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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

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84Wsyu3mzNM

On episode 026 of FCPX Grill Dustin Hoye blew me away with this technique of swapping out one Motion template with another. I asked him if he wouldn't mind s...

Corporate Welfare for Hollywood?

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http://lesterbanks.com/2014/03/corporate-welfare-h...

Bran Dougherty-Johnson col­lab­o­rated with Daniel Khin Lay, the VFX-industry vet­eran and writer at VFX­ Sol­dier, to cre­ate this visual essay explain­ing the mis­sion behind the for­ma­tion of ADAPT (Asso­ci­a­tion of Dig­i­tal Artists, Pro­fes­sion­als, & Tech­ni­cians) and the prob­lem of gov­ern­ment sub­si­dies for cor­po­ra­tions in VFX. This film pro­vides a digestible visual overview of the sub­ject in order to raise aware­ness, fund the legal bat­tle a...

Understanding Color

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https://www.aotg.com/understanding-color-2/

Why Color is so important, Saturation and Value and six Color Harmonies that work.

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https://www.aotg.com/3d-printing-is-revolutionizing-special-effects/

Subscribe to Legacy Effects on YouTube: http://bit.ly/15mkX9A Take a look at how 3D Printing has changed the world of Special Effects Legacy Effects has been...

CGI VFX Compositing Breakdown HD: Ender's Game

March 1, 2014, 08:24 AM

https://www.aotg.com/cgi-vfx-compositing-breakdown-hd-enders-game/

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http://monicabriano.com/2014/02/28/infographic-ani...

I’ve always admired those who could do amazing animations in After Effects. I remember back in 2005 watching Creative Cow’s hour long tutorials. They were always complicated and some how I would miss a step and nothing would work. This week, I had to overcome my fear and jumped in the deep end.

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https://www.aotg.com/fcpx-transitions-and-sound-effects/

Learn the basics of how to add video transaction effects and sound effects to a Final Cut Pro project.

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https://www.aotg.com/turn-element-3d-text-to-rubber-jello-text-ae/

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http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/02/saul-bass-pitch...

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http://www.mentorless.com/2014/02/28/watch-life-pi...

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