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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

4 Best Places for Free Sound Effects

July 26, 2019, 06:00 AM

https://nofilmschool.com/best-places-free-sound-ef...

You probably have a sense that there are a lot of royalty-free sound effects and clips out there if you just knew where to find them. After all, there are so many generic sounds that can bring a movie to life that there’s no reason you should have to pay a fortune to make your movie sound great.

Far From Home VFX Supervisor Interview

July 24, 2019, 12:13 PM

https://www.artofvfx.com/spider-man-far-from-home-...

Jörn Großhans started his career in visual effects in 2004. He worked at Pixomondo and Mackevision before joining Image Engine in 2018. He has worked on numerous shows such as SUCKER PUNCH, HUGO, THE SHANNARA CHRONICLES and GAME OF THRONES.

Embrace the Undeniable Power of Sad Music

July 24, 2019, 05:48 AM

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/mr/sad-royalty-fr...

Sad music is one of the most dependable tools available to film and video creators. Songs rich with mournful minor keys and deliberate downtempo stillness (like those found in the curated playlist at the bottom of this post) convey raw emotions and bleak existential experiences in ways that language images alone can’t.

Easy Compositing Effects for Creating Pro Looking

July 24, 2019, 05:48 AM

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/easy-compositing-...

Creating professional-looking titles in After Effects is a lot easier than most people think. The key is knowing a few basic compositing principles — often used on blockbuster movies — then applying those to your own titles. And we don’t even need any expensive, third-party plugins to do this. Using a combination of these compositing techniques in subtle ways can give our titles a professional edge.

A VFX oral history of Samuel L. Jackson's shocking

July 24, 2019, 05:48 AM

https://beforesandafters.com/2019/07/24/deep-blue-...

As on-screen deaths go, Samuel L. Jackson’s sudden mid-film send-off in Renny Harlin’s shark sci-fi horror Deep Blue Sea is an absolute killer (and Jackson has had a few).

VFX Super for Far From Home Interview

July 23, 2019, 09:30 AM

https://www.artofvfx.com/spider-man-far-from-home-...

Julius Lechner began his career in visual effects a decade ago. He has worked in many studios such as Pixomondo, Industrial Light & Magic and Scanline VFX. He has worked on many films like IRON MAN 3, TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, JUSTICE LEAGUE and AQUAMAN.

7 Take Aways from Film School

July 23, 2019, 05:43 AM

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/7-takeaways-from-...

The merits of film school is an ongoing debate in the film and video community. And while a college education is never anything to scoff at, it’s also very true that one can get just as much, if not more, knowledge through online websites, resources, and YouTube channels.

NLE Showdown - Resolve Vs. Premiere Text Effects

July 19, 2019, 06:15 AM

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/resolve-vs-premie...

Earlier this year, I attended London’s VidCon with Blackmagic to demonstrate Resolve to the passing youngsters — or as many companies view them, the customers of tomorrow. Both Adobe and Blackmagic had a presence at the convention to promote their software to the up-and-coming content creators. While many young creators care little about 12-bit footage and RAW, they do long for quirky text functions. As I hear every weekend from my ten-year-old nephew, “Uncle Lewis, can you make me an intr...

Harnessing the Power of Facial Refinement in Resol

July 19, 2019, 06:15 AM

https://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/facial-refinement...

DaVinci Resolve is probably the most widely used grading program on any platform, in part because it’s free. Resolve Studio is a paid upgrade and includes some special features not available in the free version.

New features in Assimilate SCRATCH 9.1

July 18, 2019, 02:49 PM

https://jonnyelwyn.co.uk/film-and-video-editing/ne...

Learn about the new colour grading and dailies workflow features in Assimilate's latest update to it's respected finishing software, SCRATCH 9.1

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