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

Are Software Certifications a Waste of Time?

November 29, 2012, 10:13 PM

http://blogs.creativecow.net/blog/12119/are-softwa...

Occasionally I'll find myself in a discussion about FCP or Avid or Adobe certifications, typically on Twitter because where else do I ever talk to anyone? Usually a younger editor is asking about a specific certification, and a dozen industry vets jump in and go on and on about how certification is a complete waste of time and money, and no one should ever under any circumstances get a certification.

#avid#software#fcpx#final cut pro x#adobe#premiere pro#nle#apple
MediaStorm CS6 Keyboard Custom Guide

November 29, 2012, 02:55 PM

http://mediastorm.com/blog/2012/11/29/mediastorm-g...

This article is part of a new series of posts with tips and tricks from our producers’ experience working with Adobe Premiere Pro after years of working in Final Cut Pro. To read more about why we made the switch, check out this post.

#adobe#cs6#premiere pro#nle
Detailed Adobe Premiere & Dynamic Linking Workflow

November 29, 2012, 08:32 AM

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/richardharringtonbl...

Here's a detailed Adobe CS5.5 Premiere workflow example I recorded with Vincent Laforet. He's been using over the past few months with solid success with both Canon HDSLR footage and RED Epic footage. It shows Dynamic linking with After Effects as well as REDCine X.

#editing#adobe#cs6#premiere pro#nle
AE More Than Transitions 4

November 29, 2012, 08:25 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/AE-Car...

In this first of four tutorials on the 'Card Wipe' effect, Andrew Devis shows how to set up a composition with multiple images to use in the effect. Andrew touches on how to replace one item with another item while inheriting the changes of the original item.

#adobe#vfx#after effects#ae#tutorials#jitter
AE More Than Transitions 3

November 29, 2012, 08:23 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/AE-Car...

In this second of four tutorials on the 'Card Wipe' effect, Andrew Devis goes through many of the parameters for the effect showing how to customise the effect for your own use. Andrew also touches on using gradients in your comp to drive the effect.

#adobe#vfx#after effects#ae#tutorials#jitter
How to Create Day for Night in AE in 5 Min

November 29, 2012, 08:22 AM

http://filmmakeriq.com/2012/11/how-to-create-day-f...

Want to learn how to create day for night effects using After Effects? In this episode of "5 Minute FX," you'll learn how to shoot during the day but turn it into a night scene using the magic of scale and placing, rotoscoping, and color correction in After Effects.

#adobe#vfx#after effects#ae#tutorials#color correction#jitter#day for night#rotoscoping
AE More Than Transitions 2

November 29, 2012, 08:20 AM

http://library.creativecow.net/devis_andrew/AE-Car...

In this third of four tutorials on the 'Card Wipe' effect, Andrew Devis goes through the various camera, lighting and materials parameters for this effect looking at using the in-built camera, a comp camera and the corner pin option.