MARCH 2004 MEETING

Decoding Encoding: 
Automated Video Processing 
and Compression

Douglas Dixon, Manifest Technology

Date:        Thursday, March 25, 2004
Time:        6:30 PM for food and networking, 7:00 PM meeting start
Location: Auditorium, Sarnoff Corporation, Princeton, NJ
                 201 Washington Road (Rt 571, 1/4 mile south of US 1)
  Cost:        Free for Princeton MCA-I Members, 
                      Other MCA-I members $5, Non-members $15
                      Includes delicious submarine sandwiches.

Additional Information
Directions to the Meeting

Great! You've created a wonderful video production; but now what? You need to deliver your videos to play and share, but in an overwhelming profusion of possible formats and sizes: AVI and QuickTime for the desktop, Windows Media and RealMedia streaming for the Web, MPEG for DVD, DV back to tape, MPEG-4 for handhelds, and more.

Fresh from presenting the Video Delivery Forum at ShowBiz Expo in New York (www.showbizexpo.com), Douglas Dixon will demonstrate how to decode all these confusing encode options, and use video conversion tools like Canopus ProCoder and discreet cleaner to organize your video processing. Even better, once you have set up a production process, you then can use these tools to automatically enhance and compress your clips to the required formats.

No RSVPs are required for the meeting. For more information contact Andy
Kienzle, PMCA President, at Newton Gravity Shift, 609-818-0025 x146.

About Douglas Dixon

Douglas Dixon is a technologist and author specializing in digital media. His Manifest Technology website provides free articles and technical references to help make sense of multimedia technology (www.manifest-tech.com).

As a technology writer, Doug has published over 100 feature articles, and is the author of three books, including "Desktop DVD Authoring" and "How to Use Adobe Premiere." Among other positions, he is currently editor-at-large for Mediaware magazine, contributing editor for Camcorder and Computer Video magazine, and a contributor to CNET Reviews.

Doug has presented over 35 seminars and talks in the past few years on digital media topics, for professional groups and conferences including Sony Training, NAB, ShowBiz Expo, DVD International Conference, TECHXNY / PC Expo, and Government Video Expo.

Additional Information

Contact: Andy Kienzle, PMCA President,
         609-818-0025, x146, akienzle@newtongravity.com

Princeton MCA-I
         www.movingimage.org

Directions to Sarnoff Corp.

Sarnoff Corp. is on Routes 1 and 571,
         off the Penns Neck circle at Washington Road / Route 571

From Route 1, take Route 571 towards Hightstown
         Take the first left at the Sarnoff sign
         The Sarnoff building is straight ahead two blocks
         At the building, turn left to Auditorium, right for additional parking

Sarnoff: Directions
         http://www.sarnoff.com/contact/directions.asp

Driving directions for Sarnoff Corp.