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

Happy Birthday, After Effects!

January 27, 2013, 04:01 PM

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2013/01/happy-birthda...

“I can’t believe I’m talking to these guys,” I thought. “They’re spending their time talking to me–and they’re so down-to-earth!” That was in 2000, when I first met the brains behind After Effects. (I’d just joined Adobe, aspiring to build “AE for the Web.”) 13 years later, I still feel just the same. In any industry full of half-hit wonders acting like they’ve just cured cancer, I find Dave, Dan, and all the AE guys as relentlessly humble and passionate as can be.

#adobe#after effects#ae#nle#post
Audio applications Lightworks Linux

January 27, 2013, 09:43 AM

http://www.redsharknews.com/post/item/386-what-aud...

I agree with this sentiment. Lightworks is primarily a video editing suite: designed by editors for editors, but not an audio editor. Of course, video does usually come with an audio track or two and any video editor will need to be able to do basic audio effects like EQ and crossfade and Lightworks has both.

#editing#video#nle#post#production#lightworks#linux
Will Apple Release a New MacPro?

January 26, 2013, 03:27 PM

http://www.larryjordan.biz/app_bin/wordpress/archi...

One of the web mailing lists I that I read regularly is IMUG – a great resource for anyone involved in media production or post. This morning, Paul Isbicki asked “…do any video pros REALLY believe that APPLE will make a turnaround move and release a new Mac Pro that will justify the inordinately long wait?”

#editing#nle#post#apple#macpro
AE Basics 64: Expression Controllers PART 1

January 26, 2013, 09:42 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/AE-Bas...

AE Basics - A Creative COW series for new users of Adobe After Effects. Lesson 64: Expression Controllers are a way to simplify the animation controls for a given composition. Although some people are initially worried by the idea of using Expressions...

#adobe#after effects#ae#post#controllers#expressions
What colour is night?

January 22, 2013, 07:47 AM

http://www.redsharknews.com/post/item/380-what-col...

This is the sort of question that vexes film and TV people because we're torn between two things: the need to follow conventions, so that the audience can follow what's going on, and the desire to be original. Or, to put it another way, we're a bunch of insecure fashion victims who lack the courage of our own convictions.

#color#post#colour#night
CEO Guest Posts on TechCrunch, HuffPo

January 21, 2013, 09:36 AM

http://blog.sorensonmedia.com/2013/01/ceo-guest-po...

Obviously, I like to write. As one example, I have written 1,171 posts for my own “Digital Media Update” blog over the past few years. That’s a lot of early mornings.

#ceo#post#techcrunch#huffpo
Adobe After Effects For Absolute Beginners

January 21, 2013, 09:31 AM

http://www.surfacedstudio.com/tutorials/adobe-afte...

Most of my VFX tutorials are aimed at intermediate to advanced users of After Effects. While I also have an ongoing video series covering the basic concepts, I felt I was missing a tutorial for absolute beginners, for people who are just starting to use After Effects and are trying to create their first own VFX.

#adobe#cs6#after effects#ae#post
Using Apple ProRes/Avid DNxHD on Windows

January 20, 2013, 11:23 AM

http://www.allmediaproduction.net/2013/01/usijng-a...

You can use Apple's Windows ProRes codec to edit on Windows with Apple ProRes. You cannot export your Files to ProRes Windows. You can only read (edit) Prores on Windows. To get ProRes Codecs on Mac OS, for read (editing) and export of files, buy Motion from the Apple App Store. Avid's DNxHD codec is free for Windows and Mac OS and can read and write files on both.

#avid#dnxhd#nle#post#apple#prores
7 Recommended No-Budget Post-Production Tools

January 17, 2013, 12:51 PM

http://filmmakermagazine.com/63006-7-recommended-n...

Being an independent filmmaker means we are often times working with very little money but still making our projects happen. We use any tools and tricks we can get our hands on to help us finish or enhance our films. Of course these have to fit within our budgetary constraints. Here is a list of post production tools that are affordable for the no budget filmmaker.

#post#production#tools#no budget
Below the Line: Editing the Crash in 'Flight'

January 17, 2013, 12:31 PM

http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/b...

In some ways, the job of film editors is to make their work invisible. They hope that audiences don’t notice the editing and see only that a clear path has been drawn to the heart of the film’s story.

#editor#editing#film editor#post#flight#crash scene

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