Hasta La Motion!

The render assistant will work directly with our CG supervisor and Render Coordinator. This is a temporary position for aprox. end of February thru August. All applicants must be able to work at our offices at Universal Studios in Los Angeles.

Essential that candidates have experience with Lightwave 3D and be comfortable breaking finalized Lightwave scenes into individual elements for distribution to our render farm.

Helpful to have knowledge of Rush, Smedge, or similar render software.

We are an Emmy Award winning visual effects team based at Universal Studios.

Candidates must be team oriented and be able to multi-task under a tight television production schedule. Helpful to also have knowledge of FileMaker Pro.

Please send resume and/or link to web page to the address below. Include RENDER ASSISTANT in subject line of email. Thanks!

davidtak@verizon.net

Los Angeles, CA – January 7, 2011 – PipelineFX, makers of Qube!™ – the leading render farm management software for digital media creation announced today that Ireland-based Windmill Lane has selected Qube! to manage rendering for their next feature film project, ‘Lock Out."

Windmill Lane VFX is currently working on "Lock Out," a sci-fi drama backed by French Studio Europacorp headed by the acclaimed Luc Besson. The film takes place in a prison that is orbiting 50 miles above Earth and houses 500 of the world’s most dangerous prisoners who are kept asleep by sophisticated methods until they suddenly awaken, causing all hell to break loose.

"We needed as short a ramp up time as possible with our infrastructure software for this project," said Bernie Doyle, Head of Technology for Windmill Lane VFX. "I had worked with PipelineFX successfully in the past and after looking at what’s available for render management for a new VFX facility we chose Qube! for its out of the box support for all our applications, integration with our production tracking software, Shotgun, and open APIs for ease of customization."

Faced with a short production schedule, Doyle selected vendors with a mature product and a track record of excellent technical support. With a small team that support would be crucial to a quick ramp up time. "Lock Out" is effects-laden and is slated to be finished in July of 2011.

"We are pleased to be chosen by Ireland’s leading film studio," said Richard Lewis, CEO of PipelineFX. "Windmill Lane VFX is putting together a world-class team and building an efficient, modern pipeline. Our "Smart Farming" concept is all about automation and a quick ramp to production. Choosing tools that deliver out of the box and are already talking to each other makes a lot of sense and really accelerates a new studio pipeline. We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Windmill Lane."

About Windmill Lane Pictures:

Windmill Lane Pictures is the largest film and television post production company in Ireland. Windmill Lane’s CEO James Morris holds the post of Chairman of The Irish Film Board and in 1990 founded The Mill; a Film and TV Post Production Company in London. Since opening in 1979 many associate Windmill Lane Pictures with its rich history of music production in the 1980’s and its early association with U2, who recorded their first three albums in Windmill Lane. Today Windmill Lane Pictures has become Ireland’s leading film, television, digital communications and creative services company.

About Qube!:

Qube! is a robust and highly scalable render management solution that can be quickly integrated into any production workflow, and is backed by world-class technical support. Qube! can be easily tailored to any digital media pipeline requirements and works out of the box with all leading content creation applications including Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Autodesk Maya®, Autodesk XSI®, NUKE™, Shake®, Adobe® After Effects®, Pixar’s RenderMan®, DNA Research’s 3Delight, Eyeon® Digital Fusion™ and many more. Qube! runs on Windows®, Linux®, and Mac OS®X operating systems.

About PipelineFX:

As the leading provider of render farm management solutions for digital content creation, PipelineFX helps organization reduce the burden of rendering in computer graphics work. Nearly 500 customers worldwide include BaseFX, BBC, Digital Domain, Electronic Arts, Fisher Price, General Motors, Herman Miller, Imagemovers Digital, L.A. Film School, Laika Studios, Lockheed Martin, Method Studios, MTV, NBC, NHK, Pratt University, Proctor & Gamble, Rainmaker Entertainment Inc., Reel FX, Smoke & Mirrors, South Park Studios, Starz Entertainment, Technicolor and Telemundo. PipelineFX is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii, and has offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Portland, Austin and Las Vegas.

For more information, please contact Richard Lewis, CEO of PipelineFX: richard@pipelinefx.com, Phone: 808-685-7823, 1000 Bishop Street, Suite 509, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96813, USA.

our feature, commercial, and episodic departments will be in full throttle. Some of our most well known projects such as "V" on abc, "Fringe" on Fox, "CSI", and upcoming "Falling Skies" will all be looking for talents to help push the productions forward.

The ideal candidate should have an established track record of episodic, and commercial experience, as well as able to contribute in a team environment.

Please email 1. Resume 2. Demo Reel 3. BREAKDOWN!!!!!!!!!!! to jobs@zoicstudios.com with subject title "Compositor".

no phone calls, and only the Greater Los Angeles area only.

thanks:D

MPC is one of the world’s leading postproduction facilities creating high-end digital visual effects for the advertising, music, television and feature film industries. The company works with and continually invests in new technologies, and a key part of the organization is the Systems team that develops and maintains the infrastructure on which all the visual effects are created.

There is currently a vacancy for the position of Engineer. Reporting to the Chief Engineer, this role offers the successful candidate unlimited potential to advance technical skills, offers experience with state-of-the-art technology and opportunity to learn from specialist digital media colleagues.

The Engineer works in collaboration with VFX Supervisors, Compositing Supervisors, 3D Animators and Production staff to advise management and clients on the development of visual effects solutions from pre-production through final shot delivery.

Primary responsibilities include:

• Ensure systems run reliably and perform as required
• Work with the team to design, develop and implement/install software tools and programs to achieve the desired functionality of the production stages.
• Work with the Systems team to develop tools and systems to increase efficiency of the systems infrastructure
• Identify upcoming requirements, recommend and implement solutions
• Provide technical support for VFX Artists using mainly Linux workstations
• Take ownership of and assist the team with various evaluation, installation, development and decommissioning projects.
• Keep abreast of latest developments in data based workflows, knowledge of audio and video systems, Autodesk products as well as working practices of high-end commercial post production.
• Artist support: oversee deployment of workstations, calibration of monitors, general IT issues (email, Internet access…)
• Manage preventative maintenance schedules.
• Act as an expert resource on equipment issues
• Work with Producers, Artists and Operations to understand individual projects and advise on strategies to streamline services and achieve client objectives within budget and technical limitations

Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering. Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• A minimum of 3 years UNIX/Linux, Mac OS X and Windows system administration experience
• A knowledge of programming with C/C++ and scripting languages such as Python, bash, tcsh, and Perl
• An understanding of technologies such as MySQL, NFS, Apache, Subversion and RPM
• Engineering level knowledge of standard CG and compositing applications (Maya, Houdini, Mental Ray, Flame, Nuke …)
• Experience with render farms and queuing systems
• A good grasp of storage and networking concepts and techniques, computer hardware and operating system
• Able to develop and enhance any aspect of the production and editing systems
• Integrate off the shelf and custom applications into production pipelines
• Excellent communication, people skills, and team working skills
• Capacity to manage a busy workload with high productivity

The above are minimum requirements. Resumes from more experienced candidates are welcome. Compensation and responsibilities will depend on experience/qualifications.

EOE M/F/D/V

If you are interested and meet the above qualifications, please send resumes to: TDP.Recruitment@technicolor.com