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

Heavy Editing on 'End of Watch'

October 5, 2012, 03:33 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

Late September saw the release of the tight and gripping End of Watch from Open Road Films. Written and directed by David Ayer, who also wrote Training Day (2001), it follows the lives of two cops — played by Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pen-a — assigned to gang-ridden South Los Angeles. Much of the riveting attention the film draws from the audience can be attributed to the editing of Dody Dorn, A.C.E.

MPEG CELEBRATES ITS 75TH ANNIVERSARY

October 5, 2012, 03:32 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

The Society of Motion Picture Film Editors was formed with 571 men and women on May 20, 1937. Today, membership of the Motion Picture Editors Guild, IATSE Local 700 (MPEG), is over 7,300 and includes additional post-production professionals such as Film/Video Lab Technicians, Re-Recording Mixers, Maintenance Engineers and Story Analysts. To celebrate 75 years of rich history and vigorous representation of its members in post-production work, the Guild is hosting a retrospective affair...

A conversation with Avid CEO Gary Greenfield

October 5, 2012, 03:29 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Maga...

Just prior to IBC, I had a chance to speak with Avid CEO Gary Greenfield, who has picked up some added responsibilities following the departure of COO Kirk Arnold in July, and the divestiture of the company's consumer business shortly before that. Greenfield wanted to focus on the company’s new vision and direction, as well as shed some light on the Avid's plans for the annual IBC show.

Review: Wacom's Cintiq 24HD

October 5, 2012, 03:28 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Maga...

I can recall, many moons ago, the first time I saw someone using a Wacom tablet. It was an NAB, and I remember thinking how impressive it looked. I also remember thinking it would never be adopted by the masses; that a great mouse was better. Boy, was I wrong!

Cloud-based Storage

October 5, 2012, 03:27 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Maga...

If you've seen Avatar 3D, The Dark Knight Rises or Moneyball, then you've experienced 4K in action. More and more films are shot or mastered in 4K — or up-converted from 2K — as studios put dedicated 4K resolution efforts in motion. With a promise to deliver fans vast, perfectly crisp content, 4K is spawning demand among consumer markets and forcing the post production industry to keep pace, especially when it comes to storage and content management.

Wilfred

October 5, 2012, 03:26 PM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Publications/Post-Maga...

Edelson, who previously cut reality-based shows such as The Osbournes, Top Chef and Project Runway, as well as episodes of The Office and MTV's The Hard Times of RJ Berger, and Cooper cut on Avid Media Composer 5.5. The cameras' memory cards are transcoded by Red Sky Pictures, then Avid XML files are ingested into the Media Composers where the editors do a low-resolution offline. Their assistants conform the show at DNx115 resolution. Color timing is handled by HTV Illuminate; final color...

How Hard Drives Affect Video Transfer Time

October 5, 2012, 03:06 PM

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CrewsControl/~3/LAo...

From a producer's perspective, you know your technical specs, you may know exactly what camera you want, you know what you are shooting (interview, documentary, b-roll, green screen, etc) and how it will be shown, but you are generally not concerned with how your material gets from the camera to editor. If you ask your editors what they want as a deliverable, generally they are going to ask for a plug and play file.

Smoke ConnectFX: Damage and Deform Nodes

October 5, 2012, 03:06 PM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/smoke-damage-defor...

In this post, in our ongoing coverage of the ConnectFX nodes in Autodesk Smoke, we breakdown Damage and Deform. Learn how you can achieve unique effects in your videos with these special effects type nodes!

The AJA Ki Pro Mini: The Little Recorder with Big

October 5, 2012, 03:06 PM

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CrewsControl/~3/aMi...

The technology to make create instant files directly from a tape-based camera is not new. Many companies have been marketing devices since tapeless cameras first camera out. But as the market becomes more refine, the devices become more intuitive. AJA has been one of the leaders in this market, and their most recent device, the Ki Pro Mini is no exception.

DNG 1.4 Specification Notes

October 5, 2012, 03:02 PM

http://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2012/10/dn...

I've received a number of questions about what’s new in the DNG 1.4 specification that we posted earlier this week.  If you're not comfortable diving into the 101 page document, here's a quick summary with a few of the potential implications of the new enhancements to the file format.

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