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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

Stocking Stuffers 2013

November 29, 2013, 10:54 AM

http://digitalfilms.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/stock...

With an eye towards Black Friday, it seemed like a good time to put up this post. There’s been so much development in tools for FCP X this year that I decided to focus my year-end post of small items strictly around some of the offerings related to FxFactory. Although there are plenty of other […]

Hitchcock, Lessing, and the bomb under the table

November 29, 2013, 10:53 AM

http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2013/11/29/hitch...

      DB here: Every good cinephile knows Alfred Hitchcock’s famous distinction between suspense and surprise. In articles and interviews from the 1930s on, he explained that situations are more gripping if the audience has more knowledge than the characters do. His classic example, in conversation with Truffaut, was a bomb under a table. We [...]

Color Grading (Tuts) in FCPX, Da Vinci Resolve

November 29, 2013, 10:53 AM

http://jeffvlog.wordpress.com/2013/11/29/color-gra...

Denver Riddle is a right brain person. so he loves creativity, loves challenging himself with analytical problems and that’s probably why he loves color grading becasue it strikes a blance between technology and creativity. He’s a working colorist and we hope that you will gain valuable knowledge by watching his video tutorials about color grading in Final Cut Pro X, Da Vinci Resolve and Black Magic and more.

How to make a rusted sign in Cinema 4D

November 29, 2013, 06:16 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/how-make-rusted-sig...

There are many occasions when we need to create a material that not only serves a single purpose but must be easily adaptable, or have multiple states. If you can get into the habit of creating your materials in this way then problems like making an object that has both paint and rust, or some other surface, becomes much easier and also has the benefit of allowing you to save a huge amount of time hand painting.

Global VFX

November 29, 2013, 06:15 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/glob...

South Korean visual effects group Dexter Studios has opened a production facility in Beijing in order to tap into the growing Chinese movie business.

Editing a Car Chase

November 28, 2013, 08:04 PM

http://framelines.tv/modules/news/article.php?stor...

Framelines (www.framelines.tv) presents an interactive online editing exercise. Download all the footage and sound FX and create your own edit of a Car Chase. Use the clips we are providing to create your very own unique action scene, using your own editing software. There are a million ways to take the same footage and put it together. Feel free and show us your edit!

Had to chime in on "The Cow"

November 28, 2013, 08:04 PM

http://chrisfenwick.com/home/2013/11/28/had-to-chi...

The other day I noticed a lot of traffic coming from Creative Cow. I went to investigate it and found that we had created quite a ruckus in one of the forums. I decided I needed to chime in. Here is what I said. 

Color Key/Green Screen video techniques

November 28, 2013, 08:03 PM

http://www.motionvfx.com/mblog/color_key_green_scr...

Keying is one of the most often used techniques in video editing and all important NLEs offer this tool. It allows you to selectively remove some areas of your footage and as you can imagine such selective transparency gives you many creative possibilities.

#POSTDONTSTOP DAY 2013

November 28, 2013, 01:55 PM

http://www.aotg.com/index.php?page=postdontstop

In celebration of our PostPro holiday #PostDontStop Day, we have a challenge to you, PostChater. There will be several winners and some great prizes. You will need to upload a picture or video (nothing inappropriate or NFD, etc) showing off your Post Production pride. For example, wearing a postpro shirt, a banner or design you made, showing off your post setup, etc.

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS: Adam Rowland – VFX Supervisor

November 28, 2013, 10:52 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=5486

Adam Rowland works in visual effects for over 8 years. He has participated in many TV series like DR WHO or GENERATION KILLS and also on several movies such as PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME, 28 WEEKS LATER or SKYFALL.

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