Studio: Framestore
Job Opening: Prep/Paint Artists
Location: Mumbai, Mahārāshtra, India
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Deliver mid or senior level paint tasks (dependent on level) within bid days or below bid days for seniors
- Experience in Marker, wire and complex rig removal, artifact clean-up and bg. Plate restoration.
- Ability to composite procedures such as grading, wrapping, morphing and distortion.
- Degrain plates
- Create HDRI stitches from on set HDRI photography
- Submit shots for review and follow through with notes and feedback if required
- Meet schedules and show deadlines, maintaining the highest standards
- Have ongoing communication with Production and Lead regarding schedules and deadlines
- Work within the Framestore pipeline and adhere to naming conventions
- Work efficiently as part of a team, or independently, to complete assigned shots
- Continue to become familiar with new tools, software, data and other related technology
- Advise more junior members of the team on correct methodologies in paint tasks
- Host training sessions and create training material
- QC work for in house artists and outside vendor
Qualifications & Skills:
- An Arts or Science degree in a moving picture or art-related subject
- Prior experience in a Junior Paint and Roto role
- Having expertise in working with software – Nuke, Silhouette.
- Using 3D cameras for projections
- Planar and point tracking software experience
- Prior knowledge of a Linux based operating system
- A general understanding of the VFX production and comp workflows
- A knowledge of photography, lenses and practical lighting
- A working knowledge of Roto is an added advantage
- Able to use expressions within Nuke to help aid paint work
- Have an understanding of the 3D environment within Nuke, being able to use geo data to project clean plates and understanding how to use UV projections
- 3D Maya interface experience
- Have an understanding of Python scripting and how to use this to create and edit Framestore gizmos
