You're invited to an in-depth overview of Apple's latest operating system, Mac OS X Tiger, and learn about Apple's new and recently updated Pro Applications. These presentation training events will be conducted by the North Carolina Apple Senior Systems Engineer Francis Shepherd and Fred Brackett, Account Executive, Higher Education.      

Thursday, January 26th

9:15 - 12:00
Final Cut Studio Overview
Apple Pro Applications - Final Cut Studio (Final Cut Pro 5, Motion 2, DVD Studio Pro and SoundTrack Pro) - Elevate production values with powerful editing tools, revolutionary sound design, real-time motion graphics and next-generation DVD authoring, all in one package. Edit virtually any format, from film to DV and native HDV to fully uncompressed HD - complete with simultaneous multicamera playback - in real time. Create, manipulate and fix audio. Create eye-popping motion graphics with GPU-accelerated, 32-bit float rendering. Then author your finished product to DVD, complete with highly interactive titles and fast, distributed encoding. Do it all with Final Cut Studio.

- Final Cut Pro 5 - Real-time native HDV editing, Multicamera Editing, Dynamic RT
- DVD Studio Pro 4 - Industry-standard H.264 encoding, Distributed encoding, Dolby
- Soundtrack Pro - Intelligent Find-and-Fix, Waveform editor, Professional effect plug-ins
- Motion 2 - Replicator, FX Plug, GPU-Accelerated 32-bit float rendering
- Much, much more including Shake 4 - Advanced digital compositing

12:00 - 1:15 Lunch break and discussion

1:30 - 3:00
Podcasting in Education    
Podcasting has become the latest trend in the educational community for
delivering media rich content to students and online communities. Using RSS
(Really Simple Syndication) and digital objects, it is possible to develop
and publish curriculum content for distribution to computers and devices
with syndicated media to extend classroom lectures, enhance learning spaces,
and enrich professional development. Please join us for an introductory
workshop designed to explore this exciting technology.

   •    Explore the landscape for interactive curriculum delivery and how it is evolving.
   •    Learn how to distribute rich media assets to your students through enhanced Podcasts.
   •    Integrate documents, images, sound, and video into online syndicated content.

- An overview and demonstration of podcasting using Apple's iTunes 6.0
- Overview of third-party applications and hardware accessories used in podcasting.

Friday, January 27th

9:15 - 12:00
Mac OS X Tiger and overview of new iLife 06 applications- A major upgrade to Mac OS X, delivers an incredibly broad feature set. Mac OS X features the stability and elegance of the world's most advanced operating system. Mac OS X Tiger will change the way you use a computer. Breakthrough search technology, stunning graphics and media, unparalleled connectivity, an intuitive user interface all atop a rock-solid UNIX foundation - give you the most innovative, stable and compatible desktop operating system. Join us and learn what Apple and Mac OS X can do to help you increase your productivity and make your system easier to use than ever before!

Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger including demonstrations of:
- Spotlight - Apple's new revolutionary search engine where you can find anything on your Mac fast,
- Automator - a graphical method for automating repetitive tasks without programming,
- Dashboard - widgets at the touch of a button,
- Safari 2 - with RSS news feeds,
- QuickTime 7 - with the new H.264 codec that will change the way digital video will work, and
- VoiceOver - a built in screen reader for Mac users who are sight challenged;
- iChat AV - Video chatting meets the masses in this three-dimensional "conference room."
- .Mac Sync: Multiple Macs Aligned - this high-performance tool lets you sync as you go.

12:00 - 1:15 Lunch break and discussion

1:30 - 3:00
Podcasting in Education    
Podcasting has become the latest trend in the educational community for
delivering media rich content to students and online communities. Using RSS
(Really Simple Syndication) and digital objects, it is possible to develop
and publish curriculum content for distribution to computers and devices
with syndicated media to extend classroom lectures, enhance learning spaces,
and enrich professional development. Please join us for an introductory
workshop designed to explore this exciting technology.

   •    Explore the landscape for interactive curriculum delivery and how it is evolving.
   •    Learn how to distribute rich media assets to your students through enhanced Podcasts.
   •    Integrate documents, images, sound, and video into online syndicated content.

- An overview and demonstration of podcasting using Apple's iTunes 6.0
- Overview of third-party applications and hardware accessories used in podcasting

If you have any questions please contact Bev Vagnerini at  vagnerinib@uncw.edu or Dana Ward at wardd@uncw.edu. We hope you have time in your schedule to participate in this exciting event!