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Element-ary Asset Management

There’s something with AI and industry relevance for asset management – and it’s also from Munich. Do you already know the element?

We talk to Jonas Kluger, the developer who, after studying design with a focus on film and animation at the Technical University in Nuremberg, first completed an internship at Trixter. His career then began as a VFX editor at Mackevision in Stuttgart. Over the years, his career has taken him to various VFX studios, including Marvel's "The Avengers", "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story", "Transformers: The Last Knight" and several seasons of "Game of Thrones". His team even won an Emmy for the latter! He is also a board member of the Visual Effects Society (VES) of the German Section. DP: Let's start from the beginning: As a compositor and VFXer, what happened when you developed software just like that?Jonas Kluger: I discovered the need for VFX asset library software early on. It was often one of my tasks to tag new elements and sort them in a meaningful way. With a focus on the technical side and a passion for the creative, I have always been a fan of smart and simple workflows supported by...


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