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

Top 10 FCP Updates #7

November 13, 2009, 03:58 AM

http://www.videoguys.com/Blog/E/Dianas+Top+10+Fina...

You know those little post-it note pads that come in multiple colors? Ok, admit it now. Do you ever color-code your notes? Maybe yellow notes are financial, pink ones are hot to-do items. Well with Final Cut Pro 7, you can now use color to label your markers in a very similar way. There are several other marker improvements as well.

Avid Screencast Eps. 4

November 13, 2009, 03:57 AM

http://avidscreencast.com/2009/11/04-changing-fiel...

In this episode, we’ll combat the stuttery mess of wrongly imported or ingested interlaced video footage by swapping the field order with the help of the Matte Key real-time effect. Buckle up, this one’s going to get geeky! And don’t forget to check out the show notes for more.

Is Murch back on Avid?

November 12, 2009, 03:56 AM

https://www.aotg.com/is-murch-back-on-avid/

Walter Murch will be speaking about his transition back to AVID Media Composer on November 18, 2009. The next LAFCPUG is jam-packed with - AVID - sessions. Yes, you read that correctly. Founder and head of lafcpug, Michael Horton, says, "Avid Media Composer is still firmly entrenched in Hollywood feature films and broadcast television. In order for you to compete in Hollywood it's important to know both tools." So, attention all Final Cut Pro (and Media Composer) users - you won't want to...

Crossing the Line

November 12, 2009, 03:55 AM

http://www.joyoffilmediting.com/?p=2095

Crossing the line is an extension of screen direction and one of the most challenging shooting and editing concepts to remember. I like the idea of crossing the line metaphorically in terms of living one’s life. Visually crossing the line is becoming more acceptable and more frequently seen on screen and tube.

Future Shock

November 11, 2009, 03:54 AM

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

"One of the benefits of being an editor is you get to develop a close relationship with the producer and the directors," says FlashForward editor and co-producer Jeff Betancourt. "I’d worked with [executive producer] David Goyer before. We always had this idea that FlashForward would be an intimate epic. We wanted to capture those two aspects and make sure the drama, performance and connection come through the characters. At the same time, we wanted to give it the scope, the feel, of a big...

Booking a DI Session

November 10, 2009, 03:53 AM

http://www.scottsimmons.tv/blog/2009/11/10/booking...

The Scott Simmons Blog has posted this funny video about DI Booking. As he said: "The title is Booking a DI Session but this rings true for offline and online edit sessions as well!"

Vegas has Mojo

November 10, 2009, 03:51 AM

http://prolost.com/blog/2009/11/10/vegas-has-mojo....

If you’re hanging out with a bunch of editors and you want to play a mean trick on a friend, just find the one guy in the room who uses Sony Vegas (there will be one guy, and only one) and tell that guy that your friend, yeah, the one over there at the bar, he’s super curious about Vegas and would love to hear all about it.

ASE Award Nominees Announced

November 10, 2009, 03:50 AM

https://www.aotg.com/ase-award-nominees-announced-2/

The ASE is excited to announce our 2009 Awards presentation and Accreditation ceremony. This gala dinner will take place on Sunday 6th December 2009.

Steenbeck Alive and Kicking

November 9, 2009, 03:49 AM

http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/features/index.cfm?...

In the 1970's video editing was primitive and film production ruled the scene. Several film editing manufacturers produced editing tables. In Europe, king of the roost was Steenbeck. The company offered a flatbed editing table with excellent image display, and various models with up to 6 or 8 plates available, so that one could load up separate film reels and separate sprocketed mag striped tape to quickly access content and build a production.

Tom Ohanian - history of AVID (part 3)

November 9, 2009, 03:49 AM

http://www.macvideo.tv/editing/interviews/index.cf...

In 1987 AVID technology began life as a company and in the years that followed the entire workflow for editing film was to be changed forever. A core team of people were involved in the development of the AVID, from the initial idea by Bill Warner, to the technical creation of a system which still rules Hollywood today. Tom Ohanian was part of the AVID founding team, those who brought the Media Composer, the Film Composer and Avid Multicamera Systems into being.

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