Registration is full for the North Coast Macintosh Users Group’s ( NCMUG) leaders’ dinner on January 25, right before the start of Macworld. Thanks to Lorene Romero and members of NCMUG for sponsoring a user group leader gathering, a chance to meet old friends and hear what’s new in our community.
North Coast Macintosh User’s Group of Santa Rosa
The Apple User’s Society of Melbourne (AUSOM) has a clever challenge for members of their Photoshop special interest group (SIG): take a provided photo and modify it to provided specifications. For example, the February 2012 challenge provides a black-and-white photo, where the only available information is that the vests worn were red, buttons were brass and the baton was red and gold. The task? Tint the photo correctly while retaining the details in the original. By February 4 members will send in possible solutions and the group’s next meeting will look at the answers on offer. What fun!
Visit AUSOM today.
One of the best presents under a Christmas tree is a new or upgraded Mac. Once unwrapped, the next step is to learn the basics, and that is one area where the Upper Keys Macintosh User Group (UKMUG) shines. Their January 12 meeting is titled Macintosh 101, an introduction for beginners and new owners. Better yet, the meeting is free and open to the public. What a great service to the community!
Learn about the Upper Keys Macintosh User Group.
(Thanks to Apple Ambassador Sue Beal for her excellent and informative news releases!)
On January 14 the members of the Main Line Mac Users Group (MLMUG) will host Steve Zalot, Senior Systems Engineer with Apple Inc., who will show users some of the wonderful things that this affordable and powerful photo editing software can offer for hobbyists and professional photographers. Can’t attend until February? User group favorite AppleScript guru Ben Waldie of Automated Workflows will be the featured speaker.
Visit the MLMUG website for directions and meeting schedule.
Automated Workflows
http://www.automatedworkflows.com/
(Thanks to long-time Apple User Group Regional Liaison and MLMUG Program Director Maria Arguello for this tip!)
Claudia Crask of SF Cutters reports that Dan Berube of the Boston Creative Pro User Group (BOSCPUG) and Final Cut Pro User Group Network (FCPUG Network) is one of five individuals who have been recognized for excellence in New England’s film and television production industry. Congrats to Dan for this well-merited recognition.
BOSCPUG
Imagine
SF Cutters
http://www.sfcutters.org/
(Thanks to Claudia Crask of SF Cutters for this tip!)
In 2003 Keith Larson and a team of Final Cut Pro users started the Connecticut Final Cut Pro User Group. They have come a long way in the past 9 years, seeing their name change, membership expand to more than 500 members and focus widen. Now they are called Digital CONNtent Creators, with a mission of building connections between editors, motion graphics artists, independent filmmakers, students and video professionals who embrace the digital desktop media revolution. What’s’ next? February 2012 will bring Editor’s Retreat 2012, a five-day summit in Austin, Texas, with a cross section of educational sessions and presentations designed for production professionals. Better yet, members receive a substantive discount.
Watch them grow.
If you have been to a SuperMeet, you already know the excitement, information, networking and incredibly-generous raffles, that have made each SuperMeet a can’t-miss event. If you are in film, video, motion graphics, editing or related industries, you need to network and learn at the eleventh annual San Francisco SuperMeet. With displays from 35 vendors at the Digital Showcase and their special open theater, you can learn from the best and showcase what you do.
January 27 at the Robertson Auditorium: Be there.
For the December 3 Mac SIG meeting of Arizona’s Mountain View Computer Users Group they featured a Tip Fest: more than 64 useful tips shared by members for members. What a wonderful way to offer ideas across multiple applications and categories. This is a meeting idea that can provide information of value to every member, from power user to newbie.
Visit.
http://www.mvcug.org/about/index.html
Mountain View Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mountain-View-Computer-Users-Group/153542617998955
The Houston Area Apple Users Group’s (HAAUG) semi-annual Swap Meet is the place to find a gently used Mac, iPhone, iPod, iPad or other tech bargains that will delight both novices and geeks! January 21, 2012, in Houston: Be there or be square.
The Arkansas Apple and Macintosh User Group (AAAMUG) has added a fun page to their web site, with photos of the Apple Stores visited by their members. From Michigan to Memphis, to Birmingham and Orlando, to Chicago and more, what a treat!
See if your local Apple Store made the AAAMUG stores page.
http://web.mac.com/lpurcell/AAAMUG/Galleries/Pages/Apple_Stores.html
