2020 CONFERENCE
Virtual Production
Bridging the Real & Imagined: Integrating real-time workflows into modern visual-effects and post-production pipelines
Dan Ring – Foundry
Today’s production workflows are changing and there is an increasing need to bridge the gap between what happens in real-time during pre-production or on-set, and what happens later in post-production. Foundry discusses how studios can preserve continuity of decision-making while managing data to deliver immediate feedback and fuel creativity at every stage of the process.
Personal Profile
Dan Ring
Head of Research – Foundr
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Dan Ring is the Head of Research at Foundry, where he’s been working as a research engineer since 2010. worked as a research engineer for The Foundry since 2010. Dan is in charge of defining the vision and direction for Research at Foundry and management of the products and Initiatives within Foundry’s Research team, including fostering and building relationships with universities to facilitate knowledge transfer, develop funded projects, fellowships and internships around areas of shared interest.
Dan’s work has been recognised in several publications and blogs, including 3D World, Digital Arts, and fxguide. His work on planar tracking was nominated for a Scientific & Technical (SciTech) Academy Award. Prior to VFX, Dan was a member of the Sigmedia Research group in Trinity College Dublin and received his PhD in image processing in 2008. During that time his research focused on solving matting problems, sparse feature tracking and automatic parsing and analysis of sports and medical footage.
Company Presentation
Foundry
Foundry develops creative software for the digital design, media and entertainment industries. With a 20-year heritage and a portfolio of award-winning products, Foundry advances the art and technology of visual experience in partnership with creative leaders around the globe.
Clients and partners include major feature film studios and post-production houses such as Pixar, ILM, MPC, Walt Disney Animation, Weta Digital, DNEG, and Framestore as well as automotive, footwear, apparel and technology companies such as Mercedes, New Balance, Adidas and Google. Foundry partners with these companies to solve complex visualization challenges to turn incredible ideas into reality.
The company’s products are used to create breathtaking visual effects sequences on a wide range of feature films, video-on-demand, television and commercials. Foundry software was integral in the making of every VFX Oscar-winning film, award-winning TV shows and commercials for more than a decade.
Founded in 1996, Foundry is headquartered in London, with over 300 employees and a presence in the US, China, Japan, Australia and Europe. In 2019, the London Stock Exchange named Foundry one of the “1000 Companies to Inspire Britain.” It regularly features in The Sunday Times’ Tech Track as one of Britain’s fastest-growing private technology companies.