Studio: Framestore
Job Opening: Paint and Roto Artist
Location: Montreal, Canada
Type: Full-time
Responsibilities:
- Analyze shots for components breakdown with minimal supervision
- Understand feedback given by supervisors
- Create roto mattes for Compositors to use and has a comprehensive understanding of how these matters will be used
- Demonstrate the ability to use different techniques to remove rigs and tracking markers
- Strong eye for color and understand grain structure and successfully de-grains scans and re-grains paintwork for further use
- Extensive understanding of 2D and 3D tracking and is able to create accurate, steady tracks
- Create foreground mattes for Animators to use within Maya
- Reconstruct plates or part of the plates even if the elements do not exist
- Research appropriate references and respect sequence continuity to ensure cohesive delivery
- Use expressions within Nuke to help aid paintwork
- Understanding of the 3D environment within Nuke and is able to use geodata to
- project clean plates and understand how to use UV projections
- Accurately bid on how long paint and roto shots will take to complete
- Proactively learn and/or develop specific Framestore gizmos and workflows
- Complete basic composites in Nuke and demonstrate keying, grading, re-timing, and screen insertion skills
- Demonstrate a willingness to learn new techniques and software and to share this knowledge with other artists in the department
Qualifications & Skills:
- Traditional art and design skills including knowledge of composition and color
- Previous use of Nuke
- Prior knowledge of a Linux based operating system
- An understanding of motion blur and how it affects mattes and patches
- Prior use of a roto-scoping package, ideally Silhouette
- A desire to learn new techniques and teach fellow artists
- An Arts or Science degree in a moving picture or art-related subject
- Excellent organizational and communication skills
- Team-working abilities
- The ability to take criticism and feedback
- Good problem-solving skills and the ability to work collaboratively with other artists
Desirable Skills:
- Prior experience in a Paint and Roto role
- 3D Maya interface experience
- An understanding of Python scripting and how to use this to create and edit Framestore gizmos
- Planar and point tracking software experience
- A general understanding of the VFX production and comp workflows
- A knowledge of photography and practical lighting
Apply for the Job Online: to apply, visit https://framestore.recruitee.com/o/paint-and-roto-artist-montreal/c/new