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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

WYSIWYG to Waveform Monitors

December 20, 2012, 09:30 PM

http://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/dv/feature/dv...

Back in my day (yes, you can visualize me sitting in a rocking chair with a smoldering pipe in one hand and an afghan on my lap, peering out at you over the tops of half-moon spectacles, if you so wish) the light meter was a cinematographer’s best friend: a primary tool and an invaluable asset. Although there were exceptions—the late Douglas Slocombe, ASC, BSC, could famously call out the exposure based only on looking at the scene—they were extremely rare. Even the most experienced and...

#waveform#monitors
Color correction costs may outweigh savings

December 20, 2012, 09:29 PM

http://broadcastengineering.com/editing/color-corr...

The EBU has warned that the post-production color correction costs required for video shot under LED lighting could outweigh the power savings compared with traditional tungsten lights. This is a setback for the LED movement, which thought it had cast tungsten lighting into history as a result of not just of the greatly reduced energy consumption but also other advantages, notably lower maintenance and heat production.

#color#correction
Extreme 4K Multi-Mon Video Editing on Windows 8

December 20, 2012, 03:21 PM

http://blogs.windows.com/windows/b/extremewindows/...

I am amazed by the image quality that's possible with today's 4K digital cinema cameras. It's like watching full-res images from a DSLR playing back at 24 fps on the big screen, 4K footage is just stunning. Seeing 4K footage on the big screen got me thinking about 4K displays and 4K video on a PC. With 4K displays just coming to market, I think it's time to examine how this technology will impact our PC experiences in the not-so-distant future.

OS X Mountain Lion: About AVCHD files and QuickTim

December 20, 2012, 08:17 AM

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5409

Learn about using AVCHD files with QuickTime Player in OS X Mountain Lion.

Blackmagic Design Announces New Low Price

December 20, 2012, 08:14 AM

http://www.bosfcpug.org/index.php?option=com_conte...

Fremont, CA, USA - December 20, 2012 - Blackmagic Design today announced a new lower price on its popular Compact Videohub to $2,995. Compact Videohub features 3 Gb/s SDI, ASI, auto switching SD, HD and 3 Gb/s SDI formats, full SDI re-clocking, USB, redundant power inputs, ethernet and serial router control for only $2,995.

#blackmagic design#bmd
Sony Vegas Pro 12 Advance Editing

December 19, 2012, 02:47 PM

http://www.videoguys.com/Blog/E/Sony+Creative+Soft...

Vegas Pro 12 is a full-featured editing program for Windows PC/64-bit OS systems, that provides you with a complete end-to-end solution for capture, editing, visual effects, titling, disc authoring, and creation. We're big fans of the underdog, and in today's editing software arena there has emerged such a contender - competing with the likes of Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, and Apple Final Cut Pro.

#editing#sony#creative#nle#sony vegas
AutoDesk Releases Smoke 2013 Editor

December 19, 2012, 07:48 AM

http://news.doddleme.com/equipment/autodesk-releas...

Autodesk Smoke for MAC is moving out of beta and is ready for release. And to celebrate, Autodesk not only made the sale price 1/5th of what Windows users paid for previous versions, it’s also going to add an additional 20% off during January for good measure.

#editor#autodesk#smoke 2013
Serious Multicam

December 18, 2012, 09:32 PM

http://www.dvinfo.net/article/post/serious-multica...

Cutting a 14-Camera Music Video in FCP X Some months ago, I was looking for a project that would let me explore FCP X's multi-cam capabilities. Then I heard about The Nash, Phoenix's new jazz education and performance venue. I figured a project with them might be a great opportunity to learn something useful about Read More

#fcpx#final cut pro x#nle#apple#multicam
More Real Than Real: THE HOBBIT, HFR

December 18, 2012, 09:31 PM

http://twitchfilm.com/2012/12/fantasy-more-real-th...

Earlier this year, I found myself at a friend of a friend's apartment watching Tod Browning's 1932 masterpiece Freaks through the "motion smoothing" filter on his HD TV. For me, the resulting video-like image of what should be the opposite (which is to say, an absorbing film image - not so much sharp and immediate but lush and rich) robbed Freaks of its intended "filmic-ness", stripping it of the subtle texture and patina that is so accepted as what cinema ought to feel like.

#high frame rate#hfr

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