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 35th birthday to Apple

April 2, 2011, 06:39 PM

http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/news/?newsid=326803...

Apple celebrates its 35th birthday on 1 April 2011. Digital Arts takes a look at some of the highs and lows of the company that started out in Steve Jobs' garage in a special feature.

Kicking the tires on Avid Media Composer 5.5

April 2, 2011, 08:30 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/st...

It was a few weeks ago that Avid shipped another update to Media Composer, this time moving 5.0 to 5.5. It wasn't the huge update that we saw in 5.0 but it continues to add features and bug fixes across the application.

HPA Honorees Set For NAB Post Pit

April 2, 2011, 08:27 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/post-production/hpa-...

Winners of special honors from the 2010 Hollywood Post Alliance Awards and highlights from the HPA's Tech Retreat will be featured in NAB's Post Pit on April 13. The HPA Judges Award for creativity and innovation in postproduction, the engineering excellence award and "best of Tech Retreat" winners will all be featured from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the Post Pit in the South Hall, booth number SL12205.

Final Cut Pro Quick Tips

April 2, 2011, 08:26 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/smith_stephen/fcp-q...

Learn how to get things done in Apple's Final Cut Pro faster with CreativeCOW.net contributing editor Stephen Smith. In this video tutorial he'll show you how to find un-used clips fast and easy. Plus, cut down your render time and learn how to play un-rendered clips in real time. If that's not enough, he'll show you how to work with thumbnails...

How To: After Effects Stabilize Motion

April 2, 2011, 08:24 AM

http://charlesheureaux.com/2011/04/01/how-to-after...

In today's tutorial we will explore advance motion tracking techniques. Stabilizing your video will allow you to add special effects to a video without having to track each individual effect. Basically this gives you the ability to make a handheld shot appear to be filmed on a tripod and reversed back to a handheld.

CMG Hidden Gems: Chapter 18 – Nesting

April 2, 2011, 08:22 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/cmg_keyfram...

We're going through our book Creating Motion Graphics with After Effects 5th Edition (CMG5) and pulling out a few "hidden gems" from each chapter. These will include essential advice for new users, plus time saving tips that experienced users may not be aware of.

Game Changing Video Filter

April 2, 2011, 08:20 AM

http://blog.sorensonmedia.com/2011/04/game-changin...

After years of being pushed aside as "impossible" and "pseudo-science" we at Sorenson Media have finally perfected the revolutionary Enhance Filter. Picture this: you get a video that looks like it was shot by a video surveillance camera from the 1970s and compressed several hundred times.

Yours or Mine?

April 1, 2011, 06:10 PM

http://avidassteditor.com/2011/04/01/yours-or-mine...

You see those bumper stickers all the time. Doesn't really matter what they say but the premise is this – My —– is better than your —–. This passive aggressive showboating isn't lost on other motorists and those in a position to do so, retaliate with their own displays of "mine is better than yours".

EXPORT H.264 FROM AVID MC 5 WITH MAX

April 1, 2011, 06:08 PM

http://lfhd.net/2011/04/01/export-h-264-from-avid-...

Maximum...Max. I’m talking the Matrox MAX system...the H.264 encoding engine in their MXO2 with MAX product line, and the CompressHD card. You might have thought that this only worked on the APPLE stuff...Compressor and FCP. But no...it works on the Avid Media Composer side too. Because the Matrox MXO2 Mini is designed to work as a monitoring option for MC5.

David Dessel Streamlines with CS5

April 1, 2011, 06:07 PM

http://www.videography.com/article/104530

David Dessel wears many hats. He has been a director/cameraman/editor/After Effects artist for a long time. Working out of his boutique company, Metaphor Pictures in Manhattan, he has worked in many capacities on a wide range of commercials, Webisodes, music videos, corporate videos and just about any other kind of production you can name. Recent projects include spots for National Geographic, a Webisode series for Vaseline, and a major production for Dell.

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