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

Apple buys Faceshift, a motion capture company

November 25, 2015, 10:38 AM

http://www.macworld.com/article/3008624/business/a...

Apple has confirmed its acquisition of Faceshift, a Zurich-based motion capture company whose technology is being used in Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Spectre: VFX Supervisor Interview

November 25, 2015, 10:38 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/spectre-mark-bakowski-vfx-...

In 2013, Mark Bakowski talked to us about the visual effects of Framestore on IRON MAN 3. He then worked on films like GRAVITY and JUPITER ASCENDING. He then joined ILM London to work on AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON. SPECTRE is his third James Bond film.

Remembering Betamax: a truly game-changing tape fo

November 25, 2015, 06:31 AM

http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/3051-r...

With news that Sony will cease production of Betamax tape, Phil Rhodes take a retrospective look at Betamax and tape in general. SonyBetamaxVHSSuperVHSformat warTapeVERA

The Sound of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2

November 25, 2015, 06:30 AM

http://soundworkscollection.com/videos/the-sound-o...

In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection sound profile we feature the sound and picture team behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 including Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-recording Mixer and Sound Designer Jeremy Peirson, Sound Re-recording Mixer Skip Lievsay and Film Editor Alan Bell.

CalDigit takes wrappers off new USB C docks

November 24, 2015, 05:09 PM

http://www.redsharknews.com/technology/item/3063-c...

With momentum building behind USB Type C — witness its recent alighting on the iPad Pro — there is a chance it could go on to be the next big thing in connectivity. Docks will help that process. USB Type CMacbookChromebookDocksdocking stationconnectivity

Review: Video CoPilot’s Element3D v2.2

November 24, 2015, 05:08 PM

http://postperspective.com/review-video-copilots-e...

Improved UI, shadows, reflections and more By Brady Betzel If you’ve read my past reviews, you likely know how much I love Video CoPilot’s Element 3D. I can’t stop talking about it, in my reviews, at work, on social media, or even at home with my four-year-old son, who typically responds with, “Can it make Thomas the Train?” Luckily, I am able to respond, “Yes, as long as daddy has a Thomas 3D model.” I’ve been using Element 3D, which is currently in v2.2, since v1. I have...

Pixar Decided To Take Toy Story 4 in a Different D

November 24, 2015, 05:08 PM

http://www.slashfilm.com/toy-story-4-comments/

Toy Story 3 brought Pixar‘s flagship series to an emotionally resonant and thematically sound conclusion, solidifying the the series’ place as a landmark in modern animation and filmmaking. So let’s just be totally honest here: Toy Story 4 can’t help but feel a little redundant. What else do these characters have to say?

After Effects Hidden Gems Weekly: Roving Keyframes

November 24, 2015, 01:32 PM

http://www.provideocoalition.com/after-effects-hid...

Normally, a Position keyframe in After Effects defines a time, and the position value at that time. This can get unwieldy when you create a complex motion path - such as following a map or maze, or hand-tracing a path with Motion Sketch - and then want to finesse the timing of that path later, as you often have to tweak the timings of a lot of keyframes to create a smooth end result. As it turns out, there’s a little-known function inside After Effects called Roving Keyframes where the t...

Ease Expression: Creating Keyframe-less Animations

November 24, 2015, 01:31 PM

https://www.rocketstock.com/blog/ease-expression-c...

In some situations, you may need to incorporate an animation into an expression to reduce the use of keyframes. You can achieve this with the Ease Expression, a surprisingly simple and versatile expression.

A Tale of Two Mockingjays Editing the Hunger Games

November 24, 2015, 01:31 PM

https://library.creativecow.net/wilson_tim/Hunger-...

So as we tell the story of Alan Bell, ACE and Mark Yoshikawa, ACE editing The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2, let's start with the very first edit decision made by director Francis Lawrence: making the third book of Suzanne Collin's written trilogy as two films.

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