Paul Miller

Senior Software Architect at Boris FX
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Madison, Wisconsin, United States, US
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⚾️ John Laycock

Paul is quality software engineer who comes in to a project, listens to what you have to say and puts together a quality wok product. He is not afraid to suggest options that are not part of the original project specs that will improve the final product. He looks out for his customers and will present unique solutions that can help the project come in on time and under budget.

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Credentials

  • PADI
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  • Private Aircraft Pilot
    AOPA

Experience

  • Boris FX
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Software Architect
      • Aug 2019 - Present

      Architect and lead engineer on Silhouette rotoscoping, digital paint, and compositing system. Architect and lead engineer on Optics digital photo editing application. Architect of shared GPU-accelerated image processing engine. Architect and lead engineer on Silhouette rotoscoping, digital paint, and compositing system. Architect and lead engineer on Optics digital photo editing application. Architect of shared GPU-accelerated image processing engine.

  • FXTECH
    • IT Services and IT Consulting
    • Owner
      • Jan 1997 - Present

      Consulting and software design and development in the areas of graphics, image processing, and plugins. Clients: 3Prong, Inc. (http://www.3prong.com) Ocean Systems (http://www.oceansystems.com/dtective) Consulting and software design and development in the areas of graphics, image processing, and plugins. Clients: 3Prong, Inc. (http://www.3prong.com) Ocean Systems (http://www.oceansystems.com/dtective)

  • Silhouette FX, LLC
    • Software Development
    • Partner / Lead Software Engineer
      • Mar 2004 - Sep 2019

      Silhouette FX makes high-end rotoscoping, keying, paint, and compositing solutions for the motion picture industry. Our software runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux systems. My job is to design and develop Silhouette. Silhouette FX makes high-end rotoscoping, keying, paint, and compositing solutions for the motion picture industry. Our software runs on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux systems. My job is to design and develop Silhouette.

  • Digital Film Tools
    • Software Development
    • Partner / Lead Software Engineer
      • Jan 1998 - Sep 2019

      Plugin development for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Avid, Shake, Flint/Flame, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Apple Aperture, as well as stand-alone imaging application development and iPhone applications. Products: Composite Suite 55mm Digital Film Lab zMatte Ozone Light! Snap EZ Mask Power Stroke Power Mask Tiffen Dfx PhotoCopy Film Stocks DFT iPhone applications Photo fx, Photo fx Ultra, Cool fx, Light, Cropulator, Photocopier Plugin development for Adobe Photoshop, Adobe After Effects, Avid, Shake, Flint/Flame, Apple Final Cut Pro, and Apple Aperture, as well as stand-alone imaging application development and iPhone applications. Products: Composite Suite 55mm Digital Film Lab zMatte Ozone Light! Snap EZ Mask Power Stroke Power Mask Tiffen Dfx PhotoCopy Film Stocks DFT iPhone applications Photo fx, Photo fx Ultra, Cool fx, Light, Cropulator, Photocopier

  • Profound Effects, Inc.
    • United States
    • Software Development
    • VP of Engineering
      • May 2001 - Jul 2008

      VP of software development for a broad range of products and consulting services in the graphics and special effects industries, with emphasis on plugin architectures. My job is to architect and develop all of our software. Shipping Products Elastic Gasket - After Effects plugin emulator for Avid systems Useful Assistant - Python scripting for After Effects CameraPOV - self-animating camera viewfinder simulations built on the Useful Things engine GakPak - animated background generator built on the Useful Things engine Swim - swirly effects Move - pan & scan for Avid systems DMN_Transfer - transfer modes for the Avid timeline Previous Products: Useful Things - Python-based effects for After Effects (sold to Sony Digital) Consulting: 3D Titling module for Autodesk Toxik After Effects plugin emulator for Sony XPRI Show less

  • Avid Technology, Inc.
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Software Engineer
      • Aug 1995 - Aug 1999

      Senior Software Engineer, specializing in IRIX and cross-platform software. Products: Architect - AVX Plug-in Architecture for Avid Editing Systems. Software Lead, Elastic Reality, Beyond Reality morphing/paint system Project Architect/Lead, Marquee 3D Titling System Senior Software Engineer, specializing in IRIX and cross-platform software. Products: Architect - AVX Plug-in Architecture for Avid Editing Systems. Software Lead, Elastic Reality, Beyond Reality morphing/paint system Project Architect/Lead, Marquee 3D Titling System

  • Elastic Reality, Inc.
    • Software Engineer
      • Dec 1992 - Aug 1995

      Software Engineer, SGI/IRIX. Products: Image Independence - file-format conversion. LFX - real-time lightning generator. No Strings Attached - 16-bit paint for wire/scratch removal. Elastic Reality - Academy-Award-winning spline-based warping/morphing/rotoscoping. Software Engineer, SGI/IRIX. Products: Image Independence - file-format conversion. LFX - real-time lightning generator. No Strings Attached - 16-bit paint for wire/scratch removal. Elastic Reality - Academy-Award-winning spline-based warping/morphing/rotoscoping.

  • Image Processing Technologies
    • Programmer
      • 1991 - 1992

      Programmer - Cyrillic OCR for CIA contract Designed DOS-based GUI toolkit and used in Cyrillic OCR, Unicode text editor, hardware image processing prototyping tools, and document management system. Programmer - Cyrillic OCR for CIA contract Designed DOS-based GUI toolkit and used in Cyrillic OCR, Unicode text editor, hardware image processing prototyping tools, and document management system.

Education

  • Virginia Tech
    Computer Science
    1990 - 1992
  • NC State
    Industrial Design
    1989 - 1990

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