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

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Laketown

April 3, 2014, 12:28 PM

http://www.splinebomb.com/hobbit-desolation-smaug-...

“Travel through Middle-earth’s city on the lake as it evolves from early pencil sketches to the bustling streets seen in the film. See all the elements come together to bring stunning scale and detail to one of the film’s most important settings.”

Alternative ending for Gravity

April 3, 2014, 07:49 AM

http://www.flickeringmyth.com/2014/04/alternative-...

Eagle-eyed viewers may have noticed a small passing cameo from a certain superhero in last years Gravity but the fat-cats at Warner Bros. chose to turn it down. However, footage has leaked. About 20 minutes into the film, as Sandra Bullock is thrown into the never-ending void of space, the Man of Steel himself Superman leaps to save the day, thus the film comes to a rather abrupt conclusion in which no protagonists die. Take a look...

Darim and Silicon Imaging Launch Revolutionary 3D

April 3, 2014, 07:47 AM

http://www.dvinfo.net/news/darim-and-silicon-imagi...

(NAB 2014, SL6310) — Darim Vision, an innovator in MPEG encoding and visualization technologies and Silicon Imaging, an award winning manufacturer of 2K and 360 camera and recording systems, have joined forces to deliver an innovative family of trackless Virtual Studio products for Live Broadcast, Presentation and Flipped Classroom Lecture Capture. Until now, virtual studio Read More

SFX - Making Rain, 3D Printing and Blow Up Greensc

April 2, 2014, 09:02 PM

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/special-effects-ma...

Here at fxguide we don’t always get the opportunity to discuss the incredible advancements in practical special effects, but lately we’ve come across a number of innovations in special fx that interested us. Here’s a look at just a few – from the practical rain in Noah that was controlled by an iPad app, to how New Deal Studios incorporates 3D printing for its miniature work, to the ‘rise’ of inflatable greenscreens, and award winning car flipping tech.

Ralph McQuarrie, Star Wars Concept Artist

April 2, 2014, 03:43 PM

https://www.aotg.com/ralph-mcquarrie-star-wars-concept-artist/

In part five of Ralph McQuarrie, Star Wars Concept Artist: Tribute to a Master, concept artist and illustrator Marc Gabanna, Industrial Light & Magic's Scott...

Create Xpresso Nodes

April 2, 2014, 03:43 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/04/create-xpresso-node...

The commander in Cinema 4D will allow you to create any type of object in C4d, simply by typing. This can be a huge workflow change, saving time in searching and clicking to create elements in your scene. The one issue with the Commander, is that it can’t create Xpresso nodes. If you are the nerdy type and like to use expressions in most everything you do, then the QCmds plugin is for you.

A Simple Trick for Creating Pie Charts in After Ef

April 2, 2014, 03:41 PM

http://www.premiumbeat.com/blog/how-to-create-easy...

Charts and graphs can sometime be a pain to create and animate in After Effects, especially pie charts. This very simple, quick method gets the numbers exact while allowing huge flexibly.

Understanding and Using the Step effector

April 2, 2014, 12:40 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/04/understanding-using...

You most likely have seen the step effector in Action. Quite popular over the last few years, the step effector is responsible for objects that fold/unfold or build up in an animation. Animator Tyler Jordan offers a foundation look at creating an animation that “builds upwards” in Cinema 4D but using C4D’s Step Effector.

Mochaimport for Nuke

April 2, 2014, 12:40 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/04/mochaimport-nuke/?u...

Imagineer Systems along side Mamoworld have announced the release of MochaImport+ for Nuke. Mamowolrd’s MochaImport+ has been a great tool for streamlining the workflow between Mocha and After Effects, allowing you to easily send your footage and tracking data back and forth between the two applications.

April 2014 Term Open Now

April 1, 2014, 10:26 PM

http://www.fxphd.com/news/april-2014-term-now-open...

The new April term is now open here at fxphd, and we’re very excited about the lineup! We have continued to make a special effort to deliver on requests for our members.

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