Various classes and sessions will focus on Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro 2, Avid Xpress and other Mac compatible solutions at the seventh annual Digital Video Expo West, which will be held Dec. 9-12 at the Los Angeles (Calif.) Convention Center.
The event is targeted to video professionals working in production, post-production and delivery. Exhibitors at the expo will include Apple, Adobe, Avid, Boris FX, Canon, Discreet, Dr. Rawstock and others.
Classes on Dec. 10 will include “FCP Power Tips,” “Avid Xpress Pro and DV Power Tips,” “Photoshop for Nonlinear Editors,” “Audio for Video Editors,” “Digital Filmmaking,” and “Visual Effects.” Dec. 11 sessions will include “Intro to DVD Studio Pro 2,” “Creating Motion Menus and Looping Backgrounds” (using Adobe Photoshop and After Effects,), “Type Design for Video,” “DVD Authoring,” “DV Cameras,” and “HD Postproduction For Multi-Format Delivery. On Dec. 12, topics to be covered are “Color Correction” (with Final Cut Pro, Avid products, After Effects and Premiere) and “Compression”, a look at the different compression tools available.