WEST COAST TRAINING

Members of the Motion Picture Editors Guild have access to in-house editing systems and are eligible to receive subsidized training at local training facilities. Subsidies are renewed on a yearly basis through Contract Services Administration Trust Fund. In addition to training courses, members are invited to numerous seminars and user group meetings, which are open to members only.

Contract Services Administration Trust Fund has reinstated its reimbursement program for 2008. Local 700 members taking training at Autodesk Media, Moviola Digital, Video Symphony or Weynand Training can receive 2/3rds reimbursement of the total class cost. In order to take advantage of this program, you will need an application which is available on our website, www.editorsguild.com, in the Members section on the Western Region Training Page or you can email Dieter Rozek at training@editorsguild.com to request a copy.

More information on our training facilities in Hollywood and New York is available to Guild members under the Training menu of the Members section of this website.

TRAINING ROOM

The West Coast practice room currently offers the following systems/software for active members to practice on. (Each link below will take you to the corresponding product site.)

Seminar Videos for Members

- HD Workflow for Assistants
- Editing the Matrix
- The Importance of Mentoring
- Digital Sound Dailies Using Deva
- John Q screening Q&A
- Avid to Windows NT
- Third Party Apps for Avid
- Magless Dailies
- Final Cut Pro in the Hotseat
- Everything About Pulldown
- Audio for the Avid
- Organizing Bins & Drives
- Painless Transition To VFX
- Avid Xpress DV 3.5
- Making Post Prod. Visuals for Features
- Intro to Avid Unity
- Introduction to Lightworks Touch
- Final Cut Pro - Organizing a Project
- Discreet-Smoke Master Class
- Avid & How to Use 23.976 vs. 24fps Projects
- Editing: A Side by Side Comparison - Avid vs. Final Cut Pro
- Audio Workflows with Avid and Pro Tools
-Cutting HOOT using Final Cut Pro

Editors Guild members can borrow a tape by calling Will Gammon at 323-876-4770 Ext 237 or emailing wgammon@editorsguild.com.

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