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

3ds Max User Group Meets

December 9, 2014, 05:55 AM

http://nycppnews.com/nyc-3ds-max-user-group-meets/

Announcing their final meeting of 2014 for Tuesday, December 16th, the New York City 3ds Max User Group plans to take a look back at the recent Autodesk University conference in Las Vegas. Group leader Kim Lee will also talk about his class that he taught there “From Design to Fabrication: Using 3ds Max to Build a Real Rube Goldberg Machine”.

Lawsuit Dismissal

December 9, 2014, 05:55 AM

http://animationguildblog.blogspot.ca/2014/12/dism...

The claims against the major toon studios of anti-poaching deals and secret wage-fixing agreements aren’t going away, but DreamWorks Animation, Disney, Sony Pictures Animation, Digital Domain, Imageworks, Pixar, Lucasfilm and others soon will have a little less of a legal battle to deal with.

Wrapping up SIGGRAPH Asia 2014

December 9, 2014, 05:55 AM

http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/wrapping-u...

SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 wrapped its seventh edition last week in Shenzhen, China, having attracted more than 7,700 industry professionals, researchers, artists, developers and enthusiasts from 53 countries.

SIGGRAPH Asia 2014 Wraps in Shenzhen, China

December 9, 2014, 05:54 AM

http://www.awn.com/news/siggraph-asia-2014-wraps-s...

Over the four days from December 3-6, the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center (SZCEC) was transformed into a hub of digital innovation as leading computer graphics and interactive techniques pioneers convened at SIGGRAPH Asia 2014. Now in its seventh year, the event which rotates around Asia-Pacific, attracted over 6,000 industry professionals, researchers, artists, developers and enthusiasts from 53 countries.

CGI Animated Breakdowns HD: Making of Horde

December 9, 2014, 05:54 AM

https://www.aotg.com/cgi-animated-breakdowns-hd-making-of-horde/

Check out this revealing 3D breakdown for the creepy cool 3D Animated short film called "Horde" by the talented team at BRUTUS Collective! For more informati...