Editors Retreat 2012
Pic of Retreat Alumni, Stuart Bass, Emmy Winning Editor
An Exclusive Summit For Experienced Editors, Feb 16 - 20, 2011 New Orleans, LA

SCHEDULE

Each year the goal of the program is to provide something for everyone. Our editors have come to expect a good balance of advanced training, creative inspiration, and productive discussion. Check out the 2012 Schedule below!

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WEDNESDAY, FEB 1
Room A Room B
5:00 - 6:00 PM Reception & Orientation
Ben Kozuch
6:00 - 7:45 PM Crash Into DaVinci Resolve
(Robbie Carman & Alexis Van Hurkman)
8:00 PM - 9:30 PM Dinner & Trends For The Next Year: Voices In The Crowd
Have a couple drinks - Hear the prognosis and predictions about what the next 12 months will bring. Hear some dead-on predictions - and some guesstimation about the next year in post production from six of our experts.
9:30 PM Drink & Stump The Gurus - Bring Your Problems!
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THURSDAY, FEB 2
Room A Room B
8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 10:30 AM What's New With G - TECH
(Mark Anderson)
10:45 - 11:45 AM Adobe Premiere Pro Think Tank
(Adobe Premiere Pro Product Manager, Al Mooney, shares his thoughts and wants to know yours on Adobe Premiere Pro)
  Best of the best from NAB
12:00 - 1:00 PM 20 Best Cutting Edge FCP Tips In 60min
(Abba Shapiro)
4k & Beyond: A Guide To Formats and Issues
(Gary Adcock)
1:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:15 - 3:15 PM 20 Best Cutting Edge Premiere Pro Tips In 60min
(Christine Steele)
Mobile Apps To Make Production + Post Production Easier
(Jeff Greenberg)
3:30 - 4:45 PM PEER : Building A Soundscape
(Frank Serafine)
PEER : Case Study - Voice and Graphics Driven Documentary
(Nick Harauz)
5:00 - 6:00 PM 20 Best Cutting Edge Avid Tips In 60min
(Jeff Greenberg)

Massive Media Mess: Retrieval & Catalog Solutions On A Budget

(Robbie Carman)
7:00 - 8:00 PM Dinner
8:00 PM Poker!
It's the 6th annual tournament! Sharpen up your poker skills for a chance to win fantastic prizes
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FRIDAY, FEB 3
Room A Room B
8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 11:00 AM Audio Walkthrough: From Rough to Smooth: An audio editor walks us through the process
(Frank Serafine)
11:15 - 12:15PM Socially Adept: Managing Your Online Presence To Help Be More Profitable
(Rich Harrington)
Contracts and Deal Memos: When a Handshake is Not Enough
(Mitch Jacobson)
12:30 - 1:30 PM Lunch
1:45 - 2:45 PM Best h.264 - How To Create And Evaluate Your Compression
(Jeff Greenberg)
Planning A Workflow: How To Prevent Pains In Post
(Abba Shapiro)
3:00 - 4:00 PM Best Cutting Edge AE Techniques In 60 Minutes
(Rich Harrington)
The Dawn of a Thunderbolt Generation in Production and Post
(Gary Adcock)
4:15 - 5:30 PM PEER : Building A Promo in Media Composer - What You Didn't Know It Could Do
(Monica Daniel)
PEER : Advanced Tracking Cases For The Editor
(Jim Miller)
7:00 PM Outing
Out in the Austin Scene: Having fun together! a night of food, music and dancing!
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SATURDAY, FEB 4
Room A Room B
8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
9:30 - 11:00 AM Keynote Presentation by Award Winning Editor :
JAY RABINOWITZ

11:15 - 12:15 PM Building a signature look: Improving Storytelling with Color Correction
(Robbie Carman)
Basics Of Voice Technologies In Storytelling (Scriptsync, Phrasefined and Adobe's Script Integration)
(Jeff Greenberg)
12:15 - 1:15 PM Lunch
1:30 - 2:45 PM PEER : Cutting Live: The Editor as a Livestream Technical Director - An Easy Transition
(Mitch Jacobson)
PEER : Repairing and Grading Footage with Adobe Photoshop
(Rich Harrington)
3:00 - 4:00 PM AJA Presentation
(Bryce Button, Tony Cacciarelli)
4:15 - 5:15 PM FCP X In Depth
(Steve Bayes)
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SUNDAY, FEB 5
8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
9:45 - 10:45PM A Case Study In 3D With Grass Valley
(Al Caudullo)
11:00 - 12:30PM Attendee Cuts:
"Everyone cuts the same scene"

Always lauded as one of the favorite sessions - everyone takes the same scene and gets feedback from the whole group.
(Jeff Greenberg)
12:30PM Closing Ceremony