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About Huib J. Lirb
I am an experienced Non-Linear Video Editor (Media100i, Media100HD, 844/X, Final Cut Pro & Express) with a proper operational understanding of most current SD and HD formats (though unfamiliar with machine-to-machine editing). I am an equally accomplished Motion Graphics Designer and Multimedia Specialist (After Effects, Cinema 4D, Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, DVDSP; I am currently getting to grips with Poser 7 and Maya 8). I know how to plan projects, how to keep them organized, how to address tough challenges, how to work in a team and even how to best work a team. I gladly allow myself to be properly directed. I certainly know what it is like to work under the pressure of tight deadlines.
Left: Huib using the DVX100 (Foto: John Twigt). Right: his poor choice in headwear is quickly becoming something of a trademark. (Unfortunately).
Over the years, I have planned, digitized, edited, finished and mastered well over 200 hours of video for television broadcast. In spite of this great number of flight hours, I still value precision and finesse in editing, as much as in most other fields of professional activity. My insistence on always maintaining an interesting rhythm of the audio has allowed me to specialize in edits involving music, rapid sequences and, interestingly, dialogues in both fiction and non-fiction. The same quality has helped me to develop distinguished skills in the design of title animations. My work has been aired by most Dutch broadcasters and stations: AVRO, BNN, Fox Kids, JETIX, KRO, NCRV, NPS, RTL (RTL4, RTL5, RTL7), SBS6, TELEAC, TROS, VARA,Veronica (VOO, Yorin).
My involvement with television and internet commercials has varied greatly in both responsibility and scope. For this summary, a list of brands will suffice: Gall&Gall, Ici Paris XL, Vliegwinkel, Waanders Uitgeverij, United Biscuits, KPN/NIPO, Diabetes Fonds, Panama Nightclub, Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken, Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken, Furness Cars, Koken bij de Molen, Meubels & Freubels, Frisia Financieringen, Becam, Postkrediet, Kotex, Thisisme, F1Racing magazine, Barclay, Nuon, Dixtone, Unicef Kids United.
To continue the customary name dropping sequence with a list of clients served with corporate and event videos: Telfort, BT Ignite, O2, EPN, Tiscali, Terra Vitalis, Microsoft Educatie, Speedlinq, Mama Cash, Fortis, Pfizer, Buro88, Absolut, De Kunstfabriek, Little Wonder, Leaseplan, UUNet, Agis, Koninklijk Nederlandse Watersport Vereniging, Connection1 (Pink Roccade), Shell, Legal & General, Special Sports, Novartis, Uitgeverij Maximus, Nordisk, Nolet Distilleerderij.
I should also mention that I have designed and created, for Callactive and Rosegarden Studios, many component sets of Digital On-Screen Graphics, which were quite original both stilistically and functionally, for flexible use in commercial direct response television shows aired separately in many European countries including Hungary (Viasat 3), Sweden (TV3, ZTV), Denmark (TV Denmark), Finland (MTV3), Belgium (VTM, K2) and Russia (REN). The designs for two another such sets intended for additional stations the identity of which I am not permitted to disclose have also been submitted for pitching purposes in 2006.
Spotted in the wild: a still version of the animated logo I designed for the REN TV Game show as it appeared on the station's website.
I have been heavily involved in the creation of multimedia projects in the past four to five years. I have authored quite a few DVDs in DVDSP, most often using (motion) graphics files I created myself, both for B-to-B and B-to-C communication purposes. "Quite a few" means at least about 20 separate projects.
And then there are the "minor" fields of expertise. Thus, I know my bit about the encoding and wiring of QuickTime movies (QT Player, Compressor, Flip4Mac, Flash Video, LiveStagePro). I have some experience, furthermore, in using the Macromedia Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash applications.
To conclude on a more general level: I graduated cum laude from the Free University of Amsterdam with a degree combining ancient history and archaeology. I continued to work in the academic field of economic history at Leiden University for four years in a position involving research as well as teaching. I am a Dutch native speaker and I am quite fluent in both the Italian and English languages. My German, French and Spanish language skills are, however, markedly less well developed.
(Foto: Reinier Hattink)