Gary Oberbrunner has joined Color Intelligence, the company behind Colourlab Ai, and will take on the role of Chief Software Architect. Gary is best known as a co-designer and lead developer of award-winning Sapphire Plug-ins, regarded as the most innovative and successful image processing plugins in the film, TV, and visual-effects industry.
“It is an exciting moment. With the addition of Gary to our team, Colourlab Ai has entered a new phase of its life cycle. We are transforming from an innovation boutique to a global player in the area of Ai for post production. In the next stage of our development, our innovative approach to color and image processing will become accessible to all creatives regardless of what hardware platform they choose: Mac, PC, cloud or even mobile phones. Version 3 of Colourlab Ai will make Ai for Color accessible to more people than ever before,” said Dado Valentic, Founder/CEO, Color Intelligence.
“I’m excited about the opportunity ahead for Colourlab Ai. AI and machine learning will play a vital role in the evolution of the film industry, and I’m looking forward to helping create that future,” commented Gary Oberbrunner.
Gary was Chief Scientist and CTO of GenArts, creators of Sapphire, for 20 years, and managed multiple acquisitions as well as leading technical development. After GenArts’ acquisition, he served as CTO of Boris FX, where he managed the complex merger of R&D groups.
With nearly 40 years of hands-on experience in the entrepreneurial development of high-performance computing, GPU programming, image processing and VFX, Gary is considered to be one of the most senior figures in the industry.
As Chief Software Architect at Color Intelligence, Gary will be leading a team of top developers and researchers in the quest for the ultimate Ai-driven color and image processing application.
For more information please visit the Color Intelligence website: https://colourlab.ai
About Color Intelligence
Color Intelligence creates revolutionary tools that leverage Artificial Intelligence to improve color grading, image processing and workflows for content creators and filmmakers. The company provides industry proven technologies – Colourlab, Look Designer and Grainlab software. These solutions have been deployed in the production of many television blockbuster franchises like Game of Thrones, Exodus, Marco Polo, and Jack Ryan as well as the popular rom-com movie Crazy Rich Asians.
The company’s founders, Dado Valentic, Mark L. Pederson and Steve Bayes have over 80 years combined experience in professional motion picture post production and technology. Prominent clients include Activision Blizzard, Axis Studios, CBC, Comedy Central, Disney, Electronic Arts, Inc., HBO, Moving Picture Company, Netflix, NBC Universal, Warner Bros., Inc., Univision, YouTube, and many more.
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