Hasta La Motion!

LUMA PICTURES is an artist-run feature film VFX studio located a few blocks from the beach off of Abbot Kinney in Venice, California. We maintain a unique culture with an amazingly talented staff that consistently cranks out top notch work. We are currently searching for Talented FX TD’s to fill a few choice spots on an upcoming, high profile productions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Light and render FX passes for specific shots using developed FX rigs
– Develop rigs/techniques to implement and optimize approved looks
– Produce look tests based on provided reference materials
– Creation of tools and scripts to facilitate workflow

QUALIFICATIONS:
– Artist should be familiar with more than one of the following applications:
– Houdini
– Realflow
– Krakatoa
– Fume
– Python scripting experience is a plus
– Understanding multi pass 3D compositing is a plus
– Artists must be able to take direction and work in a team focused environment, good communication skills are a must
– Strong time management skills and extremely organized.
– Solid work ethic and a positive attitude in the face of challenging situations.
– Los Angeles Residents or willingness to relocate preferred • Relocation assistance may be available subject to negotiation

SUBMISSIONS:
If you think you fit the bill and want a quick response, email your resume, a link to your online reel/portfolio and a shot breakdown to jobs10@luma-pictures.com Please make the email subject "ATTN: Recruiting – FX TD". Do not attach images or movie files to your email because they will get filtered out. If you prefer to send hard copies, you can submit them to:

Attention: Recruiting – FX TD
Luma Pictures
248 Westminster Ave
Venice, CA 90291

Submitted materials will not be returned and no phone calls please.
www.luma-pictures.com

I attacehd some test renders of the quality. Keep in mind these were generated automatically. No roto, or manual positioning of layers in Z space. Do you guys think there’s a demand for this? Curious to hear people’s opinion about it. Thanks

Currently I am finishing a toon character rig with controls like bendy arms and legs, ik/fk switch, 2-level control points, and so on.. this will be the first piece on the reel..

The next videos will be these:

– Creature rigging: T-rex rigging with muscle setup, ik/fk, etc.

– Scripting: I have this car rig, with collision detection of the floor, and other

– Face setup with morphs:

Plus I have a small plugin I have created for retargeting and I will put this at the end of the reel, with other small shots.

It will be hard to stay in 4 minutes, probably I have to speed up more everything and do lot of cuts.

Before wasting my time, do you think is that enough for a good reel? Is there something ‘special’ that agencies looks for in a rigging td reel?

Thank you for your time

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MPC currently requires a Shader Writer to join our Features Division.

Primary responsibilities:
Design and write RenderMan shaders and DSO’s to create a photorealistic
look for film.
Apply procedural shading and scripting techniques.
Develop rendering tools for creatures, environments, props, and visual
Effects.
Write surface, light, displacement and volume shaders.
Use lighting and rendering techniques, including HDRI and Global
Illumination.
Work in conjunction with lighting TD’s and R&D Programmers to ensure
shots can be delivered to the very highest standard.
Translate artistic ability into technical applications.
Provide shader support to the lighting team throughout production.

Experience and skills:
-Proven experience in feature film/broadcast visual effects production
-Excellent understanding of RenderMan’s Shading Language and RAT Slim’s templates.
-Thorough understanding of techniques and technologies relating to shading, lighting and rendering, with a showreel to back this up.
-Previous experience shading cloth, fur, feathers, water, FX (fire, smoke, dust, …) and hard surfaces in a photorealistic fashion is a plus.
-Experience with HDRI and Global Illumination.
-Good understanding of the entire visual effects process, from shooting to modelling to texturing, animation and lighting and rendering.
-Good computer skills, particularly with UNIX/Linux command line interface.
-RAT Alfred scripting/mental ray shader programming/ MEL programming a plus
-Maya API and generic C++ programming is also beneficial.

Salary: Competitive remuneration package
Location: Vancouver
Application Closing Date: Ongoing recruitment

This is an exciting opportunity to work in the dynamic world of visual effects. If you are interested please apply online here: http://www.moving-picture.com/index….nology&loc=ldn

The real problem is the user interaction. My actor will have to interact with the game footage on screen, but we are looking to find a way to shot the console, adding the game footage later in post.

– We will have to track the screen since it will not be a lock shot.
– We need to keep the reflections on the screen
– We need to have the hand of the actor interacting with the game.

I have a couple of different solutions in mind, but I would like to ask if some of you has already done something like this to have some advice.

Thanks 🙂