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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

A Way Forward for the VFX Industry

December 4, 2014, 07:56 AM

http://www.fxguide.com/featured/a-way-forward-for-...

Currently in downtown LA, in a renovated top floor, there is a movement to discuss and perhaps evolve film VFX production, in other words to re-invent the business model of how film’s visual effects are made. This is not a side discussion, it has started at studio level, with Oscar-winning visual effects supervisors and senior studio production executives.

REVIEW: IZOTOPE RX4

December 3, 2014, 06:35 AM

http://videoandfilmmaker.com/wp/index.php/reviews/...

If you go back a few years, the major names in noise reduction were Sonic Solutions and Cedar. But the price of admission was up there, often north of $5000 and stayed there for years. There were always a few cheaper options from Waves and the like, but none seemed to ‘cut through the noise’ until iZotope debuted its RX suite.

Intervju: Saša Krieger Ristić, character artist

December 2, 2014, 03:42 PM

http://vfxserbia.com/2014/12/02/intervju-sasa-krie...

Rođen sam u Brčkom 1981. godine, živim i radim u Beogradu. Od malena sam pokazivao interesovanje za crtanje, a posebno za sferu stripa. Sa 3D-om sam se susreo prvi put na jednom forumu, kada sam video neverovatne kreacije umetnika Rafaela Grasetija, Marca di Luce i Mihai Darange; istraživao sam i saznao za program ZBrush koji je u to doba bio tek u povoju. Program koji radi na principu digitalnog vajanja, koji ne sputava kreativnost komplikovanim opcijama, dugmićima i ostalim me je oduševi...

MOCKINGJAY PT 1: Charles Gibson – Production VFX

December 2, 2014, 12:49 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10181

Charles Gibson began his career in the visual effects by working on numerous TV series. In 1987, he founded Rhythm and Hues with John Hughes, Pauline Ts’o, Keith Goldfarb, Cliff Ball and Frank Wuts. He will work there for a decade. Then he became freelance VFX Supervisor and will handle films like THE TERMINAL, the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN or TERMINATOR SALVATION. He won two Oscars for best visual effects, the first on for BABE and the second for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN’S CHEST.

5 quick things to boost your creativity

December 2, 2014, 07:45 AM

http://theweek.com/article/index/271466/5-quick-th...

Your morning shower is good for more than washing...

Clever CGI makes a film that's... indescribable

December 2, 2014, 07:44 AM

http://www.redsharknews.com/production/item/2206-c...

If you have an abundance of talent, what you can do to make a short film has no limits... Time TrapMichael ShanksStar WarsStar wars trailer

Video Copilot Element 3D version 2

December 2, 2014, 07:44 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/ryoung/story/video-co...

Video Copilot is releasing Element 3D v2 today, though with California time that may mean that a longer wait. E3D v2 is $199 or a $99 upgrade, with more bundle upgrade discounts. The plug-in is compatible with After Effects CS5 + above.

Special Effects Enliven Exodus Epic

November 30, 2014, 09:45 AM

http://online.wsj.com/articles/special-effects-enl...

Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods and Kings” is every bit as extravagant as you’d expect, the epic story of Moses in Egypt now viewable through 3D glasses. But get ready for a spoiler: the Red Sea doesn’t open up like a zipper, the way it famously did in “The Ten Commandments” in 1956. Mr. Scott and his team decided to ditch the holy staff that Charlton Heston waved to part the waters for the fleeing Hebrew people.

CONSTANTINE: VFX Breakdown by IPL

November 29, 2014, 04:43 PM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10176

Important Looking Pirates purpose this nice VFX breakdown of their work on the episode 2 of CONSTANTINE...

VFX Videos of the Week 11-28-14

November 28, 2014, 05:06 PM

http://cinefex.com/blog/videos-006/

Thanksgiving has come and gone for another year, which means it’s time to put down that turkey sandwich and enjoy my VFX videos of the week.

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