Sheri Cruz

Work History

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  Roto/Paint

  Industrial Light & Magic

  November 2015 - June 2017

  Paint clean-up and rotoscope using Nuke and proprietary software for feature film projects

• Roto/Paint artist

  Pixomomdo

  April 2015 - June 2015

  Los Angeles, CA

• Roto/Paint artist

  ILM

  February 2015 - April 2015

  San Francisco, CA
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  Roto/Paint

  Pixomondo

  January 2015 - January 2015
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  Junior Nuke Compositor

  Drawn by the Light

  October 2014 - November 2014

  Basic compositing tasks like replace images in scenes, rotoscoping, paint background clean-up for TV shows and commercials
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  Rotoscope artist

  Mirada Studios

  August 2014 - October 2014

  Using Nuke, rotoscoped for TV commercial and music video
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  Roto/Paint

  Rodeo FX

  April 2014 - July 2014

  Using Nuke, rotoscoped and performed paint clean-up task for a few feature film projects.

  

  
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  Senior Rotoscope

  Wētā FX

  July 2013 - March 2014

  Using Silhouette, stereoscope rotoscoping for feature film projects

  

  
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  Nuke Compositor

  Newbreed Visual Effects

  March 2013 - June 2013

  Using Nuke, paint clean-up and composite elements for feature film projects

• Creative Technical Assistant

  Dtrain Fx

  January 2013 - March 2013

  Project Flame conform and data wrangling, video tape management (black and code video tapes, perform and support layoffs to video tape, produce labels and undertake client supervised and solo tape QC), perform work in progress archives of Flame projects, final archives to data and subsequent data tape, and close out projects including managing data to safe deletion on Flames and support servers, vault management, and provide technical support to Flame artists including liaison with engineering support.
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  Rotoscope/Paint Bg Prep

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  September 2001 - September 2012

  Assist compositors in feature film/commercial productions with rotoscoping and paint background clean-up, using in-house compositing node-base software as well as off-the-shelf software (such as Autdoesk Flame/Inferno or Shake)

  
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  Post-Production Technical Assist

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  June 1999 - September 2012

  Assist Flame/Inferno artists by helping them with importing/exporting work data, keeping the integrity of work data with various ways of Flame/Inferno backup/restore, providing help with their rotoscope/paint background clean-up needs, helping with titles using Photoshop/Illustrator, working with digital video recording machines such as digibeta decks or HDCAM SR, helping artists trouble shoot Flame/Inferno systems technical problems, helping with final project delivery (digitally or with other medium like DVDs or digital tapes), helping with the integration of Flame/Inferno with the overall production structure of the studio

  

  

  
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  Render/IO

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  June 1997 - June 1999

  Data management and render queue management for production, assist the department with up-keep of tools by scripting
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  System Operator

  Rhythm & Hues Studios

  June 1995 - June 1998

  Computer technical support for the digital artist, backup studio's data, restore needed data, assist in the overall computer management of the studio, assist the department with up-keep of tools by scripting

  

  

  

• Sales Clerk

  Knott's Berry Farm

  March 1987 - May 1995

  Manage merchandise stock, schedule staff, manage day-to-day with the staff, balance financial forms, keep sale records