Chris Stroh Email & Phone Number

Halifax, Canada Area

• Oversee all technical aspects of the studio with the goal of building artist-focused workflows, while maintaining the quality and security required by clients.Pipeline
• Build and manage efficient, artist-friendly pipelines through pre-production to final delivery.
• Creation of custom python/javascript tools and integrations for ftrack / DCC applications (Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe)
• Source control management with git (Bitbucket and GitHub).
• Meet all client technical requirements.
• Troubleshoot and solve production issues with crew.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Responsible for evaluating and modifying studio pipelines, ensuring assets move in a consistent and efficient method into animation, and through until final delivery. I ensure projects hit the technical requirements as indicated by the client. To that end, I have created a number of scripts (Primarily JS/Python) to solve technical.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

• "Pickle and Peanut" - Disney TVACompositor- Using AfterEffects and Photoshop to produce results that fit the style/feel of the production.- Blending Live Action, Multimedia and Animated assets seamlessly.- Using a.
• Photoshop script to organize, error-check and output Photoshop files in a format appropriate for ToonBoom, with naming conventions used in the ToonBoom background script (below).
• ToonBoom script to automate importing and organizing of backgrounds, while automatically creating/configuring all blending modules as necessary.
• Python application to scrape through ToonBoom stage files in a job, determine the correct number of frames in the latest version of a scene, and inform the user in cases where the "frames" folder does not contain the.

Nuke compositor - Episode 1- Keying greenscreen footage / Rotoscoping as necessary- Tracking characters and match-moving 3d backpacks onto them.- Compositing filmed characters over background plates.- Compositing 3d characters/backgrounds using a variety of passes (RGB lighting, Ambient Occlusion, zDepth etc.)- Creation of final lighting/effects onto shots.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

3d Layout Artist for Mike the Knight, a Nelvana production (52x11min).- Translating 2d boards into a 3d space while maintaining continuity of characters, environments and props over the entirety of an episode.- Communication with the director to ensure his vision was accurately represented in the final layout.- Creation of tools to expedite the layout.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

LivGirls- Animated 2d/3d characters- Compositing characters over backgrounds- Creation of 2d pinwheel character builds (including the cleanup of artwork)- Implementing camera moves with environmental parallax and depth blur.Compositor for Carneys, a Huminah Huminah Animation pitch.- Compositing characters over backgrounds- Implementing camera moves with.

Halifax, Nova Scotia

"Garth and Bev"25 episodes, broadcasted on RTE, cBeebies and BBC2.- Compositing characters over backgrounds- Implementing camera moves with environmental parallax and depth blur.- Creating appropriate FX where needed.Compositor for Tokyopop's "Riding Shotgun".6 minute teaser, recently released through Mondo Media.- Compositing characters over backgrounds.