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

VFX Progress Group

February 11, 2014, 05:47 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/02/11/vfx-pro...

We’ve seen VFX communities create local organizations: The VES has had a local chapter in various cities, the UK facilities have the UK Screen Association, BECTU is forming a labor organization in the UK, and recently companies in Ireland have formed a local trade organization.

VFX Supervisor Tim Alexander on The Lone Ranger

February 10, 2014, 02:07 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/02/vfx-supervisor-...

This year’s Oscar nomination is the first for visual effects supervisor Tim Alexander, although far from his first major award. Alexander received a BAFTA award in 2001 for The Perfect Storm followed by two BAFTA nominations for two Harry Potter … more »

THE LONE RANGER: VFX breakdown

February 10, 2014, 02:06 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6019

Really cool VFX breakdown by MPC about their invisible work on THE LONE RANGER:

Understanding Calculation Xpresso

February 10, 2014, 02:06 PM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/02/calculation-xpresso...

Ever wonder what those things in Cinema 4D’s Xpresso environment do under the X-Pool Calculations menu? Well, here Mographcandy.com’s Dan Conrad goes over the system presets of Xpresso that fall under the “calculation” heading, showing the basic function and use for each. Dan covers Soft Target, Target, Vector Transition, Trigger Distance, and Angle Distance, which can all all be found under X-Pool Calculations.

Video File Formats [Aetuts+]

February 10, 2014, 05:42 AM

http://editorunderconstruction.blogspot.com/2014/0...

Encode videos with Mountain Lion Finder

Using the 2014 NAB Show Free Exhibit Hall Passes f

February 10, 2014, 05:41 AM

http://www.motionelements.com/blog/announcements/u...

The NAB Show is just around the corner, and if you intend to attend the biggest trade show in the broader-casting industry then you’re in luck. MotionElements will be exhibiting for the first time on this year’s NAB Show. To promote the event as well as encourage visitors to the booth, we are giving away [...]

The Making of RoboCop

February 9, 2014, 02:12 PM

http://www.behindvfx.com/post/76118202420/behind-v...

Behind VFX ACCESS is a video curation service for movie fans a direct access to curated playlists of reliable official making-of videos.

Render Order In Adobe After Effects

February 9, 2014, 08:38 AM

http://www.surfacedstudio.com/blog/after-effects-r...

In the first part of VFX Vlog 8 I talked about when and how best (not) to use visual effects and how visual effects are often misused as storytelling tools. In the second part I am going to talk about the render order in After Effects and what you need to consider when creating your visual effects.

The Invisible Art: Matte Painting/Set Extension

February 7, 2014, 06:35 PM

http://library.creativecow.net/manzella_andrew/Mat...

Virtual matte painting and set extension doesn't just live in grand shots of big budget movies anymore. "The Invisible Art" is now affordable through software you likely already own -- but still requires careful preparation during live action shooting if it's to be believable. Here are tips from an Emmy Award-winning local spot that you can apply to your own work, whichever tools you're using.

Behind the Scene with Big Trouble in Little China

February 7, 2014, 06:34 PM

http://www.behindvfx.com/post/75913193447/behind-t...

This is a behind the scenes making of John Carpenter’s (1986) “Big Trouble in Little China" with interview from director John Carpenter, vfx producer Richard Edlund, costume designer and casts Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, James Hong and Dennis Dun.

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