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

The Quicktime Conundrum pt. 1

March 13, 2009, 12:25 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/aadams/stor...

There’s nothing like waking up in the morning and realizing that your chief marketing tool is probably driving away more clients than it’s attracting. I both love, and hate, Quicktime. Flash is the universally accepted method of viewing video on the web but it doesn’t seem to be an easy or cost-effective tool for those of us who want to manage our own showreel web sites.

Avid Enters the Third Dimension

March 12, 2009, 12:23 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

With the release March 2 of software versions of Media Composer 3.5 and Symphony 3.5, Avid Technology, Inc. has announced an all-new open architecture that will ultimately facilitate a host of new workflows for file-based cameras, in addition to new Stereoscopic 3-D capabilities, better integration with ProTools and the long-awaited "death of the dongle key." The company has also taken the opportunity provided by this new release to add another group of new features and performance...

AE 3-D in Creative Suite 4

March 9, 2009, 12:20 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

After Effects users have long asked for the ability to import and composite 3-D models directly inside of After Effects. Now, thanks to Photoshop Creative Suite 4’s more obvious 3-D layer capabilities, and After Effects CS4’s new support for these layers, importing 3-D models into AE is possible. But be warned, taking advantage of these new 3-D features comes with some fairly steep hardware requirements. In this article, we’ll take a look at these new 3-D capabilities and see what...

Share and Share Alike

March 9, 2009, 12:18 PM

https://www.editorsguild.com/magazine.cfm?ArticleI...

In my many years as an Avid and Final Cut Pro editor, I have become intimately familiar with the differences between the two platforms, and have worked to help minimize those differences. In most cases, the differences are cosmetic, requiring little more from the editor than learning the FCP equivalents of Avid buttons and commands. However, there are still some Avid functions or workflows for which there is no analogue in FCP, and nowhere is this more evident than in the area of project...

Rafael Costa's Blog

March 4, 2009, 06:59 PM

http://rafacosta.wordpress.com/

Rafael's blog is from South America. It looks at Rafael Costa's work on various projects. (note You can use Google

OnLocation CS4 Review

March 1, 2009, 11:44 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/shullfish/s...

Last year I wrote a review of various software-based waveform/vectorscopes. In that review I included my praise and criticism of Adobe OnLocation, though technically it’s a lot more than just simple wave/vector software.

Promoting Post-Production Careers in New York

February 14, 2009, 11:31 AM

https://www.editorsguild.com/FromTheGuild.cfm?From...

Its not surprising that a group like the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting in New York is taking the time and expense to promote careers in post-production—specifically editing and sound design. But this isn't some newbie effort in response to the current downturn in the economy; such panels featuring production, post, and facilities' managers to promote the city's top creative talent have been a regular part of the office's plans over the past few years.

ScriptSync in Avid Media Composer

February 3, 2009, 11:16 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/studiomonthly/currentis...

Digitize the footage and organize Avid Media Composer project bins as you would on any 24 fps HD show. To prepare the script file — we get the script e-mailed to us as a text (.txt) file — break down the script into scenes and save each scene as a separate text file. Hint: Try to grab as much blank space at the top and bottom of a scene in order to have room for clip images.

EDITING: 'OUTLANDER'

January 29, 2009, 07:12 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=639...

The intricate film has nearly 600 visual effects shots and was shot using a range of source formats, including HDCAM and Super 35mm film. To help achieve its distinctive visual appeal, the film's conceptual art and design was created by a team of artists behind the Star Wars trilogy (Iain McCaig and Ninth Ray). The film was edited entirely in HD on four Avid Media Composer systems using the DNxHD codec.

Television Playback with Final Cut Studio 2

January 28, 2009, 07:10 AM

http://www.studiodaily.com/studiomonthly/currentis...

The first thing you need to do in this compression workflow is open Episode and navigate to the By Workflow templates folder and copy the iPod_H264_640x480 preset located in the iPod Video (Classic and Nano) templates folder within Devices. Select the preset and control-click to get a contextual menu; select Duplicate. You now have a preset called iPod_H264_640x480 copy. Double-click the preset to open it.

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