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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

Using 4K Media Avid MC

February 24, 2014, 02:11 PM

http://www.geniusdv.com/news_and_tutorials/2014/02...

Avid Media Composer version 7.X can now reference 4K media. You can use a function called frame flex to move around within a 4K video frame.

Animating Type with Alpha Mattes in AE

February 24, 2014, 11:05 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/animating-type-alph...

It is always interesting to see someone’s workflow if not for new techniques, but to find new combinations of ones that you already know. Looking around the web, you may find there are many ways for animating type in Ae. There is no definitive method for animating type, the best way gives you the best result in the shortest amount of time with the least headache.

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.

Rendering X-Particle Motion Blur

February 23, 2014, 08:35 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/rendering-x-particl...

Insydium’s Mike Batchelor takes a look at how to get motion blur with X-Particles, when using the standard X-Particles material. The standard material and the physical renderer inside of Cinema 4D does not support motion blur, but the standard renderer does. This is easily handled by adding a motion blur tag, and enabling a sub-frame motion blur effect in the render settings.

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.

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”.

Keeping PreComp AUdio in Sync

February 20, 2014, 10:26 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/keeping-audio-sync-...

Zack Lovatt posts a little writeup on how to hold a preComp’s audio channel in place while you are moving the layer around in After Effects, keeping it in sync with another layer.

Getting Started with After Effects Expressions

February 20, 2014, 05:43 AM

http://www.angietaylor.co.uk/2014/02/20/getting-st...

Expressions are like little scripts that trigger changes to layer properties, and they can save you time, make your work more flexible, and open up new creative possibilities. In this course, motion graphic designer Angie Taylor shows you how to make Adobe After Effects expressions work for you, starting with building expressions with the pick whip. Then she introduces JavaScript-based math expressions, which allow you to adjust timing and movement, and her favorite "no brainer" expressions,...

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