About This Role
This is a short-term contract role for a Digital Matte Painter (DMP) Artist, focusing on creating photo-real matte paintings and texture maps for visual effects. The artist will integrate their work into the environment pipeline and ensure optimal performance, working within a team that values innovation and high-quality visual effects.
Responsibilities
- Paint photo-real matte paintings and texture maps to brief
- Build textures that integrate into the environment pipeline
- Composite matte paintings against plate for review
- Grade and manage colour per RSP's pipeline
- Optimise paintings for file size and render performance
- Update leads on progress, blockers and risks
Requirements
- Advanced Photoshop skills
- Working Nuke skills
- 2.5D camera projection experience
- End-to-end VFX pipeline knowledge, including handovers between departments
- Strong composition and attention to detail
- Cross-platform experience: Linux, Mac, Windows
- Based within Australia or already hold valid working rights
Important Details
- Schedule: immediate start
- Contract: 3-month short-term contract
- Work format: ideally based in Adelaide or Brisbane studios, remote work may be considered within Australia
About the Company
Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) has over three decades of experience creating award-winning visual effects for major motion picture studios worldwide. RSP is known for its innovation and has contributed to films such as Sinners, Mickey 17, A Complete Unknown, Thunderbolts*, Sonic The Hedgehog 3, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fall Guy, Star Wars: The Acolyte, Knuckles, and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. Pitch Black is committed to diversity and creating an inclusive workplace.
