FileMaker Sponsors National Final Cut Pro Users Groups Meeting at National Association of Broadcasters (NAB2006) Show

FileMaker Sponsors National Final Cut Pro Users Groups Meeting at National Association of Broadcasters (NAB2006) Show

LAS VEGAS, April 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The integration of FileMaker Pro with Final Cut Pro in post-production for film, commercial spots and television programs will be featured during the 2006 National Association of Broadcasters show, Las Vegas, at the national Final Cut Pro Users Groups (FCPUG) annual meeting, Wednesday, April 26, from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the Rio Hotel & Casino (see more details www.fcpugnetwork.org).

FileMaker, a sponsor of the national users groups meeting of more than 500 film and video editors, will demonstrate how FileMaker Pro 8 organizes digital assets, integrates with Final Cut Pro and manages entire creative businesses. The demonstrations will include real-world solutions shown by Cris Ippolite, president of iSolutions, a leading FileMaker developer for the creative industry in Hollywood (www.iSolutions-inc.com) as well as those used by Digital Film Tree, a leading post production firm located in West Hollywood.

"The ability of FileMaker Pro to do the 'heavy lifting' of storing and managing digital assets in post-production gives Final Cut Pro editors more time to spend on the creative process," said Ryan Rosenberg, vice president, marketing and services, FileMaker. "The FileMaker Pro 8 web sharing features have also raised the bar for helping production teams collaborate quickly and effectively."

"FileMaker Pro is the premiere database solution for post-production work," said Cris Ippolite, president of iSolutions, Inc. "With the complexity of digital production technologies, sound, video, scheduling and other metadata, editors need an easy-to-use database solution that integrates seamlessly with Final Cut Pro. Given that most editors juggle multiple projects, managing the digital assets of any production is crucial to a quality product and effective time management."

Unique production-related features of FileMaker Pro 8 that will be highlighted at the FCPUG meeting will include:

-- Sharing footage instantly with Web publishing. Capture dailies in a FileMaker database and, with one click, share them with remote production staff via the Web.

-- Automatic updating of metadata. Because Final Cut Pro supports XML, editors can store titles, time codes and other metadata in a FileMaker Pro database and automatically update video clips in Final Cut Pro.

-- Easy storage and fast retrieval of digital assets. Production editors can gather and organize all their digital assets in one place and search for and retrieve them quickly. With FileMaker Pro 8, a database can grow to up to multiple terabytes, enough storage to create a single media catalog to organize everything.

-- Comprehensive management of a creative business. The FileMaker Creative Pro Starter Kit includes five ready-to-use solutions for managing client and vendor contact details, tracking job status, organizing and sharing digital libraries, printing invoices, labels, reports and more.

About FileMaker, Inc.

FileMaker Pro is used by millions of individuals and workgroups around the world to be more productive and efficient. Business, education and government customers rely on FileMaker to manage people, projects, images, assets and other information. In addition to being the number one-selling easy-to-use database software, the award-winning FileMaker product line also includes low- cost Applications that automate basic business tasks, ready-to-use Starter Solutions, and tools to create and share solutions from the desktop to the web. FileMaker, Inc. is a subsidiary of Apple Computer, Inc.

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Source: FileMaker, Inc.

CONTACT: Kevin Mallon of FileMaker, Inc., +1-408-987-7227, or
kevin_mallon@filemaker.com

Web site: http://www.filemaker.com/

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