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While attending BlogWorld Los Angeles 2011, Don McAllister took a break to talk about his new app, SCOtutor for Lion. Taking Don's trademark training to a new level, SCOtutor for Lion adds a variety of enhancements to make it the perfect way for new and experienced users to learn OS X Lion. Don outlines all the app offers, discusses the experience of creating and getting an app approved, and more.

At BlogWorld Los Angeles 2011, Chris Hwang, Business Developent & Operations for Pond5, profiles their affordable collection of stock media, including photos, video, sound effects, music, After Effects, photos and illustrations. Differentiating themselves to both authors and consumers, Pond5 allows media creators to set their own price, and customers to buy without the need for credits or other complications.

Maria Langer has just published her first Maria's Guides title, Making Movies: A Guide for Serious Amateurs, and discusses what it delivers for the budding filmmaker. Choosing not to focus on hardware or software geekery, Maria helps you understand movie making from a practical, creative standpoint. The book is based on her experiences in shooting a mini-documentary, Cherries: From Tree to Truck; because it draws from a real project and not a sample file, you'll find Maria's guidance the perfect way to improve your video projects. The discussion includes some simple but effective techniques for using both b-roll and still photos, a few tricks to help improve the look of things, and her biggest surprise in making the video.

The only tech demo at the Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet was provided by Matrox. Along with their other products, Eric Zaino updated us with the latest enhancements to their MX02 line, talked about how their hardware supports legacy video editing systems as well as Apple's new Thunderbolt technology, and more.

Backstage at the Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, Jason Lawlor of HB Group talks about the technical challenges of putting on the presentation part of a Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, especially when there are a variety of presenters, and a high-profile featured speaker like Walter Murch.

At the Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, Pete Schlatter, Director of Business Development for Professional Products at G-Technology, shows off the many high performance storage solutions that are especially suited for video production, including the G-Connect, that includes a Wi-Fi hotspot, and streams video straight from the drive to up to three devices.

Demonstrating the hardware offerings of Apogee Electronics at the Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, Brad Delava shows off their audio interfaces and products, including the upcoming Duet 2 USB audio interface, the Mic, a microphone solution for the iPad, and more.

At the Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, Nicholas Bahn of Noise Industries introduces us to the App Store for FCP plugins, FxFactory. Delivering not only their own plugins, but those of third-party developers, FxFactory is a one-stop solution for finding the software to give your videos exactly the look and effects you want. Nicholas explains how it works and why it is so easy to try almost any plugin available through FxFactory.

On the show floor at the Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, Director of DaVinci Sales Bob Caniglia for Blackmagicdesign talks about their position on Final Cut X, their hardware products how they can roundtrip projects between Final Cut Studio and Final Cut X in software, SSD drives and more.

From the exhibit hall floor at Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, Katie Lyon and Stephen Bash, Product Marketing Managers for GenArts, show off Sapphire Edge, the plugins that let you create unique looks for your video projects in Final Cut Pro and Sony Vegas. Katie talks about how it all works, and Stephen provides a quick demo of just how easy it is to add a Sapphire Edge effect.

At the Boston Final Cut Pro SuperMeet, Heather Beauchemin, Shuttle Account Manager for Contour Design shows off the ShuttlePRO v2 the controller that lets you get more done faster. Heather explains how the 15 buttons on the device can be programmed not just for Final Cut Pro, but for any application on your Mac, talks about where to find the latest template libraries to get you up and running fast, and more.

In the second of a two part interview covering his two new books, Jeff Carlson turns his attention to Photoshop Elements 10 for Windows and Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide, and the latest version of Adobe's graphics program that brings the power of Photoshop to near mortals. Jeff explains some of the new features in the Organizer to help us all deal with the flood of photos coming from our cameras and iDevices, and some of the legendary Photoshop magic that is more accessible in Elements than in the original program. The book has changed to reflect how people are taking and using photos now as compared to only a few years ago; Jeff talks about those changes, the various editing modes and what they do, and more.

In the first of a two part interview to discuss his latest books, Jeff Carlson offers advice from Meet the iPad and iOS 5 to help new and experienced users alike get the most out of the device. How he approached the subject, how iOS 5 has transformed the iPad experience, some favorite apps to get the new iPad owner involved, and whether this is really a post-PC device are all part of the discussion.

Joe Kissell just completed his latest effort, Take Control of iCloud, and takes a short break to talk about one of Apple's most ambitious efforts yet. After reminding us that iCloud is, at least for the basic service level, free, Joe explains how you need to think of iCloud as different than other online offerings, some strategies to follow to convert from MobileMe, and how to make sense of the Apple ID situation as well as your .me and .mac addresses. iCloud brings with it a roster of services and capabilities; Joe walks us through them from a practical perspective and gets you ready for your move to the cloud.

Tim Angel of ZooGue is back to discuss two of their new products, the iPad BinderPad Pouch and the almost-free iPad Earphone Wrap / Stylus Holder. ZooGue has a reputation for producing functional iPad cases and utilities; Tim talks about their design, the original Case Genius for iPad, and his unique demo method.