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

WHY 2D-TO-3D CONVERSION IS GOOD FOR THE INDUSTRY

September 10, 2010, 03:54 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm...

2D to 3D has received a lot of bad press lately. But with the industry plowing forward with a slew of new 3D productions, I think it's time we look at the bigger picture, and how 2D-to-3D conversion technology will play a bigger role than many may think. I am not talking about mostly studio-driven quick conversion of an existing 2D movie to 3D. Nor am I making the case for shooting your 3D movies in 2D to save production costs. I am also not talking about a Titanic or Star Wars 3D re-release...

Digital Video Hacks Review

September 10, 2010, 03:53 PM

http://blog.youdownwithfcp.com/2010/09/10/digital-...

Last Christmas someone bought me the O’Reilly book "Digital video hacks: Tips and tools for shooting, editing, and sharing" by Joshua Paul. It is almost 400 pages and is well illustrated and written. I brought it along on one of my recent trips and I thought I’d pull out a few choice quotes and give you my thoughts.

BBC’s switch to Premiere

September 10, 2010, 11:47 AM

http://thefinalrewrite.net/2010/09/09/bbcs-switch-...

I know I haven’t been in the post-production realm as long as others have but this is a huge deal, correct? I’m going to be frank here and probably piss-off a lot of Adobe loyalists, but I’ve never taken Premiere seriously. I’ve always considered it a joke. While I was a freshman in film school (2005) and one of the students was complaining about Avid being confusing, my Editing 101 professor literally laughed when the student mentioned Premiere.

BBC Switches to CS5

September 9, 2010, 05:15 PM

http://frankglencairn.wordpress.com/2010/09/09/bbc...

The BBC is switching to Premiere Pro CS5 software, through which the corporation is improving workflow efficiency, creating a tapeless environment and reducing costs. The corporation is now implementing an additional 2,000 seats of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 software as the company’s primary tool for desktop nonlinear editing. The broadcaster’s expanded use of Adobe Premiere Pro CS5 software highlights the growing momentum for Adobe Creative Suite 5 Production Premium across the broadcast indust...

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.

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.

Matrox MXO2 Mini Just Might Be the Missing Link

September 8, 2010, 11:26 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=4141

If you look down under the "Categories" listing on the left side of this blog you’ll see the "Useful Tools" category. This is a category that I have long used to post links to interesting software/hardware/products that look like they would be handy in the editor’s toolkit. The tools are usually software, sometimes hardware. On occasion it might be a website or web tool that might make our lives easier.

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