Elaine Weinmann has written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guides to Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, and LiveMotion. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold close to 1.7 million copies worldwide. She has also taught at Pratt Manhattan, Cooper Union School of Art, the New School Computer Instruction Center, and Parsons School of Design.

Peter Lourekas has written, designed, and illustrated Visual QuickStart Guides to Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, and LiveMotion. Their books have been translated into 12 languages and have sold close to 1.7 million copies worldwide. He has taught at Pratt Manhattan, Cooper Union School of Art, the New School Computer Instruction Center, and Parsons School of Design. Visit Elaine and Peter's blog at elaineandpeter.com.

Dori Smith has been programming for over 20 years. As a partner in Chalcedony Consulting, she does programming, training, writing, and Web design. You can find out more about her at her personal site. Dori is also a contributing editor for NetProfessional magazine, is on their advisory board, and is a member of the Web Standards Project Steering Committee.

Tom Negrino is the author of more than 40 books, covering such diverse topics as Dreamweaver, JavaScript, Keynote, Microsoft Office, CSS, and more. He is a longtime contributor to Macworld and other magazines. He s lived in Northern California s wine country with his wife and frequent collaborator, Dori Smith, since they fled the Los Angeles area in 1999.

Dan Ablan is president of AGA Digital Studios, Inc., a 3D animation and visual effects company in the Chicago area. AGA Digital has produced 3D visuals for broadcast, corporate, and architectural clients since 1994, as well as post-production services in conjunction with Post Meridian, LLC. Recent work includes 3D animation for United Airlines, NASA, Lockheed Martin, as well as Blue Cross and Blue Shield.

Dan is the author of  many best selling international books from New Riders Publishing (Peach Pit Publishing Group), LightWave Power Guide (v5.0), Inside LightWave 3D (v5.5), Inside LightWave [6], LightWave 6.5 Effects Magic, Inside LightWave 7, Inside LightWave 8, Inside LightWave v9, and co-author of LightWave 8 Killer Tips. He also is the author of [digital] Cinematography & Directing, and served as technical editor for [digital] Lighting & Rendering. He was also a contributor to After Effects 5.5 Magic, from New Riders Publishing. Dan has also has two books, from for Thomson Course Technology on Luxology's modo 3D modeling software (v201, and v301), and another book from Wiley Publishing entitled "Digital Photography for 3D Animation." His latest book is the revision to Ben Willmore's Photoshop Studio Techniques for version CS4 from New Riders and Adobe Press.

Dan is also the founder of 3D Garage.com (www.3dgarage.com), a website dedicated to LightWave 3D learning and LightWave 3D sales. 3D Garage is owned and operated by AGA Digital Studios, Inc. and offers high quality DVD-ROM based LightWave courseware. AGA Digital Studios, Inc. is a NewTek authorized LightWave training facility and reseller. Dan Ablan has written columns and articles for LightWave Pro magazine, Video Toaster User magazine, 3D Design magazine, 3D World magazine, and NewTek Pro magazine. Currently he regularly reviews software for Macworld. Dan has been teaching LightWave seminars since 1995 across the country, and at AGA Digital Studios, Inc., and now also teaches Luxology modo, Photoshop, and Photography. Some of the companies Dan has trained include Fox Television, ABC-TV New York City, CBS-TV Indianapolis, WTTW-TV PBS Chicago, Lockheed Martin, NASA, Hallmark Cards, and many others.

Additionally, Dan is an avid photographer, having studied photojournalism in college. He and his wife opened a retail portrait studio in June, 2009. 3DGarage.com is also home to DigitalPhotoGarage.com, resources for the up and coming photographer. Over the second quarter of 2010, you'll find more products for sale include Photoshop Actions, and Photoshop Textures. But what's different about these is that you'll learn how to use them and create your own. From there, you'll find Dan Ablan's excellent training skills push forward into the digital photography realm. Dan has been photographing since the age of 13, studying film and darkroom techniques throughout college. He's used photography throughout his professional 3D career and 2010 will see his imagery in the forefront.

Josh Apter, Filmmaker, Editor, Manhattan Edit Workshop Owner

Co-hosted by Steve Hullfish and Bob Sliga

Steve Hullfish has written or co-written four books on editing and color correction, including "The Art and Technique of Color Correction" and "Color Correction for Video, 2nd Edition".  His editing credits span more than 20 years, including editing the Oprah Winfrey Show for which he won a Daytime Emmy. Other broadcast credits include "Investigative Reports" and "Cold Cases" with Bill Kurtis on A&E and numerous PBS documentaries.  He runs his own production company - Verascope Pictures - and his clients include Universal Studios, NBC Television, Turner Broadcasting, HIT Entertainment, Jim Henson Entertainment and VeggieTales. He also writes a color correction and editing blog called CUT.N.COLOR at www.provideocoalition.com.

