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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

AE - Creating Geometric Transitions

December 28, 2013, 08:25 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/after-effects-creat...

Using a simple track or luma matte in After Effects, Mikey Borup shows how to create custom geometric transitions using Shape Layers in After Effects which will provide a sort of procedural approach to creating transitions.

Avid Media Composer Create 3D Logo

December 28, 2013, 08:25 AM

http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2013/12...

Learn how to convert a logo into a 3D extruded object by using a combination of Avid FX and Avid Media Composer.

AE - Meteor Fireball

December 27, 2013, 12:21 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/after-effects-creat...

Creating a dramatic meteoric show and impact scene, Adrian C. Koutz shows how to use TrapCode Particular in After Effects to build fireballs and smoke trails, sharing tips for compositing to achieve as realistic a scene as possible.

Creating Transmission Maps with V-Ray

December 27, 2013, 12:20 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/maya-creating-trans...

You may remember Riccardo Minervino form a while ago, creating the hyper-real images of Breaking Bad’s Walter White that went viral this past summer. Riccardo dropped me a note to tell me he had created a quick tutorial showing how to get transmission maps out of Autodesk Maya using V-Ray.

Bendy Joint Creator - Maya

December 23, 2013, 01:42 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/maya-bendy-joint-cr...

Upon receiving positive feedback with the last tool he created, the Soft IK Tool, Nick Miller posts a new tool for creating a bendable joint chain in Autodesk Maya which also allows for flexible control over a segmented joint chain.

How to Create Star Light Motion Trails

December 23, 2013, 10:56 AM

http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/how-to-c...

In today's tutorial, we are going to take a look at a starlapse video and transform it into an amazing startrails video. We are going to use only After Effects...

Tutorial – Upgrading a 10.0.9 Project in FCPX 10

December 22, 2013, 09:42 AM

http://digitalcinemacafe.com/2013/12/21/tutorial-u...

If you are going to update your old FCPX projects to 10.1 its a good idea to know what is going to happen.

Intro to blender large scale modeling

December 21, 2013, 02:34 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/blender-introductio...

Covering the workflow and techniques used in one of his “Old Dutch Masters” inspired landscapes, Blenderpedia’s Rob Tuytel walks through one of his scenes in Blender.

AE - Creating a stylized spinning globe with Nativ

December 21, 2013, 02:34 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/after-effects-creat...

Showing that some tasks do not require 3rd party plugins lie you might think, Mikey Borup walks through creating a newscast style 3D spinning globe in After Effects using only After Effects native tools.

Using Particles to Create Raindrops

December 21, 2013, 02:34 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/hitfilm-using-parti...

In case you missed it, HitFilm has had a successful Kickstart Campaign, bringing HitFilm 2 to the Mac environment. There are many similarities between HitFilm and After Effects, but one of the most appreciative things that HitFilm has over AE is that most things are integrated, such as an editing environment, the 3D Environment, Lens-flares and particles.

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