Patrick has worked on over 200 hours of television across his career. He has also created
content for National Geographic, Discovery, and The History Channel. He has been an
animator on international commercials, and has VFX supervised music videos for Nicki
Manaj and others. Patrick enjoys pushing the limits of a television; and finds excitement in
delivering the top-tier animation on a television budget and schedule.
Laura is a passionate visual effects and motion graphics author at Pluralsight. Ever since her first exposure to After Effects in college, Laura has had an eternal drive to learn more about motion graphics, and teach others what she has discovered. Laura began working at Digital-Tutors (now a Pluralsight company) as a motion graphics artist, creating visually-appealing advertisements and informative art for the site.
Throughout her time at Digital-Tutors, Laura contributed greatly to both the
... moreAfter Effects and NUKE libraries of content – their own digital David Blaine, breaking down the “movie magic” and sharing it with others. She has also written content for 3D Artist Magazine. Her favorite projects are her two in-depth After Effects introductory courses on Pluralsight, which were each built around training motion artists and VFX artists, respectively. Using her vast skill set, Laura has taught thousands of artists everything from shot-tracking and rotoscoping to motion design. If you ever need to reach out for questions or comments feel free to find Laura on Twitter @LauraHawkDesign.
Daniel Smith is an award-winning artist, teacher, writer, and director. He has worked as a VFX artist for three decades. Daniel has trained thousands of VFX artists throughout the world and has created extensive training and taught over a 1000 artists. You can find his name in the credits of films and TV for many top studios, including Netflix, HBO, Sony, Paramount, Warner Bros and Disney. He is also the author of a new compositing book called Nuke Codex: Nodes within Nodes.
Melissa brings 15 years of industry experience to Pluralsight. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Canada, she first became interested in multimedia in high school. After studying graphic design and new media, Melissa briefly worked in motion graphics at a local television station. This led to her first visual effects job at Frantic Films (Prime Focus). She has since worked in feature film for both traditional and stereoscopic films. Melissa finds a passion for teaching and mentoring and has taught at
... morevarious studios and schools in L.A., San Francisco, Vancouver, and most recently in Mumbai. As a Compositing Supervisor, Melissa has contributed to films such as The Jungle Book, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Alice Through the Looking Glass. With over 11 years of teaching experience, Melissa is currently working as the Senior Visual Effects Instructor at Vancouver Film School.
Conrad is a visual effects compositor, and has been using Nuke and working on feature films since 2008. He's worked on Avatar, Harry Potter, Deadpool, Jurassic World, and at companies including, Framestore, MPC, and Digital Domain. Before getting into visual effects, Conrad wanted to be an editor, and spent a few years editing and using After Effects. He spent several years working in London before moving to Vancouver.
Florian Girardot is an artist specializing in computer graphics, compositing, video projection, and photography. He is also director of several short movies and a visual effect teacher. He worked for several companies in the world on major feature films (Puss in Boots, Madagascar 3, Despicable Me 2, Godzilla 2014 and more). Florian’s leitmotif is always to find the perfect balance between art and technologies, just to amaze people.
Eric has been active in visual effects for the last thirteen years. Starting from the ground up as a roto and paint artist, to now where he has supervised in house teams for television shows such as Gotham on Fox to on-set supervision on commercials. Prior to his immersion in visual effects he worked as an editor. This started when he joined the ad agency Wieden and Kennedy at their in-house editorial department. From there, he made his way to editing the X-Games for ESPN and other high profile
... moreaction sports projects.
Sean has worked as a Senior Digital Compositor for feature film visual effects studios such as Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Technicolor, Rhythm & Hues, and many others. During his career, he has had the opportunity to work on over 40 feature films such as The Incredible Hulk, Kung Fu Panda, Men In Black 3, and Wreck-It Ralph. Sean's educational experience includes an MFA in Visual Effects and a BS in 3D Character Animation. His studio experience has included train
... moreing and supervising international and local artists, compositing and stereo supervision, tool development, and studio curriculum/training material development. In addition to expanding his skill set, Sean has worked in feature and independent films as well as many other post-production projects including music videos, commercials, television shows, and other venues both in 2D and 3D stereo. Sean is an active member of the Visual Effects Society and has given visual effects-related presentations both at schools and other venues. On the side, he also works as a collectible toy designer.
Julius Ihle is a LookDev and Lighting TD at Double Negative. He began his professional career in 2011 after intensively pursuing Visual Effects as a hobby. Shortly after, he moved into doing VFX work for movies such as Avengers – Age of Ultron, Antman, The Hunger Games – Mocking Jay Part 2, Spectre, Iron Man 3, Captain America – The Winter Soldier and many more to which he contributed with a variety of tasks in Look Development, Lighting, and Compositing. Having worked at Trixter and Double Nega
... moretive, he has constantly been pushing himself to optimize workflows and try out different techniques. He is both an artistic and technical artist who constantly strives for improvement and tries to learn new things every day.
Tony D'Agostino is a senior compositor and NUKE Certified Trainer. His
recent work includes Jurassic World, Guardians of the Galaxy, Godzilla, and
Game of Thrones. He has been employed by studios such as Industrial Light &
Magic, Scanline VFX, The Moving Picture Company (MPC), Image Engine Design,
and Animal Logic. He also runs a website (The VFX Camera Database) devoted to helping artists get
better camera tracks. The VFX Camera Database is a
database of camera film back, sensor dimension, and
... moresensor imaging area
specifications.
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