Bob Sliga, a professional colorist for 30 years, teaches color correction at Columbia College and DePaul University.  Bob’s career spans both commecial and film projects, and he was the Director of Training for Silicon Color’s FinalTouch software.  After Apple purchased Silicon Color, Bob was hired to be the lead QA for Apple’s Color application where he was instrumental in helping design the application and created all of the Color FX Room signature looks.  Bob recently created Scone Looks™ (a collection of presets) for Apple Color.

Nate Caplin currently manages webcasting and streaming media services for American Electric Power, based in Columbus, Ohio, and advises its video, web, and graphics departments on technology strategy. He's been crunching video for web delivery since 1995. Nate also consults for clients such as Abercrombie & Fitch, writes for DV Magazine, and teaches video compression and streaming classes at MacWorld Expo and Apple's WWDC.

Conrad Chavez began providing education, training, and support for digital-media applications in 1987, contributing countless pages to the user guides for print, Web, and digital video products at Aldus Corporation and Adobe Systems Incorporated. Now a freelance writer and editor, Conrad co-authored the books Adobe Photoshop CS/CS2 Breakthroughs (with David Blatner) and Real World Scanning and Halftones, Third Edition, and is a contributing writer for The Adobe Illustrator CS2 Wow! Book by Sharon Steuer. Conrad is also a fine-art photographer. For more information, please see www.conradchavez.com.

Russell Chun earned his master's degree in medical illustration from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and has used Flash for over eight years to develop interactive, instructional multimedia. He has taught Flash at the beginning through advanced levels at a number of institutions including the College of San Mateo, the Center for Electronic Art, the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, Cellspace, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He has also taught Flash at national conferences, regional user group meetings, and corporate workshops. He is the author of several advanced Flash books,  Macromedia Flash Advanced Visual QuickPro Guide  for versions 5, MX, MX2004, and 8. He has written several Flash articles for MacWorld and for SBS Digital Design.

Sandee Cohen is the graphics curriculum coordinator at the New School University Computer Instruction Center in New York City. In addition, she is also a frequent speaker at the Seybold, Thunder Lizard, and Macworld Expo conferences.

Chris Converse is an award-winning designer, whose expertise is a perfect balance between traditional and interactive mediums, including print, interactive, DVD and CD-ROM production, animation, corporate identity, branding and photography. His company Chris Converse Design has worked with high profile clients including Adobe Systems, AOL, Comcast, Campbells, Pepperidge Farm, Johnson and Johnson, Pfizer, and many more. In addition to hands-on experience, Chris has taught new media courses and has created and presented content as a guest speaker at a number of industry events including Adobe Max. Chris holds a BFA in Graphic Design from The Rochester Institute of Technology.

Mike Downey has been a Canopus/Grass Valley user for over 13 years, having used the EDIUS NLE since the very first version.

He has traveled around the world consulting and training groups of individual videographers and broadcast affiliates for NBC, ABC, FOX, CBS, and the WB as well as places out side the US like Maori TV in New Zealand,, Telemundo in Mexico, and Puerto Rico, and many others..

Many consider him one of the best trainers in the industry, but if you ask him, he is just a former high school teacher that enjoys teaching. When he is not training, his favorite hobby is riding his bike for miles and miles and just hanging out with his wife Lorena!

Mr. Dwinell graduated in 1967 from Wisconsin State College-Whitewater, with honors. He put himself through college by trucking on the weekends and realized what his lifelong ambition would be, a transportation provider. There were no classes for his chosen career path, except the School of Hard Knocks. He has driven in excess of 1 million miles, owned trucks and a trucking company, started and sold 4 brokerages. Truckalocity is his last brokering effort. He has brokered in excess of 100,000 freight movements since 1980, collected and disbursed in excess of $100,000,000 in the effort.

If you want to avail yourself of his vast experiences attend the twice monthly Class in Arizona. His experiences will help you avoid hundreds of thousands of dollars of pitfalls in the start up and operation of a trucking company and a brokerage.

