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

Origin Digital Studios Opens New VFX Ops In Burban

July 21, 2014, 12:26 PM

http://www.deadline.com/2014/07/origin-digital-stu...

Visual effects house Origin Digital Studios is opening for business in Burbank, even as VFX companies increasingly flee Los Angeles for more enticingly incentivized cities. The new mid-sized indie studio is backed by Miami-based Lincoln Road Advisors and already has a key strategic partnership in place, with Origin HQ operating out of a Fotokem facility in Burbank and its NY outpost fiber-connected to Fotokem’s network.

Character Rigging Demo Reel

July 21, 2014, 12:26 PM

https://www.aotg.com/character-rigging-demo-reel/

This Showreel represents my work as a Character Rigging Supervisor at Rhythm and Hues studio over the past 10 years. My work consist of character/rigid surface…

Transforming Human Motion-Capture Performances

July 21, 2014, 09:41 AM

https://www.aotg.com/transforming-human-motion-capture-performances/

In the latest incarnation of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Andy Serkis and Toby Kebbell deliver human motion-capture performances to help bring the realisti...

MPC Provides Previs for Dawn of the Planet of the

July 21, 2014, 09:40 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/crafts/visual-fx/mpc-provid...

Visual effects house MPC recently handled previs for director Matt Reeves' Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Previs supervisor Duane Floch, who also handled previs for 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, started on the project in late 2012. Floch and MPC’s executive producer Julian Levi assembled two teams – one working in the company’s Santa Monica facility and the other embedded within the production team on location in New Orleans.

Mike Marino Delivers Special Makeup Effects for De

July 21, 2014, 09:40 AM

http://www.btlnews.com/news/mike-marino-delivers-s...

New York-based artist Mike Marino has been doing prosthetically-achieved makeup effects of all types of films and television shows for over 15 years. His notable recent projects include The Wolf of Wall Street, Black Swan and TV’s Boardwalk Empire. For the new horror project, Deliver Us From Evil, based on actual events, Marino served as prosthetic makeup effects designer.

Thinkbox Opens Deadline 7 Beta

July 21, 2014, 09:39 AM

http://www.thinkboxsoftware.com/news/2014/7/21/thi...

Thinkbox Software has posted the first Beta build of Deadline 7, the next version of the highly scalable manager of render farms and compute resources. Featuring significant architectural changes and core technology upgrades, Deadline 7 includes built-in VMX for flexible cloud interaction, an updated MongoDB database, a new Qt interface, integrated ftrack support and more.  If you are interested in joining the Beta, please contact beta@thinkboxsoftware.com 

Sci-Fi Weapon FX Tutorial

July 21, 2014, 09:38 AM

https://www.aotg.com/sci-fi-weapon-fx-tutorial/

Create advanced sci-fi muzzle flashes and distortion FX!

FX Factory Interview

July 21, 2014, 04:27 AM

http://digitalcinemacafe.com/2014/07/21/fcg065-fxf...

The “App Store for Plugins”, that’s what I’ve always called FxFactory. The plugin community for FCPX has always been very strong. In this episode we talk with Niclas Bahn, one of the founders of FxFactory, and we hear all about the origin of the company, and we discuss the business of plugin development and what it means to FCPX users. We’ll also take some time and hear about some of Niclas’ favorite plugins that are available thru their store.

Deconstructing Game of Thrones VFX

July 20, 2014, 01:38 PM

http://www.lynda.com/articles/deconstructing-game-...

It’s often said that visual effects only succeed when you don’t notice them. HBO’s “Game of Thrones” received a staggering 19 Emmy nominations in 2014, including Outstanding Special and Visual Effects. It’s no surprise, given the show’s beautifully integrated visual effects are largely responsible for immersing viewers into its fictional world of Westeros. German VFX house Mackevision recently published a video breakdown of its visual effects work on the show’s fourth season, and...

Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes and the future of C

July 20, 2014, 09:52 AM

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/dawn-of-the-planet...

When Terminator 2: Judgment Day came out in 1990, there was much talk in the media about its digital effects, and what they meant for the future of filmmaking.

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