Active in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Coons works behind the scenes in the film and computer graphics industries. He is also the president and owner of ArtScans Studio in Culver City, California, where he uses a scanner of his own invention to serve a clientele of celebrity artists and fine artists.
The ArtScans page describes the scanner as: "ArtScans has been doing accurate colour capture for reproduction since 1992. We own and operate a large (44" x 50") flatbed scanner that is the only one of its kind in the world. Both the scanner and its software were designed by us."[1]
Keith Goldfarb, co-founder of Rhythm and Hues Studios, a computer-graphics studio that works on major motion pictures—Night at the Museum 2: Battle of the Smithsonian and The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)— as well as high-end commercials, has called him "the most knowledgeable person about scanning on this planet."[2]
Digital printingedit
David Coons was also a pioneer in the art of digital printing reproduction of scanned and computer generated artwork, specifically adapting the large format IRIS printer, a machine designed to work solely with proprietary prepress computer systems, to this task.[3]
Coons went on to become a business partner with Nash, helping found the Manhattan Beach, California, company Nash Editions, a fine art digital reproduction company based on a $126,000 IRIS printer Nash had purchased.[5] There Coons worked on the many technical problems with scanning and adapting the IRIS printer to fine art printing, including modifying the machines to take heavy paper stock and dealing with the poor fade resistant (fugitive) nature of the inks.[6] These fine art digital prints came to be known by the name "giclée".[7]
In the mid-1990s, Coons split off from Nash Editions to concentrate on scanning, while Nash's team continued to work on fine art printing. The two companies still share a close relationship, and refer clients to one another.[8]
Film productionedit
Coons's Academy Award is for design and development of the Computer Animation Production System production system for film animation; as a technical Oscar, it is shared with the rest of the team that worked on CAPS. This award served to get him into the Academy, where he is regarded as a deeply involved and committed member.[citation needed]
Coons has been involved with motion-picture technology since he was in junior high school, where he was one of the "Audio-Visual Team" that handled the equipment for educational films and shows. Coons has made a number of "amateur" films, in addition to several student-style efforts. He was also the cameraman, cinematographer, craft services and technical consultant on John P. McCann's The Glendale Ogre.
He is widely regarded as a "connector" in the sense Malcolm Gladwell wrote about in The Tipping Point, though some see him as a Gladwellian "maven". He has also been identified as the title character (a nudist programmer on the late shift who got in trouble with the security guards) in Po Bronson's non-fiction book on Silicon Valley workers called The Nudist on the Late Shift.[9]
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This article s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on Wikipedia See Wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions June 2009 Learn how and when to remove this template message David B Coons is a computer graphics professional and long time CGI expert David B CoonsBorn 1960 05 16 May 16 1960 age 63 Pomona CaliforniaOccupationsFine arts scannerComputer graphics guruFilmmakerWebsitehttp www artscans com Contents 1 Scanning and computer graphics 1 1 Digital printing 2 Film production 3 CG Production System Development 4 References 5 External linksScanning and computer graphics editActive in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Coons works behind the scenes in the film and computer graphics industries He is also the president and owner of ArtScans Studio in Culver City California where he uses a scanner of his own invention to serve a clientele of celebrity artists and fine artists The ArtScans page describes the scanner as ArtScans has been doing accurate colour capture for reproduction since 1992 We own and operate a large 44 x 50 flatbed scanner that is the only one of its kind in the world Both the scanner and its software were designed by us 1 Keith Goldfarb co founder of Rhythm and Hues Studios a computer graphics studio that works on major motion pictures Night at the Museum 2 Battle of the Smithsonian and The Chronicles of Riddick 2004 as well as high end commercials has called him the most knowledgeable person about scanning on this planet 2 Digital printing edit David Coons was also a pioneer in the art of digital printing reproduction of scanned and computer generated artwork specifically adapting the large format IRIS printer a machine designed to work solely with proprietary prepress computer systems to this task 3 In the late 1980s Coons developed software to use an IRIS 3024 at The Walt Disney Company to print images from Disney s new Computer Animation Production System He also wrote software to print works created on desktop computers such as Sally Larsen 1989 Transformer series and a 1990 photography exhibition for Graham Nash of Crosby Stills and Nash The work he did for Nash had to do with re creating images for prints and negatives had been lost by scanning the remaining contact prints at high resolution and printing them in extremely large format 4 Coons went on to become a business partner with Nash helping found the Manhattan Beach California company Nash Editions a fine art digital reproduction company based on a 126 000 IRIS printer Nash had purchased 5 There Coons worked on the many technical problems with scanning and adapting the IRIS printer to fine art printing including modifying the machines to take heavy paper stock and dealing with the poor fade resistant fugitive nature of the inks 6 These fine art digital prints came to be known by the name giclee 7 In the mid 1990s Coons split off from Nash Editions to concentrate on scanning while Nash s team continued to work on fine art printing The two companies still share a close relationship and refer clients to one another 8 Film production editCoons s Academy Award is for design and development of the Computer Animation Production System production system for film animation as a technical Oscar it is shared with the rest of the team that worked on CAPS This award served to get him into the Academy where he is regarded as a deeply involved and committed member citation needed Coons has been involved with motion picture technology since he was in junior high school where he was one of the Audio Visual Team that handled the equipment for educational films and shows Coons has made a number of amateur films in addition to several student style efforts He was also the cameraman cinematographer craft services and technical consultant on John P McCann s The Glendale Ogre He is widely regarded as a connector in the sense Malcolm Gladwell wrote about in The Tipping Point though some see him as a Gladwellian maven He has also been identified as the title character a nudist programmer on the late shift who got in trouble with the security guards in Po Bronson s non fiction book on Silicon Valley workers called The Nudist on the Late Shift 9 CG Production System Development editOilspot and Lipstick 1987 technical director The Rescuers Down Under 1990 digital production system developer Beauty and the Beast 1991 engineering developer Aladdin 1992 engineering development Trail Mix Up 1993 engineer Hocus Pocus 1993 engineer The Lion King 1994 technology development and support Pocahontas 1995 additional technology staff The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1996 technology production supporterReferences edit ArtScans Studio Fine Art Color Accurate Specialty Scanning artscans com Retrieved 26 May 2015 Blogger Joy McCann documents the lives of those in The Olive Starlight Orchestra http littlemissattila mu nu archives 041076 php Harald Johnson Mastering Digital Printing Thompson Course Technology 2002 ISBN 1 929685 65 3 Digital Journalism article on the breakthroughs Coons achieved in fine arts scanning with the backing and help of Graham Nash and the rest of the Nash Editions team http www digitaljournalist org issue0105 nash intro htm New Page 2 stansherer com Retrieved 26 May 2015 photography org The Center for Photographic Art Interview Mac Holbert September 2004 Archived 8 October 2011 at the Wayback Machine Pioneers of Giclee Prints The Hopkins Gallery 26 April 2018 Retrieved 16 May 2023 Excerpt from Harald Johnson s Mastering Digital Printing Second Edition on David Coons s innovative work with Nash in fine arts scanning Loretta Kalb book review The Nudist on the Late Shift And Other True Tales of Silicon Valley bookpage com July 1999 Archived from the original on 13 May 2015 Retrieved 27 January 2015 External links editDavid Coons at IMDb ArtScans Studios David Coons on Facebook David Coons on Instagram Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Coons amp oldid 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