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

The software suite

February 19, 2011, 05:45 PM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2011/02/19/the-s...

The power of modern desktop editing solutions is often in the aggregate of the parts and not just the core editing application. Apple Final Cut Studio and Adobe CS5 Production Premium (or Master Collection) are certainly recognized as software suites, but this is also true of Avid Media Composer, especially when you add the Production Studio bundle of third party software.

Alexa Log C - Workflow Options

February 19, 2011, 05:44 PM

http://www.negativespaces.com/blog/2011/2/9/alexa-...

These past few months, it's been all about the Alexa. Now that there's a healthy amount of them in the rental market, they're popping up all over the place. I can't speak for other people but for me, all of the jobs that would have been RED three months ago are now Alexa. What happened?

Rename your Avid MXF folders

February 19, 2011, 05:42 PM

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

A great Reader Quicktip came over the other day from Rob Wilson. It’s a nice tip for doing a little surgery in your Avid Media Files folder that can help with organization and being able to identify the media files that goes with a particular project. Rob published this on his own blog when he sent it over and it is reposted here with his permission.

Motion Quick Tip - Motion Library - Generators

February 19, 2011, 11:06 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/neil_andy/Motion-Qu...

This tutorial series takes a look at the Motion Library of content that comes bundled with Motion. First up: Generators. Andy will take a look at some of the lesser used generators and show you how to incorporate them into your project.

CMG Hidden Gems: Chapter 12 – Stencils

February 19, 2011, 11:03 AM

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

As you are aware by now, we’re going 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.

How To: After Effects Basic Animation

February 19, 2011, 11:02 AM

http://charlesheureaux.com/2011/02/18/how-to-after...

Dedicated to understanding basic animation in After Effects. In this tutorial viewers will understand how to utilize the key framing technique with position, scale and rotation.

The iStoragePro Pocket View RAID Drive

February 18, 2011, 04:01 PM

http://library.creativecow.net/hofmann_jerry/iStor...

iStoragePro has been on my radar for the past year. I had an opportunity to run their "Pocket View" setup and was pleasantly surprised to find a rugged and fast Raid configurable portable unit I could take anywhere. Last year, I reviewed their Pocket drive, and was impressed by it, so I sure anticipated that this setup wouldn't disappoint ... and it didn't. Looks nice with a MacBook Pro, too!

NVIDIA Quadro 4000 for Mac or PC

February 18, 2011, 03:59 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/VideoGuys/s...

In a nut shell, many tech support issues we run into are graphics card related. While you may be able to save some bucks going with a gaming card, we feel confident that if you invest in a Quadro4000, you’ll be happy you did!

Two FCP tips for today’s Quicktip

February 18, 2011, 11:56 AM

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

Today’s a Reader Quicktip that is actually two tips from Final Cut Pro and After Effects trainer Clay Asbury. One tips is how he likes to setup his default FCP timeline settings and one is about using FCP’s Effect Availability option.

Final Cut Friday: New Quicktip on Denoising

February 18, 2011, 10:44 AM

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/blog/2011/02/18/fc...

In this video, Apple Certified Master Trainer, Simon Walker, shows you how reducing noise in your clips not only makes them look better but also enables your compression codec to act more efficiently, reducing the file size of your exported videos.

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