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Generalist TD / Programmer @ ClockworkVFX November 2008 – Present
Developing FLUX plug-in, An approximate Image based lighting tool using Maya API, Developing plug-in using Maya API and MEL to visualize 2D information (DCM) in 3D, Digital Lighting and Shading (Outdoor, Indoor, Live Action), Setup Render Layers and Passes, Mental Ray and Maya Shader assembling, Fluid and Liquid simulation using nDynamics and Realflow, 3D Camera Tracking including complex camera Rigs and Handheld, Objects and Rigs Tracking, Facial Tracking and interpolation using Multiple Cameras, Dynamics simulation including Crushing, Breaking, Footprint, etc. Cloth simulation using nCloth, Optimizing Maya and Lightwave pipeline including writing scripts to automate exporting process, Maya Material Library Optimizer, etc., Layer Compositing and Effects, Design and Implementing Network infrastructure, Setting up file Storage and File Server, Design Central Processing System (360Ghz) including Dispatcher and Monitoring.Technical Artist @ The Chimneypot August 2006 – October 2008
Responsible for Lighting (Outdoor, Indoor, Studio, Live Action), Setup Render Layers and Passes, Mental ray Shader Assembling and performance tuning, Shot Assembling and Optimization, Developing series of MEL apps to cut down memory usage and export time using stand-in and On demand rendering, Programming and Scripting including Developing series of Maya nodes to speed up procedural Animation and Character Rigging process, Technical Compositing & FX, Developing fusion plug-ins including simple GPU accelerated Color operator – 16/32bit range diagnostic node, Cloth and Dynamic Simulation including Soft and Rigid bodies, Particle effects, Realistic Modeling (Procedural / Image based / Traditional), Texture Mapping (Procedural / Photo manipulation), Developing Meta Locators with Maya API to Store & Share meta info with Maya Scenes, Camera Tracking, Design and Setup in-house Renderfarm including Network infrastructure / Storage / DispatcherRendering TD @ Ahura Pictures January 2006 – July 2006
Developing tools to cut down Rendering time including Automatic light map Generator, Developing Cubicle: MEL Application for controlling Large number of objects based on Multilayer texture solver, Complex Shading constructor based on MEL for assembling baked lights information, Mental ray Shader design and performance tuning, Light fine tuning and Optimization, Rendering, Compositing and Color correction, Real Time Authoring under Quest3D engine including Exporting / Asset Assembling / RT ShaderGeneralist TD @ Shahed Cultural Institute June 2005 – December 2005
Developing fast NURBS Texturing workflow with MEL based on MR Surface sampler, Developing Texture Manager including Automatic Texture Converter-Texture Resolution Switcher-Texture Validation, PSD Layer manager for Maya, Open water Simulation including wake and pond surface through Realflow and Maya Dynamics, Open Water Shading including procedural foam generator – Depth Cue – Glaze effects, Industrial High detail Modeling, Detail Texturing (color/spec/normal), Shading / Lighting (Outdoor) / Rendering, Detailed Pre-visualization, Layer Compositing and EffectsReal-time TD @ FATER Technology December 2003 – June 2005
Developing Scene manager system including LOD Automatic Switcher – Semi Automatic Scene BSP, Developing Custom Asset Manager with MEL including Asset Version controlling – Asset Scanning, Developing MEL Applications to successful transfer physiques properties including Friction – Stickiness – Events – Occlusion – Pre Calculated Bounding Volume in XML to target 3D engine, Lighting and Pre-Lighting, Developing tools for Automatic light map generating, Reconstruct Tehran’s Ekbatan Complex in Real Scale, Model over 500 props and vehicles, Realistic texturing (color, spec, alpha, normal map), Vehicle Rigging (Ground detection – Suspension) , Traffic Simulation with Maya and MEL with support of Static and Dynamic Traffic–Path Generating & Finding–Collision Detection & Triggering-Variable speed-velocity controlling systemTechnical Artist National Services October 2002 – August 2004
Responsible for Designing 3D Content for RPG-7 shooting simulator including Terrain Generating from DETM data through MEL, Environment Modeling and Texturing, Pre-lighting and Rendering, Key frame and procedural Animation, Writing custom data exporter via Maya Blind Data to target engine