Our Meetings

The Chicago Final Cut Pro User’s Group generally meets on the fourth (4th) Wednesday of each month from 6:15 pm – 9:00 pm. Any variance in this schedule will be posted here as well. There is no meeting in December.

Meeting admission is free for annual members and they receive one free raffle ticket.

We charge $10 for non-members/$5 for students which includes a pizza break during the meeting.

Raffle tickets are $5 each. The more you buy, the better your chances of winning.

Our meetings are now rotating through our sponsor locations. Any suggestions for new meeting locations, please contact the board at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Next Meeting

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

On mocha! (the planar tracker)

with Mary Poplin from Imagineer Systems

and Greg Mulvey from Second City Communications

March 26, 2014

Date:        Wednesday, March 26th

Location: DDB/Chicago
                (AON Building)
                200 E. Randolph
                Chicago, IL

Time:        6:15 PM - 9:00 PM

RSVP:      Required by 3 PM on Tuesday, March 25th
(the link to RSVP will be live soon, so please check back here, or our Facebook Page)

This month, Chicago Creative Pro Users Group is delighted to welcome back Mary Poplin, Product Specialist for Imagineer Systems, the innovators of mocha planar tracking and visual effects tools.

An experienced visual effects and motion graphics artist, Mary has worked on major Hollywood feature films such as The Last Airbender, Gullivers Travels, and Jackass 3D. As Imagineer Systems' west coast product specialist, Mary consults with film studios and customers to provide hands on training to help evangelize the power of mocha and planar tracking.

Mary has graciously offered to tailor her presentation to show what YOU most want to see. Requests thus far include showing how to track difficult shots; insert/replace a logo; dissecting a shot from a film; rotoscoping and object removal.

If you have a suggestion for what you would like to see included in Mary's presentation, send your request to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and she will forward your request on to Mary.

Joining Mary Poplin this month, is Greg Mulvey! Greg is the Lead Editor and Motion Graphics Designer at The Second City Communications. Greg will be reviewing their workflow and discussing how mocha planer tracking is utilized by The Second City.