He said, “You cannot succeed in trucking unless you learn to broker, they are not the same thing, but most start-ups make the assumption they are the same.” These are your watchwords in starting a transportation business. He will show you how to succeed like no other teacher…

Harry is a designer, animator and training author for Red Giant Software. Harry had orginally studied music and audio engineering and worked in both audio post-production and studio engineering, before entering the motion graphics field 10 years ago. Harry has worked in Detroit, Chicago, and Los Angeles as a freelance motion designer, with clients such as, Blur Studio, Digital Kitchen, NBC, and more. He has authored numerous tutorials and training titles on motion design, After Effects Expressions, Red Giant & Trapcode products, and Cinema 4D. Harry is the author of graymachine.com, and host of the networking site, themotionexchange.com. He currently resides in Los Angeles, with his wife and two-year old son.

Dan Gookin is a technology expert and author, having written over 135 titles on computes, programming, cell phones, and numerous other topics. Dan combines his love of writing with his gizmo fascination to create books that are informative, entertaining, and not boring.  That his books have sold millions of copies and been translated into over 30 languages, is a testament to the success of his approach.

Perhaps his most famous book is the original DOS For Dummies, published in 1991. It became the world's fastest-selling computer book, at one time moving more copies per week than the New York Times  #1 bestseller (though as a reference, it could not be listed on the NYT Bestseller list). From that book spawned the entire line of For Dummies books, which remains a publishing phenomena to this day.

Dan's most popular titles include PCs For Dummies, Android Phones For Dummies, Word For Dummies, and Laptops For Dummies. He also maintains the vast and helpful Web site, www.wambooli.com.

Dan holds a degree in Communications/Visual Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Presently, he lives in the Pacific Northwest, where he serves as Councilman for the City of Coeur d’Alene. Dan enjoys spending time with his sons playing video games inside while they watch the gentle woods of Idaho.
 

Carl "The Illuminator" Gundestrup has been lighting independent films, television commercials and corporate video for over 30 years. His clients include NBC, ABC, Industrial Light & Magic, Pepsi, Bath and Body Works, America's Most Wanted, Xango and the Utah Jazz. He resides in Utah and is married father of 4 children. For information on Carl's services, visit him at www.theilluminator.biz

Paul Holtz is the President/CEO of Class on Demand. Paul has been a visionary in the creative and media industry for 20 years. Paul is widely recognized as an expert in real-time compositing and 2D/3D effects creation. His wildly successful Plug-ins, HoltzFX I and HoltzFX II made him a highly respected artist on Pinnacle and SGI Hardware. Holtz was also Editor in Chief of "The Lamp Magazine" from 1997-2001, which was the first publication that focused real-time compositing for concert tours IMAG (Image Magnification) and television TD’s. Credits include Art Director, IMAG, for Tina Turner’s “24/7 Tour" and Bette Midler’s “Miss Divine Tour", Technical Consultant at ESPN, ABC, NBC, CBS, CBC, CNN, The Weather Channel, and a host of others. Paul is currently educating tens of thousands consumers around the world with his popular training DVD "Complete Training for Pinnacle Studio"

Steve Hullfish has written or co-written four books on editing and color correction, including "The Art and Technique of Color Correction" and "Color Correction for Video, 2nd Edition". His editing credits span more than 20 years, including editing the Oprah Winfrey Show for which he won a Daytime Emmy. Other broadcast credits include "Investigative Reports" and "Cold Cases" with Bill Kurtis on A&E and numerous PBS documentaries. He runs his own production company - Verascope Pictures - and his clients include Universal Studios, NBC Television, Turner Broadcasting, HIT Entertainment, Jim Henson Entertainment and VeggieTales. He also writes a color correction and editing blog called CUT.N.COLOR at www.provideocoalition.com.

Various Class on Demand Instructors

Sue Jenkins is a web and graphic designer, illustrator, photographer, teacher, and writer, as well as owner and creative director of Luckychair (www.luckychair.com), a full-service web and graphic design studio serving businesses across the U.S. Sue has been a professional designer since 1997, is an Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor teaching courses in Photoshop, Dreamweaver and Illustrator, and is the author of several books on Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Web Design.

Doug Jensen is the owner of Vortex Media, a cameraman, producer, director, editor, consultant and trainer with over 33 years of video production and post-production experience.  Doug combines his extensive production experience with his teaching skills to bring a wide-ranging, real-world perspective to his instructional videos and live workshops.

