Hasta La Motion!

MPC are currently seeking experienced Motion Editors to join our Crowd, Pre-vis, Layout & Animation teams.

The successful applicants will have a range of responsibilities from cleaning motions from our motion-capture system and re-targeting them onto a variety of different creatures for use in pre-vis and layout stages of production, to creating cycles for use in our crowd system ALICE, through to helping organise and run larger, more comprehensive motion-capture shoots for a number of exciting upcoming feature films requiring large scale crowd simulation

Primary Responsibilities:

· Maintain & ensure correct setup & calibration of motion capture equipment

· Ensure all data & reference material is stored neatly, following the file structures in place

· Capture, solve, clean & re-target motions ready for use in all stages of production, from early previs and layout, through to final shots to be used in both hero animations & within crowds

· Create clean and usable cycles for use within our crowd system ALICE.

· Help organise and run large scale motion capture shoots both internally and externally.

· Use the crowd system to bring in motions and perform simple layout tasks when/if required.

· Deliver on schedule to meet deadlines, and work under pressure if required.

· Ability to communicate effectively with Leads, and work collaboratively as part of a team.

· Help improve & develop the motion capture pipeline and work-flows within the company

Experience and Skills:

· Experienced user of MotionBuilder, essential

· Experience with Blade, particularly scripting in Blade, advantageous

· Facial capture experience, advantageous

· Previous CG production experience in feature films, broadcast or games.

· Intermediate-Advanced level user of Maya, or similar 3D package a bonus

· Mel and/or Python scripting ability is desirable, particularly within MotionBuilder & Blade

· Good eye for realistic movement, behaviour and layout both in individuals and crowds/groups.

· Good computer skills, some UNIX/Linux command line skills useful

· Familiarity with MASSIVE or other crowd simulation packages would be beneficial, but not essential.

· Experience with the setup & calibration of Optical Motion Capture Equipment, essential

To apply please check our website out and apply online – http://www.moving-picture.com/index….uitment.htmlor
Any other questions please mail millie-c@moving-picture.com

MPC are seeking experienced TDs with a background or interest in Crowd simulation, procedural animation or motion capture to join our Crowd team. The successful applicants will use ALICE, MPC’s proprietary Maya-based crowd layout and simulation toolset, to populate cities, choreograph battles, wrangle herds and generally inject multitudinous life into a number of exciting upcoming feature films.

Crowd TDs must be flexible and adapt too many different requirements within the same system, including bipededs or multipeds, winged or finned, humans, animals or fantastical creatures.
Primary Responsibilities:
• Produce realistic animation: ranging from several individuals to several thousand autonomous agents, using standard Maya techniques in conjunction with a sophisticated simulation framework.
• Have a solid understanding of the crowd pipeline from start to finish.
• Ability to help setup the basic pipeline needs for the show and address of other departments such as Lighting.
• Participate in dailies and desk rounds, and willingness to take direction as well as work independently to address feedback and problem solve.
• Deliver on schedule and meet deadlines, and work under pressure if required.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Leads, and work collaboratively as part of a team.

Experience and Skills:

• Broad working knowledge of 3D and 2D generalist skills, including aspects of modelling, layout, animation, scripting, lighting, fx and compositing, and an ability to work closely with people in related disciplines.
• Previous CG production experience in feature films, broadcast or games.
• Intermediate-Advanced level user of Maya, or similar 3D package.
• Mel and/or Python scripting ability is invaluable, C++, Lua or similar programming experience advantageous.
• Good eye for realistic movement, behaviour and layout both in individuals and crowds.
• Familiarity with simulation techniques and technology, not just in crowds but also cloth, physics & fluids.
• Familiarity with at least one film compositing application (Shake and/or Nuke preferred), and a good understanding of the compositing process.
• Good computer skills, particularly with the UNIX/Linux command line.
• Familiarity with MASSIVE or other crowd simulation packages would be beneficial, but not essential.
• Experience with development of intelligent particle/crowd/flocking systems is an advantage.
• A general understanding of the whole visual effects pipeline and familiarity with standard 3D and 2D tools is also very beneficial.

To apply please check our website out and apply online – http://www.moving-picture.com/index….uitment.htmlor
Any other questions please mail millie-c@moving-picture.com

Here is my first topic, and my first try to do something in Nuke. I’ve got a lil background in after effect though.
Here is my noobish problem :
– I have a single image.
– I make multiple roto, to isolate some part of the image (building, sky, etc)
– I’d like to make a projection of each of those part, so I put it on card.

But I have an issue, it seems that each of my card are in some screen mode. I don’t want this, I’d like to have it straight, without any mode.

Here is a screen of my Nuke,

Btw, if you have any recommendations, feel free to add it in your comment! I’m a total newbie, so It’ll be very appreciated 🙂

Cheer,
ek.