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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

FACT: Government Pays 60% of BC VFX Salaries

January 28, 2014, 05:35 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/01/27/fact-go...

In my last post many commenters were surprised by the fact that 60% (58.42% to be exact) of the salaries of BC resident VFX artists were paid by the government. Quickly after that post, commenters accused me a lying and all kinds of wacky outrage.

Synaptic Delivers VFX for Sleepy Hollow

January 24, 2014, 10:49 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/synaptic-d...

Burbank-based Synaptic VFX recently contributed to the visual effects for the first season of the new FOX series Sleepy Hollow. The series incorporates film-quality visual effects to help illustrate its re-telling of the legendary story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman.

New VFX Firm Magnopus Sets Up in Downtown L.A.

January 23, 2014, 02:49 PM

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/new-vfx-firm...

A version of this story first appeared in the Jan. 31 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Magnopus, a newly created company founded by Oscar-winning visual effects artists Ben Grossman and Alex Henning (Hugo), along with Rodrigo Teixeira, has just signed a five-year lease for creative offices in downtown L.A.'s PacMutual building.

VFX company Cinesite to open offices in Montreal

January 23, 2014, 06:48 AM

http://globalnews.ca/news/1093851/cinesite-to-open...

MONTREAL – Quebec Premier Pauline Marois was in London on Monday to announce that one of the largest visual effects companies in Europe will be opening an office in Montreal.

Synaptic VFX Completes Production of VFX

January 22, 2014, 01:37 PM

http://www.broadcastbeat.com/index.php/synaptic-vf...

(Burbank, California--January 22, 2014) Synaptic VFX has just completed production of original visual effects for the first season of the new, hit FOX TV series “Sleepy Hollow.” Synaptic VFX is one of the visual effects vendors for “Sleepy Hollow.

Cinema 4D Xpresso Tutorial: Global Position

January 21, 2014, 07:54 PM

http://www.mographcandy.com/blog/xpresso-motext-ra...

In this Cinema 4D Xpresso tutorial, I will show how to link a randomly moving sphere's global position to a MoText Object so the global position of the sphere is the text displayed in real-time by the MoText Object in the viewport. I also show you how to convert Real numbers to Integer Numbers for a cleaner display readout if you want whole numbers.

VFX Protest Planned for Oscars

January 21, 2014, 11:07 AM

http://www.thewrap.com/oscars-visual-effects-prote...

Visual effects workers are planning a demonstration in Los Angeles next month to protest foreign tax subsidies they argue are destroying their industry, TheWrap has learned.

Cinesite VFX opens Montreal branch

January 20, 2014, 05:27 PM

http://variety.com/2014/biz/news/cinesite-vfx-to-o...

Québec premier Pauline Marois announced Monday that Cinesite is establishing a Montreal subsidiary that will oversee the company’s North American operations. The new Montreal studio will employ at least 200 people, with the potential to reach 250 employees by 2018 with a capital investment of $6.7 million and a payroll investment of $42.4 million. The Quebec government is also providing a $1.2 million interest-free loan to help finance the project.

Lucas Film Extends Singapore stay

January 20, 2014, 10:58 AM

http://www.3dvf.com/actualite-8563-lucasfilm-s-ete...

Lucasfilm has officially opened its new center in Singapore , in the presence of George Lucas, but also the Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong. Society was already present on site since

AE - Digital Anarchy Releases Flicker Free

January 17, 2014, 11:06 AM

http://lesterbanks.com/2014/01/after-effects-digit...

Digital Anarchy have posted a free public beta to their new tool for removing flicker in time-lapse and slow motion shots in After Effects, Flicker Free.

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