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

A “Frozen” Tutorial by John Dickinson

February 24, 2014, 11:05 AM

http://jeffvlog.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/a-frozen-...

Inspired by the animated movie “Frozen” released in late 2013, John Dickinson of Motionworks shows how he combined an Artbeats stock footage clip using only the default Adobe After Effects tools, to create a realistic frosty window effect in this tutorial. Also included are the project files to follow along with and make your creative video effect.

Methods for Rotating a Wheel Using Xpresso

February 24, 2014, 11:04 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/rotating-wheel-usin...

Offering a look behind some of the math of having a wheel rotate with proper ground contact, CreativMotion’s Cole Wilson shows how to drive (so to speak) the animation with Xpresso.

The Big Rally

February 23, 2014, 02:01 PM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2014/02/the-...

More than 1,000 entertainment industry workers gathered in Burbank on Saturday, launching a campaign to support an expansion of California's film and TV tax credit program.

Animating a Transitioning Logo in AE

February 22, 2014, 02:14 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/animating-transitio...

Mikey Borup takes a look at creating a animation for a logo in After Effects. Creating a 3D spinning cube that will transition or turn into a 3D triangle shape, Mikey walks through the process of creating a complex animation with simple tools in After Effects.

Creating Chiseled Bevels in Cinema 4D

February 22, 2014, 02:14 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/creating-chiseled-b...

No truer than there are many ways to accomplish something, is that there are many, many ways to accomplish one task in any 3D application. With a breadth of tools that can be used in any combination, it opens up for plenty of different solutions for the same task.

Good News Among (Prospective) Bad News

February 22, 2014, 06:57 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2014/02/good...

DreamWorks Animation now has what every movie studio wants: it can get away with releasing movies that are not huge hits.

Pixar's Catmull to Speak on 'Creativity, Inc.'

February 21, 2014, 06:18 PM

http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/pixars-cat...

Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull will give a talk April 16 called “Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration” for Live Talks Business Forum in downtown Los Angeles.

Maya Water Drop Generator

February 21, 2014, 01:27 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/maya-water-drop-gen...

Zeno Pelgrims share a python script that he has been working on, which will place water drops on the surface of an object, or as he explains the scripts use… “it makes stuff wet”.

Oscars: Which Animated Short Should Win?

February 21, 2014, 11:08 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-anima...

Which animated short will take home the Oscar? And which one should? Five films are vying for Academy glory this year, with subjects ranging from Mickey Mouse to witches and goblins. Click here to watch the trailers for all five, and then take our poll below to give your opinion on which short deserves to win.

'Frozen,' 'Croods' Animators Reveal Secrets

February 21, 2014, 11:08 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-froze...

In an early version of The Croods, Grug, the character voiced by Nicolas Cage, was to have been in charge of a whole village. But the direction of the film shifted midway through its eight-year development when the filmmakers eliminated the village and focused The Croods on one family. "That's when Grug went from being a leader over many to just being a dad. Grug became a regular guy that any dad can relate to -- he stresses, he worries about his family," explains co-director Chris Sanders. "Cav...

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