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

Ivan Prvulj’s Reel Electrifies With Amazing Dest

November 3, 2016, 12:13 PM

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Ivan Prvulj is a lead FX artist at Scanline VFX, who ultimately have done a lot of work in cornerstone blockbusters. Ivan has posted a new reel that shows some absolute jaw-dropping destruction effects from “independence day: resurgence” to “furious 7”. His tools include 3Ds MAX, Thinking Particles, Krakatoa, Hair Farm and Fast Cutter. Amazing The Post Ivan Prvulj’s Reel Electrifies With Amazing Destruction Effects originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

Using Maya's Blend Shapes for a Breeze Effect

November 2, 2016, 04:40 AM

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Rooster Teeth’s Rigging Artist, Gio Coutinho gives a rundown on using Maya’s Blend Shape weights to simulate a ‘breeze effect’ for Ruby’s clothing in the hit web series, RWBY.

Posterize Mattes in Ae for Easy Time Displacement

November 1, 2016, 09:26 AM

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Workbench.tv’s Joe Clay offers a quick demonstration for creating glitch-type of effects in After Effects. Joe uses a black and white matte for the time displacement that will affect an animated layer. Before that matte, Joe adds a posterize effect that can  limit the amount of colors that are being used. This can make for some The Post Posterize Mattes in Ae for Easy Time Displacement Effect originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

RigFast Offers Complete Web Browser Rigs For After

November 1, 2016, 09:25 AM

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New RigFast Web Browsers are 7 fully rigged web browser styles for After Effects. You can animated them as if they were real web browsers within Ae. Scroll, rollover, click, and resize just as if it were a real browser. The description for the product says that it is great for UX designers, prototyping, but The Post RigFast Offers Complete Web Browser Rigs For After Effects originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

Create a Shelf Building Rig in Maya With MASH

October 31, 2016, 06:27 PM

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So… here is something special. A little while ago, Technical Artist Alex Mann sowed off a Shelf Building Rig in Maya. The system using MASH nodes in Maya to act as a shelf-building asset, automatically generating books and shelves. (watch the video example below) If you have seen any of Itoo’s RailClone examples, this would The Post Create a Shelf Building Rig in Maya With MASH originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

How to create a stylised 3D character for games

October 31, 2016, 06:07 AM

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Learn how to use iClone's Character Creator to make a stylised avatar in this 10-step tutorial.

Add a 3D Effect to Images in Moho With Smart Warp

October 29, 2016, 10:55 AM

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Moho Pro 12 added some great new features. Since its release, we are seeing some great uses for them. One great feature is Smart Warp. Smart Warp allows you to create a mesh and manipulate any image. You are able to keyframe any point of the Smart Mesh to create animation. This can be useful The Post Add a 3D Effect to Images in Moho With Smart Warp originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

C4D to Get Native GPU Rendering With AMD ProRender

October 29, 2016, 09:25 AM

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Maxon has announced a collaboration with AMD that will deliver GPU rendering in Cinema 4D through Radeon ProRender. If you are not familiar with ProRender, it is a free and open source physical render engine based on Radeon Rays technology. ProRender is a complete rendering system that is scalable, and uses OpenCL instead of CUDA. There The Post C4D to Get Native GPU Rendering With AMD ProRender originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

Creating a Working Track Tread Setup in C4D

October 28, 2016, 11:09 AM

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A track tread system raises some complexities in 3D. A short time ago, 3D artist Shane Benson posted a look into synchronizing a wheel system with a track system. In cinema 4D, this can be done with a bit of Xpresso. Finally, a working tank track setup with proper wheel and tread rotation… Taking the The Post Creating a Working Track Tread Setup in C4D originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

Tracking a Target with Animation Nodes in Blender

October 28, 2016, 11:07 AM

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BlenderDiplom stated a Halloween themed tutorial series to celebrate the season. The second part of the series has a look at using Blender’s Animation Nodes for target tracking.  Frederik Steinmetz uses nodes to track the rotation of a few objects. The set up makes all the eyeballs in the scene follow a single object. The The Post Tracking a Target with Animation Nodes in Blender originally appeared and published on %%BLOGLINK%,by lesterbanks

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