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eXpo Conference for Macintosh Computer Users
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Ben Lewis Evans
As well as writing many of the game reviews (among other things) for
MacGuide and running the Nerdary website, Ben is a studying for a Masters in Applied Cognitive Psychology (Human Factors/Ergonomics) at the University of Waikato, and genuinely believes that both Machines and Humans need to be far more error tolerant and forgiving.
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Games! Games! Games!
Gaming on a Mac used to be a bad word, but thankfully now days there are plenty of great games out there. This session will briefly cover the basics of gaming on the Mac, and then delve into previews of the latest games on the market, all shown using the most powerful Mac's we could get our hands on.
Ben is reluctant to say what games exactly he will cover due to the possibility of new games coming out leading up until the eXpo. When he makes his decision, we will post the titles here. |
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Philip Roy
Philip owns and operates the NZMac.com web site. As well as writing the multimedia section of NZ Macguide Magazine, Philip works for Massey University as an E-Learning Facilitator four days a week.
With a background in primary school teaching (New Zealand and London), when he's not involved in either of his other jobs, you'll find him hard at work as a web and multimedia developer. He also developed "Phil's Mac World", the most popular add-on world for Fantasoft's Monkey Shines game.
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Enhancing iMovie
iMovie packs the power of a digital editing program in to the simplicity of an easy-to-use interface. However, when it's time to go beyond what the program can achieve 'as is' you may not want to the complexity of programs like Final Cut Express. So where do you turn?
Philip will take a look at many of the iMovie plug-ins available to users, from freeware to commercial, to show you how more advanced your movie editing can become, without having to sacrifice ease-of-use.
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Ken Newell
Mac + Digital Imaging Channel Development Manager Ken joins Microsoft with a long history in the Macintosh and digital imaging channel. For the past 6 years however, Ken has been in the interactive and Internet industries in both NZ and Asia. Ken rejoins the Mac industry in NZ as Microsoft's Product evangelist for MacOS products.
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Microsoft Products on the Mac
Ken will demonstrate Office:mac 2004 and show how to best use some of the powerful new features for existing users.
Tips and tricks for installing and using Virtual PC 7 will also covered for those of us that can't escape a windows application or two!!
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Grant Cowie
Grant is the Managing Director of Cognito Software Ltd, the developers and publishers of the MoneyWorks accounting family of products. Grant has been running his business on a Mac since 1984. He has a PhD in Management from the University of Auckland.
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The Mac in Business
There are thousands of thriving small (and not so small) businesses in New Zealand who operate entirely on Mac.
What do they use? How do they survive when the major players (banks, accountants, IRD) are wedded to Windows? Is it hard?
In this seminar we'll look at some of the main business tools to use, and the perils, pitfalls (and pleasures) of being a Mac business.
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"Dr. Mac" Aaron Fletcher
Presenter profile coming soon |
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Maintain Your Mac
with "Dr. Mac" Aaron Fletcher
Seminar description coming soon |
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Miraz Jordan
Miraz Jordan of MacTips.Info provides Macintosh training and support. She also makes and advises on valid, accessible web sites. Writing is a big part of what she does, including articles for MacGuide, weekly Tips for Mac users and Eudora users and a daily Blog.
Miraz has been teaching and training for some 30 years. In 2003 she was the recipient of an Adult Educator of the Year award which recognised what all of her clients know: she is an exceptional teacher.
After starting out with the BBC Micro computer in 1983 Miraz graduated to a Mac Plus and OS 6 in 1989. She's been a loyal Mac user and promoter since then, working her way through dozens of models and every iteration of the Operating System.
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Coming to grips with OS X
This session will use the version of OS X current in New Zealand at the time.
There's plenty to get to know with OS X which offers both simplicity for the beginning user and complexity and sophistication for the experienced.
Miraz will cover essentials such as user accounts, filing and file-sharing, routine maintenance, getting around, finding your stuff and backups as well as some of the hidden cool and fun "tricks".
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Phil Smith
Phil is a keen AppleScripter. He has hosted many AppleScript meetings in the Auckland region and a Mac developer. |
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AppleScript for the Rest of Us
"AppleScript is an English-like language used to write script files that automate the actions of the computer and the applications that run on it."