As a member of Sony's Independent Certified Experts (I.C.E.) team he has taught high-definition XDCAM classes for Sony at NAB and around the USA . Each summer he teaches several courses on lighting, directing, and camera operation at Maine Media Workshops. Doug personally owns several HD cameras, including a Sony PMW-F3, PDW-F800, NEX-FS100, PMW-EX1, HVR-Z1U, and others.

In recent years he has written, directed and produced several popular training videos and books including: "Vortex Media's PDW-700 & PDW-F800 Field Guide", "Mastering the Sony PMW-F3", "How to Set up and Shoot Awesome Interviews with LED Lights", "Mastering the Sony NEX-FS100", and "Mastering the Sony PMW-F200/160/150/100 XDCAM Camcorders". His credits and clients include: NBC News, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, CNN, PBS, BBC, NHK, EBU, TNT, Discovery, ESPN, E!, A&E, HGTV, WGBH, Food Network, NASCAR Images, MLB Productions, Travel Channel, History Channel, Sundance Channel, and NBA Entertainment.
 

In today’s world, time and timing are everything.

Deadlines get tighter, budgets lower, client expectations higher, and technology moves on.  It’s a recipe for disaster, unless you can find a fast, yet in-depth way to keep your skills sharp.

That’s where Larry Jordan can help.

Larry Jordan is the most highly sought after Apple-Certified Final Cut trainer in the world.  With over 30 years experience as a television producer, director and editor with national broadcast and corporate credits, Jordan’s informative and entertaining teaching style provides video editors around the world with unique techniques, methods and resources to increase productivity and enhance their skills. He’s been there – he knows the pressure you are under.

Jordan reveals the hidden tips and tricks you never hear about, and may never find on your own.  His presentation style is well organized, succinct and practical.  Jordan’s training can save you time, save you money, save your client, and save your sanity, during production and post-production.

Jordan, based in Los Angeles, writes and edits the monthly free Larry Jordan Final Cut Studio Newsletter, with essential information on Final Cut Studio. He is the author of hundreds of hours of online training and five books on Final Cut Studio. He also hosts the weekly interactive internet radio show and podcast, Digital Production BuZZ (http://www.digitalproductionbuZZ.com). 

For more information about Larry Jordan, please visit http://www.larryjordan.biz.

Tim Kolb, an Adobe® Certified Expert, is an experienced director and post production pro for television commercials and corporate video productions. Over his career spanning 22 years, his vast knowledge of Adobe® software has helped him develop successful productions on Video, CD,  DVD, and the Web for a variety of clients large and small. Tim has earned merits that include 3 Emmy nominations, an Emmy and was named to AV Video Multimedia Producer Magazine's ‘Top 100 Producers of 2002.’

David Lombardi originally studied Industrial Design at the University of Cincinnati, giving him a broad base and understanding of practical aspects of the creative process. After school he moved to California and began work in the digital effects industry just at the beginning of the “boutique” boom of the mid 90’s. These smaller companies were a new concept in the entertainment industry and required artists to take on more extensive rolls for projects. This foundation gave him a knowledge of all aspects of CG effects work. During his 5 year stint working in television, he led his team to two Emmy nominations working on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", and "Star Trek: Voyager" as well as contribution for a win on "Enterprise". He moved on to commercial work for clients such as Sony, SFR, United Airlines, Jeep, Honda, Nissan and British Telecom.

Fortunately, his position as a Digital Effects Supervisor at the post production house known as the Syndicate gave him opportunities to work with the parent company’s film division, Cafe FX. During that time he helped create effects for films such as Gothika, Peter Pan, Master and Commander, Sin City, and Underworld 2.

Trish and Chris Meyer are the principals of Crish Design, an award-winning motion graphic design studio. They were two of the original testers for After Effects 1.0, and have used every version of the program ever since for a wide variety of real-world tasks including video, film, and special venue design. They give talks around the world on After Effects and motion graphics, and are the authors of the books Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects and After Effects Apprentice (Focal Press).

Jason D. Moore is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in Photoshop with over a decade of experience as a graphic designer, photographer, and trainer. Jason is also a web designer at Cornell University and host of the Graphic Talk Radio podcast. For more information about your trainer visit www.jasondmoore.com.

After being selected as a regional finalist for a Student Academy Award for his first 16mm film Interstates, Peter was accepted into the graduate film program at NYU, where his work garnered several honors, including a Graduate Teaching Assistantship, a Warner Bros. Production Award, and a nomination for the American Society of Cinematographers Greg Toland Heritage Award. Peter
was also awarded a $25,000 development grant from IFP/North and the Minnesota Independent Film Fund as co-writer of the feature film screenplay Ice Nine, now in development.

