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 PNG Images in VFX and Motion Graphics

February 7, 2014, 06:34 PM

http://www.audiomicro.com/royalty-free-music-blog/...

Learning to search and utilize PNG image files can speed up any visual effects artist and motion graphics editor’s workflow. Whether it’s a quick pre visualization mock-up for a client, or the final render, PNG image files are a great tool to add to any visual editor’s skill set. First, let’s go through a quick run down on what exactly a PNG image file is...

Clockwork VFX Helps Toys “R” Us Win The Monste

February 7, 2014, 06:32 PM

http://news.creativecow.net/story/874152

(Dubai, United Arab Emirates--February 7, 2014) Monster 500, the post-apocalyptic mega-race is on, and animation/visual effects studio Clockwork VFX is the creative winner. The studio -- led by Creative Director/Co-Founder Jason Tomlins and Executive Producer Nina Davenport – teamed with agency Rotter Creative Group,(http://rottercreativegroup.com/) New York, and Toys"R"Us to launch the new Monster 500 brand.

Long shadows in AE tutorial

February 7, 2014, 10:22 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1acCQNZycps

Long Shadows, love them or hate them, it is a current design trend, there are several tutorials on how to do this in other adobe products like illustrator or photoshop, but this tutorial is all about After Effects. its dynamic, and can easily be turned into a template. This is much faster to process than just duplicating the layer over and over again.

VFX Screens, iOS App for Screen Replacement

February 7, 2014, 06:01 AM

http://www.3dvf.com/actualite-8734-vfx-screens-app...

The screen replacement is often a tedious post-production stage, and Codega Studio intends to change this state of affairs. Company Launches VFX Screens , iOS app (iPhone, iPad) that facilitates the operations tracking / matchmoving using markers . the screen, a customizable plain background but also markers to help monitor movement of the fingers Better yet, the application is compatible with AirPlay and AppleTV AirServer In other words, you can use it for a TV . or computer VFX Screens is comp...

BECTU Calls on U.K. Screen Association

February 7, 2014, 06:01 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/bec...

The Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union (BECTU) is calling on the U.K. Screen Association — which represents U.K.-based visual effects companies -- to conduct a “full, independent inquiry into the work conditions that people in VFX face, especially the problem of long hours."

The Best Film Visual Effects Through the Years

February 6, 2014, 02:32 PM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/the-best-film-visu...

See the best VFX over the last 30+ years in this excellent montage of the Academy Award winners for Best Visual Effects.

THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY: Allan Magled

February 6, 2014, 11:55 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=5828

Allan Magled began his career in the VFX in 1995 working at CORE Digital Pictures. In 2002, he founded Soho VFX with Berj Bannayan and Mike Mombourquette and worked on many projects including THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, THE A-TEAM or RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES.

New VFX tutorial: Fireball

February 6, 2014, 11:53 AM

http://community.hitfilm.com/index.php?/blog/1/ent...

Well, it’s finally here! It’s been a while since we first announced that this fireball tutorial was being made and due to workload it was being pushed back again and again – but we know that it’s been worth the wait.

Using Plexus in AE

February 6, 2014, 11:53 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/using-plexus-effect...

Gardner Raymond revisits a previous post with a new spin, taking a look at how the magnification effects was created. Gardner offered some insight into how he recreated the title design and motion graphics from the film “The Art Of Flight” from consequence video designs. That tutorial had an extensive look at peppering designs and animation that made extensive use of Rowbyte’s Plexus plugin for After Effects.

VFX Guru John Knoll on Limiting Waste

February 5, 2014, 05:32 PM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/vfx-guru-joh...

TORONTO -- Much is made about Guillermo del Toro's Pacific Rim being an industry game-changer because the $190 million sci-fi blockbuster nabbed 75 percent of its box office from overseas, especially China.

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