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Meliza Fermin

Senior/Lead Compositor & Lead Digital Matte Painter
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Meliza Fermin

Senior/Lead Compositor & Lead Digital Matte Painter

About

Meliza Fermin is an Emmy Award-winning visual effects artist with over two decades of experience in film and television. She currently works as a Senior Matte Painter at Onyx Visual Effects.


Throughout her career, Meliza has held key roles as a Lead Digital Matte Painter and Senior Compositor at studios including Koala FX, Stargate Studios, FuseFX, Encore VFX, Method Studios, Powerhouse VFX, and Mavericks VFX. Her credits include Stranger Things, Ironside, The Vampire Diaries, Grey’s Anatomy, and The Walking Dead.


In addition to her artistic work, Meliza has helped develop pipeline tools that streamline workflows, enabling smooth transitions from digital matte painting to projected setups for compositors. Outside of VFX, she enjoys returning to her roots in fine art, studying nature, and creating oil paintings.

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Advanced Compositing: Keying & Creating 2.5D Projections
Composite a Shot in Nuke from Start to Finish with Meliza Fermin
by Meliza Fermin
3h 27m 2s
7 Lessons
compositinglighting & renderingvisual effects
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Nuke
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  • I have had the great good fortune to work with Meliza on two different productions. She is a highly talented Composting Artist and DMP Artist. She is also an accomplished fine artist and a really good person, too. I fully recommend her to anyone lucky enough to work with her in any capacity.

    - Adam Howard
    Freelance VFX Supervisor

  • Meliza is the kind of VFX artist that stands out among her peers, due to her skills as an artist and her intuition as a problem-solver. When more artists can gain insights and tips from accomplished and award-winning artists like Meliza, it's a great thing for our industry's continued growth.

    - Eddie Bonin
    Visual Effects Producer at HBO

  • Meliza was an invaluable member of our team at Netflix Animation Studios. I can't imagine a better person to teach high-end compositing and digital matte painting techniques to artists at any level.

    - Heather Abels
    Matte Painting Supervisor at Netflix Animation Studios

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