I am an experienced Roto-Paint Artist with over 8 years in the film and VFX industry, including 3+ years as a Roto-Paint Lead. In recent years, I have also been developing AI-driven image and video workflows focused on high-quality visual production, combining traditional compositing expertise with modern generative AI tools. I am passionate about delivering exceptional quality, realism, and creativity in every project. My strong communication skills, developed through years of collaboration with diverse teams, enable me to work efficiently both independently and within fast-paced production environments. My passion for photography and aquascaping reflects my strong attention to detail, composition, and visual storytelling — qualities I bring into every creative project while constantly exploring new ways to push visual boundaries and achieve outstanding results.

Gabriel Daniel Chifor

I am an experienced Roto-Paint Artist with over 8 years in the film and VFX industry, including 3+ years as a Roto-Paint Lead. In recent years, I have also been developing AI-driven image and video workflows focused on high-quality visual production, combining traditional compositing expertise with modern generative AI tools. I am passionate about delivering exceptional quality, realism, and creativity in every project. My strong communication skills, developed through years of collaboration with diverse teams, enable me to work efficiently both independently and within fast-paced production environments. My passion for photography and aquascaping reflects my strong attention to detail, composition, and visual storytelling — qualities I bring into every creative project while constantly exploring new ways to push visual boundaries and achieve outstanding results.

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I am an experienced Roto-Paint Artist with over 8 years in the film and VFX industry, including 3+ years as a Roto-Paint Lead. In recent years, I have also been developing AI-driven image and video workflows focused on high-quality visual production, combining traditional compositing expertise with modern generative AI tools.

I am passionate about delivering exceptional quality, realism, and creativity in every project. My strong communication skills, developed through years of collaboration with diverse teams, enable me to work efficiently both independently and within fast-paced production environments.

My passion for photography and aquascaping reflects my strong attention to detail, composition, and visual storytelling — qualities I bring into every creative project while constantly exploring new ways to push visual boundaries and achieve outstanding results.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Intermediate
Intermediate

Work Experience

Matte Painter at Isar Animation
November 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025
Created 360° latlong (spherical) backgrounds for animated teaser trailers, reused across multiple shots. Built layered environment/sky elements in Photoshop with wrap-around continuity. Delivered shot-ready comps and reusable setups in Nuke; supported projection/layout tasks in Maya. Used ComfyUI for fast look exploration, then refined and finalized assets to match the show style.
Matte Painter and Paint Artist at Skylite Studios
January 1, 2024 - March 1, 2024
Integrated CG cars into real image; Recreated the background, added color grading; Retouched the backgrounds for the images for commercials; Worked closely with production and improved the workflow for some specific tasks.
Matte Painter and Paint Artist at Skylite Studios
May 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024
Integrated CG cars into real image; Recreated the background, added the color grading; Retouched the backgrounds for the images for commercials; Worked closely with production and improved the workflow for some specific tasks.
Roto-Paint Lead at Scanline VFX Europe
February 1, 2020 - January 1, 2024
Worked closely with production management to develop and manage project schedules and budgets. Collaborated with internal and external teams, providing briefs and reserving resources, communicating project requirements and timelines, and working with vendor teams to address any issues or challenges that arose. Trained, mentored, and supported junior staff. Conducted quality control assessments of internal/external shots.
Senior Paint and Rotoscope Artist at Scanline VFX Europe
October 1, 2015 - February 1, 2020
Accomplished rotoscoping and painting tasks using tracking, camera projections, smart vector in Foundry Nuke, Silhouette Studio, Mocha. Provided estimates for workflow and schedules. Provided briefs to vendor teams and conducted quality check on external shots as Roto/Paint Lead on the project ‘The Rescue’.
Freelance 2D Artist at 3DEXCITE with Dassault Systèmes
March 1, 2015 - April 1, 2015
Accomplished layer compositing and retouching tasks for print and web images using Photoshop and Nuke.
VFX Assistant, Rotoscope and Precomp Artist at Scanline VFX Europe
November 1, 2014 - March 1, 2015
Worked as a roto-paint artist (Nuke); conducted quality checks (Nuke, Autodesk Flow – formerly Shotgrid).
Intern Nuke Compositor at Scanline VFX Europe
October 1, 2014 - November 1, 2014
Contributed to the behind-the-scenes production of different projects using Foundry Nuke.
Freelance 2D Artist at Freelance
June 1, 2013 - October 1, 2014
Created matte paintings for 'Phantom of the Opera' for Theatre of the World; Integrated CG-rendered cars into live-action plates (Photoshop).
2D Background Artist at MirariFilms
April 1, 2007 - June 1, 2013
Created backgrounds & matte paintings in Photoshop for shows for Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Comedy Central.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering at Transilvania University Brasov, Romania
January 11, 2030 - May 15, 2026

Qualifications

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    paper AI Automotive Visual Workflow – Playblast to Realistic Video

    A test project exploring AI-assisted automotive visual production.

    The workflow starts from a 3D playblast and uses AI image/video generation to create a more realistic final look while preserving the original camera movement, composition, and vehicle geometry.

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