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

Canon 5D Avid FCP Roundtrip

February 22, 2010, 09:27 AM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/canon...

No, this isn’t the 5D workflow article that you’ve been waiting for. That’s still coming in another couple of weeks. In the meantime, I’ve started on another Canon 5D commercial. This time I’m cutting the project in Avid Media Composer instead of Final Cut Pro. There are a number of reasons, including some recent stability issues I’ve had with FCP. In addition, the creative treatment calls for some nice speed ramp effects.

Duplicate Frames Save the Day

February 20, 2010, 09:26 AM

http://postfifthpictures.com/2010/02/duplicate-fra...

I was in the middle of getting a cut ready for a client and realized I had not implemented the last feedback she had given me. Oops.

Video Editing Transitions

February 19, 2010, 09:24 AM

http://blogs.nppa.org/editfoundry/2010/02/18/video...

In digital editing, everything is a transition. The cut, the dissolve, the wipe, they are all transitions. A sequence could be a transition. A pan is a transition. A person walking across the screen could be a transition. Anything that advances your story, takes the viewer to another location, time, or space is a transition.

HPA Post Retreat Day 3

February 19, 2010, 09:22 AM

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

The Tech Retreat’s third day covered regulatory issues, HDR imaging, using a plasma for reference monitoring, SOA, networking, file-based workflows... and Mo Henry.

Avid Screencast Automate Title with Marquee

February 18, 2010, 09:20 AM

http://avidscreencast.com/2010/02/17-automate-titl...

So you have a bunch of subtitles or lower thirds to do. They all look the same, except for the contents. You’re not seriously considering doing them all by hand in Title Tool, are you?

The Apple Codec Problem

February 18, 2010, 09:18 AM

http://dylanreeve.com/videotv/2010/the-apple-codec...

Apple’s Final Cut Pro is entirely built upon their Quicktime core. So for Final Cut Pro to support a given video format it needs to have a Quicktime codec for that format. That means the FCP development team have to implement common codecs in Quicktime for FCP support.

HPA Tech Retreat 2010 Part 2

February 18, 2010, 09:16 AM

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

The 16th Annual Tech Retreat was officially opened by HPS President Leon Silverman today. (As with yesterday’s coverage, this’ll be stream-of-consciousness coverage.)

Useful tools for Editors

February 18, 2010, 09:16 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=2676

Let’s be honest here .... there’s no shortage of one click film-look style emulation plug-ins available for Final Cut Pro. The biggies Magic Bullet Looks and Nattress Film Effects come to mind. Now we can add another one to the list: FxAndy.

When a Client Can't Play the QT File

February 17, 2010, 09:15 AM

http://imnotbruce.blogspot.com/2010/02/when-client...

A client will one day call you late into a quiet evening saying they can't play the QuickTime files you've sent them. Since they need them in HD and regular DVD's can't (technically unless you mix HD-DVD with some prestidigitation) do HD content you need to send them something they can use...NOW! THE PRESENTATION IS IN 10 HOURS ZOMG!!!1!!1!

HPA Tech Retreat 2010 - Day 1

February 17, 2010, 09:14 AM

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

The Hollywood Post Alliance Tech Retreat is a gathering of postproduction, broadcast, TV, and cinema folks in Palm Springs every February. This year, 3D is a big topic, and Tuesday’s Super Session was "3D in the Home", chaired by Jerry Pierce and Peter Fannon.

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