[CVALE] Linux in Video Presentation

[Terry]

Guests from SpectSoft will give a presentation at the next CVALE meeting 
on June 13th.  They will show us how they use Linux in their video 
business.  Mark your calendars, schools out, so we'll see you there.

Thanks to Nick for arranging this.

Below is an excerpt from their web site < spectsoft.com >

SpectSoft, LLC, the brainchild of Jason and Ramona Howard (a mother and 
son team), was founded in 1997 to specialize in Linux based software for 
the film, video, and broadcast industries. The idea was to bring with 
them both open software and unix design philosophies that allow their 
customers never ending flexibility and freedom with their software.

They felt the unix philosophy of making a particular software tool do 
"one thing, but one thing well" is the perfect match for high end film 
and video production as having to worry about stability of a tool is 
simply not an option. Also, in the high end film and video world, since 
being on the cutting edge is expected, open software not only allows 
bugs fixes and features additions to happen more quickly, but also 
allows for configure-ability and integration on a scale that is just not 
possible with software from a more conventional model.

Since it's inception, SpectSoft has worked on technical projects with 
some of the industries biggest and brightest companies like Dreamworks 
Animation (Glendale, CA) and Tippett Studio (Berkeley, CA) that have 
furthered the state of the art in high definition videos use in the film 
production work flow. Through it all, SpectSoft has been able to 
maintain a relatively small footprint as well as the original design 
values that make it so unique.

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