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
October 3, 2013, 09:55 AM
http://manhattaneditworkshop.blogspot.com/2013/10/...
VFX artist Jeff Wozniak discusses the incredible effects work that went into making "The Avengers." From Inside the Cutting Room: Sight, Sound, and Story on June 8th, 2013. Edited by Daniel Jamieson.
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http://deysonortiz.com/blog/blender/blender-demo-r...
Check out the latest Demo Reel for the Free Open Source Software Blender. For anyone that is looking for a low budget software to create high end quality animations and compositing then I highly recommend they take a look at Blender.org.
September 30, 2013, 06:27 PM
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Gaffer initially used in rendering and look development, has expended to lofty goals providing a general purpose and open source, node based application with the basic building blocks and tools specifically designed for the Visual Effects industry which include procedural scene generation, shader authoring, rendering, and compositing.
September 30, 2013, 12:08 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/09/how-to-use-cinema-4...
Yader, (Derya Öztürk) posts a quick tip showing how it is possible to use the Cinema 4D Morph Tag as an alternative to using MoGraph PolyFX, inciting the technique to scale down an object on a per-polygon basis.
September 30, 2013, 10:42 AM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/09/understanding-the-c...
Jamie Hamel-Smith presents another five minute tip for Cinema 4D in using the Compositing Tag to alter and change rendering attributes like shadows, ambient occlusion, reflections and refractions.
September 28, 2013, 07:56 AM
http://www.borisfx.com/videos/BCCAE/Creating-Trans...
Ever wonder how seemingly random particles fly or whirl across the screen to create an image? In the latest episode of Boris TV, Senior Product Manager, Dirk de Jong, shows you how BCC Particle Array 3D in Adobe After Effects can be used to create the effect. Plus, learn the ins-and-outs of fractal noise and control maps, and discover how BCC Film Glow, BCC Glint, BCC Linear Wipe, and BCC Rays Puffy can be added for a highly stylized look that pops.