Even though our October meeting was online we could feel the energy as people were super excited to hear about real world uses for the recently released version of iZotope‘s go-to audio repair and polishing suite. We were lucky enough to have been able to assemble a panel of very impressive sound professionals to discuss …
Our online September meeting was jam packed with hard to find information from VFX editor Richard Sanchez. Having recently worked on the feature film Bill & Ted Face the Music, Richard brought his valuable experience to his presentation filled with important explanations of VFX terminology which he provided for us as a pdf document from, …
Our August 2020 meeting took place online via Zoom for the second time. Although online meetings are not ideal, they are great for keeping our community together and for allowing us to continue to learn about new technologies. We were lucky enough to have Karl Soule, Senior Technical Sales Manager for Film & Video with …
June 30, 2020 marked a big occasion for two reasons for the LAPPG. Firstly, it was our 12th anniversary and secondly, we took a big step into the world of online meetings due to the current pandemic situation. While we miss our in person meetings tremendously, we are committed to keeping our members. presenters, partners …
Our March 2020 meeting was filled with lots of information and insights on a variety of topics for filmmakers. The evening began with Other World Computing‘s Director of Business Development Richard Wright and digital imagining technician Dane Brehm introducing us to some of the the latest products. Dane spoke about the motivation behind the development …
For the 2nd year in a row we had a Valentine’s meeting visit from the LOVE-ly Mary Poplin from Boris FX. The evening started with members checking in and each receiving beautiful journals and pens from the our fantastic partner, Shutterstock. These were used to take notes during our first presentation and for our …
What a great way to start of the year! We explored financial considerations with Financial Advisor Amber Romo and CFP® and Wealth Management Advisor Barbara Bernstein who gave us a ton of valuable information about the financial world over the last decade and what we need to know and do to make sure we are …
Talk about ending the year on a high note! Our members rock! For our 9th Annual Food Drive benefiting the Westside Food Bank members brought hundreds of non-perishable food items for those in need in our community. We also enjoyed a night of Adobe with Adobe Master Trainer and Emmy Award winner Christine Steele who …
Our November 2019 meeting was full of exciting innovations. First off we had a demo of iZotope’s brand new plug-in called Dialogue Match. And taking us for a spin was LAPPG’s own Woody Woodhall, CAS who shared with us the three elements of dialogue replacement, EQ, Reverb and Ambience or Room Tone. He explained how …
Back on the Westside after two months of being “on location” at SONY and ZEISS, we settled back in at the Community Room for a very full night. First up we had Derick Rhodes, VP of Creator Programs jetting in from NYC to share with us the exciting new updates happening at Vimeo. He …