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June 12, 2010 (MIAMUG)
This month, Don Boys gave us a comparison of the editing capabilities of Aperture with iPhoto.
June 19, 2010 (DISIG)
Group members met at Dow Gardens to take pictures in the Rose Garden.
May 4, 2010 (iLife SIG)
Rich Weiler shared two methods to help improve shooting video. Members worked on their editing techniques learned at the last meeting.
May 8, 2010 (Midland MacCamp)
We served BBQ sandwiches for lunch that day. We saw a brief presentation on new iPads lucky members had purchased at the beginning of the day before splitting off into casual groups.
May 15, 2010 (DISIG)
Our planned photo shoot at Dow Gardens was cancelled due to rain. So we met and discussed various photographic topics at the church instead.
April 6, 2010 (iLife SIG)
We covered different methods of trimming clips so they “fit” into one project timeline. We also covered one or two SHORT “Improve Your Camera Techniques” at this meeting.
April 10, 2010 (MIAMUG)
Randy Walker presented an excellent talk on “Mandatory Mac Maintenance,” with tips on easy maintenance tasks that will help keep your Mac in tip-top shape. You can download the pdf of his talk here.
April 17, 2010 (DISIG)
The DISIG group had three presentations; Ann Hotchkiss showed travel pictures (Technical redo), Ron Browne enlightened us on doing street photography, Lynn Dumbrille talked about macro photography tools, hardware, and basic techniques.
March 13, 2010 (MIAMUG)
Doug Leng spoke about iTunes in depth at the general MiaMUG meeting this month. He also covered Wire- Tap Studio, an application that allows you to record and add effects to audio on your Mac. Finally, David Morgan spoke about using the TV-out feature on a video-capable iPod or iPhone.
March 20, 2010 (DISIG)
The DISIG group gave four presentations; Ann Hotchkiss showed travel pictures, Dale Stephan talked about infrared photography, Melissa Lile described the school assignment that resulted in her Mac book, Lynn Dumbrille spoke on JPG, Dangerous to man.
February 2, 2010 (iLife SIG)
Rich Weiler showed us how to import video into iMovie.
February 13, 2010 (MIAMUG)
All day MacCamp was held sponsored by the Saginaw club (SMUG).
February 20, 2010 (DISIG)
Several DISIG members presented on different topics.
January 9, 2010 (MIAMUG)
This month Mike PJ joined Donald Boys and Doug Leng to present different photo sharing web sites. They covered MobileMe photo galleries, Flickr, and Photoshop.com.
January 16, 2010 (DISIG)
The DISIG group had an iMovie-related topic this month. First, Lynn Dumbrille gave a presentation on Photoshop Elements 8, including an overview of it’s features, a bit of philosophy, and a short demo of the software. Then, Rich Weiler demonstrated how to give a presentation of photos in iMovie. Rich added music and titles, then burned the video to DVD.
January 19, 2010 (iLife SIG)
At this meeting, some of the logistics of the SIG were discussed, such as deciding an ongoing meeting time and place.
December 12, 2009 (MIAMUG)
A review was given of our club's offerings by several of our board members. We celebrated with our annual Christmas party.
November 21, 2009 (DISIG)
A 20-minute movie was seen that wraped up the series on portraits. The group then participated in planning what needs to be covered in 2010.
November 14, 2009 (MIAMUG)
This day-long meeting was a MacCamp and was a great success. Just under 60 people attended, and there was a lot of great discussion throughout the day. About a half dozen people installed Snow Leopard on their Macs, and as far as I know everyone’s upgrade has gone smoothly. Thanks to everyone who helped make this MacCamp possible.
October 17, 2009 (DISIG)
This meeting, expanded our prior experience based on lessons learned and use additional equipment. We talked about mixing flash with continuous lighting and demonstrated Nikon’s Camera Control Pro 2. This gave us a live view of what the camera sees displayed on the projector screen. We used only one workstation this time with more control on the quality of pictures.
October 10, 2009 (MIAMUG)
Social Networking was the topic for this Saturday’s meeting. Mary Nesset introduced us to Facebook, Dan Lacher talked about Twitter and Mike PJ discussed LinkedIn. This was an informative and useful presentation.
September 19, 2009 (DISIG)
Following the great show on portrait photography by Kathy Morley, Lynn Dumbrille made a short presentation and following that a mini studio was set up with demos.
September 12, 2009 (MIAMUG)
Ritch Clayton will took us on an audio adventure, showing us how to transfer Vinyl to Digital.
August 8, 2009 (MIAMUG & SMUG)
MacCamp held in Saginaw
June 20, 2009 (DISIG)
The field trip to Dow Gardens was cancelled due to poor expected weather on Saturday.
Instead, a Q/A session took place at the The Wheeler Street Church of Christ.
June 13, 2009 (MIAMUG)
iMovie & iDVD presented by Rich Weiler
May 16, 2009 (DISIG)
Lighting 101, "The Built-in Flash", presented by Don Boys
May 9th, 2009 (MacCamp)
Spring MacCamp held in Midland
April 18th, 2009 (MIAMUG & DISIG)
This was a combo meeting where Mary Nesset presented iPhoto '09.
March 21st, 2009 (DISIG)
Members brought their own photos to clean up at the "DISIG MacCamp".
March 19th, 2009 (MMFUG)
We discussed Final Cut Pro's basic interface, the organizational and editing processes.
March 14th, 2009
Doug Leng presented iWork (specifically Numbers and Keynote)
February 28th, 2009 (MacCamp)
Spring edition of MacCamp held in Saginaw.
February 21st, 2009 (DISIG)
Lynn Dumbrille presented Picture 102, covering basic camera controls.
February 19th, 2009 (MMFUG)
We talked about the basics of digital storytelling.
