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Paul Miller
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I make the paint.

Academy and Emmy-award winning developer of VFX post-production software Silhouette.
WWII historian🪖, aviation geek. International travel✈️, good food🥘, wine🍷, cocktails🍸and craft beer.🍻
Photos are my own. 📷
🏳️‍🌈✊️🙏✌️🇺🇦
Madison, WI
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Let's try this!

* software dev
* C++ Python Qt OpenCL GPU
* vfx post-production
* flying/aviation
* WWII history
* movies
* screenwriting
* international travel
* craft beer
* Factorio
* immersive horror
* science fiction
* space ships
* jazz
* anything nerdy really

#promosky
Any other caustics fans in the house? #caustics #light #photography
January 10, 2026 at 2:47 AM
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@fxtech.com Look what this guy made with Elastic Reality!
I did flipbooks for all of the Animorphs covers I did, but they appeared in black and white and very small, so I am posting them here so you can see them large and in color. No AI here--just Elastic Reality and painting. You can buy a signed print of this cover here:
www.etsy.com/listing/798775628
January 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Now there's a blast from the past! Author of Elastic Reality here (the SGI version). I always loved your mastery of folding and group layering! #vfx #morphing
January 9, 2026 at 9:29 PM
I don't think Luke is having any of that.
January 9, 2026 at 4:13 AM
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Stunt doubles unite!!!!! 🙌🙌🙌
January 8, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I absolutely love designing new code. Crank up some Tosca or Kruder & Dorfmeister and my keyboard is on fire. But at the end of the day I'm wiped - mentally and physically. 'Literally creating the universe' I tell them. They don't understand. A martini helps though!
#programming
January 6, 2026 at 11:32 PM
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Happy Perihelion! ☀️

Today is a big day for our little planet: it makes its closest approach to the sun of the entire year! This point in the orbit is called #perihelion. Then, on July 6, it will be at its most distant point in its orbit, which is called aphelion.
January 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
RC Bray used to be my favorite audiobook performer, until I discovered Jeff Hays!
(still love ya though RC!)
January 3, 2026 at 12:14 AM
It's worth it!! ESPECIALLY if you are doing the audio books, which are amazing and wonderfully performed by Jeff Hays. They even do a full-cast version. You're lucky that you can binge - I've had to wait years for book 7. #BookSky
January 2, 2026 at 7:27 PM
Thats why we chose end of January. Earplugs noted though!
January 1, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Are you in NOLA?
Im going down at the end of January to listen to jazz and eat good food (possibly with earplugs?)
January 1, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Was wondering how the future was working out over your way. Sounds promising! #HappyNewYear
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Conversation with #Mom
#HappyNewYear
January 1, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Oooh! Had many a Flemish sour, but none with nuts. What's it like?
January 1, 2026 at 1:19 AM
A nice De Dolle Christmas beer for round 2. #beersky #bskybeer
December 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Trying to make up for my shameful lack of Christmas beer. #beersky #bskybeer #Belgian
December 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Just transferred $1.13 into my daughter's savings account after noticing it was close to being an interesting number.
December 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I did myself a huge disservice and failed to pick up a Christmas beer this year. And I'm all out of Egg Nog! 😭
December 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Oh wow - so literally several of my favorite things! Sounds divine. Glad I asked!
December 26, 2025 at 4:00 AM
TBF if looks mostly horrible. However...
a man peeking out from behind a tree with interested to know more written on the bottom
ALT: a man peeking out from behind a tree with interested to know more written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Is this the best stocking stuffer or what? #dogsofbsky
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
And wow I just realized Rozz looked just your Razz!
December 22, 2025 at 3:58 AM
When I was a teen (1980s) I read the horror book Boogens. In that book they had a cat named Razz. I loved that name, so when we got our first cat (it sort of adopted ME), of course I wanted to name it Razz. Turned out it was a girl cat. My Mom suggested Rozz (short for Roselyn) and so it came to be!
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM