Salvador Tovar VFX / Gen AI R&D

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Salvador Tovar

I come from VFX compositing and now work with generative AI in production. I build workflows in ComfyUI and connect them to Nuke.

Much of my work is R&D: I test open source and closed source models, document the results in comparative reports, and work out which ones hold up against real production requirements like temporal consistency, resolution, controllability and cost. The rest of my time goes into applying those findings on actual projects.

I still do compositing regularly. It keeps me close to what a project actually needs: organized material, clean processes and work that holds up to industry standards. My compositing credits include The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which won the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.

On the compositing side, I can take a shot from prep through final comp, including complex integrations with multiple sources. I also build setups for Look Development, templates and Copycat neural networks. I know the rest of the pipeline too, from animation and editing to directing and production, so I can see how a shot fits into the whole project.

Experience

2025–presentGenerative AI & VFX WorkflowsTechX / TRIXTER / Cinesite
2025Lead CompositorTRIXTER
2018–2025Digital CompositorTRIXTER, Berlin
2018Digital CompositorD-Facto Motion
2017Digital CompositorTRIXTER, Berlin
2017Digital CompositorChimney Group
2016Nuke CompositorARRI VFX
2015–2016Compositing SupervisorMaligno VFX / Lemon Films
2012–2014Lead CompositorFX Shop
2012–2013Lead Compositor / On-set SupervisorToloache Films
2010–2014VFX SupervisorDiez y Media VFX
2007–2010Digital CompositorOllin VFX
2006–2018Freelance artist

Director

2013–2015Visuals for PsicomataVideo art
2012La CaídaVideo
2010La Cara Luminosa de SaturnoShort film
2006Sueño que DespertóShort film

Teaching

2011 & 2012Nuke compositing workshopsLanterna independent university film festival, Mexico City
2010Nuke compositing workshops9zeros animation school, Barcelona

Education

2002–2007Audiovisual and MultimediaNational School of Plastic Arts, UNAM

Born in Mexico City, 1984.

Languages

SpanishNative
EnglishProfessional working proficiency
GermanC1 proficiency
PythonBasic proficiency

Interests

Nature, music, travel