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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

On the Sound mixing Oscar nominees

February 11, 2014, 11:22 AM

http://variety.com/2014/film/awards/sound-mixing-w...

Production sound mixers on the sets of this year’s action films found themselves everywhere from rough seas to the highest elevations in New Mexico with one goal at hand — get the kind of sound that makes it all believable and the kind of dialogue that’s easy to understand.

Sound Editing: Never Thrown for a Loop

February 11, 2014, 11:22 AM

http://variety.com/2014/film/awards/the-hobbit-the...

When it comes to sound effects and dubbing, stories about dragons and desolate men at sea have the same problem: How to place audiences right there with the character.

VFX All for One and One for All

February 11, 2014, 11:22 AM

http://variety.com/2014/film/awards/visual-effects...

Yet they represent radically different ideas about how to get a big vfx picture done. Some are throwbacks to the era when a single star vfx company would handle the load, while others follow the current trend and are ensemble efforts, combining shots from many companies.

When Magic Hides in Plain Site

February 11, 2014, 11:21 AM

http://variety.com/2014/film/awards/visual-effects...

The Visual Effects Society has pioneered the idea of recognizing “supporting effects,” but the idea of what’s “supporting” has evolved.

3 Things To Try If A Keyboard Shortcut Stops Work

February 11, 2014, 11:20 AM

http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2014/2/1...

Here is the scenario, a keyboard shortcut like Command+Alt+Shift+7 which is the shortcut for Write Automation For All Parameters, that community member Jakob Myrman found was no longer working for him. Here are 3 things to try…

Mac Pro availability continues to deteriorate

February 11, 2014, 05:47 AM

http://9to5mac.com/2014/02/11/mac-pro-availability...

9to5Mac originally documented the supply issues with the new Mac Pro in December, but even today availability does not appear to have improved. In fact, it seems to be getting worse. Apple’s European, Chinese and Australian online stores (including the UK) are now reporting ‘April’ dispatch estimates.

VFX Progress Group

February 11, 2014, 05:47 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/vfx-pro...

We’ve seen VFX communities create local organizations: The VES has had a local chapter in various cities, the UK facilities have the UK Screen Association, BECTU is forming a labor organization in the UK, and recently companies in Ireland have formed a local trade organization.

FREE Pro Tools Stereo To Mono Plug-in Round-Up

February 10, 2014, 05:37 AM

http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2014/2/1...

In a recent video we showed how to create a mono button on the Pro Tools master buss (for lack of one as a standard feature.) We got some other suggestions on how to achieve this, so here are 4 FREE ways to check a stereo mix in mono. Check all our FREE Pro Tools plug-ins here...

5 Basic Features Pro Tools Continues To Lack

February 9, 2014, 08:39 AM

http://www.pro-tools-expert.com/home-page/2014/2/9...

Pro Tools is the industry standard DAW, like it or not, but with that said there are some basic features it continues to lack that are long overdue.

Rouse on Paul Greengrass, Oscar nominations

February 8, 2014, 08:23 AM

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/film-editor-ch...

Filmmaker/editor relationships may not have the iconic status of relationships between directors and certain actors or producers or even cinematographers, but there are exceptions to this. For instance, no one has been as integral to Martin Scorsese's career as Thelma Schoonmaker. Much of Steven Spielberg's work has been shaped by the great Michael Kahn.

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