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

Avid Receives ACE's First Ever Tech Award

February 16, 2010, 09:06 AM

http://splicehere.wordpress.com/2010/02/15/avid-re...

From a tech-centric point of view, the highlight of the evening was ACE’s first-ever Technical Excellence Award, which went to the Media Composer. Avid CEO Gary Greenfield was there to receive it, and many Avid folk were on hand to share in the festivities.

ACE Honor Hurt Locker, Hangover, Avid and Reiner

February 16, 2010, 09:05 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/blog/?p=2660

The 60th annual ACE Eddie Awards, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel yesterday evening, honored the best of 2009 film and TV work as well Career Achievement Awards to veteran editors Paul LaMastra, ACE and Neil Travis, ACE and the ACE Godlen Eddie Filmmaker of the Year Award to Rob Reiner. With laughter and tears, a great script and pacing, a comedic host and long list of stellar presenters, the evening also underscored the fact that editors–as embodied in ACE–know how to keep an audience rapt and....

ACE Eddie Award Winners Announced

February 15, 2010, 09:04 AM

https://www.aotg.com/ace-eddie-award-winners-announced-3/

The winners for the American Cinema Editors Eddie's were announced last night. Click the link below to see who won.

Fix The Quicktime h.264 Gamma Bug

February 15, 2010, 09:03 AM

http://ahrengot.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/tip-how-t...

Ever since Quicktime 7, there’s been a wierd bug when encoding h.264 videoes using Quicktime Pro. The gamma is being offset and the colors get washed out as shown below...

Fun Stuff for your Edit Suite

February 15, 2010, 09:03 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/st...

If you have your own edit suite then you might already have the aeron chair or a Wacom graphics tablet or a fancy eCinemas display. But what you might not have are some of these little kick-knacks that make the edit suite home. I’m sure there are others. Place some links in the comments below if you have your own favorites.