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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

How to Achieve 3D Tracking and Stabilization in AE

April 30, 2014, 07:46 AM

http://wolfcrow.com/blog/how-to-achieve-3d-trackin...

We’ll take a look at the built-in 3D capabilities of the application. We will learn how to create lights, cameras, and 3D layers. We’ll also learn how to use Depth-of-Field and how to apply 3D-specific effects. And finally we’ll explore Motion Tracking, Footage Stabilization, and 3D Camera Tracking.

SoundMorph Release Intervention

April 28, 2014, 03:52 PM

http://designingsound.org/2014/04/soundmorph-relea...

Intervention is the most complete and researched SWAT sound effects library ever made, featuring 26 weapons recorded by Hollywood’s premier weapons recordist, Charles Maynes.

How Hollywood Killed Death

April 28, 2014, 12:35 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/20/magazine/how-hol...

“I’m scared, Spock,” Captain Kirk says to his hyperlogical space pal halfway through his four-minute death scene in “Star Trek Into Darkness.” It’s heavy. Eyes are brimming with tears. The score swells mournfully. Kirk dies. Spock yells. Cue confrontation with the bad guy, a spaceship destroying half of San Francisco and a huge climactic finale.

Why Dynamic Range is So Important

April 24, 2014, 07:46 AM

http://nofilmschool.com/2014/04/soundworks-collect...

Michael Coleman is back with another SoundWorks Collection video, and this time it’s the sound team from Wally Pfister’s directorial debut Transcendence. The sound team talks a lot about the dynamic range in their audio mix, where they utilize very quiet sounds all the way up to very loud sounds in order to maximize the effectiveness of both. Check out the video below and learn why silence at the right moments can actually improve your sound mix.

DaVinci Resolve 11 New Features

April 23, 2014, 12:01 PM

http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/tutorials-for-film-post-pr...

Check out this post for a overview of all the new features in DaVinci Resolve 11 as well as a handful of DaVinci Resolve 10 tutorials - covering everything from skin smoothing to working with vintage lenses.

#tutorials#color correction#colour grading tutorials#davinci resolve 10#davinci resolve 11
Animating Archer

April 21, 2014, 03:43 PM

http://www.awn.com/animationworld/animating-archer

Adam Reed’s spy series Archer underwent a bit of a change this season, with the animated heroes forced by the FBI to jettison their spy business in exchange for lives of crime and cocaine-selling. And country western music production. As you can imagine, they’ve approached the crime business with the same bravado and dysfunction that they used to approach the spy business. Luckily, there’re still the same people keeping things running smoothly behind-the-scenes.

Twitter Tips for Avid Editors Part 2

April 21, 2014, 01:45 PM

http://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video-editing/twi...

A really helpful round up of tips for Avid Editors sourced from Twitter. You'll be sure to learn something new...

#tutorials#tips#avid media composer#avid editors#twitter
LA Mayor’s Film Czar Office Accusations

April 21, 2014, 07:21 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/04/21/la-mayo...

The LA Daily News reports on some recommendations by the LA Mayor's Film Czar office at City Hall which you can hear at the 16:25 mark here...

Website Policy

April 16, 2014, 06:03 PM

http://designingsound.org/2014/04/website-policy/

Designing Sound is a run by a team of volunteers. The site does not have any commercial motives which is why there is no advertising, paid content or any sort of commercial promotional activities. The line can get blurry and it is important for us to follow a policy guideline. The website wouldn’t be what it is without the amazing community and all the great contributions we receive. This makes it all the more important for us to maintain standards and carefully curate the content that is publ...

Running Your Own Creative Business: Part 1 - It's

April 8, 2014, 11:38 AM

http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2014/4/8...

Following on from the positive feedback on running a business and making money from what you love doing, in particular last week’s post, here’s a new series ‘Running Your Own Creative Business’. With this series we hope to help those either thinking about it for the first time, those in the early years and who are perhaps struggling and for those who just want some reminders.

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