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If you’re in and around Boston this Friday then you may want to make some time for the First Ever, First Annual Boston SuperMeet. As is the case with all SuperMeets there’s a great lineup for the even and lots of prizes for the world famous raffle.

A few of standouts IMHO: Mitch Jacobson will be discussing mulitcamera madness and discussing his new multicam book (which I had the pleasure of contributing to if only a bit), Avid will be  back onstage at a SuperMeet with a discussion with Erin Gallagher, editor on Discovery’s “Build It Bigger” show and, of course, you can’t have an event like this today without discussing DSLRs and DP Rodney Charters will be doing just that as well as talking about his impressive body of work.

As for the raffle: An AJA KiPro, two DaVinci Resolve for Mac licenses, an nVidia Quadro FX 4800 graphic card for Mac, hard drives, lighting and camera gear, software plug ins and the full spectrum of software from Avid, Apple and Adobe.

The doors to the event open at 4:30, Friday June 25 at the Back Bay Events Center, John Hancock Hall. Tickets are usually $10 in advance but you can get a ticket for free with our Discount Code. Here’s how:

1. Go to: http://supermeetbos10.eventbrite.com/

2. Click on the ENTER DISCOUNT CODE link.

3. Enter discount code: editblogvip

4. Fill out registration with legitimate email and address for EACH name.

Enjoy the Boston SuperMeet this coming Friday, it looks like another good show.

Avid Media Compsoer 5.0 has shipped and there’s articles all over the ‘net about it:

I took a tour around some of the interface changes while Kevin P McAuliffe wrote a review over at PVC. Share Ross looks at it from A Frog’s Eye View. Dylan Reeve had one of the first reviews on the ‘net. Editor Job ter Burg looks at some of the smaller things in v5. Steve Cohen discusses it too. A very long and detailed article about the path to Media Composer can be read here. And there’s a whole bunch of training videos up on Avid’s website so grab the free, full-featured 30 day demo and check it out.

Norman Hollyn has taken the Media Composer 5 discussion a step further than a simple review. Oliver Peters has done the same thing and they are both great reads.

Newmediawebinars.com is having two DSLR webinars: DSLR Filmmaking Production Reality Check on June 17 and DSLR Filmmaking Post Workflows on June 22. The Post webinar will be hosted by me.

June 25 is a big Final Cut Pro User Group Network SuperMeet in Boston. That’s not far away so grab your tickets!

Here’s a nice techy discussion on Drop Frame Timecode and come conversion code if you’re so inclined.

This is a great article on managing audio layers in FCP.

CineTechnica has listed a few HDSLR rig alternatives.

Check out this article on Dirty Editing and may your timeline never be so sloppy again.

So the iPhone’s not the only cell phone that can edit video …. and speaking of Editing from Airplanes and iPhones.

Do you hate it when you click over to Compressor and all the windows don’t jump back to the front?

Magic Bullet Grinder was release for converting your H264 DSLR footage and several of us wrote pieces about it around the web.

If you’re familiar with PluralEyes then you might be interested in the DualEyes beta that is a standalone version. It’s PC only right now.

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3 has shipped and The Lightrooom Lab has a number of articles about the new features, buying and upgrading.

What all can HTML5 do? Apple has some examples.

ReelPost is a new website for posting your reel and networking with other editors … maybe find an editor or find a job?

Wanna see a YouTube video that was compressed over and over, like 1000 times?

You should check out the great Get Faster in Final Cut Pro series that the You Down With FCP blog is doing.

This is a nice reduser.net post about one person’s reasons that 1080p isn’t enough.

You never know when you might need some handwritten fonts. Here’s 63.

This is indeed a big collection of Avid information and tutorials (it’s a big pdf btw). I hope it will be updated soon for version 5.0.

Want some iPad droplets for Compressor?

Links from Twitter:

Rydirector The 23 weirdest movies! Now we’re talking!http://ow.ly/1Xrrj

fcpworld Avid Frame of Reference Chart. Very handy. Hey, thanks Avid! http://bit.ly/9tKgpT

michaschmidt HD to SD DVD – a “secret” Workflow « …a FinalCutPro user’s Blog http://tumblr.com/xeqb6i8ah

artguillotine Check out this article on Cutting a scene based on emotions: http://bit.ly/1jIkzv

rhedpixel If you missed my free e-seminar on Adobe CS5 workflow for DSLR video… you can watch it here for free:…http://bit.ly/9phMI4

Lifehacker The Hassle-Free Guide to Ripping Your Blu-Ray Collection http://lifehacker.com/5559007

andybeach RT @a_saliga: Embed Vimeo videos. Play on iPad. Repeat.  http://bit.ly/b8oqH2

michaschmidt HD to SD DVD – a “secret” Workflow « …a FinalCutPro user’s Blog http://tumblr.com/xeqb6i8ah

yohance_brown workarounds for two issues with ProRes colors in After Effects #CS5: http://bit.ly/ax6BBDhttp://bit.ly/9VnNDK

IRGnews Time-lapse Video of Los Angeles Without Any Cars.http://bit.ly/bl4qbB

Filmbot new RED color science, and how to make it all work with After Effects CS5 and Premiere Pro CS5http://bit.ly/bfqaUW

PeterWiggins Photoshop CS5 – Puppet Warp turns a Frown into a Smile (ok a slightly odd one)http://tinyurl.com/34pesux

videoguys Matrox MXO2 family and Adobe CS5 support: Over the past few days there has been some confusion … http://bit.ly/aFfOLj

thedvshow 10 Final Cut Pro Features Express Will Never Have – Until Now http://bit.ly/af6BKK

shepherdfx Photos from the Deepwater Horizon sitehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/x180/sets/72157624175670303/

The new Avid Media Composer 5.0 is scheduled to ship mid-June so be sure and backup your editing system before doing any big software update or install.