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Hugo Meza YañezHead of Graphics / Canal 13 / ChileHugo started in 1987 with electronic graphics forCanal 13, a television station located in Santiago.Since then he has initiated great change in a multitudeof Chilean media industry related fields.Education: Graphic Design at the University of Chile.Viz Guru is a training event designed to accommodate all advancedtraining courses combined with one day of inspiration of the “Latest &Greatest”. This is a one day presentation where participants will have theopportunity to discover what’s hot in the Vizrt world, take a close lookinto new projects, new plug-ins, and Pixel FX.Viz Guru – bringing thecommunity togetherViz Guru events are five-day advanced training events held by Vizrt.The event is a chance for Vizrt’s community of top users to cometogether, share knowledge and enjoy local activities. Hugo Meza Yañezattended the latest Viz Guru in Santiago. This is how he feels the Guruhas helped him out.The Guru event is designed to make the best even better, creating aworldwide community of Vizrt users not only for communication andrelationship benefits but also to recognize their level of expertise. Sincethe first ever Viz Guru event in Dubai, late November of 2008, Vizrthas hosted 15 Gurus in 13 countries and the community of Viz Gurus iscontinuing to grow! We hope to expand the Gurus even more frequentlyover the next coming years in order to develop a global community ofsuper users.Typically our Guru’s have been focused on advanced Artist training, byoffering Viz Artist designers new features and power user practices inViz Artist 3. Guru lessons have included Viz Scripting, interactive scenedesign, advanced Transition Logic, and data pool. We look forward toexpanding these super training events to cover the whole range of VizSoftware.All Gurus come with a variety of training material, bonuses and giveaways.T-shirts, kits, training dvds are all part of the training extravaganza,plus everyone receives a Guru attestation! In particular participants canalso take any certification exam for free two months following any Guruevent.How long have you been using Vizrt software?– I have been working with the Vizrt platform since 2005, designingand creating all the graphic material for the production ofprograms, weather, sports, and news shows.Could you give us a brief description of how you startedusing Vizrt software and how it is being used at themoment?– In preparation for the implementation of HD television here inChile, Canal 13 decided to implement a new system for automatedgraphics production. Vizrt software was chosen. We used TransitionLogic to switch graphics within Trio, and CG automated the I-Newswith Air Control and Pilot.– Using Viz is a constant learning process each broadcast day, allgraphics are made and aired with Vizrt, supplemented in some caseswith Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects, 3DMax and others.Why did you attend the Viz Guru in Santiago?– It’s an excellent opportunity to meet other Viz users that havetheir own specialty and use the products in a different way than me.It is these different perspectives on the software that give me insighton how to use the software differently and broaden my knowledge.It is also good to know the new versions of tools or plug-ins that canbe used to help improve graphic design.Have you attended any other Vizrt training events?– Yes, I have been to other training events, and they have alsobeen great. I have had the honor of having very good coaches atthese events, which has encouraged me to take more personal training.This said, Viz Guru is more advanced and specific compared toViz training.You are now in the process of taking the Exam Certificationin Viz Artist, why do you want to get certified?– The purpose of the certification is because I think that to be professionalone always needs an academic evaluation, plus it raises ourself-esteem and serves as recognition in our professional environmentViz Guru training participants are essentially requested through invitationonly. Nevertheless, to be apart of these events and increase your skillpresence as a designer you can always request invitation to a Guru inyour area at training@vizrt.comThe Vizrt Catalogue 2011 121