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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

5 movies revolutionising CG in 2014

March 6, 2014, 10:32 AM

http://www.creativebloq.com/audiovisual/movies-rev...

2014 has already been a great year for VFX, and it shows no signs of letting up. Between Gravity bagging Oscars galore and The Lego Movie enchanting kids of all ages, there's already been plenty of CG-related excitement in the movie industry this year, and we've not even hit a Summer blockbuster yet.

Craig Calvert – Robocop Previs Lead/CG Superviso

March 6, 2014, 10:32 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6241

Last year, Craig Calvert had told us about the previs work of Mr. X on PACIFIC RIM. He then worked on the TV series THE STRAIN. And now he explains his work on the remake of ROBOCOP.

Shotgun Software Keeps Blur Projects on Track

March 6, 2014, 05:52 AM

http://news.creativecow.net/story/874711

(Los Angeles, California--March 6, 2014) Shotgun Software announced that Blur Studio has standardized on Shotgun for production management and tracking. Shotgun is the visual effects, game development and animation industry’s trusted platform for production management and review. Blur, known for a diverse roster of work on feature films, commercials and game cinematics and trailers, adopted Shotgun to replace their in-house production management software that was tying up valuable internal dev...

NON-STOP: Randy Goux – VFX Supervisor

March 5, 2014, 11:03 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6185

Randy Goux is in visual effects for over 16 years. He has worked in many studios around the world and has worked on various projects such as X-MEN, CONSTANTINE, PATHFINDER or RED.

After Effects Rotobrush TutorialSurfaced Studio

March 5, 2014, 11:03 AM

http://www.surfacedstudio.com/blog/adobe-after-eff...

One of the most powerful tools available in Adobe After Effects CS5 and above is the Rotobrush tool. The rotobrush tool is a painting tool that helps you to rotoscope elements and separate them from the footage. In the second part of VFX Vlog #5 I show you why the rotobrush was introduced and how you use it to create your visual effects.

After Visual Effects Rally, VFX Company Says It Wi

March 4, 2014, 01:26 PM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/behind-screen/vis...

A week ago was the release of documentary Rhythm & Hues: Life After Pi, which examined the troubled visual effects business and reported that 21 VFX houses have folded or filed for bankruptcy since 2003.

I, FRANKENSTEIN: Avi Goodman – VFX Supervisor

March 4, 2014, 11:09 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6212

Avi Goodman began his career in visual effects as an animator at Weta Digital for THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS. He then joined Iloura and worked on films such as AUSTRALIA, DO NOT BE AFRAID OF THE DARK or TED.

Roger Christian – Lightsabers and Space Tugs

March 4, 2014, 11:09 AM

http://cinefex.com/blog/roger-christian-lightsaber...

Last week, Roger Christian talked to me about his short film Black Angel, which supported The Empire Strikes Back during its initial theatrical release in 1980. In the concluding part of this article, he looks back at his experiences as set decorator on Star Wars, and art director on Alien.

Gravity wins VFX Oscar 2014

March 3, 2014, 01:46 PM

http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/news/motion-gra...

Gravity was the big winner at last night's Oscars, winning gongs for visual effects, cinematography, film editing, original score, sound editing and sound mixing – plus the best director award for Alfonso Cuaron.

ENDER’S GAME: VFX Breakdown by The Embassy

March 3, 2014, 10:51 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=6193

The Embassy have published a great VFX breakdown about their work on ENDER’S GAME...

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