Hasta La Motion!

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– Jr Lighting artist

Luma Pictures is looking for Lighters

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 stellar Jr Lighters to fill a few choice spots on an upcoming, high profile productions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
– Lighting look development for integration of CG elements into Live Action
– Lighting look development for full CG shots
– Creation of tools and scripts to facilitate workflow
– Develop methodologies for reduction of render time and improving quality of results

QUALIFICATIONS:
– Artist must know Maya and MentalRay extremely well
– Understanding multi pass 3D compositing required
– Knowledge of Renderman or Air 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 – Lighters". 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 – Lighters
Luma Pictures
248 Westminster Ave
Venice, CA 90291

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

Nuke noob question
Ive been trying to follow along with a tut from this site, and I keep runnin into an issue. The tut says to create a track, and then attach it to a garbage mask, but every time I do this, it moves the garbage mask off.

See attached. The tut doesn’t really explain this well, or at least it didn’t happen for him. Im using 6.1…with the root tool. Hes using 5.2, with the bezier tool. Is that my problem?

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counterfeit | fx
Is a recently formed visual effects house. We provide the international market with high end, theatre-ready visual fx services.
For our first projects we brought together talents with past experiences at ILM,Framestore, MPC and others.
We are looking for freelancers and staffers to expand our core team to create breathtaking images that will lead the audience to believe the unbelievable. We are based in Milan, Italy.

Senior Generalist:
Position Summary:

Will be responsible for look developing cg assets and lighting for high end commercials.

Under the direction of a visual fx supervisor he/she will be able to meet the production needs, with a positive attitude and creative flair.

Will work in an artist oriented and friendly environment.

The ideal candidate will be a good all-rounder, with excellent skills in:
Texturing/Lighting/Shading

Must show an exceptional artistic eye, and have good technical skills.

Problem solving and strong communication skills are key.

Being able to realistically assess time needed for a given task a very big plus.

Must be a team player and enjoy mentoring junior level talent.

Must be able to work well under pressure and open to work flexible hours.

Requirements:

• 3+ years vfx production.
• Develop technical and aesthetic approaches to define the visual design of each shot.
• Strong knowledge of Maya and Mental Ray render.
• Ability to write custom Mental Ray shaders a very big plus.
• Solid knowledge of at least one composting application (Nuke preferrable).
• Good Linux Skills.
• TCL,Perl,Python scripting experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Computer Graphic Arts, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferred

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If You or someone you know is interested in this position please submit a resume/cv and website/downloadable showreel to enrico@counterfeitfx.com
quoting: Sr. Digital Artist , or send your showreel on DVD to:
Counterfeit | fx Attn. Recruiting, Via Cadolini 32 20137 Milano, Italy

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http://www.techi.com/2011/01/bittorr…-active-users/