February 14th, 2009
JP and Ritch presented Apple Pages and Adobe InDesign.
January 17, 2009 (DISIG)
Picture 101: How to get a great shot.
January 15, 2009 (MMFUG)
Shooting and editing video with a green screen.
January 10, 2009
JP presented preliminary news from Macworld and Doug Leng gave an overview of Adobe Photoshop CS4.
December 20, 2008 (DISIG)
Meeting was canceled.
December 18, 2008 (MMFUG)
Meeting was canceled.
December 13, 2008
Mike PJ finished up the online security talk, and we shared 4 different free/cheap applications for your Mac.
November 20, 2008 (MMFUG)
Meeting was canceled.
November 15, 2008 (DISIG)
Lynn presented highlights of CS4/Camera Raw 5.1/Bridge/ and maybe a little work flow with Lightroom 2.0.
November 8, 2008
Mike PJ presented the second part of his security talk: security on the internet.
October 18, 2008 (DISIG)
The SIG shot fall colors at the Whiting Forest in Midland.
October 16, 2008 (MMFUG)
The club got an inside look of Jack Pine Productions in Sanford.
October 11, 2008
Doug Leng lead a discussion on iPhone 2.0 software and his favorite apps.
September 20, 2008 (DISIG)
Members were asked to select their best recent picture and place it on the Web in the DISIG Yahoo Group. Then, they modified the picture using an action.
September 18, 2008 (MMFUG)
Everyone brought examples of how they use Final Cut Pro.
September 13, 2008
Mike PJ presented Security on your Mac: Local (Offline) Security. A PDF of the presentation slides have been posted on the members-only articles page.
August 21, 2008 (MMFUG)
Examples of how members use Final Cut Pro.
August 16, 2008 (DISIG)
Make your photos sizzle! Attendees learned how to make a picture really stand out.
August 12, 2008
MacCamp.
August 9, 2008
Extended Q&A session: attendees got their questions answered.
July 24, 2008 (MMFUG)
Premier meeting of the Final Cut Pro Users Group. An introduction to using Final Cut Pro.
July 19, 2008 (DISIG)
A workshop to edit flower pictures taken in June at the Dow Gardens.
July 12, 2008
Mike PJ, back from WWDC’08 in San Francisco, filled us in on all the scuttlebutt from Apple, Inc.
June 21, 2008 (DISIG)
Dow Gardens field trip.
June 14, 2008
JP Hansen demoed Bento, a new personal database from the producers of Filemaker.
May 17, 2008 (DISIG)
Don Boys presented his experiences taking an online photography class through ppsop.com. Then Doug talked about Adobe Photoshop Express, a new free web-based photo editing tool.
May 10, 2008
MacCamp took place during the usual meeting time.
April 19, 2008 (DISIG)
Photographers from the Midland Daily News discussed how they tell a story with photos.
April 12, 2008
Lee Pavlik and Doug Leng discussed different resources you can use to find help when you need it.
March 15, 2008 (DISIG)
Lynn Dumbrille presented Photoshop's minimum tools, Capture NX, mechanic, and RAW processing.
March 8, 2008
Ritch Clayton talked about Digitizing Audio, including how to digitize audio from LPs/casettes to play them on your Mac.
February 16, 2008 (DISIG)
Owner of Midland One Hour Photo and Frame, Roger Loschke, answered your questions on how to get the best pictures from your camera.
February 9, 2008
JP Hansen and Mike PJ talked about all the latest announcements that were made at Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
January 19, 2008 (DISIG)
Lynn Dumbrille conducted a workshop. Groups of 2-3 people shared a Mac and performed image touch-ups using operations such as crop, select, copy, paste, transform, sizing, blend, burn, dodge, adjustment layers, paint bucket, sharpen, saturate, tone, white balance, and a filter.
January 12, 2008
Dan Lacher showed the club all the new features in Mac OS X Leopard.
December 15, 2007 (DISIG)
Sandy Clark presented a short lecture on archival framing and some low-cost ideas for displaying our work. Then, next door at the Meier Camera Store, Jerry showed us what's new and exciting.
December 8, 2007
Doug Leng briefly presented SnapZPro, WireTap Studio and Spam Sieve.
November 17, 2007 (DISIG)
We will have a one hour discussion on the different types of tripods and monopods that are available. Then, Doug Leng will show how you can use iPhoto to make cards, letters, and calendars for the holidays.
November 10, 2007
Mike Piatek-Jimenez gave an overview of Apple's iLife '08 with an emphasis on the new features in iPhoto.
October 20, 2007 (DISIG)
Making Fall Colors Pop! This meeting focused (no pun intended) on taking pictures of autumn colors.
October 13, 2007
Mary Nesset presented "So You Want a New Mac?" She gave an in-depth look at what to consider when purchasing a new computer, and went through the specifications of all the Macintosh computer models currently available from Apple.
September 15, 2007 (DISIG)
This meeting involved outdoor photography — people, plants and structures. Controlling lighting outdoors including the use of filters and reflectors was demonstrated.
September 8, 2007
Doug Leng took a detailed look at the book "Take Care of Trouble Shooting Your Mac." All members have received a free pdf copy of this book!
August 11, 2007
Mary Nesset presented a couple of inexpensive shareware applications.
July 14, 2007
Mike Piatek-Jimenez gave a presentation talking about the latest announcements made at the Apple Worldwide Developer's Conference (WWDC).
June 9, 2007
Doug Leng demonstrated the new Photoshop CS3. Doug showed us some of the new features of this comprehensive photo editing application.
May 12, 2007
Our May meeting took place at Messiah Lutheran Church, where we held a MacCamp with the Saginaw Macintosh Users Group (SMUG). A great time was had by all and everyone learned a lot.