Paint Lead

Company Description

VIFX Design Studio Pvt Ltd (VIFX) offers post-production visual effects (VFX) related services like VFX, CGI, 2D / 3D visual art services including, but not limited to, modeling, compositing, motion capture, color corrections, matte painting, concept design, 3D effects, rotoscoping, and tracking in India by utilising the most cutting-edge digital solution-based technologies.

The Pitch Black Company is a global house of award-winning creative brands with a rich history in digital production for film, television and streaming media. Pitch Black brings together world-leading visual effects studios like FuseFX, FOLKS, Rising Sun Pictures and El Ranchito. The company employs over 1,400 personnel across thirteen worldwide studio locations in Los Angeles, New York, Vancouver, Atlanta, Montréal, Toronto, Bogotá, Saguenay, Mumbai, Adelaide, Brisbane, Madrid & Barcelona.

VIFX works under the banner of FOLKS (Pitch Black).

Job Description

• Leading a team of artists and being responsible for the quality check of the team’s output

• Liaising with production to help ensure an efficient schedule and distribution of work

• Working with the paint supervisor to prepare briefs and ensure quality

• Using patches and frame-by-frame painting techniques to remove rigs and tracking markers

• De-graining plates to be used for paint and compositing

• Bidding the duration required for the various Paint tasks on a show

• Learning and developing specific Folks VFX pipeline and workflows

Qualifications

• Traditional art and design skills including knowledge of composition and color

• Knowledge of Nuke

• 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

• 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

• An understanding of the 3D environment within Nuke.

• Using expressions within Nuke to help aid paint work

Additional Information

Looking for Immediate joiners only.

Nothing in this job description restricts the Company’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time. The Company prohibits discrimination in employment against otherwise qualified applicants because of a physical or mental disability and will make reasonable accommodations to enable qualified persons with known disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job consistent with applicable law. The Company will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law.