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

Joshua Tree During the 2013 Perseid Meteor Shower

August 23, 2013, 06:36 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/2013/08/joshua-tree-dur...

Filmmaker Henry Jun Wah Lee of Evosia Studios hosted a time-lapse workshop sponsored by Kessler Crane at Joshua Tree National Park, just outside Palm Springs, during the Perseids meteor shower last weekend.

Before You Start the Edit, Get Organized

August 23, 2013, 10:58 AM

http://blogs.nppa.org/editfoundry/2013/08/23/befor...

I have edited several documentaries in my lifetime. Journey of Hope was the second documentary I edited. Here is links to all 4 parts. This documentary is the story of Scott Orr and his decision to have life changing brain surgery...

Cinema Audio Society Supports Film Editors' Petiti

August 23, 2013, 10:58 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/cin...

The Cinema Audio Society has announced support for a petition to secure recognition for film editing from film festivals and awards presentations that now recognize cinematography and/or production design — such as the Independent Spirit Awards and Sundance.

Color Grading Tutorial: LUTs in Resolve

August 23, 2013, 10:58 AM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/color-grading-tuto...

What are LUTs and how can they improve your color grading workflow? In this post, we take a look at how LUTs are used in high end color grading work and share a tutorial for getting started with LUTs in DaVinci Resolve!

Export FCPX timeline or event data

August 23, 2013, 10:58 AM

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/1210-export-f...

One of the advantages of FCPX being built using databases is the fact that other apps can easily get access to the data. That's exactly what the new application Producer's Best Friend from Assisted Editing does when loading timeline or event information into Excel.