Roto/Paint Artist

Purpose of the job: 

The Roto / Paint Artist is responsible for creating mattes that accurately reflect the motion of a particular object over a series of frames. Painting may also be required to remove unwanted artifacts, reconstruct a background or digitally correct a render or composite.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

• Sophisticated shape creation and editing
• Shape animation (by hand and with trackers)
• Shape compositing, fill modes, opacity settings
• Compositing roto, plate, and color correction nodes to create, render, and review color-overlay
• Roto check
• Marker removal paint
• Rig removal paint
• Plate restoration  

Qualifications:

Education and/or Experience Required:

• 2+ years industry Rotoscope and Paint experience

Skills, Abilities, Special Licenses or Certificate:                 

• Experience with hand paint and "procedural" or "comp" paint a plus
• Knowledge of Nuke and Combustion a bonus
• Handle difficult to extremely difficult paint tasks
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Team player with great attitude
• Dependable and flexible
• Takes direction well
• Exercises close attention to detail

Working Conditions and Environment/Physical Demands: 

• Office working environment
• Hours for this position are based on normal working hours but will require extra hours pending production needs
• Walking/bending/sitting