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

Is Apple Listening?

June 29, 2011, 09:49 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=6720

First it was the parody on Conan. Then came the forums, anti-FCPX Facebook pages and subsequent YouTube mashups of Der Untergang and Hitler’s reaction to the news.

Apple issuing refunds for Final Cut Pro X?

June 29, 2011, 09:45 AM

http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/apple_issuing_refun...

We already know that not everyone is happy with the new release of Final Cut Pro. Now there are reports that Apple has begun returning the $299 purchase price of Final Cut Pro X to customers who are unsatisfied with the product's features and capabilities and who have filed an official request using Apple's Mac App Store Customer Service form. It seems to be the latest public relations strategy from Apple in attempting to quell unhappiness with the latest version of Final Cut Pro.

Red Giant's newest Plot Device

June 29, 2011, 09:42 AM

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

Red Giant Software today unveiled Magic Bullet Looks 2 in dramatic fashion, boosted by a fun, humorous trailer called Plot Device that shows off what the software can do. Included in the new suite are nine individual point products also available individually, including the brand-new Cosmo for automated touch-up and an version 2 upgrade of the widely popular Looks software.

Click 3X Drives Post for Lexus Series

June 29, 2011, 09:40 AM

http://www.videography.com/article/108464

To introduce the all-new CT hybrid, Lexus launched the 45-video MSN.com Fresh Perspectives original online series in late April. Teaming with media buying agency Team One, Microsoft Advertising's Global Creative Solutions team, creative agency Walton Isaacson, and BRW USA directors the Sniper Twins, Click 3X provided design, animation, graphics, editorial and color correction services for the project.

Red Giant’s 'Plot Device' - Low Budget

June 29, 2011, 09:39 AM

http://nofilmschool.com/2011/06/red-giants-plot-de...

When Red Giant Software released a teaser trailer for something called 'Plot Device' last night, I mistakenly thought they were getting into script-writing applications.