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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

Doctor Strange VFX Breakdown

February 28, 2017, 07:23 AM

https://www.aotg.com/doctor-strange-vfx-breakdown/

Framestore worked on over 365 shots on Marvel's Doctor Strange, encapsulating a range of VFX and animation work including environments, the complex ‘Mandelbrotting’ of sets, incredibly high resolution digi-doubles of key characters, and the creation of the astral form, a key technique used throughout the film.

Someone Edited Star Wars To Give R2-D2 Dialogue

February 26, 2017, 04:09 PM

http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1629409/someone-ed...

He's one of the most popular and iconic of Star Wars characters and he never says one word of dialogue -- well, none that the viewer can understand. I could easily be talking about Chewbacca, but R2-D2 gets the spotlight today. The little droid only ever communicates with a series of beep-boops, yet somehow no one has any trouble following what he's saying, leaving only the viewer in the dark. Someone decided to change all that and gave a voice to R2 for all his scenes in Star Wars: A New Hope. ...

Creating colors, Themes and exploring color.adobe.

February 26, 2017, 04:09 PM

https://www.aotg.com/creating-colors-themes-and-exploring-color-adobe/

Creative Cloud connects all your applications together so sharing colors and themes is a click away. This tutorial walks you through creating and saving colors, creating Themes on color.adobe.com and how to get around a little hiccup in Premiere Pro and color libraries.

How 'Rogue One' Recreated Grand Moff Tarkin

February 24, 2017, 05:52 AM

https://www.aotg.com/how-rogue-one-recreated-grand-moff-tarkin/

Industrial Light & Magic used "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" to push the boundaries of visual effects, especially in the area of digital humans. Design FX dives into the incredible techniques used to recreate one of the Star Wars universe's most terrifying figures, Grand Moff Tarkin.

The Importance of Transitions in Reckless

February 23, 2017, 06:13 AM

https://www.aotg.com/the-importance-of-transitions-in-reckless/

From Manhattan Edit Workshop's "Critical Ends" series, featuring award winning editors discussing their craft as a part of our Six Week Editing Intensive.

MacBreak Studio Episode 389: Rigging Transitions

February 23, 2017, 06:12 AM

https://www.aotg.com/macbreak-studio-episode-389-rigging-transitions/

In this episode of MacBreak Studio, Mark will show you how to rig multiple transitions into a single drop down menu list, using Motion's powerful Rigging tools.

Hollywood's Greatest Trick - The Unsustainable VFX

February 23, 2017, 06:11 AM

https://www.aotg.com/hollywoods-greatest-trick-the-unsustainable-vfx/

All of the highest-grossing live-action Hollywood films last year were heavily reliant on computer generated visual effects.

Trippy in-camera VFX + Neil deGrasse Tyson

February 21, 2017, 10:14 AM

https://www.aotg.com/trippy-in-camera-vfx-neil-degrasse-tyson/

Toros Köse created mesmerizing visuals to accompany some of Neil deGrasse Tyson's thought-provoking ideas. The result, Into the Bright Unknown, is a nice way to do a quick reset of your priorities and worries.

When does Film Continuity REALLY matter

February 21, 2017, 06:25 AM

https://www.aotg.com/when-does-film-continuity-really-matter/

Continuity editing errors happen in big and small films. But do they matter? And how do editors feel about movie mistakes?

DEEPWATER HORIZON: VFX Breakdown by ILM

February 20, 2017, 06:17 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/deepwater-horizon-effects-...

Check out this nice FX reel by Industrial Light & Magic about their work on DEEPWATER HORIZON...

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