>>>>>>> PREPARATION Prior to Class>>>>>>>

-- Download AVmixer Pro 1.53 to your PC/Mac laptop at http://www.neuromixer.com/download.php
-- Unzip the software package and launch AVmixer Pro on your computer, for tech support please contact vjfader@yahoo.com
-- Download at least one VJ loop content package at http://www.neuromixer.com/content.php
-- Bring a MIDI controller (usb keyboard, usb game controller, etc) with drivers installed (optional)

>>>> 2:00 -3:00 pm Eric Medine

History of VJ'ing
-- Official definition
-- History of mechanical visuals generation (Futurist cinema, Charles Dockum, Oskar Fischinger)
-- History of "liquid" visuals generation (Bill Ham @ the Fillmore in SF, Bob Beck-- "the Trip")
-- History of video visuals generation (Nam June Pak, Peppermint Lounge in NYC, MTV)
-- Characteristics of contemporary video mixing-- sampling, scratching
-- Contemporary VJ culture-- Mapping, Avit, LPM festivals

>>>> 3:00 -6:00 pm James Cui

Start VJing with AVmixer Pro
-- Overview
-- VJ friendly video codecs and formats
-- Basic controls
-- Compositing
-- Effects and FreeFrame
-- Setup for display/2nd monitor (Mac and PC)
-- Recording your sets

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4:00-4:15 Break
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>>>> 4:15-6pm James Cui

Hands on session
-- VJ practice

Creating Content
-- Ripping from DVDs (Mac and PC)
-- Screen Capture (Mac and PC)

>>>> 6:00 -7:00 pm Amy Alexander

-- basics of MIDI configuration
-- MIDI hardware for video mixing
-- game controllers for video mixing

>>>> MAC >>>>>>
http://handbrake.fr/ (video conversion/DVD rip utility)
http://www.chimoosoft.com/products/captureme/ (screen capture software)

>>>> PC >>>>>>
http://download.cnet.com/Easy-DVD-Shrink/3000-2140_4-10365362.html(DVD rip utility)
http://camstudio.org/ (screen capture utility)
http://www.virtualdub.org/ (video conversion utility)