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

JAMM Delivers Invisible VFX for Carl’s Jr.

January 28, 2015, 01:46 PM

http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/jamm-deliv...

In its inaugural project, Santa Monica-based VFX house JAMM Visual recently delivered invisible effects for Carl's Jr. "Au Naturel" Super Bowl commercial. The spot features model Charlotte McKinney strolling through a crowded farmer's market in what appears to be nothing more than her birthday suit.

Behind Visual Effects - Making Sniper

January 24, 2015, 02:24 PM

http://behindvfx.com/post/109015239020/behind-vfx-...

Behind VFX ACCESS - The Making of American Sniper Behind VFX ACCESS – The Making of American Sniper (00:30:00) Behind VFX ACCESS is a video curation service for movie fans a direct access to curated...

BlackGinger creates CG cars to help tell history o

January 23, 2015, 02:26 PM

http://postperspective.com/blackginger-creates-cg-...

Cape Town, South Africa-based VFX, animation and post house BlackGinger recently completed work on a Mazda 3 commercial that takes an historical look into the car-maker’s evolution. To help tell the story of Mazda through the years, BlackGinger added CG elements, including cars, to live-action footage. “Much research went into recreating every aspect of classic cars that are no longer available,” explains Darrin Hofmeyr, animation supervisor at BlackGinger, “namely the Le Mans w...

VES Announces 2015 Board of Directors

January 22, 2015, 10:26 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/ve...

The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the officers of its 2015 board of directors. The officers, who comprise the VES board executive committee, were elected at the January 2015 board meeting where Mike Chambers was elected as board chair.

The ‘Special Effects’ of Tax Subsidies

January 22, 2015, 10:26 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/commentary/union-roundup/th...

Being part of the showbiz cognoscenti, you no doubt already know that plucky group ADAPT – the Association of Digital Artists, Professionals and Technicians – has finally decided to give up its pluck, after all, and, citing a lack of money, has given up its attempts to get the U.S. Government to pursue trade actions against unfair production subsidies in other countries. Relying on the same American government that hands out subsidies to oil companies, corporations that export jobs abroa...

Weta Unleashes New Rendering Power

January 21, 2015, 05:03 AM

http://www.animationmagazine.net/vfx/weta-unleashe...

To combat the increasing demands of VFX complexity, Weta Digital recently created a new ray-tracing renderer called Manuka along with a pre-lighting tool called Gazebo. These not only came in handy for The Hobbit finale, The Battle of the Five Armies, but will also be crucial in addressing the challenges of the upcoming trio of Avatar sequels.

Realistic Rain with Boris FX and Mocha AE

January 21, 2015, 05:03 AM

http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/realistic-rain-with-b...

After Effects tutorial, Imagineer System’s Mary Poplin shows you how to add realistic rain to a shot with plug-ins from Boris FX and mocha AE. Uses the bundled mocha AE CC for planar tracking and masking + Boris Continuum Complete Rain.

THE IMITATION GAME: Stuart Bullen – VFX Supervis

January 20, 2015, 10:51 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10621

Stuart Bullen began his career in the VFX almost 10 years ago. He worked many years at MPC on projects such as THE WOLFMAN, GI JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA and QUANTUM OF SOLACE. He joined BlueBolt in 2010 and worked on films like THE IRON LADY, THE CLOUD ATLAS or MONUMENTS MEN.

ILM - The Magic Behind the VFX of Star Trek

January 19, 2015, 10:25 AM

https://www.aotg.com/ilm-the-magic-behind-the-vfx-of-star-trek/

A brief behind the scenes look at the visual effects work created by Industrial Light & Magic on the 2009 blockbuster film, Star Trek - Specifically the 'Jum...

Using blend modes to correct overexposure in Premi

January 17, 2015, 11:13 AM

https://www.aotg.com/using-blend-modes-to-correct-overexposure-in-premi/

In this tutorial, learn how to use blend modes to correct overexposure in Premiere Pro. Watch the follow-up movies within this series at...

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