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
June 5, 2014, 12:46 PM
http://news.creativecow.net/story/875965
(Amherst, New York--June 5, 2014) ATTO Technology, Inc., a global leader of storage, network connectivity and infrastructure solutions for data-intensive computing environments for more than 25 years, today highlights its strong partnership with HP®. As IT infrastructures see some of its most radical change in over a decade, ATTO and HP are poised to deliver unique solutions that support the “New Style of IT.”
June 5, 2014, 12:46 PM
http://blog.abelcine.com/2014/06/05/arris-new-amir...
One of the most important features of the new Arri AMIRA is its ability to load 3D LUTs (Look Up Tables), which really allows you to modify the way the camera looks. The ALEXA allows for basic LUTs with ASC CDL adjustments, but the AMIRA goes a step beyond that to allow for full customization of the image.
June 5, 2014, 09:28 AM
http://photo.it-enquirer.com/2014/06/fxfactory-plu...
Final Cut Pro X has a colour grading module, but the interface is non-standard and the capabilities are pretty basic. One FxFactory plug-in that tries to fix this is Hawaiki Color. It’s a plug-in that uses the traditional but familiar interface elements for colour grading: colour wheels and sliders, combined with numeric configuration fields. It extends colour grading inside Final Cut Pro X beyond the basics and is great to work with.
June 5, 2014, 04:32 AM
http://www.cgchannel.com/2014/06/leap-motion-contr...
Free update to $80 gesture controller will deliver more precise mocap data to indie hand-tracking systems.
June 5, 2014, 04:31 AM
http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/devil-demo...
Supercharged computer manufacturer The Devil & Demon Strategy (devilanddemon.com) is welcoming renowned visual effects creator Richard Edlund to its board of directors. A seven-time Academy Award winner, Edlund brings a motherlode of experience in the film and TV visual effects industry to the company, and will consult on the development of the product line with an aim to meet the needs of digital artists and studios in entertainment imaging worldwide.
June 4, 2014, 04:18 PM
http://www.cgchannel.com/2014/06/thinkinetic-ships...
A destruction shot created by Iván de Frías using Thinkinetic’s 3ds Max and Maya plugin Pulldownit to break up the road surface. Version 3 of the software adds a new preview mode and extra shattering controls.