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To The Aotg.com Community,

It is with a heavy heart that we announce we will no longer be updating Aotg.com. Back in 2007, when we started, there was a lack of access to information about film, television, and commercial editing. We wanted to fix that by creating a central location for content about editing to be stored.

Since then, we've watched the amount of content about editing on the internet grow exponentially. We've also watched social media tools come and go with that growth. Does anyone remember Google Wave!? These social media tools changed how people access and search for media and information. People tend to turn to Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, and Instagram for their news and information, and those are all great tools to promote your sites, but as a site that aggregates links to other sites for users, it just doesn't work for us.

We will keep the site live but archive the ability to add links and comments. We will keep our database live with the links for those who desire to use it to search for editing information and research.

Our podcast, The Cutting Room, will move over to the Filmmakeru.com website and will continue to be a place for interviews with editors and other film professionals.

Everyone who worked for Aotg.com loved what we created and are proud that we could help so many editors find content that spoke to them.

I look forward to seeing everyone at the various post events worldwide in the coming years!

Yours truly,
Gordon Burkell
Aotg.com Founder

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https://www.motionpictures.org/2019/10/how-jojo-ra...

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https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/grading-skin-tone...

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https://www.creativebloq.com/news/illustrator-ipad

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https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/51-free-accent-an...

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The tech of 'Terminator 2' - an oral history

October 21, 2019, 12:45 PM

https://beforesandafters.com/2019/10/21/the-tech-o...

Ever since James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day was released in 1991, I’ve been reading about the many ways ILM, led by visual effects supervisor Dennis Muren, had to basically invent new ways to realise the CG ‘liquid metal’ T-1000 shots in that film, of which there are surprisingly few. Tools like ‘Make Sticky’ and ‘Body Sock’ are ones that I’d heard referenced several times, but I’ve always wanted to know more about how those pieces of software were made.

Wyatt Smith on Editing 'Harriet' biopic

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https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/harriet-bipoic-film-e...

Film biography Harriet had its eagerly awaited world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, now Wyatt Smith talks about it.

Steve Bayes Reports From IBC 2019

October 17, 2019, 07:15 PM

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/articles/2218-stev...

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https://www.provideocoalition.com/art-of-the-cut-p...

The Art of the Cut podcast brings the fantastic conversations that Steve Hullfish has with world renowned editors into your car, living room, editing suite and beyond. In each episode, Steve talks with editors ranging from emerging stars to Oscar and Emmy winners. Hear from the top editors of today about their careers, editing workflows and about their work on some of the biggest films and TV shows of the year.

Tim Squyres, on editing "Gemini Man"

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https://www.provideocoalition.com/aotc-gemini-man/

Tim Squyres, ACE, has been nominated for multiple Oscars and ACE Eddies and BAFTAs for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Gosford Park and Life of Pi. His filmography also includes Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk; Unbroken; Lust, Caution; Hulk; Sense and Sensibility; Eat, Drink, Man, Woman; and many more including TV work on the pilots of Nurse Jackie, Now and Again and Medium.

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https://www.studiodaily.com/2019/10/nab-show-new-y...

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