Peter taught a four-week workshop on documentary filmmaking at the distinguished International Film & Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine, and a six-week course in cinematography at the Kochi University of Technology in Japan. He has served as director of photography on dozens of films including documentaries, television series, shorts, national spots, and more than ten features.  His work has been featured on networks which include PBS, ABC, A&E, ESPN, HGTV, Showtime, The Sundance Channel, STARZ, and in theatrical distribution.

Peter brings an invaluable distinction to the projects he shoots since he is also a writer, producer, and director. His debut feature, KAATERSKILL FALLS (co-directed with Josh Apter), on which he also served as director of photography, received the Critic’s Jury Prize for Best Feature at the IFP/West Los Angeles Film Festival, and was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. It aired 18 months on The Sundance Channel and was released by Wellspring Media on DVD and video.  He is currently developing and shooting a number of projects, documentary and narrative, for screens large and small.

Todd Prives is the Sr. Business Development and Marketing Manager at GenArts with over 8 years of industry experience in production, post-production and visual effects software.  At GenArts, he is responsible for effects development, training, and product demonstrations for customers worldwide.

Steve Schwartz has been a computer industry writer for more than 25 years and has written hundreds of articles for major magazines, including Macworld and PC World. He is also the author of more than 50 books on computer and game topics, including Visual QuickStart and QuickProject guides on these Microsoft programs: Office, Access, Internet Explorer, Picture It!, Digital Image Suite, and Entourage. Steve has a Ph.D. in psychology and lives in the fictional town of Lizard Spit, Arizona. He can be reached via his Web site: www.siliconwasteland.com.

Fess Shelton is a seasoned production veteran with over twenty years of experience working on corporate video, independent films and the occasional studio film. Fess has worked primarily as a key grip, dolly grip, rigging grip and scenic carpenter.

Danielle, the DV Diva, has been a part of the production industry in many capacities including acting, make-up artistry, and assisting producers for productions both big and small. Danielle frequently hosts the DVPA podcasts.

Bob Sliga, a professional colorist for 30 years, teaches color correction at Columbia College and DePaul University.  Bob’s career spans both commecial and film projects, and he was the Director of Training for Silicon Color’s FinalTouch software.  After Apple purchased Silicon Color, Bob was hired to be the lead QA for Apple’s Color application where he was instrumental in helping design the application and created all of the Color FX Room signature looks.  Bob recently created Scone Looks™ (a collection of presets) for Apple Color.

Echo Swinford’s book, The Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007 Complete Makeover Kit, co-authored with Geetesh Bajaj, was released by Que in early November 2007. In addition, Echo has a string of technical editing credits for various publishers. She has been a featured speaker for the PowerPoint Live user conference since its inception. Echo is a self-employed PowerPoint consultant and trainer; she has been a Microsoft PowerPoint MVP since early 2000. You can find PowerPoint tips and tricks on her website at www.echosvoice.com.

Tom Wolsky is the Senior Instructor for the Digital Media Academy. He is a certified instructor in Final Cut Pro, which he teaches at DMA. Tom is the author of several Final Cut and video production instructional books as well as DVDs for FCP, Final Cut Studio, and Mac OS X for Class on Demand (http://www.classondemand.net). His Class On Demand training has won multiple Telly and Horizon Interactive awards. He trains and consults with teachers, students, and companies around the country. He is an active presence on a number of online forums, 2-pop, Creative Cow, and the Apple support forums.

Before teaching he worked in the film and television industry for more than 40 years. He worked in London as a writer, producer, and technician before joining ABC News, where he was an operations manager and producer. He later moved to ABC News in New York for Good Morning America and World News Now.

Steve Wright is a senior visual effects compositing artist with over 20 years of production experience on over 70 feature films such as "Night at the Museum 2", "Shutter Island", "Solaris", "Traffic", "U-571", "Air Force One", "Hart's War" and many, many more. Since 2005 Steve has been a master trainer traveling around the world conducting VFX compositing training for major studios such as Disney Feature Animation, Prime Focus, Reliance MediaWorks, Pixar Animation and many more.

Steve has published two popular books on compositing that are available on Amazon.com and produces training programs and conducts classes and workshops both online and location based. His tutorials have won two Telly awards and he is a member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) and the Digital Cinema Society (DCS). Visit Steve’s website at www.swdfx.com

Steve’s film credits on IMDb:  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942824/