Kevin Masson
Lead Programmer at Tuatara
France
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Top SchoolKevin Masson is a Lead Programmer with 11 years of experience specializing in graphics, rendering and tools for animation and real-time 3D applications, currently leading engineering at Tuatara. He brings deep hands‑on expertise in render pipelines—contributing to the open-source appleseed renderer by improving diagnostics, OSL integration and AOV handling—and a track record building artist-facing pipeline tools in Maya, Nuke and Deadline. His background spans AR/VR, WebGL and performance-focused optimizations (shader stripping, build-size and graphics debugging), combining low-level C++ work with Python tooling and production automation. Comfortable moving between research-grade rendering problems and pragmatic studio delivery, he pairs a Master’s in Computer Graphics with ongoing open-source involvement that keeps him close to cutting-edge rendering challenges.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
University Technical Diploma of Computer Science, Computer Science in a University Institute of Technology, University Technical Diploma of Computer Science, Computer Science in a University Institute of Technology at Université de LorraineMaster degree, Computer Science - Computer Graphics, Master degree, Computer Science - Computer Graphics at Université de Strasbourg
French, English, Spanish
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Github Skills (20)
c-language10
rendering10
render10
opensl10
cpp10
cprogramming-language10
lightning9
gfx9
visual-effects9
lightening9
lighty9
animation7
shell6
unity-game-engine6
pointer6
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
appleseedhq/appleseed
Mar 2018 - May 2020
A modern open source rendering engine for animation and visual effects
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:27 reviews, 50 commits, 86 PRs in 2 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Kevin primarily focused on enhancing the appleseed rendering engine. Their contributions include integrating Open Shading Language (OSL) printf() calls into the renderer's logging system, creating an AOV (Arbitrary Output Variable) to track invalid samples, and exporting main AOVs instead of extra AOVs. They also improved the diagnostic AOVs by reporting unsampled pixels and added max ray intensity for SPPM, demonstrating a deep understanding of the rendering pipeline and its diagnostics.
rendering-enginevfxanimationblendercpp
oktomus/appleseed
Feb 2018 - Apr 2020
A modern open source rendering engine for animation and visual effects
Contributions:1 PR, 350 pushes, 112 branches in 2 years 2 months
renderingrendering-engineanimationvisual-effects
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