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

Houdini 15 Distributed Simulations

December 11, 2015, 06:39 AM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/houdini-15-distribute...

Houdini has supported distributed solvers since Houdini 10. This masterclass provides an overview of the current state of these solvers; including the new support for resizing smoke simulations and water tanks in Houdini 15. The first half demonstrates the setup of a variety of distributed effects using shelf tools and HQueue. The final bit dives into technicality and builds a new distributed setup via microsolvers and manually invokes the tracker.

Animator Simon Otto On His Creative Process

December 11, 2015, 06:38 AM

http://www.jamuura.com/blog/where-ideas-come-froms...

Lotte Reiniger's German film The Adevntures Of Prince Achmed made in 1917, is not only one of the earliest animation features to be made, but also one of the oldest animated works to have still survived. Over the years, animation films have come a long way and a remarkable transformation, thanks to several amazing animation features that were made by Walt Disney and other studios such as Warner Bros.

Time to Rethink Animated Films’ Place in Oscar V

December 11, 2015, 06:38 AM

http://variety.com/2015/film/columns/time-to-rethi...

Every year, Oscar pundits speculate whether animated films will be recognized beyond their own category.

Aardman Nathan Love Spreads Holiday Cheer with Tit

December 10, 2015, 07:42 PM

http://www.awn.com/news/aardman-nathan-love-spread...

TruTV’s holiday fantasy camp competition series launches with an animated title sequence from Aardman Nathan Love.

How To Improve as an Animator With Effectors in Ci

December 9, 2015, 10:31 AM

http://greyscalegorilla.com/tutorials/how-to-impro...

In this tutorial, I’m going to show you the ONE simple thing that will help you become a way better animator and have way more control over how your effectors apply animation to objects in your scene. This one feature is easily overlooked, so much so I didn’t realize it existed until recently! Jeesh!

Wage Fixing

December 8, 2015, 05:59 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2015/12/wage...

Disney stockholder Eugene F. Towers’ suit alleges that the Disney board of directors knew of the conspiracy [not to compete for the skilled labor of artists and technicians — to the broadening of the conspiracy, to include Disney, DreamWorks, ImageMovers, Blue Sky, and Sony] alleged in the related lawsuit, and “actively concealed and ensured the secrecy of the conspiracy.”

SIGGRAPH 2016 Now Accepting Submissions

December 7, 2015, 06:26 PM

http://www.awn.com/news/siggraph-2016-now-acceptin...

CHICAGO -- SIGGRAPH 2016 has opened its call for submissions to invite scholars, innovators, and creative practitioners in various existing and/or emerging communities within computer graphics and interactive techniques to showcase their expertise and unique technical and creative innovations this summer. The event marks the 43rd International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, and will be held July 24-28, 2016 in Anaheim, California.

Irish VFX + Animation Summit Podcast: Mark Ardingt

December 7, 2015, 10:23 AM

http://filmireland.net/2015/12/07/irish-vfx-animat...

Jonathan Victory talked to Mark Ardington, who has over 17 years experience as an Animator, Rigger / TD, Animation Director and VFX Supervisor on many award-winning CGI commercials, TV series and films.

Making an Animated Movie Season 2 (#7)

December 7, 2015, 10:22 AM

https://www.aotg.com/making-an-animated-movie-season-2-7/

Bloop Animation is an animation channel featuring in depth video about animation, weekly animation news and video tutorials.

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