JULY 19-10, 2007 IN LOS ANGELES, CA
P2 Workflow Workshop Propelled By Content, Instructors and Attendees

The HD Expo P2 Workshop launched with a bang and a flurry of excitement at the historic Los Angeles Center Studios in July. Cinematographers, post production supervisors, graphic artists, programmers, developers and educators attended the two-day beta lab-type workshop. In the first of a series of P2 Workflow Workshops, we set the tone for the July event to be a think-tank where learning is based on conversation and curiosity, with attendees encouraged to participate and question the panel. The conversation was lively, passionate and clearly committed to discovery.

Attendees, some of whom had traveled to attend the workshop, were treated to a detailed introduction to the P2 family, an in-depth discussion of the P2 data structure, several workflow examples, and some serious hands-on time with a host of equipment, ranging from the HPX500, the remarkable P2Mobile (HPM100), an HVX2000, and even a pre-production HPX3000. Attendees seemed to love experimenting - the equipment was rarely left alone!

The P2 workshop culminated with labs from Final Cut Pro and Avid, where attendees were given a look at the tools they would need to finalize their work. Plaster City's Steve Beres showed how to capture images (photographed by instructor cinematographer Suny Behar), import them to a workstation and edit them effortlessly.

As attendee and noted cinematographer Oliver Wood remarked: "The workshop was a great experience. It opened my eyes to a whole new recording medium which is obviously going to replace the tapes and reels which we have all become so familiar with. The guys who ran it really knew their stuff and could not be caught out by some very savvy members of the workshop."

As the technology evolves, so too will this Workshop. We look forward to seeing you on the journey, and sharing some serious (and not so serious) P2 Workflow knowledge with you.