Digital Matte Painter/DMP Artist

About This Role

This short-term contract role involves creating photo-real matte paintings and textures for award-winning visual effects in major motion pictures. The position is ideal for an artist with strong Photoshop and Nuke skills, who can integrate seamlessly into a VFX pipeline.

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
• Working Nuke skills
• 2.5D camera projection
• End-to-end VFX pipeline knowledge, including handovers between departments
• Strong composition and attention to detail
• Cross-platform: Linux, Mac, Windows

Important Details

• Contract: 3-month short-term contract
• Start date: immediate
• Locations: Adelaide or Brisbane studios, or remote within Australia

About the Company

Rising Sun Pictures (RSP) has been creating award-winning visual effects for over three decades, working with major motion picture studios worldwide. Their recent work includes 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.