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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

Say goodbye to files: How Adobe CreativeSync will

June 30, 2015, 04:44 AM

http://blogs.adobe.com/creative/say-goodbye-to-fil...

Design. It’s at the heart of the most successful companies. As Thomas Watson Jr. said, “Good design is good business.” Great design and creative thinking are more valued than ever before. That’s good news for creatives everywhere but it also means the pressure is on to generate great ideas, solve problems and design solutions faster and more efficiently than ever before. And as you well know our best creative thinking doesn’t happen in a box. We need to step outside of the rigid ...

Online – 3RD-PARTY PLUG-INS FOR FINAL CUT PRO X

June 30, 2015, 04:44 AM

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Date: July 1, 2015 Time: 9 AM & 12 PM (PDT) Plug-ins are always a popular treat. This week, I look at a variety of new and updated plug-ins for Final Cut Pro X.  I’m still putting the agenda together, but, so far, this looks like it will include effects from these companies: FCP Effects Intelligent Assistance FX Factory Frame.io And more to come This is always a fun time – with interesting goodies to explore – and, as always, attendance at the live event is free. Space is limited, reg...

Replaying the sixth Final Cut Pro X User Group

June 30, 2015, 04:43 AM

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/articles/1690-repl...

Hot on the heels of the FCPX Creative Summit, the sixth Final Cut Pro X Virtual User Group took place on Monday. Here's the replay.

Mapping of Animation Europe

June 30, 2015, 04:43 AM

http://www.3dvf.com/actualite-13674-annecy-2015-ca...

The European Audiovisual Observatory took advantage of MIFA 2015 to announce the first results of a survey on the animation sector in Europe, entitled Focus On Animation . This observatory is a public service, affiliated to the European Union . The survey has also been commissioned and funded by the European Commission under its MEDIA program.

Sound Devices SL-6 Powering and Wireless System No

June 30, 2015, 04:42 AM

http://cinescopophilia.com/sound-devices-sl-6-powe...

Sound Devices, specialists in audio and video products for television, film, and live production, is pleased to announce that the SL-6 powering and wireless system for its 688 mixer/recorder is now shipping. The optional SL-6 accessory dramatically streamlines linkage between the 688 and wireless by providing tighter integration for up to three dual-channel, slot-in receivers. When combined with SuperSlot-compatible receivers, the SL-6 offers wireless receiver control and monitoring direct from ...

Talking

June 30, 2015, 04:42 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2015/06/talk...

We are now in negotiations with cartoon studios represented by the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producer (the AMPTP).

ORANGINA “Shake the World”: Making of

June 30, 2015, 04:41 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=12552

Crowd and environment are in the center of this making of by Mikros Image about their work on ORANGINA commercial “Shake the World”

Why did we change the name of Xto7?

June 29, 2015, 04:09 PM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2015/06/why-did-we-c...

We've been asked a couple of times why we changed the name of Xto7 to XtoCC and what it meant.

After Effects Hidden Gems: Sequence Layers

June 29, 2015, 04:09 PM

http://www.provideocoalition.com/after-effects-hid...

After Effects is not a video editing program - but it does have a few good editing tricks up its sleeve. One is Sequence Layers, which can take a group of layers - in the order you select them - and quickly arrange them end to end, with or without crossfades: