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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

Using the Roto Brush for Masking in After Effects

March 26, 2014, 07:17 PM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/using-the-roto-bru...

Use the roto brush in in After Effects to break apart your video image. Once separated, it's easy to move text, animation or talent behind and around elements in the frame.

The Story of the Focusrite Studio Console

March 26, 2014, 03:12 PM

http://soundworkscollection.com/news/the-story-of-...

Having developed modules for the world's leading mixing consoles, the company's first recording console, the Focusrite Forté, was launched, before a streamlined version called the Studio Console was put into production. Only 10 Studio Consoles were ever made, and six remain in operation to this day -- the documentary tells the stories of these consoles and the people who used them.

THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL: Gabriel Sanchez

March 26, 2014, 12:57 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6357

Gabriel Sanchez began his career in visual effects in the mid-1990s. In 2004, he joined Look Effects as Flame artist. He has worked on films such as THE FOUNTAIN, THE DARJEELING LIMITED, BLACK SWAN or LIMITLESS.

Shade VFX expands to New York

March 26, 2014, 12:57 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6454

March 25, 2014 – Santa Monica, CA – Bryan Godwin, CEO shade VFX, announced today that the company has opened a new facility in New York. A favorable economic climate and requests by clients doing more business in New York prompted the decision for a second strategic location for the growing company. Additionally, shade’s Executive Producer, David Van Dyke, who has been with the company since its inception five years ago, has been promoted to Vice President. Van Dyke will continue to report...

Mask vs Shape Layers in After Effects

March 25, 2014, 03:39 PM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/mask-vs-shape-laye...

The Rectangle and Pen Tool can create both masks and shape layers in Adobe After Effects. In this post we break down the basics to get the most out of these tools.

E is for Eyes

March 25, 2014, 01:30 PM

http://cinefex.com/blog/e-is-for-eyes/

When a character appears on a movie screen, which part of their face do you look at first? The eyes, of course. You can’t help it. As a human being, you’re programmed to make eye contact, whether the person in front of you is flesh and blood, or just a fiction of jostling pixels. Like the proverb says: the eyes are the mirror of the soul. I reckon that’s true, but the quote I really want to share comes from the writer G K Chesterton...

The Machine VFX Breakdown by Bait Studio

March 25, 2014, 01:27 PM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/the-machine-vfx-break...

Bait is a creatively focused motion graphics, visual effects and animation studio.

300 – RISE OF AN EMPIRE: Charley Henley VFX Supe

March 24, 2014, 03:36 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6300

In 2012, Charley Henley had told us about the work of MPC on TOTAL RECALL and PROMETHEUS. Last year, he worked again with director Ridley Scott for THE COUNSELOR. He now explains his work on the sequel of 300.

Interviews of the week #1

March 23, 2014, 03:58 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6420

Christian Manz began his career in visual effects at Framestore in 1997 as a runner. He then made his way in the Compositing Department. He oversaw the effects of projects such as SPOOKS, PRIMEVAL, NANNY MCPHEE AND THE BIG BANG or HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS: PART 1.

The Making of Noah

March 22, 2014, 03:16 PM

http://www.behindvfx.com/post/80378337539/behind-v...

Behind VFX ACCESS is a video curation service for movie fans a direct access to curated playlists of reliable official making-of videos.

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