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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.

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Video Tutorial: Infinite Doors in Adobe After Effe

January 8, 2014, 06:21 PM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/video-tutorial-inf...

This Twilight Zone style animation for After Effects is a great way to learn some new motion design fundamentals.

Using the Tracer in Cinema 4D

January 8, 2014, 09:58 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/cinema-4d-using-the...

Creating an interesting transition between moving objects, Audio Visual Designer Miquel Rodriguez Estany shares how to use the Tracer Object in Cinema 4D that can yield an easy and varied way to create transitions.

Composite a Realistic Laser Beam Security System

January 8, 2014, 09:56 AM

http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/vfx/composite-a-r...

In this tutorial, we'll be creating a fake force field like you may see in a heist film. We'll use a prop laser to help us generate a matte line and then create...

Create a Portal Below Crumbling Pavement

January 7, 2014, 10:56 AM

http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/vfx/create-a-port...

In this tutorial, we are going to learn how to project a texture from your live action footage on to geometry created with After Effects’ built in Shatter plug-in. We are then going to go over how to make a custom shatter map and gradient to give you the maximum amount of control possible when working with this plug-in.

Previs Camera - Maya

January 6, 2014, 10:57 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/maya-previs-camera-...

The Previs Camera tools for Autodesk Maya automated building cameras using preset definitions of popular real life cameras. Recently taking advantage of the holiday break, Cinematographer Matt Workman updated the Previs Camera Tools to version 2 adding many more camera presets, as well as a smoother and mor functional user interface for the tool.

Using Transfer Attributes - Maya

January 4, 2014, 02:46 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/maya-using-transfer...

Starting out by saying “The more you know the more you realize how much you don’t know” Jimmy Gunawan proves this a bit by showing that you can use the Maya Transfer Attributes Tool to transfer more than just UV’s, colors, or sets. Maya’s Transfer Attributes will also be used to project one object on another, much like how a shrink wrap deformer would work.

Create and Animate a Wind-Blown Dandelion

January 4, 2014, 08:16 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/maya-create-and-ani...

Animation filmmaker and CG Artist Qing Sheng provides a walkthrough for creating a dandelion spreading its seeds blown by the wind, usig some sculpting in ZBrush and creating and animating the scene in Autodesk Maya.

Adding External Compositing - Cinema 4D

January 3, 2014, 01:27 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/cinema-4d-adding-ex...

If you are just starting out in Cinema 4D and After Effects, you may find it confusing when trying to get nulls for individual cloner objects from Cinema 4D into After Effects. Here, The Pixel Lab’s Joren Kandel shows an easy way by adding an external compositing tag to the cloner itself.

Cage Deformer Basic

January 3, 2014, 01:25 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/modo-cage-deformer-...

Simon Wawrzak shares his modo scene where he has set up a “mini” lattice deformer that can make wholesale deformation changes to a model easily in modo, rigging some mood tools together to create the effect.

Adding Joints and Weights in Cinema4D

January 3, 2014, 09:54 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/cinema-4d-adding-jo...

As a sort of extension to his crash course in rigging tutorial where he took a look at rigging an undulating tail in Cinema 4d, Demafleez shares some experiences with adding joints and weighting to an existing character.

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