CG Artist, Animation Pipeline Tools Development
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Animation Pipeline TD, and all-around animation data guy at Asylum vfx
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- Owner at OpaqueWhite.com
- Instructor at Full Sail Real World Education
- Associate Course Director at Full Sail Real World Education
- Digital Media Specialist at Image Technical Services
- Supervisor of Digital Media at Coleman Aerospace
- Supervisor of Digital Media at Coleman Aerospace
- Supervisor of Digital Media at Coleman Research
- Supervisor of Digital Media at Coleman Research Corporation
- Supervisor of Digital Media at Thermo Electron
- Education
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- University of Central Florida
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Eddie Offermann’s Summary
Software Developer, Matchmove Artist, Compositor and CG Artist with a history in aerospace, defense and commercial production now having transitioned to commercial and feature film production. Always interested in new challenges and skilled in problem solving.
Eddie Offermann’s Specialties:
Tools Development, On-set Tracking and Effects Supervision, Photogrammetry, Matchmoving, Compositing, and Texture Painting
Eddie Offermann’s Experience
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Animation Pipeline TD, and all-around animation data guy
Asylum vfx
(Entertainment industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years )
Pipeline tool development, photogrammetry, on-set tracking/effects supervision and matchmoving.
I believe my biggest contribution, and the portion of my job that I am most passionate about, has been to develop software tools that facilitate moving animation data between artists. I have created a filesystem agnostic interface for moving camera and complex animation data between scenes, developed tools for handling stereo camera data, and have had the pleasure of making some really magical things happen with easily moving camera & animation data between different applications on the fly in a nearly seamless way, greatly reducing error and substantially decreasing artist man hours.
I aim to create ever more intelligent tools for moving large amounts of data between artists intuitively. The best tools show you little to no options and does exactly what you want it to based on context instead of user input. -
Owner
OpaqueWhite.com
(Motion Pictures and Film industry)
1995 — 2008 (13 years )
OpaqueWhite is/was the name I had attached to my independent projects and freelance work back in Florida across a range of media products from dynamically driven websites to interactive CD and DVD projects, motion graphics and video/HD production. The name has fallen into disuse since I relocated to LA, so I've retired it for now.
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Instructor
Full Sail Real World Education
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 2006 — December 2006 (4 months)
Provide lab assistance to students in their final asset creation class. Specifically to compositors and shading and lighting artists, and more generally to students in modeling, animation, character setup, etc. Principally Shake and Maya.
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Associate Course Director
Full Sail Real World Education
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Higher Education industry)
June 2002 — April 2006 (3 years 11 months)
Developed and presented course materials covering the integration of live action and CG. Lectured and wrote training materials for Apple Shake, Ssontech SynthEyes, Apple Final Cut Pro, and RealViz MatchMover Pro.
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Digital Media Specialist
Image Technical Services
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Events Services industry)
June 2000 — February 2001 (9 months)
Prepared interactive and presentation materials for deliverables and events: incorporating video, motion graphics, 3d animation, and Flash/Director interactive experiences.
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Supervisor of Digital Media
Coleman Aerospace
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
January 1993 — June 2000 (7 years 6 months)
Prepared or directed the preparation of a wide range of communication, from animation and video to interactive media.
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Supervisor of Digital Media
Coleman Aerospace
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
1993 — 2000 (7 years )
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Supervisor of Digital Media
Coleman Research
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
1993 — 2000 (7 years )
Prepared or directed the preparation of a wide range of communication, from animation and video to interactive media.
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Supervisor of Digital Media
Coleman Research Corporation
(Aviation & Aerospace industry)
1993 — 2000 (7 years )
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Supervisor of Digital Media
Thermo Electron
(Public Company; Aviation & Aerospace industry)
1993 — 2000 (7 years )
Eddie Offermann’s Education
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University of Central Florida
Double major: Psychology and Philosophy 1987 — 1992
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