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

TrackX powered by Mocha offers pro motion tracking

January 13, 2014, 01:48 PM

http://postperspective.com/2014/01/trackx-powered-...

Guildford, UK — Imagineer Systems, based here, and the creators of the Mocha Planar Tracking technology, along with Australia-based CoreMelt, a provider of advanced video plug-in effects, have released TrackX powered by Mocha. This is the latest Apple Final Cut Pro X (FCP X) plug-in to come out of the strategic partnership between Imagineer and […]

NYC Discussion with VFX Soldier

January 13, 2014, 11:07 AM

https://www.facebook.com/events/555571281201729/

Daniel Khin Lay aka VFX Soldier will be in town to discuss efforts to curb VFX subsidies and the formation of ADAPT: The Association of Digital Artists, Professionals, and Technicians.

Creating and Lighting a Space Scene

January 13, 2014, 11:06 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/cinema-4d-creating-...

Taking a look at basic lighting and textures for creating a space scene in Cinema 4d, Shane Benson covers setting up the scene with the background reference image, and lights, with some basic light settings.

2013 AACTA International Awards

January 13, 2014, 11:05 AM

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/2013-aacta-int...

Here's a newish award on the circuit I haven't really been following. The AACTA Awards are effectively the Oscars of the Australian film industry, and "The Great Gatsby" led the nominations for them -- but this is the third year they've held a separate ceremony for international film. The resulting honorees don't differ greatly from the other pre-Oscar lists we've seen thus far, though there's a slight Down Under accent to the nominees, with names like Joel Edgerton and Geoffrey Rush showing up ...

John Knoll Talks ILM, Disney, 'Star Wars'...

January 13, 2014, 05:45 AM

http://www.awn.com/vfxworld/john-knoll-talks-ilm-d...

Few people in the visual effects industry talk with as much clarity and perspective as ILM’s John Knoll. When he speaks, he truly speaks from experience. A career spent supervising visual effects on many of the most successful feature films in history provides only a glimpse of his impact on the world of computer graphics, filmmaking and visual development. Along with his brother Thomas, he created Photoshop, arguably the most important digital creative tool in history. Oh, and add in an Oscar...

Heads Above: The VFX of Sleepy Hollow

January 13, 2014, 05:44 AM

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/heads-above-the-vf...

Fox’s Sleepy Hollow is closing in on the end of its first season and has already been renewed for its second. The show features a diverse mix of visual effects work, from the hero Headless Horseman to matte paintings, particle sims and other animation. Visual effects supervisor Jason Zimmerman helps us go behind the scenes for a recent episode – ‘Necromancer’ – that has around 500 VFX shots.

BAFTA 2014 – VFX Nominees

January 12, 2014, 03:53 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=5818

The BAFTA 2014 have announced their nominations!

Happy New Year! ~ and a question…

January 12, 2014, 09:49 AM

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2014/01/happy-...

First off – Happy New Year to all! 2013 was a fantastic year in the world of Ae, and I’m stoked about what could be done in 2014.  With that – I wanted to share a new years resolution of mine. My blog has been really ‘announcy’, which although not even a word – 2013 was really a lot of announcements coming from yours truly. Therefore – my resolution is to return my portion of the Ae blog to being about conversations.  My favorite thing about this job is talking with folks who...

Behind VFX: Runaway

January 12, 2014, 09:47 AM

http://www.behindvfx.com/post/73048851611/behind-v...

Check out this insightful behind the scenes making of the futuristic short film “Runaway" by ArtFX OFFICIEL. ArtFx is a top school for learning special effects and 3D animation.

'Gravity' Takes Top Prize at AACTA

January 11, 2014, 09:33 AM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gravity-take...

Alfonso Cuaron’s space odyssey Gravity has won best film and best direction at the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) International Awards, beating out 12 Years A Slave, American Hustle, Captain Phillips and Rush for the top prize. The awards were handed out at an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles Friday.

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