Remote job for Roto/ Paint Artist at Crafty Apes

Remote job for Roto Paint Artist at Crafty Apes

Studio: Crafty Apes

Job Opening: Roto/ Paint Artist

Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada / Remote

Type: Full-Time

Responsibilities:

  • Use rotoscope techniques in Nuke or Silhouette to generate mattes and splines.
  • Use paint and compositing techniques in Nuke to produce clean plates, remove rigs or other artifacts, etc.  This may involve generating pre-comps for use by Compositors or may require taking shots to completion.
  • Work with the Paint/Roto leads and project Compositing Supervisor to ensure that all technical and creative standards are met.
  • Consult with the Compositing Leads and/or Supervisor as well as the other artists on the team as required.
  • Open to feedback and ensures notes from their Lead or Supervisor are applied.
  • Maintains a clean working environment as work is often shared with other artists.
  • Other miscellaneous duties as required from time to time by their lead or supervisor.
  • Perform quality control (QC) on shots before they are submitted for review/approval.
  • QC multiple shots for the team.
  • Evaluate packages returned from vendors and in-house staff to ensure it meets each production’s required level of detail and create kickback notes and annotations for work that does not meet the required quality.
  • Communicate any delays with leads and production management via e-mail and update ShotGrid accordingly.

Qualifications & Skills:

  • At least 2 years of experience working in rotoscoping and painting.
  • Good working knowledge of Nuke, Silhouette, and RV.
  • Knowledge of live-action feature film VFX pipeline.
  • Working knowledge of blue & green screen, roto, mattes, and tracking technologies.
  • High attention to detail.
  • Dependable and flexible.
  • Strong organizational skills.

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