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

FreeForm Pro: Setting new standards in AE

April 9, 2011, 10:43 PM

http://library.creativecow.net/jelescu_tudor/FreeF...

FreeForm Pro runs in its own proprietary 3D engine, and it is most definitely 3D, says Tudor Ted Jelescu. FreeForm Pro uses Adaptive Tessellation, true 3D displacement, Reflection Mapping, and Renders Depth Maps for use with other plug-ins, like Trapcodes Particular and Frischlufts Lenscare. Read for more information and Tudor's first-hand experience with this amazing product powered by Mettle.

One of those NAB Where I will Be posts

April 9, 2011, 12:51 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/st...

It seems that many folks who work in this little biz we call the film and video production industry will be at NAB. And there is quite a few of those that also have a blog or website of some sort. I will go ahead and add a post to the usual batch of where I’ll be at NAB kind topics, not because I think I’m important enough to that it needs to be...

Baselight introduces Baselight on Final Cut Pro

April 9, 2011, 12:49 PM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ssimmons/st...

One of the first big announcements out of the NAB gate comes from Filmlight and it involves their Baselight product line. The overall news is an update to Baselight (taking it to version 4.3) and a new Blackboard 2 control surface.

NaNny fixes over-brights turned black

April 9, 2011, 07:58 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ryoung/stor...

Fnord Software has a new free plug-in, NaNny, that fixes over-bright pixels turned black in OpenEXR, TIFF, and other float files inside After Effects. Float space is a strange place, where bugs can result in NaN (Not a Number), inf (infinity), and negative pixel values that can wreck havoc with image processing. Pictured here is the sample EXR with a blur filter applied; without NaNny you just get the black block.

Colorista Free and LUT Buddy

April 9, 2011, 07:54 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ryoung/stor...

Magic Bullet LUT Buddy was designed for the professional colorist and bridges the gap from desktop applications to high end systems and hardware boxes. Use Magic Bullet LUT Buddy with apps like After Effects and FCP to output LUTs and communicate with higher end systems ranging from DaVinci Resolve to Panasonic displays. If you are already using 1D or 3D LUTs in your workflow, this tool was designed for you to share values between compliant software and devices.

Background on Warp Stabilizer

April 9, 2011, 07:52 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ryoung/stor...

Earlier today Chris Meyer noted a Adobe Technology Sneak Preview: Warp Stabilizer. Other teases like CS5 Evolves April 11th, 2011 have appeared on Adobe websites, but there’s no need to wait for a little more on this new technology, thanks to a tweet by Karl Soule.

AE Flame: free plug-in for CS4 & CS5

April 9, 2011, 07:51 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/index.php/ryoung/stor...

Satya Meka has ported the open source AEFlame plug-in to After Effects CS4 + CS5! Recursive Fractal Flames have an interesting history which is discussed in the video embedded here, The Open Source Culture of the Flame Algorithm. Background on flame development in After Effects can be found in the previous port, AEFlame by Andrew Davidson.

Two New FREE Tools for Color Grading and...

April 8, 2011, 05:04 PM

http://www.redgiantsoftware.com/blog/2011/04/08/tw...

Colorista Free is a simplified, elegant color corrector that anyone can share and use. You get exactly what you need with basic controls designed by experienced colorists, like the 3-Way wheels from our popular Colorista II and numeric sliders for precise numerical accuracy.

How To: After Effects Special FX Basics

April 8, 2011, 05:02 PM

http://charlesheureaux.com/2011/04/08/how-to-after...

In todays tutorial we will learn the basics of understanding how to place a muzzle flash and spark at the nozzle of a lego gun blaster.

Long Work Days and Your Heart

April 8, 2011, 04:51 PM

http://splicenow.com/2011/04/08/long-work-days-and...

In another sobering reminder that long work days influence your health, a paper published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine reports that people who worked 11 or more hours a day...

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