Short bio
Øyvind Kolås is a free-software developer and artist. A digital media content and media tool craftsman, exploring, creating and improving new technologies to be integrated in free and open infrastructures.
Contact Information
- Name
- Øyvind Kolås
- Nationality
- Norwegian
- Phone
- +47 97 62 81 98
- pippin@gimp.org
- Website
- http://pippin.gimp.org/
Employment history
- 2007-
- Opened Hand, Software Engineer.
- 2002-2007
- Gjøvik University College, Lecturer, Teaching Assistant and Researcher.
- 2001-2002
- Norwegian Winemonopoly, part time sales clerk.
- 1996-1997
- ASIFA, Webmaster
- 1994
- Telenor BINOPP project, custom log to CSV converter.
Free (Libre) Software
- GEGL
- Graph based image processing framework, architect.
- babl
- Dynamically extendable pixel format vocabulary and conversion librar, main author.
- gluas
- An IDE for image-processing algorithms using lua for GIMP, author.
- horizon
- Zoom- and pan-able sketch/scribble application for tablet PCs, main author.
- oxide
- Image/video processing framework.
- GIMP
- Misc. enhancements and technology prototyping.
- hnb
- An outliner / personal information manager.
- cairo
- Former maintainer of Ruby binding.
- hal91
- Abandoned single floppy linux live distribution.
- Stopmotion
- Stop motion animation creation tool, project supervisor.
- DaisyPlayer
- Digital Talking Book engine, project supervisor.
Videography
- 2004
- One Direction
Music video for Abòn
script, editing, postproduction. - 2004
- My Religion
Music video for TNT
concept, editing, compositing, postproduction. - 2003
- I See You
Music video for Abòn
Indie Music Video Festival tour 2003
editing, postproduction. - 2002
- Flis (Short)
Minimalen Kortfilmfestival 2003
script, editing, postproduction. - 1998
- Gargleblasters (Short)
script, acting.
Presentations
- GEGL - a graph based image processing and compositing engine.
- Øyvind Kolås. Libre Graphic Meeting 2007, May 2007 Montréal, Canada.
- The state of GEGL
- Øyvind Kolås. FOSDEM, February 2007 Brussels Belgium.
- GEGL and babl
- Øyvind Kolås. Piksel 06, October 2006 Bergen Norway.
- GIMP, the next generation
- Plans and state of GEGL revival. Libre Graphic Meetin (GUADEC), March 2006 Lyon France. horizon presentation
- Custom widgets using GtkCairo
- Introduction to the cairo API and early integration with GTK+. The 5th annual GNOME User and Developer European Conference (GUADEC), 2004. PDF
Educational background
- 2000-2005
- Gjøvik University College, Bachelor of digital media-technology.
- 1998-1999
- Strykejernet Artschool - Oslo, Norway/Can Serrat El Bruc, Spain
- 1994-1998
- Volda Highschool
- 1996-1997
- Rønningen Folkehøyskole
Publications
- Efficient hue-preserving and edge-preserving spatial color gamut mapping.
- Øyvind Kolås and Ivar Farup. 15th Color Imaging Conference, 2007.
- Grey Colour Sharpening
- Ali Alsam and Øyvind Kolås. CIC 14 IS&T&SID's Fourteenth Color Imaging Conference, 2006.
- Increasing Assignment Motivation Using a Game AI Tournament
- Øyvind Kolås and Ivar Farup. The 8th Annual Conference on Innovation in Computer Science Education (ITiCSE'03), 2003. PDF (requires ACM login).
- Color Management for Digital Video: Color Correction in the Editing Phase.
- Jon Y. Hardeberg and Ivar Farup and Øyvind Kolås and Gudmund Stjernvang. 29th International iarigai Research Conference. Proceedings: Advances in Graphic Arts & Media Technology, 2002.