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
December 23, 2013, 01:42 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/maya-bendy-joint-cr...
Upon receiving positive feedback with the last tool he created, the Soft IK Tool, Nick Miller posts a new tool for creating a bendable joint chain in Autodesk Maya which also allows for flexible control over a segmented joint chain.
December 23, 2013, 10:56 AM
http://ae.tutsplus.com/tutorials/workflow/how-to-c...
In today's tutorial, we are going to take a look at a starlapse video and transform it into an amazing startrails video. We are going to use only After Effects...
December 21, 2013, 02:34 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/after-effects-creat...
Showing that some tasks do not require 3rd party plugins lie you might think, Mikey Borup walks through creating a newscast style 3D spinning globe in After Effects using only After Effects native tools.
December 21, 2013, 02:34 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/hitfilm-using-parti...
In case you missed it, HitFilm has had a successful Kickstart Campaign, bringing HitFilm 2 to the Mac environment. There are many similarities between HitFilm and After Effects, but one of the most appreciative things that HitFilm has over AE is that most things are integrated, such as an editing environment, the 3D Environment, Lens-flares and particles.
December 20, 2013, 08:17 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/blender-introductio...
Using an architectural model as a premise, Chris Folea demonstrates procedural modeling techniques in Blender showing how you can save some work when creating variations of a model. By creating some procedural controls you will be able to change the look of the model, in this case, adding more floors, or adding more rooms to the building and having everything in the model adjust accordingly.
December 20, 2013, 10:44 AM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/cinema-4d-creating-...
Using cinema 4D’s hair module, Stephan G offers a look at creating and rendering something that is winter related, a realistically rendered ball of yarn or wool. The C4D Cloner makes short work of modeling the yarn ball by cloning a simple torus shape with the random deformer, taking care of creating the major strands of yarn in a ball shape pretty quickly.
December 19, 2013, 10:57 AM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/maya-instancing-fea...
Bjørn Blaabjerg Sørensen shows how to instance feathers on to a character using Yeti in Autodesk Maya creating a feathery coat. Recently, Yeti added a new feather geometry feature in the latest update, making it easier to create plumage. Here, Bjørn is showing how to create a coat simply through instancing, sometimes in full-on song.
December 18, 2013, 01:10 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/maya-file-import-sc...
Every wanted to see a thumbnail preview of files you are browsing through from an open dialog box in Autodesk Maya? -Ya, me too. Well, now with Peter Walters’ Maya Model Import Browser & Icon Tool you can.
December 17, 2013, 01:58 PM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/cinema-4d-creating-...
Offering a look at creating a swinging light bulb in front of some text and a background, Ben Watts of Ben Watts Design shows how to create the interactions between the rigid body light bulb components and the soft body dynamics of the chord, and have it all work together to create the swinging motion.
December 16, 2013, 10:48 AM
http://lesterbanks.com/2013/12/cinema-4d-creating-...
Walking through creating an animation where particles fly in to create the text in the scene, School of Motion’s Joey Korenman provides another opportunity to see workflow in action, which includes dead end strategies and work-arounds.
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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