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

Walking through the Hat Building

November 26, 2013, 05:32 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/walk...

I spent part of my afternoon at the Hat Building, where a lengthy Frozen trailer is on display on a large monitor in the entrance hall, and a lot of employees are taking Thanksgiving week off. ...

How Disney Animation simulates snow

November 25, 2013, 10:54 AM

http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2013/11/how-disney-an...

I really hope they have 40 subtly different words for this: [YouTube] Only theoretically related: “There really are 50 Eskimo words for ‘snow’”

Pixar Undergoes Layoffs

November 23, 2013, 09:09 AM

http://www.awn.com/news/people/pixar-undergoes-lay...

Pixar Animation Studios lays off an undisclosed number of people at its Emeryville, Calif., headquarters due to the delay of its forthcoming film The Good Dinosaur.

Michel Gondry on Old-School Animation

November 22, 2013, 05:38 AM

http://filmmakermagazine.com/77346-michel-gondry-o...

Two highly unique minds converge in Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?, the latest from whimsical visionary Michel Gondry, who aptly subtitles his film, “An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky.” In the works for four years...

Animation technique that makes you Spin

November 22, 2013, 05:36 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/animation/animation-te...

Music videos seem to be getting more creative as the years go by - with some of the best music videos using a wide range of animation techniques. This music video however, uses a clever little technique that's absolutely mesmirizing.

Animation is still trying to come of age at Oscars

November 22, 2013, 05:35 AM

http://thedissolve.com/features/exposition/283-ani...

To compete in the Best Animated Feature category at the Academy Awards, a film must meet certain requirements. Its running time must exceed 40 minutes. Seventy-five percent of that running time must consist of frame-by-frame animation. And like all Oscar-eligible movies, it must screen theatrically in Los Angeles for at least a seven-day period.

The Art of Snow

November 21, 2013, 11:01 AM

https://www.aotg.com/the-art-of-snow/

In this demonstration from Siggraph, Disney engineers demonstrate the power of their snow model used for their film “Frozen”

Font of the day: March

November 21, 2013, 05:33 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/typography/font-day-ma...

Every day we showcase the best fonts on the web. Today it's March by Gumpita Rahayu, which is free to download in exchange for a tweet!

Nice Work...

November 21, 2013, 05:32 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2013/11/nice...

... Christopher Dodd, the CEO of the MPAA, earned compensation of $3.3 million in 2012, up from $2.4 million in 2011, his first year at the helm of the movie industry trade group, according to a tax filing obtained by The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday.

How does 2D animator Greg McLeod manage his workfl

November 20, 2013, 02:58 PM

http://www.beedigital.net/blog/how-does-2d-animato...

How does 2D animator Greg McLeod manage his workflow?

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