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

Boris TV Invades Middle-earth

December 17, 2014, 06:05 AM

http://www.borisfx.com/blog/2014/12/17/boris-tv-in...

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies opens today, marking the end of the epic journey through Middle-earth. As a send-off, we’re reposting Paul Ezzy’s tutorial on how to create the textured logo using Boris RED (previously Avid FX). Don’t … Continue reading →

CGI VFX Close-Up HD: Vampire Academy: Closeup

December 17, 2014, 06:04 AM

https://www.aotg.com/cgi-vfx-close-up-hd-vampire-academy-closeup/

Check out this edition of Prime Focus World's 'Close Up' series, as we take a 'close up' look at the VFX behind 'Mean Girls' Director Mark Waters recent acti...

Boris FX Acquires mocha Maker Imagineer

December 17, 2014, 06:04 AM

http://www.animationmagazine.net/vfx/boris-fx-acqu...

Visual-effects software developer Boris FX has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Imagineer Systems, the U.K.-based developer of the exclusive Planar Tracking and masking tools.

Building custom FX tools

December 17, 2014, 06:03 AM

http://www.cgchannel.com/2014/12/watch-allan-mckay...

The opening sequence for Destiny. FX supervisor Allan McKay has just posted a free two-hour 3ds Max training video explaining how to recreate the procedural rain tool used on the cinematics for the game.

The Visual Effects of Paddington

December 16, 2014, 02:36 PM

http://cinefex.com/blog/paddington/

Paddington is more than just a bear. He’s a British icon. Yet, as established in Michael Bond’s original children’s book of 1958, this polite-but-accident-prone little fellow started out as a stranger to the country’s shores, having arrived at Paddington Station (from which he took his name) from Darkest Peru. Shortly thereafter, he was adopted by the Brown family … and in time by an entire nation.

Boris FX acquires Imagineer Systems

December 16, 2014, 02:31 PM

http://www.cgchannel.com/2014/12/boris-fx-acquires...

Imagineer's mocha planar tracking system to be integrated into Boris FX's Continuum Complete plugins.

News: Boris FX to Acquire Imagineer Systems

December 16, 2014, 06:10 AM

http://www.toolfarm.com/blog/entry/news_boris_fx_t...

Boston, MA, USA - December 15, 2014 - Boris FX, the expert in integrated VFX and workflow solutions for video and film, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Imagineer Systems Ltd., the UK-based developer of the exclusive Planar Tracking™ and masking tools. Imagineer's flagship product, mocha Pro™ plays a leading role in countless major Hollywood films.

Boris FX acquires Mocha planar tracking company Im

December 16, 2014, 06:09 AM

http://www.fcp.co/final-cut-pro/news/1569-boris-fx...

  In the first of what we can see of a few plugin manufacturer 'consolidations', long-time plugin developer Boris FX has acquired the makers of the popular Mocha planar tracker, Imagineer Systems Ltd.

Ten Commandments of Making

December 16, 2014, 06:08 AM

http://provideocoalition.com/freshdv/story/ten-com...

At the 2014 Maker Faire, mythbuster and creative Adam Savage spent some time talking about what it takes to be a Maker. He kicked off his talk by defining what he calls his Ten Commandments of Making. Maker Faire tends to have a craftsperson appeal, but what struck me was how well Adam's ten principles translated to the film & video industry. Here are Adam's Ten Commandments, paraphrased and expanded for creatives in production.

High-Quality Capture of Eyes

December 16, 2014, 06:08 AM

https://www.aotg.com/high-quality-capture-of-eyes/

Even though the human eye is one of the central features of individual appearance, its shape has so far been mostly approximated in our community with gross simplifications. In this paper we demonstrate that there is a lot of individuality to every eye, a fact that common practices for 3D eye generation do not consider. To faithfully reproduce all the intricacies of the human eye...

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