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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

Books We Love - Issue #242

August 9, 2014, 12:01 AM

http://www.animationmagazine.net/top-stories/books...

The richly detailed, Celtic-inspired art behind Irish indie studio Cartoon Saloon’s 2009 film The Secret of Kells saturates every inch of this 236-page limited edition hardcover, available from the studio’s website and Stuart Ng Books.

Judge Rejects $324.5M Settlement of Tech Wage Case

August 9, 2014, 12:01 AM

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/judge-r...

A federal judge has decided a $324.5 million settlement isn't enough to cover the damages done to more than 60,000 high-tech workers in a class-action lawsuit alleging Google and Apple conspired with other technology companies to block their top employees from getting better job offers.

A letter from Bill Hanna to Chuck Jones

August 8, 2014, 04:18 PM

http://directedbychuckjones.tumblr.com/post/941800...

A letter from Bill Hanna to Chuck Jones, dated September 5, 1963, top; character study drawings of Tom & Jerry by Chuck Jones, circa 1963, graphite on 12 field MGM Animation paper.

Apes Movie Proves visual effects have reached a pi

August 8, 2014, 05:38 AM

http://www.hypable.com/2014/07/13/dawn-of-the-plan...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has wowed moviegoers this weekend with its impeccable visual effects and we think it finally proves that CGI has reached its highest point.

Saluting Game Of Thrones’ visual effects

August 8, 2014, 05:37 AM

http://www.denofgeek.com/tv/game-of-thrones/31311/...

When they’re good at their job, actors and directors are given all kinds of rewards: fame, fancy trailers, sizeable pay cheques, folding chairs with their names on and all the kale and coconut water smoothies they can drink…, but outside the VFX industry, what appreciation goes to the artists who turn said actors into evolved chimpanzees and razor-cheekboned evil fairies? Who salutes the banks of creative talent translating directors’ and writers’ visions into the battles and landscapes ...

Q&A: Critical Mass Studios CEO David Straus

August 7, 2014, 03:39 PM

http://www.studiodaily.com/2014/08/qa-critical-mas...

Withoutabox co-founders David Straus, Joe Neulight and Fred Kramer have resurfaced with the launch earlier this year of Critical Mass Studios (CMS), a global rights-tracking specialist for entertainment companies. In June, CMS acquired RightsLine, a real-time rights-management platform whose clients … more »

Siggraph 2014 is here!

August 7, 2014, 03:37 PM

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2014/08/siggra...

When it comes to computer graphics, there really isn’t a better tradeshow to know what’s hot and coming in the world of graphics technology. The name itself implies innovation (Special Interest Group on GRAPHics) and is the perfect ‘geek-out’ week: August 12-14. 2014.

Cinema 4D R16

August 6, 2014, 07:09 PM

http://motionworks.net/cinema-4d-r16/

Maxon has announced the upcoming release of Cinema 4D R16 which includes many new features including a new Reflectance channel which combines the Specular and Reflection channels, a motion tracker, a Polygon Pen tool for painting polygons in 3D space, a new Bevel Deformer for non-destructive modelling, sculpting updates and a new material and object library, amongst a huge list of other updates and enhancements. Check out some of the new features below with links to various resources where you c...

A Common Thread’s Clay Staub Directs Launch Camp

August 6, 2014, 01:24 PM

http://www.broadcastbeat.com/common-threads-clay-s...

Director applies his visual effects acumen to David & Goliath’s appealing spot blending live action and CG Minions. LOS ANGELES—A Common Thread’s Clay Staub has directed a new campaign for Universal Studios and Los Angeles agency David & Goliath that encourages park patrons to “find your inner Minion.” A bright and bubbly blend of live […]

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NYC's Sound Lounge makes four appointments

August 6, 2014, 08:43 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

NEW YORK — Audio post house Sound Lounge (www.soundlounge.com) has announced a number of new appointments. Michael Glennon joins Mister Face, Sound Lounge’s creative video production arm, as executive producer. An experienced integrated producer, Glennon spent the last nine years producing content for Nestle, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Rolex, HSBC, Microsoft, Kimberly Clarke, Jet Blue and Bloomberg, among others.

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