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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

Avengers Particle Techniques with Thinkbox

August 19, 2015, 01:50 PM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/avengers-particle-tec...

MAXDEPTH founder VFX Supervisor Timothy Hanson will walk you through some of the nParticle techniques he used in conjunction with the Krakatoa renderer to create the ethereal energy emanating from Loki’s scepter during the films opening sequence for Zoic Studios.

The CG secrets of Poldark revealed

August 19, 2015, 05:41 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/cg-secrets-poldark-...

Period drama has always been popular, but since Downton Abbey it's experienced an explosion in demand. And more recent examples like Wolf Hall, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell and Ripper Street have benefitted from a healthy dose of VFX mastery that helps bring these bygone eras to vivid life.

favorite features in CC versions of After Effects:

August 18, 2015, 04:06 PM

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2015/08/favori...

One of my favorite changes to After Effects recently isn’t a flashy feature at all, but it’s a change that has already saved me thousands of clicks when dealing with expression errors. Beginning in After Effects CC 2015 (13.5), there are two major changes in what occurs when an expression fails to evaluate: Expression errors appear in a warning banner at the bottom of the Composition and Layer panels instead of in a dialog box. A failing expression is not disabled. The expression wi...

Inspiring Rodeo FX

August 18, 2015, 02:23 PM

http://cinefex.com/blog/inspiring-rodeo-fx/

What inspires the visual effects artists at Rodeo FX? Find out in our exclusive set of interviews with the Canadian VFX team ...

The VFX of Pixels

August 18, 2015, 05:55 AM

https://library.creativecow.net/wilson_tim/pixels_...

The temptation is easy. Take lo-res characters built on iconic video game characters like Pac-Man and Donkey Kong, make 'em big, put 'em in the movie, and leave it at that.

Is this the future of 3D movie projection?

August 18, 2015, 05:52 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d-modelling/future-3d...

Looking like a cross between a zoetrope and a nightclub, the stroboscope combines 3D modelling and mathematical precision to produce a unique animation effect.

TED 2: Glenn Melenhorst – VFX Supervisor – Ilo

August 17, 2015, 09:32 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=13030

Earlier this year, Glenn Melenhorst explained to us the work of Iloura on THE SPONGEBOB MOVIE: SPONGE OUT OF WATER. He now talks about his new collaboration with director Seth MacFarlane and VFX Supervisor Blair Clark for the return of TED.

Is It Finally, Really, Virtual Reality’s Time?

August 17, 2015, 09:31 AM

http://blog.planet5d.com/2015/08/is-it-finally-rea...

Yeah, OK, it’s not the greatest cover photo Time magazine has ever done (cover subject, Virtual Reality (VR) visionary and Oculus founder Palmer Luckey may have hoped for a different response), and good for Time for taking it all in stride. But that’s quite beside the point. Smartphones, not VR goggles, may be VR’s first big win. Or not. Again.

Xsens présente un système de motion capture mobi

August 17, 2015, 04:50 AM

http://www.3dvf.com/actualite-14140-siggraph-2015-...

The company Xsens , specialized in motion capture systems without a camera, took advantage of SIGGRAPH to present its latest innovation: the capture of the movements of a person to be movable, using a tablet (probably a Microsoft Surface , judging by the detachable keyboard).

favorite features in CC versions of After Effects:

August 14, 2015, 04:52 PM

http://blogs.adobe.com/aftereffects/2015/08/favori...

Every once in a while, we have a “JDI” (“Just Do It”) day on the After Effects team. During these days, members of the After Effects team compete to see who can make the best change to the application within a single day, where “best” is defined by greatest benefit to the population of After Effects users, as determined by a team vote. The changes must be fully designed, implemented, and tested within the single day, in time for demonstrations and voting to occur. There are prize...

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