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

Editing and Life Transitions

August 4, 2010, 07:30 PM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2949

What kinds of transitions do you make between scenes? Do you plunge right into the next scene with a smash cut or jump cut? Descend thoughtfully into it with a long dissolve or super? Or just plain cut? Chances are you’ve made all these kinds of transitions and many more as you’ve paced out scenes as well as individual edits.

STEPHEN RIVKIN TO KEYNOTE IBC’S DIGITAL MEDIA

August 4, 2010, 07:27 PM

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

AMSTERDAM — Stephen Rivkin, the Oscar-nominated Avatar editor, will be the keynote speaker at the IBC Digital Media Training Workshops (http://www.ibc.org/training), run by Future Media Concepts and held September 11-12 at the RAI in Amsterdam. This is the first time these training workshops will be held during IBC.

Edit Fest LA is sold out but get your questions in

August 4, 2010, 07:26 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=3834

It looks like this weekend’s Edit Fest LA event is sold out. SOLD OUT is the first thing on the ACE page when you click over to read about the event. If you were lucky enough to get your $349 in on time and secure your place at the event then it looks like you’re going to be in for a treat as scanning the itinerary for the event you see a lot of great editing names and a ton of shows and movies that the panelists have worked on.

So your an Editor

August 4, 2010, 07:25 PM

https://www.aotg.com/so-your-an-editor/

A funny video on why it sometimes sucks to be an editor.

Levels – Avid vs. FCP

August 4, 2010, 07:24 PM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/level...

One of the frequent misconceptions between Avid and Final Cut editors involves video levels. Many argue that FCP does not work within the proper video level standards, which is incorrect. This belief stems from the fact that FCP is based on QuickTime and permits a mixture of consumer and professional codecs. QuickTime Player often changes a file’s...

Avid 5.0 now supports i5 & i7 Macbook Pro

August 4, 2010, 11:48 AM

http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search...

Media Composer 5.0 now fully supports Mack book Pro i5 & i7 models

ISIS, YOU MYSTICAL CHILD

August 3, 2010, 07:38 PM

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

Today, July 28, 2010, Avid debuted its new Avid ISIS 5000, an easy-to-use, real-time, open shared-storage solution that is more affordable than the flagship ISIS 7000 (formerly Avid Unity ISIS). The Avid ISIS 5000, aimed at local and regional broadcasters and post-production facilities, is based on Avid’s ISIS technology, which is used in more than 700 major media enterprises to store, share and manage large quantities of digital media assets. The high-performance ISIS File System...

3ALITY BITES

August 3, 2010, 07:36 PM

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

The second and third programs in a series of three evenings presented by the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) under the general title "Getting Perspective III: Exploring the Craft of 3-D Movie Technology," an overview of current techniques for production of 3-D movies, were presented on June 29 and July 6. These later two programs (see www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?FromTheGuildid=177 for coverage of the first program) were...

Matrox MXO2 Mini With MAX

August 3, 2010, 07:20 PM

http://lfhd.net/2010/08/03/matrox-mxo2-mini-wmax/

I recently acquired a Matrox MXO2 Mini to use on my system. Mainly for use with the new Avid Media Composer 5.0 for monitoring, but I got the MAX version to help speed up H.264 encoding. I do a LOT of that for client approvals. Yes, I still have the big boy, the MXO2.

Cut Happy, 10 Tips for a Better Editing Experience

August 3, 2010, 05:54 PM

http://hollywoodreinvented.com/2010/08/03/cut-happ...

Even before production shoots a frame, there are a lot of things for editors and their assistants to sort out at the start of a production. Aside from planning and setting up your editing system, here are 10 essential tips which will make life a lot more pleasant as you embark on your next editing assignment.

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