Peter Eastwood

BIO Peter is an instructor for the 3D Animation program at CDIA's Waltham MA campus. He has refined his skills as a multimedia production artist over the past eight years, working both for American Power Conversion (APC) and as a freelance 3D artist. Beginning his professional career in film editing and audio production, he moved quickly to 3D Industrial Modeling, prototyping and creating interactive videos and web-based tours from engineering schematics at APC. From product demonstrations and interactive tours, to simulations, page layout and package design, Peter was responsible for introducing and maintaining the entire 3D asset library for APC. He was also their chief technology director and internal Maya instructor, training the creative services staff in 3D content creation. Using Maya, After Effects, Photoshop, Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools, Peter has created animations for video presentations, corporate videos, movie theater ads, online product tours and product renderings for magazine ads and retail packaging. Peter works on a freelance basis with APC and numerous production houses, including Sonalysts, Johnny Animation and Three-Headed Monster, working on TV commercials and online animations. He has an AS in Information Technology from the New England Institute of Technology and majored in English and Communications at the University of Rhode Island.

Posts By Peter:

3D Animation

3D Pipeline

December 8, 2008 December 8, 2008 Displacement maps and normal maps are both extremely useful (and prevalent) in a modern 3D pipeline. From video games to Hollywood[.....]

3D Animation

Rendering with mental ray

October 30, 2008 October 30, 2008 So who likes rendering? Who likes rendering with mental ray®? Everyone’s hands went down, I know it. Okay, admittedly mental ray is not[.....]

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Animation Software 2009: Sweeeet

October 7, 2008 October 7, 2008 October is coming, and that can only mean one thing: new software! Well, at least this year it can. After reading[.....]

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How 3D Made The Dark Knight's Gotham Come To Life

September 18, 2008 September 18, 2008 I finally joined the rest of the civilized society and went to see The Dark Knight recently. (If you haven’t seen it in IMAX, go.[.....]