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
March 20, 2014, 03:09 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/getting-started-cam...
Tyler Jordan offers a look at getting started with camera mapping and camera projection techniques in Cinema 4D. Jordan shows his workflow that involves taking a couple of photographs and setting them up so you can move through them in 3D space in C4D.
March 20, 2014, 12:43 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/custom-arnold-rende...
The Render Blog’s João spots some of the tools that he uses in his day to day workflows for lighting and rendering in Maya using the Arnold Renderer. If you have been watching some of the tutorials from the Render Blog, you may have noticed some “special” or custom tools that he has used over the last little while.
March 19, 2014, 03:28 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/simulating-balloons...
The MotionBoutique creators of the 2D Physics simulation plugin for After Effects, Newton2, post a look at how to create flying balloons that can interact with their environment. This comes complete with Newton2 animated string that are attached to each balloon.
March 18, 2014, 12:54 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/use-matrix-object-c...
Günter Nikotin shares a technique that will allow you to deform and sculpt particles in Cinema 4D dynamically in real time. This is easily done by using the Matrix Object, Günter shows how you can also affect the particles with the standard Mograph Effectors and then apply dynamics as well.
March 17, 2014, 08:00 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/quick-primer-using-...
3D, Visual Effects and Filmmaker, James Coppens posts a really quick look at using python in Cinema 4D to automate and script some workflow tasks. While James was creating an animation of a character riding a quadruped, he relied on python to script some of the processes in order to complete that animation.
March 17, 2014, 03:45 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/makehuman-open-sour...
It has been many, many years in the making, but finally the open source tool for making 3D Characters, MakeHuman sees a release as version 1.0. MakeHuman is the free and open source software initiative to create realistic 3d humans for reference, sculpting, animations, illustrations and games. It is free to use and open source, meaning the code and technology used to develop the MakeHuman software can be freely shared.
March 17, 2014, 12:39 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/animating-typograph...
Matt from the Mt. Mograph channel calls this one “Hipster Calligraphy” which made me chuckle a bit. What Matt is showing in this tutorial is creating frame by frame animation using the best bits of three applications. Each of these are used towards the end goal, animating typography.
March 16, 2014, 10:43 AM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/creating-turbulent-...
Insydium’s Mike Batchelor offers a look at the workflow for creating turbulent guild effects using X-PArticles in Cinema 4D. Mike shows how to create a great ink drop into water effect that is the type of effect you would most likely see created with a fluids simulation plugins like Turbulence FD. There is a tiny bit more initial set up for creating this type of fluid effect with X-Particles, but its negligible.
March 15, 2014, 11:44 AM
http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/game-hair-tutorial-zb...
Game Hair Tutorial (Zbrush & Maya), Game Hair Tutorial, Zbrush tutorial, Zbrush tutorials, Maya Tutorial, Maya Tutorials, Zbrush, Maya, Daniel Cahill
March 15, 2014, 11:44 AM
http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/effects-animatable-...
Self taught designer and motion graphics artist Shinsuke Matsumoto posted a free download for his simple, yet super fun Isometric Cube Preset for After Effects. The preset will create an isometric cube from any shape layer in After Effects. It is quite a bit of fun too.
Daniel George McDonald sits down to discuss creating the finale for Cheer Season 2.
Gordon sits down with the editorial team of The Black Lady Sketch Show to discuss their approach to ...
Gordon sits down with Philip to discuss his work with Tyler Perry and his latest film A Madea Homeco...
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