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

MPC Cinderella VFX breakdown

February 17, 2016, 10:17 AM

https://www.aotg.com/mpc-cinderella-vfx-breakdown/

MPC’s team lead by VFX Supervisor Patrick Ledda worked closely with Director Kenneth Branagh and Production VFX Supervisor Charley Henley, delivering more than 500 shots for the movie. Work ranged from creating creatures including a family of mice, lizards, geese and butterflies to human digi doubles, complex magical transformations and extensive environment work.

Multi Plane Lightsaber Remove with mocha Pro

February 17, 2016, 10:15 AM

https://www.aotg.com/multi-plane-lightsaber-remove-with-mocha-pro/

In this in-depth tutorial, Imagineer Product Specialist, Mary Poplin walks you through a complex, multi-planar object remove of a lightsaber for a Star Wars fan film. This tutorial uses mocha Pro and Adobe After Effects.

The VFX of Marvel's Agent Carter

February 17, 2016, 06:18 AM

https://www.aotg.com/the-vfx-of-marvels-agent-carter/

The Visual Effects Society has honored the effects wizards behind Season 1 of "Marvel's Agent Carter" with a nomination in the 14th Annual VES Awards, and in honor of that we're bringing you a special behind-the-scenes look at the incredible work they did to bring 1940s New York to life!

DEADPOOL: Alex Wang - VFX Supervisor

February 16, 2016, 01:29 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/deadpool-alex-wang-vfx-sup...

Alex Wang started his career in the visual effects at The Orphanage on THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. He worked on many projects before joining ImageMovers Digital for THE CHRISTMAS CAROL and MARS NEEDS MOMS. In 2010, Alex joined Digital Domain for TRON LEGACY and then worked on TRANFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON, JACK THE GIANT SLAYER and FURIOUS 7.

How the Coen brothers used new-school effects

February 16, 2016, 10:12 AM

http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/8/10926066/hail-cae...

Joel and Ethan Coen have never bothered pinning themselves to a single genre, nor have they been afraid of wearing their love for Hollywood itself on their collective sleeve — but their latest film Hail, Caesar! takes things to an entirely different level. A film about Old Hollywood, set inside the fictional Capitol Pictures in the 1950s, it doesn’t just take pains to create the look and feel of happy-go-lucky musicals, aw-shucks westerns, and Roman epics; Hail, Caesar! begins adopting those...

Improve Screencast Videos with AE Templates

February 16, 2016, 10:12 AM

http://wistia.com/blog/template-for-screencast-vid...

At Wistia, we're used to shooting videos about software. We've tackled issues like glare on screens and editing screencasts, and we've tried our best to make otherwise boring videos more visually engaging.

Oscars: VFX Noms Include Actual Explosions...

February 16, 2016, 10:12 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/osc...

VFX supervisors for 'Mad Max,' 'Star Wars' and more Oscar-nominated films share what it takes to keep it real. 'The Martian's' VFX supervisor, Richard Stammers, says of achieving an earthy approach: "We strive to make as much as we can real. The more you capture in-camera, they more it’s grounded in reality."

Rodeo FX Brings Insight and Enthusiasm to Deadpool

February 16, 2016, 09:05 AM

http://philpott.ca/rodeo-fx-brings-insight-and-ent...

Rodeo FX worked with Jonathan Rothbart, VFX supervisor, and Tim Miller, director, to create the grotesque look and feel of the Ryan Reynold's "Deadpool".

#rodeo fx#deadpool
Keying and compositing in NukeX

February 16, 2016, 06:05 AM

http://www.provideocoalition.com/keying-and-compos...

You’ve seen it before: composited people with hair helmets. If you’ve done any keying yourself, you probably notice it all the time. And you’ve seen worse: webbed fingers, grey outlines, green, magenta or grey reflections on skin. How can you make your keys look as good as the ones in, say, Iron Man or Transformers?

How to Make Earth in Blender (Cycles)

February 16, 2016, 06:03 AM

https://www.aotg.com/how-to-make-earth-in-blender-cycles/

Blender tutorial on how to make a stylized, blue scifi earth, fit for advertising or wallpaper.

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