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

Best Nonlinear Editing System Report

June 22, 2010, 04:24 PM

http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/the-three-...

The 2010 NAB Convention had the Post Production world buzzing about the Three A's of the Industry: Apple, Adobe, and Avid. Well, really more Adobe and Avid since they were actually at the show and had something to demonstrate.

Useful Tools for Editors: FotoMagico

June 22, 2010, 11:08 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=3441

Saying that, as an editor, you might need to create "animated slideshows" sounds a bit amateurish, and home video-ish. I much prefer to say I have to pan and zoom some photos or, at the very least, animate stills. The Ken Burns Effect was nice for a while but ever since Apple added the term to iMovie, referring to it now sounds amateurish.

Embarrassed of Edits

June 21, 2010, 08:52 PM

http://postfifthpictures.com/2010/06/embarrassed-o...

I once cut a piece for someone and was completely disgusted with how it turned out. I was booked on to another show and left the first job (ran out of budget) for another. The director proceeded to finish the rest of the show by themselves...

BOSTON SUPERMEET INFO

June 21, 2010, 01:57 PM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2010/06/21/boston-...

If you’re in and around Boston this Friday then you may want to make some time for the First Ever, First Annual Boston SuperMeet. As is the case with all SuperMeets there’s a great lineup for the even and lots of prizes for the world famous raffle. A few of standouts IMHO: Mitch Jacobson will be discussing mulitcamera madness and discussing his new multicam book (which I had the pleasure of contributing to if only a bit)...

Avid Screencast #33: Safe Color Limiter

June 19, 2010, 06:25 AM

http://avidscreencast.com/2010/06/33-safe-color-li...

Nothing fancy, but a solid workhorse: Want to make sure that your sequence is complying with technical broadcast standards? The Safe Color Limiter Effect is your friend.

Simmons June Linkage

June 19, 2010, 06:24 AM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2010/06/18/linkage...

June's Linkage from Scott Simmons Blog. A List of links useful to editors.

Better editing with custom screen layouts

June 18, 2010, 12:49 PM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2010/06/18/bette...

One of the handy features of modern NLEs is the ability to rearrange the interface around specific editing tasks. Changing the user interface windows for editing, mixing, color correction or effects will make easier work of any session. Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer and Apple Final Cut Pro are all designed with a similar bin, window and timeline layout that offers infinite possibilities to customize the UI, including keyboard and button commands.

Things You Can or Can’t Fix in Post

June 17, 2010, 04:08 PM

http://schubincafe.com/blog/2010/06/things-you-can...

Mark Schubin’s presentation from the San Francisco Public Television Quality Workshop, June 8, 2010.

Take me where, Boris?

June 17, 2010, 09:58 AM

http://www.macvideo.tv/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=322...

I hope you all enjoy the journey you can find here: Take Me There Boris Yes, it's what is known as a viral campaign, and I will stop right there because it's got a job to do. Enjoy. But, dear readers, I thought I'd pass on a few notes on the actual shooting and editing of it. It will spoil the whole experience as you learn how we gutted the chicken you found so tasty, but it's all about the learning.

1 Team. 3 Network Shows. EVERY WEEK!

June 17, 2010, 05:51 AM

http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/one-team-t...

Creative Cow Contributing Editor Zed Saeed has helped create pioneering Final Cut Pro workflows for major feature films and episodic TV production. This year, he and the team at DigitalFilm Tree faced their biggest challenge yet: posting 3 major shows, for 3 different networks, every week -- with the same small team that used to do just one. How do they do it? World-class workflow management.

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