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

In Appreciation Of The Lowly Wipe

February 15, 2011, 09:16 AM

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

While editing Michele Yamazaki’s upcoming book on After Effects plug-ins, she reminded us of the classic, then-revolutionary video Cry by the English singer/songwriter/music video producer duo of Lol Creme and Kevin Godley. Created prior to the days of morphing software, it pushed the limits of what could be done with soft-edge wipes between carefully aligned shots, dropping more than one jaw as a result.

Digital Serfs

February 15, 2011, 09:13 AM

http://splicenow.com/2011/02/14/digital-serfs/

We in post production are digital content creators, too, and many are facing declining wages as our technology gets democratized. Will Huffington Post begin to pay everyone? Or will we continue to chase each other to the bottom? Jaron Lanier, in his brilliant book "You Are Not a Gadget," indicates that creative people are destined to become the peasants of the digital age. "The combination of hive mind and advertising has resulted in a new kind of social contract," he says.

Using a Sync Sound Workflow

February 15, 2011, 09:10 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/harrington_richard/...

In this DSLR tutorial Richard and Robbie discuss recording audio with a DSLR Camera vs the workflow involved with using a dedicated digital audio recorder to record the audio.

Precursor of Final Cut Pro

February 15, 2011, 08:58 AM

http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/post,p435.html

I am thinking a lot about Final Cut Studio future lately... especially about Apple Motion future. Nobody knows what Apple will do next, but whatever they'll do, I still believe it will be smart and professional.

Lightworks Chosen To Edit 'The King's Sp

February 14, 2011, 07:38 PM

http://www.digitalmedia-world.com/index.php?option...

Lightworks was introduced in 1989 as one of the first professional editing systems available, with intuitive controls, real-time synchronization, and GPU effects pipeline architecture allowing Lightworks to scale with your system. Real time Primary and Secondary colour correctors and effects layers scale with your GPU. Lightworks has native support for MXF, Quicktime, AVI, RED R3D, DPX, Avid DNxHD, ProRes and many other formats, and also has extensive trimming tools.

Better performance for .motn files in FCP Timeline

February 14, 2011, 02:32 PM

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

This Reader Quicktip is all the way from Lu Nelson in Berlin. If you use Apple Motion a lot and integrate those Motion project files in your Final Cut Pro timeline then read on for what could be a nice realtime trick.

Jerry Hofmann takes a look at Squeeze 7

February 14, 2011, 02:31 PM

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

With improved video quality, faster H.264 encoding, simplified workflow with Squeeze's batch window, additional input and output formats, adaptive bitrate encoding, just to name a few of the new features, read why Jerry Hofmann is excited about this new release.

Adobe After Effects CS5: Multiplying Effects

February 14, 2011, 02:00 PM

http://digitalcontentproducer.com/videoencodvd/rev...

Working with After Effects weekly, you may be in a rhythm of using the software and your favorite features, but you may be missing some of the real power the software provides. Here are some power tips for getting the most out of the Effects controls of AE CS5.

HPA Tech Retreat 2011

February 14, 2011, 08:19 AM

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

There’s a quiet gathering in Palm Springs every February. Many of the post-production industry’s leading luminaries, along with a gaggle of production folks, hangers-on, and ne’er-do-wells (including your correspondent) assemble for the Hollywood Post Alliance’s Tech Retreat, three and a half days of discussion about where the industry is and where it’s going.

Overwrite bin column layout upon changes

February 13, 2011, 05:23 PM

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

My editing user settings are constantly evolving. One things that changes a lot are the bin column layouts that I recall for various editing tasks. I use many different columns for both Avid Media Composer and Final Cut Pro. I very often resize columns and add or remove headings to saved layouts. Rather than always save a new heading or repeatedly change the same saved layout over and over I will save and overwrite an existing column layout.

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