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 Opens its Visual Effects Boutique

December 9, 2014, 10:34 AM

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

Visual effects boutique JAMM opened its doors. Founded by visual effects supervisors Andy Boyd and Jake Montgomery and executive producer Asher Edwards, JAMM is already hard at work on its first spot, a Super Bowl commercial directed by Jake Scott.

AMD Catalyst Omega Driver Overview

December 9, 2014, 10:32 AM

http://www.legitreviews.com/amd-catalyst-omega-dri...

The AMD Catalyst Omega Drivers have been released! These new drivers have been in the works for the past six month and deliver many new features, a ton of bug fixes and of course the usual performance and quality improvements that gamers expect from each new driver release.

VFX Jam to take place in Australia

December 8, 2014, 10:38 AM

http://www.postmagazine.com/Press-Center/Daily-New...

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA — VFX Jam (http://www.vfxjam.org) is a two-day event set to take place in Melbourne on February 11th and 12th. The event is geared toward students, graduates, hobbyist and enthusiasts who have an interest in visual effects, film, design, motion graphics or animation, and will offer  valuable training on industry-standard techniques.

LE PETIT PRINCE

December 8, 2014, 10:36 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10269

Nice mix of animations for LE PETIT PRINCE with the animation and VFX made by Mikros Image...

Tabaat Al Mushahid – Title Sequence

December 7, 2014, 03:16 PM

http://www.mettle.com/tabaat-al-mushahid-title-seq...

This title sequence for the Saudi morning newspaper review show, Tabaat Al Mushahid, shows a really practical use of FreeForm. The newspaper sequence was shot with a Canon 5D, with some blank areas left on the newspapers. The graphics were then added and peeled off in After Effects with mettle’s Mesh-Warp plug-in FreeForm.

CGI VFX Breakdowns HD:

December 7, 2014, 03:16 PM

https://www.aotg.com/cgi-vfx-breakdowns-hd-13/

This title sequence for the Saudi morning newspaper review show, Tabaat Al Mushahid, shows a really practical use of FreeForm. The newspaper sequence was shot with a Canon 5D, with some blank areas left on the newspapers. The graphics were then added and peeled off in After Effects with mettle’s Mesh-Warp plug-in FreeForm.

Keep Digging

December 7, 2014, 07:12 AM

http://vfxsoldier.wordpress.com/2014/12/06/keep-di...

I was contacted by some in the media. The reporter admitted they lack the technical abilities which many of you VFX pros have to actually find out what’s out there in the Sony hack.

Interview of the Week #49

December 7, 2014, 07:09 AM

http://www.artofvfx.com/?p=10260

Here is the recap of my interview of the week #49. So you won’t miss any of them.

VFX - Reaching out to the Studios

December 6, 2014, 09:08 AM

http://www.allanmckay.com/11/

This episode dives into some of the core concepts of writing a strong cover letter or email to reach out to studios for work. This can make the difference between whether your email actually gets read and if your reel gets seen, and how to have invisible threads that help you promote yourself without sounding like you’re bragging.

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