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

Once a baby, always a baby?

March 14, 2011, 09:38 AM

http://avidassteditor.com/2011/03/14/once-a-baby-a...

I changed over those ... years. (Really think I am going to put that out there? Seriously?!) Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse, but I like to think of myself as a work-in-progress and it probably wouldn’t hurt to think of Avid the same way.

Extruding 3D Text & Shapes 1

March 14, 2011, 09:36 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/Extrud...

Extruding 3D text and shapes can be done in a number of different ways in After Effects using either native tools or 3rd party plug-ins. In this first tutorial, Andrew Devis shows how to use the duplication method which uses numerous layers of the same item to create the illusion of depth. Andrew shows the simple expression to use to make the job quick and easy as well as showing how to change the source layer to animate shapes.

More random, mindless speculation about FCP

March 14, 2011, 07:08 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/st...

Here we are a couple of weeks past what is just slightly more than a rumor about the next version of Apple’s Final Cut Pro. Let’s call it FCPx as someone on Twitter stated and not FCP Awesome as was tweeted by another. I like FCPx for the mindless speculation. There has been more digital ink spilled over so little information concerning FCPx than pretty much anything besides the next great Canon DSLR or Obamacare. I’m about to add a bit more.

Editor's Letter: Sharing NAB product details

March 12, 2011, 11:43 AM

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

NAB isn’t until next month, but I am already tired. It seems as though companies are trying to get the word out on their new offerings even earlier than usual. While some product makers want their info out there immediately, others like Harmonic Omneon’s Geoff Steadman feel that it’s hard to be heard over the clutter of news being introduced at the show.

Edit Suite Design 2011

March 12, 2011, 11:42 AM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2011/03/12/edit-...

It’s time to revisit an old subject for a new year – configuring a post production suite. Poke through these past articles and you’ll get plenty of ideas about how to build the room and what to put in it. Another great source for inspiration is just to scan through the "Rig of the Day" photos at FinalCutters. In this post, I’m going to concentrate on the system numbers based on early 2011 prices and options. This spreadsheet is the basis for my estimates (download here).

Editing HDSLR footage natively

March 12, 2011, 11:37 AM

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

With the wild success of HDSLR cameras from both Canon and Nikon, there is a renewed interest in editing H.264 media natively, using the video files that are transferred directly from the camera into your editing system. H.264 is the video format that these cameras use for capturing their images. Editing natively saves time because you don’t need to transcode your video. And H.264 files are very small, compared to other video file formats.

At Sundance: "Death to the Tinman" Edito

March 11, 2011, 08:56 PM

http://community.avid.com/blogs/theroughcut/archiv...

In this installment of the Avid podcast, director Ray Tintori and editor, Par Parekh talk about resurrecting Ray's original thesis project at Wesleyan University as a film submission to the Sundance Film Festival. Originally shot in 16mm and edited on a Steenbeck, Ray and Par tell us how they took this adaptation of L. Frank Baum's story, "The Tin Woodsman of OZ", to the world of non-linear editing. They also bring us up to date on their...

Creating the "Lean forward moments" (par

March 11, 2011, 08:53 PM

http://community.avid.com/blogs/theroughcut/archiv...

In part 2 of this two part series, Norm Hollyn, Editing Track Head at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, talks with Matt about using the craft of editing to create moments in his films that affect the audience's emotions. "By applying the basics of storytelling and editing you can create these 'moments of change'". Norm also shares his advice to graduating seniors entering the job market and his take on managing the chaos in the edit room.

Preparing Students for the Real World (part I)

March 11, 2011, 08:52 PM

http://community.avid.com/blogs/theroughcut/archiv...

In part I of this two part series, Norm Hollyn, Editing Track Head at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, discusses how USC uses Avid products to prepare the new students of the digital age for their careers in film and television. Norm also provides insight into the coming trends in the media industry ... "Content is King!"

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