About Ron Brinkmann

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Author of The Art and Science of Digital Compositing. (A few more copies of the classic 1st edition are still available too!). Occasional supervisor in the visual effects and animation world. One of the founding employees of Sony Pictures Imageworks. Part of the initial design and development team that produced the digital compositing application Shake (acquired by Apple in 2002). Continued as Shake Product Designer for a few years, until development on the product was ruthlessly terminated. Also was slightly involved with Apple’s photo-management software Aperture. Slightly. Rumored to now be working at Amazon. 

Frequently speaks at seminars on the topics of visual effects, digital filmmaking and general technology. (Has spoken in England, Netherlands, Russia, China, Singapore, Thailand, Australia, Japan and India… and several less-interesting locations).  Regular guest/host on This Week in Photography podcast.  Gadabout.

 

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  1. :)

  2. And I could never get him to fill out a timecard….

  3. Hi Ron,
    Thought I saw you at the Coulton show but I wasn’t sure. Then I saw your tweets. Great show. Awesomely fun.

    We’ve never met but I’m a big fan of your book and always enjoy hearing you on TWIM, etc.

    Have a great day.

    Barry

  4. Ron, so what do you think Apple’s plan to do with the defunct Shake?

  5. I’d be surprised if Apple does much of anything with Shake, other than continue to sell it as-is.

  6. Ron,

    You’re great on TWIP. Have fun in Redondo Beach…no wait, Hermosa Beach…or Seattle. Wherever you are.

    By the way, the TWIP link above is pointing to the wrong place.

    Nick

  7. Thanks, Nick, for letting me know about the out-of-date link & for listening to the show!

  8. Always love listening to TWIP but even more so when you are in the mix. Great “interesting” blog as well, thanks very much.

    E.

  9. [...] what was the most relevant comment I received about my last project, Ron Brinkman linked me to his great discussion on non-euclidean display modes.  In the small, enclosed mobile [...]

  10. Hi Ron, currently reading trough the S.E. of your book, and I have to say it´s one of the funniest books I´ve ever read, and I learnt a lot about compositing too! :))

  11. Are you famous?

    • If you have to ask someone if they’re famous then they’re probably not :-)

  12. [...] code for you hardware created free by smart people will allow you to sell even more hardware.  Ron talks about the best phone out there – the iPhone and how they’ve been so successful with the [...]

  13. Hey Ron, I heard you talking about a monopod that needed to be able to go vertical, I laughed outloud when you said it. I built one from a 10.00 walking and 2.00 in parts. It has a twist to release head that rolls anywhere along 90 degree axis and locks back into place. It’s collapsible and serves a dual purpose. I put a pic on twitpic just for you. Hope your feeling better. Dale Stockton, Stockton Expressions

  14. Dear Ron.

    In the past three minutes, you have become my hero!


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