Jason Heinze

Current

Stereoscopic Compositor at StereoD LLC

Past

Digital Compositor at Neoscape
Student Volunteer at ACM SIGGRAPH
Visual Effects Supervisor at KSFilms

Dairy Manager at Albertsons

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Education

FXPHD
Full Sail Real World Education
Tallahassee Community College

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Industry

Entertainment

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Jason Heinze’s Summary

Software Known:

[ Maya v7.0 - 2008 ] [ Syntheyes ]
[ Shake ] [ After Effects ]
[ Nuke ] [ Photoshop ]
[ Apple Color ] [Final Cut Pro ]
[PFTrack] [Real Flow]

Knowledgeable:

[ Blast Code ] [ Houdini v9 ]
[ Lightwave ] [ 3DS MAX ]
[ Combustion ]

Basic Scripting Knowledge:

[ Java ] [ Mel ]
[ Python ]

My primary focus is Visual Effect and Compositing. I love to learn and am always up for a new challenge. Each experience life throws my way helps me grow, and I look forward to the future and all experiences along the way.

Jason Heinze’s Specialties:

3D Matchmoving, 2D/3D Compositing, Rotoscoping, 2D Paint, Rigid body, Cloth, Particle and Fluid dynamics.

Jason Heinze’s Experience

Stereoscopic Compositor

StereoD LLC

(Entertainment industry)

October 2009 — Present (2 months)

* Conversion of 2D plates to Stereoscopic 3D.
Digital Compositor

Neoscape

(Privately Held; Architecture & Planning industry)

October 2008 — July 2009 (10 months)

* Extract and integrate green screen footage into 3D plates.
* Integrate 3D elements into live action plates.
* Create Shake macros to speed up production.
* Editing and re-timing footage.
* Track footage for the addition of 3D elements and motion graphics.
* Color grade final video products.
Student Volunteer

ACM SIGGRAPH

(Non-Profit; 51-200 employees; Motion Pictures and Film industry)

August 2008 — August 2008 (1 month)

Volunteered 30 hours during the one week SIGGRAPH 2008 Convention. Aided SIGGRAPH convention goers by giving information about event times and locations. Helped foreign exhibitors better explain their product to the English speakers at the Tech Demos. Helped wherever I was needed in the exhibition hall. Monitored the events to ensure only conference members were allowed access.
Visual Effects Supervisor

KSFilms

(Privately Held; Entertainment industry)

February 2008 — April 2008 (3 months)

* Supervise a post production compositing and visual effects team for an independent film.
* Digital color correction, CG asset creation, CG to film Integration.
*Time management, scheduling, project assigning, and artistic direction.
*Liaison between the Director and post production department.
Dairy Manager

Albertsons

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; ABS; Retail industry)

August 2004 — July 2006 (2 years )

Tracked and ordered stock, managed schedule for dairy workers and shipments and calculated loss of products not sold by expiration date.

Jason Heinze’s Education

FXPHD

software training , Shake, Nuke, Realflow, Python , 2008 — 2009

*Learned many efficient compositing and fluid effects methods for use in production.
*Created multiple small practice and production size composites.
*Simulated many complex fluid motions, gaining extensive knowledge of the package Realflow v4
Full Sail Real World Education

BS , Generalized Computer Animation , 2006 — 2008

Graduated with 100% GPS (Global Professionalism Standards) grade, Maintained perfect attendance over the two year period.

Activities and Societies:

Special Effects Society, Compositing Club, MoCap Club
Tallahassee Community College

AA , Computer Science , 2002 — 2005

Additional Information

Jason Heinze’s Websites:

Jason Heinze’s Interests:

Compositing, Graphic Art, Motion Graphics, Snowboarding, Skiing, Strategy Games, Learning vfx techniques, Movies, Music, Visual Effects and Traditional Special Effects.