira will demonstrate how to make your own copyright-free
music, using a keyboard and Soundforge software. Then Trica van
Nus will demonstrate Hypercam, a low-cost screen capture program
that captures your work on the computer as movie files. If you have
any videos to be projected, bring them to the meeting. If you have
any videomaking problems, bring them along and we will try to solve
them.
June 15 Workshop Meeting
Ex-TAFE information technology person, Garry Davies, will put together
a computer and explain the function of each part and then fire up
the computer.
June 1
Martin Bytheway of SAE College Perth will talk on the methods of
producing 16 x 9 format and the relative merits of the format. Then
Tricia van Nus will present her recent 'Ready, Willing and Able'
video project. Alan Beckingham will project the unusual sports video
he directed on archery, then Paul Dennis will project a very amusing
three-part video on eggs, which literally goes off with a bang.
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