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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

In the Edit Suite or the Batter’s Box

January 18, 2013, 01:15 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

In late November, soon after the death of Marvin Miller, the longtime executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association, I handed an editor a check. These two events — Miller’s death and the editor’s payment — were unconnected to one another, except to the extent that the editor’s remarks upon receipt of the money served to remind me of the lessons we might still learn from the recently deceased union man.

#edit suite#batters box
Editorial 'Argo'-naut

January 18, 2013, 01:14 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

William Goldenberg, A.C.E., enjoyed his stint on Ben Affleck’s Argo as a comfortable return to a budding collaborative relationship that he began with Affleck in 2007 on the filmmaker’s first movie, Gone Baby Gone (2007). His schedule didn’t permit him to work on Affleck’s second directorial effort, The Town (2010), but Goldenberg was ecstatic to reunite with him for Argo.

#ace#film editor#william goldenberg
Sidney Wolinsky and David Chase Make Sure the 60s

January 18, 2013, 01:13 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

Some six years ago, Tony Soprano dined with his wife Carmela and son A.J. for the last time. You remember how it went. As they chatted with each other and snacked on onion rings, the Journey song “Don’t Stop Believin’” blared from the jukebox, while daughter Meadow (soon to join them) endeavored to get the hang of parallel parking. All the while, unsavory types shuffled around the Sopranos’ table, but before any drama could unfold — there was a sudden, surprising cut to black.

#sidney wolinsky#david chase
'Homeland' (Editorial) Security

January 18, 2013, 01:11 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

The Emmy Award-winning political thriller from Fox 21, Homeland (Sunday nights on Showtime) has become so popular and engrossing that even President Barack Obama was hooked. In fact, during his November Asia trip, the President requested an episode on DVD in advance of its airing so he could keep up with the escalating tension between Claire Danes’ Carrie Mathison and Damian Lewis’ Nicholas Brody. She’s a CIA intelligence officer trying to uncover an al-Qaeda plot, and he’s a former Mari...

#film editing#homeland#security
Gadgets and Gear

January 18, 2013, 01:10 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Maga...

What are the little things that make your work life a simpler and happier place? For me, it’s without a doubt my Wacom Intuos tablet and my iPhone’s free recording app. Now, if it would just come with a free transcription tool or a personal assistant who would transcribe for me... But I digress.

#gadgets and gears#rob ashe
Review: Divergent Media's ScopeBox

January 18, 2013, 01:09 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Maga...

We all see how desktop computers revolutionize every aspect of our industry, but the “last frontier” of video technology is accurate signal monitoring. High-quality cameras are more affordable than ever, but cinematographers need tools to carefully monitor the images they capture. Professional color grading is now within the realm of boutique shops and individuals, but no colorist can work without a good set of scopes. Master delivery requires as much attention to video levels as ever in...

#media#scopebox#divergent
Editor's View: Further 'Up'

January 17, 2013, 08:14 PM

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/feature/ed...

When I was 9, my parents took me to see 21 Up, the third in filmmaker Michael Apted’s Up documentary series. The amazingly ambitious premise of this series—exploring the Jesuit motto “Give me the child until he is 7 and I will give you the man”—traces the lives of 14 people from 1964 (when they are 7) to the present. Every seven years, Apted visits them, conducts new interviews and produces a new documentary.

Developing DaVinci Resolve Workflows

January 17, 2013, 08:13 PM

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/feature/se...

Blackmagic Design’s purchase of DaVinci Systems put a world-class color grading solution within the reach of every video professional. DaVinci Resolve 9 sports a more versatile user interface that makes it easy to run, whether you are an editor, colorist or DIT working on set. Resolve 9 comes in two basic Mac or Windows software versions: the $995 paid and the free Lite version. (The software bundle included with the purchase of a Blackmagic Cinema Camera includes the full (paid) version...

Happy 20th Birthday Adobe After Effects!

January 17, 2013, 08:11 PM

http://elainemontoya.me/2013/01/17/happy-20th-birt...

Happy Birthday After Effects! It’s hard to believe it’s been 20 years. While I didn’t know you from birth, you came into my life when you were a couple of years old – just before your new family at Adobe adopted you. Not unlike a toddler in their terrible two’s my first experience with you was a bit overwhelming. Let me explain. My background was graphic design. You were my first move into the world of motion graphics. And for that, I am forever grateful. But I must admit, it took a bi...

#adobe#after effects#ae
Review: Matrox DS1 Thunderbolt docking station

January 17, 2013, 05:02 PM

http://www.macworld.com/article/2024589/review-mat...

Apple’s MacBook Air is thin, light, and great for traveling, but when you get to your desk, the ritual of plugging in a keyboard, external monitor, speakers, and an external hard drive can feel anything but convenient. For ethernet users, the MacBook Air’s (as well as the Retina MacBook Pro’s) lack of an ethernet port can be problematic if you don’t have an Apple Thunderbolt Display or a Thunderbolt to Gigabit Ethernet Adapter.

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