Chicago MGFest 2009 Presenters
Partial list of presenters at the Chicago Motion Graphics Festival.
Paul Griswold, Director/Animator, NASA
"Money" @ Motion Design Conference
"Money" @ Motion Graphics Screening
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Ross Kimbarovsky & Mike Samson, crowdSPRING
"A New Perspective of Creativity" @ Chicago Convergence
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Peter Kirn, Create Digital Music & Create Digital Motion
"We'll Do it Live" @ Motion Design Conference
Workshop : Visual Programming with Processing
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David Armano, VP of Experience Design, Critical Mass
"Visual Thinking" @ Chicago Convergence
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Ben Forta, Senior Technical Evangelist, Adobe Systems
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Raman Chadha, Entrepreneurship Center, DePaul University
"Opportunity Amidst the Chaos" @ Chicago Convergence
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Nick Campbell, Digital Kitchen, CreamyOrange.com
"How to become a Motion Graphic Artist" @ Motion Design Conference
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Alberto Knapp Bjerén, CEO, The Cocktail
"New Media Experiences" @ Chicago Convergence
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Mat Rappaport, Columbia College, Motion Graphics
"Educating Tomorrow's Motion Designer" @ Motion Design Conference
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Jon Cates, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
"Archiving the New Media Art of the 70's" @ Motion Design Conference
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Jim Forni, Founder, Octane Rich Media
"21st Century Programming: Content is Still King" @ Chicago Convergence
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Jim Cohen, Founding Principal, Spark
"The Essence of What Makes Us Great" @ Chicago Convergence
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Alex Lemay, Producer/Director, Digitaal
"Monetizing Online Video Content in the Digital Age" @ Chicago Convergence
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Tim Kolb, Kolb Productions
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Brian Houchins, Director of Innovation, Liquidus Media
"The Intersection of Creative Ave. and Business Blvd." @ Chicago Convergence
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Harry Frank, RoyalPictures.tv, GrayMachine.com
Workshop : After Effects Expressions
"The Power of After Effects Expressions" @ Motion Design Conference
Michael Una, Audio-Visual Artist
Workshop : Building Optical Theremins
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Joel Corelitz, Waveplant, Underscore Music
"Case Study: Sound Design for RotoFugi" @ Motion Design Conference
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Jim Jacoby, Founder & Strategic Director, Manifest Digital
"Explorations of Convergence" @ Chicago Convergence
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Michele Yamazaki, Toolfarm.com
"Top 10 Most Wanted After Effects Plugins" @ Motion Design Conference
Workshop : Green Screen Made Easy
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Dave Meeker, User Experience Strategy Lead, Roundarch
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Elad Elrom, Author, Friends of Ed
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Kevin Keener, Keener Law
"Copyright Ownership in the Land of a Thousand Authors" @ Chicago Convergence
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Mason Dixon, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Workshop : Adobe 3D with Photoshop & After Effects
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