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

Apple Releases .pdf Manuals

December 19, 2010, 12:27 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/awilt/story...

OK, so maybe I’m stupid (no comments, thanks very much) and these have always been available, or maybe they’re new: Apple has PDF user manuals for Pro Apps available for download. One of the big disappointments when Final Cut Studio 3 was released was the lack of PDF user manuals—help in FCS3 was only provided through Apple’s user-abusive help viewer, which in 10.6 is an icon-less, non-alt-tabbable, always-on-top annoyance.

Creating Motion Graphics Hidden Gems: Chapter 3

December 19, 2010, 12:25 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyfram...

As you are probably aware by now, we’re going to go through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition ("CMG5" for short) and pulling out a few "hidden gems" from each chapter. These will include both essential tips for new users, as well as timesaving gems that experienced users may not be aware existed.

Dialogue Replacement using Soundtrack Pro

December 18, 2010, 10:30 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/mcguire_sam/Dialog-...

Even though most people don't associate Soundtrack Pro with ADR, it has a set of powerful tools designed to record and edit looped dialogue. In this Soundtrack Pro video tutorial Sam McGuire explains the process of replacing dialogue using STP's loop recording, multitake editor, and audio stretch tool. Other topical advice is also discussed.

Wherefore 4:4:4?

December 17, 2010, 03:25 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/sony/story/...

So much of the technical jargon around digital content creation is fraught with traps for the unwary. As we’ve previously written, an image sensor "pixel" is not the same as a recorded "pixel" and nothing about a 2/3-inch type sensor actually measures 2/3 inch. Another classic source of confusion is the seemingly innocuous ratio—such as 4:4:4—that expresses the digital sampling structure.

Fixing Dead Pixels

December 17, 2010, 09:13 AM

http://jeffvlog.wordpress.com/2010/12/17/bring-dea...

Dead pixels have long been a issue on traditional video cameras, but with the recent innovation of shooting HD video on DSLRs the problem is becoming more widespread. Manually fixing damaged and often irreplaceable footage can be a time consuming and sometimes near impossible task. Enter DH_Reincarnation 2.0 that enables up to two dead pixel areas to be intelligently replaced with a single application of the plug-in.

#51: Animated Video Playbar with Marquee – P

December 16, 2010, 03:55 PM

http://avidscreencast.com/2010/12/51-animated-vide...

This week, we’ll continue creating a semi-transparent video progress bar as you know them from Youtube et. al. Last week, we created the background elements in Marquee, this week, we’ll create the remaining elements and then animate them in Media Composer.

Assisted Editing has a new tag line...

December 16, 2010, 03:52 PM

http://www.philiphodgetts.com/2010/12/assisted-edi...

We originally settles on "Smart Tools for Smart Editors and Producers" but in reality our goal is to take all the boring work out of post production, whether it’s syncing audio and video sources together, copying log notes from one bin to another or doing a series of first cuts to explore your content we want to take the boring, tedious, slow parts out so editors are free to focus on the truly creative work of making an edit emotionally compelling and visually stimulating.

Using X264 Plugin in Compressor

December 16, 2010, 09:50 AM

http://realworldvideocompression.com/rwvc/2010/5/7...

admit it, I've had a love hate relationship with Compressor pretty much since Day One. I love the convenience of having an app tied directly to the timeline for encoding, but have always felt a little disappointed by the options and quality of what was offered for encoding that it offered. Still, I've stuck with it for certain encoding events (such as for dvd content, rough cuts, and archives at high bit rates). It's not that I believe its a bad application, just one that has languished...

Ten Editing "Must Own’s" of 2010

December 15, 2010, 04:30 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/editingpost...

2010 has been another years of wonders and blunders, but there are some products out there that if you own an editing/motion graphics/compositing system, you simply NEED to have these products to not only create great looking work, but to make your life easier. I thought I’d break this down into a year end countdown, and remember, these products are not in any particular order, as comparing them is like comparing apples and elephants, so let’s get started!

The Best File Format Analogy Yet

December 15, 2010, 04:26 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=5021

The "completely random Final Cut Studio stuff" blog I’m Not Bruce yesterday posted a little entry called Clients don’t understand Container Formats. It’s one of the most identifiable client-related posts I’ve read, anywhere, in some time. It also contains the best analogy I’ve come across to help explain to a client exactly why you have to know a bit more about that file deliverable they need ... i.e., you need a bit more information than a .mov file.

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