Digital Chameleon

Canadians comics artists Lovern Kindzierski and George Freeman had partnered together since c. 1987, doing coloring and other creative work for such publishers as Dark Horse, DC, Eclipse, and First Comics. Kindzierski's cousin Christopher Chuckry joined the team in 1991 and — along with partners Ed Beddome, Tim Riddoch and Dick Thomas — they formed Digital Chameleon, with Chuckry assuming the title of President and Kindzierski becoming Vice President and Creative Director.

Colorists at Digital Chameleon included Kindzierski, Laurie E. Smith, George Freeman, Bernie Mireault, and Carla Feeney. Partner Beddome left the company in 1993, and co-founder Chuckry left the company in 1996. After Chuckry's departure, Kindzierski acted as president. Freeman became art director in c. 1994; after he left, in the period 1997–1998, Igor Kordej took over as the studio's art director.

Jolaine Thomas was named Operations Manager in August 1994; an employee since 1993, in the year she had been at the company, it had expanded from seven employees to 25.

Colorists and inkers employed by Digital Chameleon in 1997 included Hilary Barta, Jordi Ensign, Kindzierski, Gary Martin, Steve Montano, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Tom Simmons.

The company was doing digital lettering in the early 2000s, notably for English translations of manga.

Digital Chameleon closed its doors in 2003.

In 1997, the company used Macintosh Quadra 800, Macintosh Quadra 950, and Macintosh Quadra 840AV computers, augmented by SuperMac Thunderstorm Pro cards and DayStar Digital cache cards. Coloring and color separations were primarily done in Photoshop, but "painters often turn to other software on special situations. For example, if a more painterly effect is required, such as more specialized brushes, or textures, they go to Fractal Painter. Other software used includes Studio 32, Zeus, Color-it, Illustrator, Freehand and QuarkXPress."