Aurélien Chatelain
Graphics Programmer, Sketchfab at Epic Games
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolAurélien Chatelain is a graphics programmer with 12 years' experience focused on 3D pipelines, currently at Epic Games working on Sketchfab technologies from Paris. He combines deep practical knowledge of model and image processing with hands-on experience building import/export tooling and backend pipelines for 3D formats. A long-time contributor to glTF tooling—improving Blender glTF IO and the tinygltf library—he’s solved tricky issues around skinning, morph targets, animation and material handling. Passionate about music and other creative pursuits, he brings a maker’s eye to robust engineering, often fixing subtle interoperability bugs that unlock real-world artist workflows.
12 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur, Informatique, Diplôme d'ingénieur, Informatique at Université de Technologie de Belfort-MontbéliardComputer Sciences, Computer Sciences at Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
English, Spanish, Japanese
Github Skills (11)
data-serialization10
c-language10
blender10
3d-graphics10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
gltf10
python10
serialization10
animation9
api-design8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
syoyo/tinygltf
May 2017 - Jun 2017
Header only C++11 tiny glTF 2.0 library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:14 commits, 5 PRs, 14 comments in 26 days
Contributions summary:Aurélien primarily contributed to implementing and updating features related to the glTF 2.0 specification within the tinygltf library. They removed legacy features, added support for morph targets and skinning, and updated asset and material parsing. The user also addressed image handling and implemented serialization functions for glTF data.
cppheadertinyc-plus-plusheader-only
KhronosGroup/glTF-Blender-IO
Sep 2018 - Nov 2018
Blender glTF 2.0 importer and exporter
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:13 commits, 2 PRs, 3 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Aurélien primarily focused on improving the glTF Blender importer and exporter. Their contributions centered on fixing bone and node transform issues, ensuring proper animation import, and resolving issues related to multiple meshes sharing a skin and material alpha handling. They also made improvements related to handling metallic/roughness factors in materials and corrected various typos and inconsistencies within the codebase.
exporterblenderimporterblender-addongltf
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