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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

TERMINATOR GENISYS: Shari Hanson – Production VF

July 20, 2015, 09:57 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=12719

Before becoming a freelance visual effects producer, Shari Hanson has worked for many years at Industrial Light & Magic in the commercials department and then in features. She took care of the effects of films such as THE ISLAND, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III, TRANSFORMERS or STAR TREK.

The VFX secrets of Avengers: Age of Ultron reveale

July 20, 2015, 05:26 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/vfx-secrets-avenger...

If you work in VFX, you'll already know about Zoic Studios, one of the industry's most prestigious studios (if not, our interview with co-founder Andrew Orloff will bring you up to speed). But what you may not know about is how much use they made of RealFlow in the work on the latest Avengers movie, Age of Ultron.

Stop Blaming CGI and VFX for Everything

July 17, 2015, 12:26 PM

http://filmschoolrejects.com/news/warcraft-the-laz...

Scott Beggs of Film School Rejects has had it with fans who make CGI and VFX the scapegoat for all the ills of big-budget Hollywood movies. Sparked by an inane fanboy comment about the upcoming Warcraft film, Beggs writes that knee-jerk criticism of computer animation hinders any serious discussion about the craft...

NUKE Announces Non-Commercial Visual Effects Compe

July 17, 2015, 09:28 AM

http://news.doddleme.com/blogs/post-production/nuk...

Now that the non-commercial version of the visual effects software NUKE is now free, The Foundry wants to see what the next generation of visual effects artists can do with their software, so they are having a summertime competition with nearly $35,000 in prizes up for grabs. Plus, you get a free full copy of NUKE to boot!

Ant-Man VFX Supervisor on The Power of Shrinkage

July 16, 2015, 09:27 AM

http://www.thecredits.org/2015/07/ant-man-vfx-supe...

Jake Morrison, Ant-Man’s VFX Supervisor, talks to The Credits about the challenges of bringing a tiny superhero to life and convincing the audience to come along for the ride, especially when he’s riding a flying ant.

Do you think CGI and special effects saturation is

July 14, 2015, 05:19 PM

https://www.909music.com/blog/post/do-you-think-cg...

What is being called as “The WETA effect” is the over use of special effects, that many have come to feel, ruins the movie watching experience for them. Animators are worried this taking over films in a not-so-good way.

VFX bring wheatpaste poster to life in ‘Paper He

July 13, 2015, 09:26 AM

http://postperspective.com/wheatpaste-poster-comes...

Each January, The Silver Sound Showdown music video festival and battle of the bands takes place at Brooklyn Bowl. It pairs the winning director and winning band together for a chance to make a music video with Silver Sound Studios in New York City. It was here that Paper Heart, the music video directed by Nick Snyder, produced by Silver Sound and featuring the band Blood and Glass, was born. “Paper Heart, one of the most ambitious Showdown collaborations to date,” according to festival...

TOMORROWLAND: Votch Levi, VFX Supervisor

July 13, 2015, 09:25 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=12673

The team of Whiskytree talks about the creation of the wide shots of Tomorrowland city, the bioluminescent trees and the Paris launch sequence for TOMORROWLAND and their collaboration with Industrial Light & Magic.

How to Use CGI the Right Way

July 13, 2015, 04:57 AM

http://lightsfilmschool.com/blog/how-to-use-cgi-th...

Discover 2 of the most common reasons special effects fail in modern movies, as we explore the differences between digital and practical effects.

Animal Logic looks to fill 300 roles

July 13, 2015, 04:56 AM

http://if.com.au/2015/07/13/article/Animal-Logic-l...

Visual effects and animation studio, Animal Logic is looking candidates for its new Vancouver animation studio due to open in late 2015.

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