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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

6 decades of Oscars openings

February 5, 2014, 05:32 PM

http://blog.dolby.com/2014/02/six-decades-oscars-o...

In preparation for the Oscars ceremony on March 2 in the Dolby Theatre, let’s take a dash through the decades of wild, glitzy Academy Award openings, from the very first televised Oscars through the stylish 1960s, gaudy 1970s, and beyond.

Great sound moments from Oscars past

February 5, 2014, 05:32 PM

http://blog.dolby.com/2014/02/great-sound-moments-...

Every year, the Oscars® thrill our eardrums with indelible moments that go down in sound history: hilarious appearances by Hollywood presenters, amazing musical performances, and touching acceptance speeches from thrilled winners.

VFX in Dramatic Re-Entry Scene in 'Gravity'

February 5, 2014, 11:01 AM

http://www.indiewire.com/article/watch-visual-effe...

While Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity" is undoubtedly one of this year's best pictures, it also marks a technical achievement never before seen in film. Rising Sun Pictures (RSP), the visual effects company that produced some effects for the film, decided to breakdown one of the movie's more spectacular sequences in a two minute video.

Breaking Down Tools for Display in Maya

February 5, 2014, 10:59 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/useful-display-bonu...

Autodesk’s Steven Roselle offers a look at a few of Maya’s Bonus Tools that are extremely useful for visibility and display information. Interestingly enough, some of these tools go back to 2012, so these are not really new tools in the Bonus Tools suite, which was a surprise to me as a couple of them I have not even heard of.

'Gravity' Re-Entry Visual Effects Breakdown

February 5, 2014, 10:58 AM

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/gravity-re-entry-visu...

Australian visual effects house Rising Sun Pictures has posted the following two-minute breakdown of how they achieved the final visual effects shots for Gravity as the Tiangong space station reenters Earth's atmosphere. The 3D sequence spans 17 shots and two and a half minutes of screen time, following the spacecraft as it dives through the atmosphere, colliding with debris and breaking apart, before parachutes slow its fall.

XAVC: Advanced Video Coding Technology

February 5, 2014, 05:44 AM

https://www.aotg.com/xavc-advanced-video-coding-technology/

Hugo Gaggioni, CTO of Sony Professional Solutions of America presents the technical information covering the attributes and benefits of the new XAVC video compression format established by the Sony Professional Group. Hugo explains how XAVC fits into current production workflows, along with well-established compression formats such as MPEG2, MPEG4 SStP and various camera RAW files.

Working with the New Take Selector in Resolve

February 5, 2014, 05:44 AM

https://www.aotg.com/working-with-the-new-take-selector-in-resolve/

In this video Alexis Van Hurkman talks about Using the Take Selector Tool, Stacking Shots in the Take Selector, and Tracking VFX Shots with the Take Selector...

Composer Interview: Scott Healy

February 4, 2014, 11:33 AM

https://www.aotg.com/composer-interview-scott-healy/

Scott Healy is a Grammy nominated composer, producer and performer who was recently nominated at the Grammy's for his piece "Koko On The Boulevard". Scott can also be seen weeknights on TBS as part of Conan O'Brien's Basic Cable Band on the show Conan.

The Ultimate FCPX System Pt 2

February 4, 2014, 11:32 AM

https://www.aotg.com/the-ultimate-fcpx-system-pt-2/

This week on MacBreak Studio is part 2 of a 4- part series on building a high-capacity Final Cut Pro X editing system, including the new Mac Pro, Pegasus2 RA...

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