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Damian Allen

Damian Allen is a VFX supervisor and pipeline consultant based in LA. He specializes in picture-lock emergency effects work and AR and VR tool development through his company Pixerati LLC. In addition to his hands-on production work, Damian lectures and trains artists around the world in compositing theory and technique.

Create the "Undone" look using EbSynth 1
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Create the “Undone” look using EbSynth

Posted on September 25, 2019
The new Netflix series “Undone,” like “A Scanner Darkly” before it, creates a compelling visual style by rotoscoping live...
Automatic Rotoscoping…For Free 6
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Automatic Rotoscoping…For Free

Posted on September 11, 2019
We’re still a few years away from where machine learning AI can produce rotoscoping that rivals what human artists...
Removing glare from glasses 11
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Removing glare from glasses

Posted on August 28, 2019
There are all kinds of finishing effects that are within the grasp of the average editor. You just need...
2019: The year of affordable 3D 34
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2019: The year of affordable 3D

Posted on July 31, 2019
With the announcement of Maya Indie and the release of user-friendly Blender 2.8, the democratization of high-end 3D animation...
Unboxing the tech of the new Mac Pro 40
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Unboxing the tech of the new Mac Pro

Posted on June 18, 2019
If you’re secretly confused by the techno jargon being used to market the new Mac Pro, you’re not alone....
Switching to Windows: the hidden cost 56
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Switching to Windows: the hidden cost

Posted on October 4, 2018
As with many folk in the film industry, the absence of Nvidia options from Apple’s line of laptops forced...