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Imagineer Systems Expands Management Team with New Head of Engineering(ENP Newswire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) ENP Newswire - 08 June 2012 Release date- 07062012 - GUILDFORD, UK - Imagineer Systems today announced it has expanded its management team with the addition of Mik Wells as its new Head of Engineering. With over fifteen years of experience in the high-end film and video software industry at companies including Avid Technology and Softimage, Mik brings significant expertise in 3D, compositing, effects and editing real-time 3D simulation and training software to Imagineer Systems. 'This is an exciting time to join the team. Imagineer Systems has done some truly amazing things with Planar Tracking and the mocha family, and I'm looking forward to exploring even more opportunities to take this innovative technology into new territories and solve more workflow problems for VFX artists,' said Mik Wells, Imagineer's new Head of Engineering. 'Being a part of this team is wonderful opportunity for me to stay well connected with the film and video industry that I know and love.' As a result of his experience with Softimage and Avid, Mik brings a solid understanding of the complexities of color science, color management systems, 2D and 3D compositing, rendering, and broadcast standards. He is also well acquainted with the processes of post-production and digital film making. During his time at Softimage, Mik played a major technical and supervisory role in achieving seamless integration of an OpenGL based 3D-DVE/Titling application into Avid|DS Nitris. Prior to that, during his time at Avid Technology/Parallax in London, Mik was a Senior Engineer on Media Illusion, a resolution-independent composting, effects, paint and editing software for the high-end film and video industry. He was also the Product Architect for Jester, a digital ink and paint system with integrated effects and compositing. As part of his role with Avid Technology as a graphics card expert, Mik also actively participated on standards specification committees (OpenGL ES and OpenGL). Mik has also worked as an independent consultant for 'Chameleon,' an on-set previsualisation product for real-time chroma keying and compositing of live action footage in to a virtual scene. In his new role at Imagineer Systems, Mik will lead the software engineering teams in new technologies and continued development of the mocha product line. 'Since, mocha has been widely adopted into more complex film and visual effects workflows, Imagineer is investing in our engineering team and continued development of customer requested features such as, Python scripting, native Stereo support and more. We are very excited to have an engineering manager with Mik's level of expertise and deep industry history as part of the team,' added Ross Shain, chief marketing officer, Imagineer Systems. About Imagineer Systems Imagineer Systems Ltd innovates and markets next-generation visual effects solutions for film, video and broadcast post production markets. Imagineer Systems has made its mark on such marquee Hollywood blockbuster productions as Black Swan, Alice in Wonderland, Iron Man 2, Shutter Island, Invictus, and the Harry Potter series. Imagineer's desktop product line consists of mocha Pro - roto, planar tracking, compositing, and removal utility; mocha AE - a planar tracking and roto utility designed for After Effects and Final Cut Pro users. Imagineer Systems was founded in 2000 and its headquarters is located in Guildford, United Kingdom. [Editorial queries for this story should be sent to [email protected]] ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) (c) 2012 Electronic News Publishing - |