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Michael Bryant from Sony Media Software will do a presentation on the company’s new solutions for home video and audio production: ACID Music Studio, Vegas Movie Studio+DVD, and Sound Forge Audio Studio.
The award-winning ACID Pro software is the industry standard for professional music creation on the PC. ACID Music Studio software provides the power, flexibility, and reliability of ACID Pro, with a streamlined set of features that make it perfect for home music creation and mixing. It’s easy to create songs instantly from prerecorded audio samples. ACID Music Studio software includes more than 1,000 studio-quality loops to get you started.
Vegas software is the state-of-the-art professional video editor – prized by industry pros worldwide for its power, reliability, and ease of use. Vegas Movie Studio+DVD software is a streamlined version of the professional program. It is a powerful, easy-to-use video editor. Just plug your camcorder or digital camera into your PC to capture your media. Then, arrange your video clips or pictures on the timeline and add effects, transitions, titles, and music.
Sound Forge software is the professional’s choice for audio editing, recording, effects processing, streaming content creation, and more. Now, Sony Media Software introduces Sound Forge Audio Studio – an easy-to-use home version of their professional program. If you want to record music, edit and restore audio, create streaming media, and burn songs to CD, Sound Forge Audio Studio software is all you need. Turn your PC into a recording studio.
For more information on Sony Media Software, visit their website at
http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com.Marcy Gunn will do a presentation on Smart Computing magazine and the Smart Computing User Group Program.
Sandhills Publishing Company produces Smart Computing and PC Today, Computer Power User, PC Novice, and CE Tips. They also publish a Reference Series and a Learning Series.
The PowerPoint presentation will cover what Smart Computing offers to the user group community. Smart Computing is devoted to the betterment of the user group community by supplying users with the most viable computing and technology information available.
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.User Groups exist on a basis of users helping users. Smart Computing is devoted maintaining its position as an integral part of the user group community by supplying users with the most viable computing and technology information available and providing ongoing support for user group events. Smart Computing recognizes the important role user groups play in expanding knowledge, information, and interest necessary for the world of technology to thrive. We are committed to aiding the continuation of that valuable role by providing the information necessary for PC Productivity. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Smart Computing User Group Newsletter.
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Raven Computers, Inc., www.ravencomputers.com. Steve Raven will show the benefits of water cooling versus fan cooling systems. Also, building, repairing, and upgrading your PC.
MPCUG's Roger Laurel Tesch will be doing a presentation on some software products from Photodex Corporation www.photodex.com for creating slide shows, creating presentations, and managing digital content: ProShow and CompuPic.
ProShow lets you create slideshows and presentations for any occasion for viewing on your PC, TV, and the Web. To get started, drag and drop video and photos into the show. Then add sound tracks, captions, and transition effects. Finally, output your show to video CD, DVD, the Web, or create PC shows and screen savers. You will be creating professional-looking shows in just minutes. With ProShow Gold, you can also add motion effects so someone can zoom in, pan around, and rotate an image or video while the slide show is playing.
CompuPic is a digital content manager with tools for you to browse, view, edit, share, and use your digital content. CompuPic gives you the ability to add high quality borders, enhance photos with special effects, view files of almost any format instantly, perform batch conversions, and much more.
The June 9 general meeting will give an overview of two products from TechSmith Corporation: SnagIt and Camtasia Studio.
SnagIt is the award-winning screen capture program, which captures images, text and video to enhance documentation, presentations, training, and more.
SnagIt has an easy-to-use interface that let's you quickly get a screenshot in the format you want. By using SnagIt you can:
Camtasia Studio is the premier video screen reporting program that records, edits and shares videos of any action on your Windows desktop. Use Camtasia Studio to:
For more information on TechSmith Corporation's products, visit the
company's website at http://www.techsmith.com.
The May 12 general meeting will have 2 topics: Identity Theft and Creating PDF Documents with ActivePDF. The ActivePDF presentation was rescheduled from April 14.
The first topic will be a PowerPoint presentation on Identity Theft, created by Ira Wilsker. Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, social security number, credit card numbers or other identifying information, without your permission to commit fraud or other crimes. This presentation will cover how someone can steal your identity, how identity thieves user your personal information, and what you can do to protect yourself.
Wilsker is the director of the Management Development Program at the Lamar Institute of Technology, Beaumont, Texas. In addition to teaching, he is also a police officer, hosts the computer talk show on KLVI, and writes the weekly "Computer and Technology" column for The Examiner. Wilsker is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Association of Personal Computer User Groups.
The second topic will feature a presentation on some hot products from ActivePDF: ActivePDF Composer, ActivePDF Maestro, and ActivePDF Symphony.
First, ActivePDF Composer is an affordable alternative to Adobe AcrobatÒ, which enables users to easily create and disseminate PDF files by simply printing to the Composer printer. Second, ActivePDF Maestro, a companion product to Composer, is a feature-rich PDF editor that gives users the power to easily view, markup, manipulate and print PDF files using a robust set of intuitive tools. Use Maestro to merge PDF documents, insert or extract pages, edit bookmarks, search PDF text, attach PDF comments and more. Finally, ActivePDF Symphony bundles the PDF creation capabilities of ActivePDF Composer with the editing tools of ActivePDF Maestro, all at an affordable price.
For more information on ActivePDF, visit their website at
http://www.ActivePDF.com.The April 14 general meeting will have 2 topics: a program on Digital Imaging with PhotoshopÒ and a program on Creating PDF Documents with ActivePDF.
The first topic will feature the Winter 2004 Photoshop Program from SoftwareCINEMA, especially created for user groups such as the Madison PC Users Group. The company developed this concept to give user group members real tips and solutions from practicing, professional photographers and digital artists. Whether you use Adobe PhotoshopÒ or some other software, you will come away from this program with new and creative approaches to working with your digital images. If you haven't yet started in the field of digital photography, you will start to see how you can bring your dreams into reality. The Winter 2004 Program will cover Crop Techniques, Custom Grayscale, Liquify Tool, Soft Focus Technique, Duplicating Elements and The Healing Brush.
SoftwareCINEMA publishes interactive CDs that provide training with the world's finest Photoshop instructors. Titles include: "Retouching Heirloom Portraits," "Digital Light Painting," "Photo Illustration" and "Intermediate Techniques."For more information on the company, visit their website at http://www.software-cinema.com.
...the March 10 MPCUG MeetingThe presenter will be Home Automation Essentials, talking about Home Automation: The Power for Intelligent Living. This local business sells and installs systems and kits for cable, satellite, security, phone and fax, Internet, networking and home management. Home automation can be as simple as an additional phone line for high-speed Internet services, or controlling lamps or appliances. The integration of technology and modern convenience in the home makes for intelligent living.
Learn How to "Unwire" with Intel.
Find out how the new IntelR CentrinoT mobile technology can help you stay connected to the people and things that are most important to you-even when you're on the go. Intel Centrino mobile technology enables extended battery life, delivers outstanding mobile performance, and includes integrated wireless LAN capability.
The presentation will cover key aspects of Intel Centrino mobile technology, as well as an overview on how to take advantage of the latest wireless innovations. Attend to learn more about "unwiring" and receive a thank you gift from Intel.
There is to be a presentation on Microsoft Office 2003.