NEWS

West Coast Training Update
by Serena Kung

The goal of keeping our members up to date on the newest technology continues to drive the Training department at the Editors Guild in Hollywood. The first seminar of 2006 was sponsored by Steinberg Media Technologies. Greg Ondo, Steinberg marketing manager, spent the evening covering a wide array of topics such as customizing the Nuendo interface, MIDI sequencing, delivery formats, shortcuts and the integration and use of software instruments.

Board member Sharon Smith Holley coordinated the “Conversations about Animation Editing” event in late March at the DreamWorks Campanile Theatre, where animation editors discussed the challenges of cutting a feature that began with only dialogue, as well as storyboards and the creative collaboration between editor, director and animation artists.

Coming soon, members can look forward to:

  • Final Cut Pro User Group on Wednesday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m.
  • Part 2 of the Avid vs. Final Cut Pro series, date and time TBA.
  • Tips ‘n’ Tricks workshop with Avid Technology, date and time TBA.


Dieter Rozek, the Guild's Training Coordinator, assists member Suzanne Fenn on the Avid Adrenaline.
Photo by Wm. Stetz

New Avid in the House

The Guild is thrilled to announce that because of Avid’s strong commitment to making its newest systems available to our members, Avid Technology, Inc. generously provided our Training Room with an Avid Media Composer Adrenaline System. According to Lisa Seidel, Avid’s manager of customer programs, “We believe members of this Guild are top in the field of creative editing and our company strives to continually provide more advanced tools to enable them to do their jobs the best way possible without worrying about the technology behind the art.”

This new system brings with it not only integrated media management tools, but also powerful new editing features and functionality as well as more streamlined workflows. It provides such functions as:

Ability to combine HD, SD, DV and film formats in real time in a single timeline, mixed-format.

  • •Real-time multi-camera editing.
  • •Advanced color correction.
  • Robust 24p project support.
  • Seamless HD conform with Avid Nitris finishing systems.
  • One-step color correction and image stabilization.
  • Support for new tapeless camera formats, as well as 10-bit SDI and IEEE- 1394 (Firewire) video and audio I/O.
  • Ability to edit native DVC-PRO HD and HDV media.

New Training Hours

To accommodate more members’ schedules, the Guild has recently changed the hours of operation for the Training Room. Originally only available Monday through Friday, the room is now open two weekends at the end of every month. Appointments are scheduled between 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. During those last two weeks of the month, the Training Room will be closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Please contact Dieter Rozek, Training Coordinator, at 323-876-4770, ext. 246, to make an appointment to utilize the available equipment.

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