Name: Juan Navedo
Born: August 20, 1980
Location: New York City, Manhattan
Juan Navedo has been in the Amateur Filmmaking Industry for Six years. His knowledge of
Computers/Technology and love for films is what drove him into filmmaking. His skills includes:
- CGI - Computer-Generated Imagery. Using programs like Maya and 3Ds Max to
take a 3D element(s) and place it into live action footage.
- Animation - To animate the 3D element(s).
- FX Artist - An FX Artist's responsibility includes creation and/or
placement of Matte Paintings. Matte Paintings of course being a huge Background image to
be layered in with, usually, keyed footage. Matte Paintings, combined with 3D elements
and keyed footage makes for a believeable scene and that's when compositing comes to play.
- Compositing - Compositing consist of putting together all of the
elements; Greenscreening, CGI (3D Elements) with motion tracking and so on, into a seamless believeable moving
image.
- Editing - Editing is usually the last step before producing the final product.
Editing consist of video and Sound FX editing.
Juan works with many programs to make films as realistic and believeable as possible, as well as working
on the best medium to export them on. These programs are:
- Final Cut Pro
- DVD Studio Pro
- Soundtrack Pro
- Motion
- Adobe After Effects
- Adobe Premiere
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Encore
- Adobe Audition
- 3Ds Max