"AppleScript can automate much of what we do with our computers, helping us to be more productive, while saving time and money. Isn't that what computers are for?"
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Mark Bellringer
is the discipline leader in Graphic Design and Computer Graphics at the Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki.
As well as teach Mark has a small new media company which develops web animations and video. He is particularly interested in documentary video and story telling. He is currently completing a Masters thesis in digital storytelling at Otago University.
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Final Cut Express
"Final Cut Express - Like me you have probably used iMovie but after the first project found that you wanted to to a heck of a lot more but weren't that keen to pay for Final Cut Pro.
Let me take you through the process of using Final Cut Express to edit a documentary, show real examples of work, and how I approached it."
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John Holly
John Holley has worked with Macs since 1984. He worked for many years for the Apple Distributor in New Zealand evangelising Apple technologies across the country. He is currently the IS Manager for the Royal New Zealand Foundation of the Blind. He still consults to schools on ICT issues, especially with respect to networking and server technologies. |
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Under the hood of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server
In this session John will look at the wide range of components of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. This will include the key directories of Mac OS X and their contents. John will also look at the range of open source components and how they can extend your usage of Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server. If you have anything in particular that you would like John to cover please email him. |
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Marko Kostyrko
Marko is the CEO of SubRosaSoft, a Kiwi software company. Previously CEO of FWB Software (California), and web team leader for ihug (New Zealand). He has been a Mac programmer for 20 years. He is the author of over 25 Mac programmes including:
CDRestore II
CipherDisk II (with Ben Slaney)
ComputerGuardian
CopyCatX
Decryptor
VolumeWorks
FWB PartitionToolkit
FWB DriveTest
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Looking after your files and data in OS X
Target Audience "Users of OS X who want to know more about how files are arranged, how best to back them up, how to avoid disasters, and how to recover from disasters"
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Greg and Miles Crayford
Greg Crayford has been a Mac user since the Apple IIe and has owned many of the models since. He is a semi-professional jazz musician and is currently Head of Performing Arts at Heretaunga College in Upper Hutt having taught in the NZ/English education system for more than 20 years. His current personal machine is a 12” Powerbook. Greg is about to take up a new position at Wellington’s Rongotai College as Head of Music.
Miles Crayford has been using Macs as long as he can remember. He is a talented young jazz musician who has won many awards – most notably the 2004 Tauranga Jazz Festival national award for best pianist and best composer. His group ‘Jazzanova’ won the best jazz combo at the Massey Conservatorium 2003 competition. He is a Logic user and Jazzanova’s first album was created on his home studio. His current personal machine is a hotted-up Graphite iBook. |
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Introduction to Garage Band
This seminar will focus on how easy it is for both the computer novice and beginner musician to make music on a Mac using Apple’s excellent ‘Garageband’. There will be hands-on demonstrations of specific recording techniques.
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Justin Matthews
Justin is designer and developer with Hive.Net Limited an Internet Technologies development company. He has been involved in web and graphic design for over 7 years and previously to joining Hive Net, he taught Multimedia at Natcoll Design Technology in Auckland.
He also currently runs Geek (a group promoting multimedia in NZ) and the Macromedia Users Group, the community meets at the beginning of every month and is opportunity for users and people in the industry to meet and network.
Originally from Brisbane, Australia where he ran his own design business for 2 years, he moved to New Zealand in 2001 and has since decided that he rather likes it here.
More information on Geek can be found at www.geek.co.nz
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Flash
This seminar will focus on the use of XML and the XML socket in Flash and how to import XML data.
XML stands for eXtensible Markup Language. It is a subset of the larger structured data language system known as SGML. Developed by the World Wide Web Consortium XML is a flexible way to create standard information formats and share both the format and the corresponding data on the Web. It use by applications and developers has steadily gain momentum since its introduction in the late 90s.
In the session an overview of XML and the XML document type will be provided before launching into the use of it within Flash and how to connect Flash to an XML file.
