Jason Lopes

Jason Lopes is the lead systems engineer with Legacy Effects, a special effects company working on some of the biggest Hollywood blockbusters of all time. Unsurprisingly, therefore, Legacy Effects (formerly Stan Winston Studio) is based out of San Fernando, California. Some of Jason’s credits include Terminator Salvation, 2012, Avatar, Thor, Iron Man 1 & 2 and Cowboys & Aliens; amongst other successful TV and film productions. Jason is a strong advocate of 3D printing — it has proved to be an invaluable tool in his 3D tool kit, along with 3D scanning, 3D design and 3D modelling. He has been operating Stratasys’ (Objet) 3D printing technology for a number of years to produce stunning visual effects. However, more recently, with the advent of professional mid-range 3D printers Jason was keen to get his hands on this type of system to see how it might support the earlier stages in the workflow at Legacy; and for the last month or so he has been working with the Makerbot Replicator 2.