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Dave Beazley Python Instructor David Beazley is the author of the Python Essential Reference and the developer of several open-source software development tools, including SWIG (a popular tool for integrating C/C++ programs with other programming languages including Python, Perl, Tcl, Ruby, PHP, and Java) and PLY (A Python version of the lex/yacc parsing tools). Dave has been programming Python since 1996 and helped pioneer the use of Python with scientific computing software while working at Los Alamos National Laboratory. From 1998-2005, he was an assistant professor in the department of computer science at the University of Chicago where he taught courses in operating systems, networks, and compilers. Dave has been active in the Python community for more than ten years, having given several conference presentations and tutorials on Python-related topics at both the Python conference and the O'Reilly Open Source Software Conference. Dave is currently a freelance software developer and musician living in Chicago. Gerry Robb In 1989, computers were relatively new and had very poor graphics. Nobody thought that they would ever be able to edit video and AVID was off to a slow start. So, when Gerry called AVID in late 1999, they immediately put a salesperson on a plane and demoed the original Avid system on his dining room table! He loved the interface and most of the capabilities but the AVID wasn’t quite ready for primetime. So instead, he built a $250K conventional studio. Even though the studio was state of the art for 1990, Gerry was still convinced that Non-Linear was the way to go. Finally, in 1992, it was possible to build a non-linear system with of the shelf technology. It wasn’t an Avid, but at least it was a start. Unfortunately, it would be 7 years until Final Cut pro was released so the software of choice was Adobe Premiere. Premiere worked, but it lacked many of the features that professional need. In 1999, Apple released Final Cut Pro! Gerry immediately switched from Premiere and hasn’t looked back. Gerry uses Final Cut Pro in all aspects of video editing including: 30 second commercials, TV shows, Training and exercise videos, multi-camera sporting events, and the most difficult of all video projects – The Wedding! Gerry currently produces and edits videos in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Don McAllister
Don McAllister is the host and producer of the successful weekly video podcast - ScreenCastsOnline. As one of the podcasting pioneers, Don has been producing ScreenCastsOnline since August 2005 and has had over 2,600,000 unique downloads of his popular weekly show delivering video tutorials on Apple Mac software to a global audience. J. Daniel SawyerBlender Instructor Dan Sawyer has been using Blender since early 1999 to create visual effects and matte paintings. In the same year he moved from system administration to mutilmedia production, where he has directed, produced, edited, or shot upwards of a dozen short and feature films. Today he runs a small full service media studio that makes heavy use of Blender and other open source programs in its production pipeline. He also writes regularly for LinuxJournal and Linux+ magazines on computer graphics and multimedia production for Linux.
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