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

Editor Steve Gandolfi on MGMT's "Congrat

September 9, 2010, 04:10 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/technique/projects...

The new music video for MGMT's "Congratulations" is striking and unusual. Framed in widescreen as it chronicles the slow decay of a strange (pet?) animal against a desert landscape, the carefully assembled story ends on a note that may be depressing, baffling or uplifting, depending on your point of view. Most importantly, it strikes a chord with fans, who have made the video an online hit. Film & Video caught up with Cut + Run founder Steve Gandolfi, who edited the clip, for a quick...

MPEG LA extends AVC license for web video indef.

September 9, 2010, 03:44 PM

http://www.freshdv.com/2010/09/avc-license-extende...

Earlier this year there was a big flap about the MPEG LA’s AVC License terms for H.264 video, and how it affects content creators on the web. We did our own post on the complicated topic here. Well it seems that the MPEG LA was listening, and in a recent announcement they’ve extended the free web-distribution terms of the AVC/H.264 License from a 2015 expiration date to "through life of license."

Adobe After Effects CS5 Review

September 9, 2010, 02:18 PM

http://digitalcontentproducer.com/desktoppost/dept...

Earlier this year, Adobe released a new update to After Effects with a great round of new features and additions. Probably the most notable change is that this new version of the software operates as a native 64-bit application. When I purchased my 8-core Apple Mac Pro, I added 20GB of memory, but honestly the option to use all of that memory has been limited until the new 64-bit architecture of Snow Leopard. In addition, there have been few creative programs that have taken advantage of the...

Useful Tools package: Magic Bullet Suite 10

September 9, 2010, 02:17 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=4180

With IBC beginning to crank up, there will probably be a ton of product updates and releases in the coming days. I saw one new product this morning that might be of interest to many editors out there: an updated Magic Bullet Suite from Red Giant Software. Magic Bullet Suite 10 updates the ever-useful package with new versions and new applications. Of course there’s the new Colorista II. but the popular looks products are all included as well: Magic Bullet Looks 1.4, Mojo and Photolooks.

Red Giant Software Releases Magic Bullet Suite 10

September 9, 2010, 10:35 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/main/news/12533.html

Red Giant Software just released Magic Bullet Suite 10, a collection of eight software applications used for professional color correction, enhancement, and film output in Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, and Apple Final Cut Pro. Magic Bullet Suite 10 is offered for the same price of $799, and includes full support for Adobe Creative Suite 5 and and three new products: Magic Bullet Denoiser, Magic Bullet PhotoLooks, and Magic Bullet Grinder. Magic Bullet Suite is anchored by Magic Bullet

Working with the edit department, from the outside

September 9, 2010, 08:34 AM

http://www.jaa-editing.com/wordpress/2010/09/worki...

A few months ago I rather rapidly acquired a new job – my first on a feature, a stereoscopic stop-motion animation. But I’m not working in the editing department. They’ve been in place now for some time. I’m working in Previs and VFX. On an Avid.

Improving Media Composer

September 8, 2010, 10:02 PM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/impro...

As an editor, I’ve probably used a dozen different editing systems for billable gigs. If you add the other systems I’ve reviewed, but didn’t use on client projects, coupled with those I’ve had working exposure to, that’s easily twice as many. This experience gives one a keen awareness of the pros and cons of different product designs. When you spend eight, ten, twelve hours or more staring at a screen, the user interface becomes a key factor in whether the system helps or hinders your ...

Amsterdam SuperMeet less than a week away

September 8, 2010, 09:59 PM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2010/09/08/amsterd...

If you’re heading to Amsterdam for IBC 2010 then you’ve probably got your plans well underway. This will be one of the big events for editors and post-production professionals as the 3rd Annual Amsterdam FCPUG SuperMeet will take place at the Grand Hotel Krasnapolsky.

Four-Frame Display

September 8, 2010, 01:27 PM

http://splicehere.org/2010/09/06/four-frame-displa...

When you drag clips around in the Media Composer timeline, the Composer window adjusts to show you what you’re doing. Instead of displaying the usual side-by-side images, it shows four frames: the A and B sides of the two cuts you’re adjusting as you drag. In some cases, this is super-slick and allows you to make quick and precise changes.

"Color Grading" + Q&A: Wed. Sept. 15

September 8, 2010, 12:19 PM

http://mopictive091510.eventbrite.com/

The Tao Of Color Grading Fresh off presentations to the Conneticut and Boston FCP User Groups, "The Tao of Color Grading" is back in NYC to present to MoPictive. Join professinal colorist / finisher and MoPictive President Patrick Inhofer as he takes you through real-world examples of color theory. He puts those theories into practice and gives you new insights into how your tools process your image. His goal is to give you a framework around which to approach your color grades on any...

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