Simple examples will be given on connecting, organizing and formatting XML imported into a Flash file.
To find out more information about XML before the session please visit www.xml.com
or http://www.w3.org/XML/
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Kevin Phillips
Kevin has been freelancing as a 3D artist for several years, currently working for Flux Animation Studios and teaching 3D modelling and animation part-time for Natcoll Design Technology and AUT's Faculty of Arts department. As well as working and teaching 3D, Kevin also set up and has run the New Zealand LightWave Users Group ('KiWavers') since 1997-1998, where he offers free advice, tutorials, demos of software and a chance for users to meet and network every month.
Kevin recently completed work on the book '1001 Tips and Tricks for LightWave 8' alongside 30 of the worlds leading LightWave experts, and was also part of the Tech review team for the LightWave 8 manual. You can check out a little of Kevin's work at www.kevman3d.com |
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Lightwave 3D
What is LightWave? While you probably haven't heard of it, its very likely you've probably seen it in action - From some of the battle scenes seen on 'The Last Samurai', to effects from 'HellBoy', 'StarWars', 'The Panic Room' and 'League of Extraordinary Gentleman', LightWave was there, used in a variety of CG effects. You may be familiar with the recent new pilot for 'Battlestar Galactica' - American effects studio Zoic created many hundred effects shots and set extensions using LightWave. Kids shows like 'Max Steel' and 'Roughnecks : Starship Trooper chronicles', or sci-fi shows like 'Star Trek Voyager' and 'Babylon 5' - All these have used LightWave to produce outstanding special effects!
LightWave is one of the most economical, most complete, out-of-the box 3D production tool suites available on the Market today. Everything from modelling, particle effects, cloth, hard body dynamics, IK and more combined with a photo realistic rendering engine make LightWave a complete solution for small and large studios alike.
Come along and watch off-the-shelf LightWave 8 being put through its paces on the Macintosh platform at the Mac Expo. |
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Alan Rosenfeld
Alan Rosenfeld is an acknowledged expert in Adobe's publishing technology. His skill and experience is highly sought after by leading media publishers.
Alan has gained experience in the publishing and graphic arts industry with Leonard Communications and Marketing as a Macintosh Artist and has freelanced for Pacific Publications as an artist and production co-ordinator.
Alan joined Kinko's as a founding member in 1997 in the role of Computer Services Manager further extending his knowledge of digital workflows, networks and bureau type services. Utilising his experience with publishing software, Alan began lecturing in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXpress and Digital Pre-press at Martin College - Darlinghurst in 1997.
Alan joined Adobe in November 1999 as an Application Engineer responsible for driving Adobe software into the professional publishing segment covering Pacific and South East Asia markets. Alan is a well respected and talented presenter of Adobe Software and is a requested speaker at many industry Seminars, road shows and training.
Since joining Adobe Systems Alan has developed into the Education Business Development Manager in the Pacific Region.
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Focus on Adobe
Session One:
Photoshop
Getting right into Photoshop with some advanced techniques for anyone who works with images - with an emphasis on digital camera users. Some cool effects from Adobe’s US Photoshop team as well as some practical guides to getting your images out to print and web.
Session Two: Creative Suite
An overview of all the products in the box with some in depth info on how to get the most out of them. Some layout, some web, some PDF and some easter eggs.
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Mike Bridgman
Mike is currently the Head Technician for Film and Theatre Studies at Victoria University of Wellington and is the driving force behind creating a succession of talented editors and directors. As a Mac user Mike Bridgman was responsible for being one of the first people in the country to print a news paper in full Digital from paste up, the first person to push a Doco through a TVNZ post house using FCP and now is currently pushing live visual technologies on the Mac platform for Broadcasting of live visual content at events. Mike Bridgman uses Macs to explore a wide Variety of skills from Producing TV to Directing to Editing to VFX / Graphics and so on.
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Final Cut Pro
Find iMovie Restrictive? have you out grown Express? Find out some Final Cut pro tips and tricks.
Finishing touches, Editing & FX, colour correction, Compositing and Grading.
Final Cut Pro packs the power. Can you unlease it? |
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