Mar 21

Nuke and Windows 7

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Hi, I’ve tried to run Nuke on Widndows7 64bit and I find it much slower than tunning it in WindowsXP 64bit. I think it’s something with the OpenGL in windows7. I would like to know if there is any workaround to achieve better performance and if you people are using Nuke on W7 without trouble.

Thanks

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Mar 21

Freelance 3Ds Max Generalists

Posted in: The Job Lot
Speedshape Venice CA. is looking for 3Ds Max generalists for a freelance broadcast project starting immediately.

Experience in a Max to Vray pipeline is a huge plus!

Please contact :

nathan.giddings@speedshape.com

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Mar 21

Zoic Studios LA seeking Syntheyes trackers for busy pilot season.

Posted in: The Job Lot
Zoic Studios LA is now actively seeking Syntheyes trackers at all levels for pilot season work. This year we have several high profile exciting pilots coming in. we’re looking for experienced syntheyes trackers to help us push through the productions.

the ideal candidate MUST have an extensive knowledge and experience in tracking, motion tracking using Syntheyes in a medium to large scale pipeline, able to problem solve, work well in a team environment, and take directions well from the lead and supervisors.

please email 1. Resume 2. Reel, 3. breakdown to jobs@zoicstudios.com with subject title "tracker".

the greater Los Angeles area only, and no phone calls please.

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Mar 21

Nuke Artists- Speedshape Venice

Posted in: The Job Lot
Speedshape Venice is looking for Nuke artists at varying skill levels and experience for a freelance position. Position is available immediately!

Contact: nathan.giddings@speedshape.com

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Mar 21

linking formats for gizmos

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
I need to create a checkerboard inside a gizmo that inherits the format of Input1. Anyone know how to do this easily?
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Mar 21

Matte Painting Supervisor – PDI/DreamWorks Animation

Posted in: The Job Lot
DreamWorks Animation is seeking a Matte Painting Supervisor for our Redwood City, CA studio to supervise the Matte Painting team, design, develop and produce digital matte paintings.

Job Duties include but are not limited to:

  • Create the necessary look as designed by show leadership.
  • Manage the complexity and renders of assigned matte painting sequences.
  • Participate in launches and approval meetings.
  • Understand 3D camera projections.
  • Translate 2D paintings to 3D geometry.
  • Bid the schedule along with the VFX Supervisor and Production Supervisor.
  • Supervise matte paint crew for their assigned shows.
  • Help to maintain the directory structure, naming conventions and files.
  • Interact with other departments to ensure elements work in the sequence and provide continuity.
  • Professional mastering of the latest version of Adobe Photoshop, Maya, Vue and compositing tools.

Managerial:

  • Appropriately elevate issues and solutions to Production Management effectively.
  • Work with the Production Supervisor to cast shots/assignments.
  • Responsible for managing the performance of artists on the team.
  • Facilitate meetings with artists to keep the crew informed on show updates.

Job Requirements:

  • 5+ years of feature film experience
  • Animation production experience a plus
  • Previous experience as a Matte Painting Supervisor and/or Lead Matte Painter
  • Strong knowledge of Photoshop, Maya and Vue
  • Experience with 3D animation systems and compositing a plus.
  • Ability to establish priorities, work within a group as well as lead
  • Strong communication skills
  • Traditional painting portfolio and/or personal work portfolio REQUIRED

To apply, please send you resume, reel with breakdown to the address below. Or to apply online, please send your resume, website information and reel breakdown to jobs@dreamworks.com. Please use "Matte Painting Supervisor – Your Name" as the subject line of your email.

DreamWorks Animation
1000 Flower Street
Glendale, CA 91201
Attn: Matte Painting Supervisor

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Mar 21

CountDown in After Effects

Posted in: Gallery
Hi guys. I just thought you might find this tutorial useful. It’s about how to create a countdown in After Effects. The main point in this tutorials is to show that many of the things in that tutorial can be done manually (by key-framing), but there is an alternate way using expressions which might be hard at first, but once you understand it it easier. well let me stop talking so much and show the tutorial. its a 3 part series.

before you start the output will be similar to this

Part 1


Part 2


Part 3

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Mar 21

Systems Administrator

Posted in: The Job Lot
SPIN VFX TORONTO IS RECRUITING FOR A
SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR

Primary Responsibilities:

  • Maintenance of hardware including servers, workstations, switches, firewall and backup systems (see below for list of specific hardware).
  • Maintenance of all production, systems and management software.
  • Maintenance of disk playback systems.
  • License management
  • Troubleshooting and maintenance of render farm hardware and render management software.
  • Ensure proper color calibration of all displays.
  • Provide user desktop support
  • Building and install new hardware and software.
  • Documentation of IT related processes

Required Skills

  • Minimum 3 years experience in a system administration role within the Visual Effects or related industry.
  • Experience with the administration of visual effects related applications including, Nuke, Maya, Flame/Stone, Final Cut, Shake, RenderMan, Qube, Photoshop, PFTrack, Tweak RV
  • Familiarity administering, supporting and maintaining a large network infrastructure.
  • Experience and/or familiarity with the installation and administration of: IBM Exastore, IBM Blades, NetApp 3000 series, HP ProCurve Switches, Watchguard Firebox, APC UPS, StorageTech Tape Robot, Apple Xserve, Apple MacPro, HighPoint RAID, Watch
  • Mastery of Linux and its various distributions including OpenSUSE and CentOS.
  • Expert knowledge of Windows XP, Mac OSX, IRIX, Veritas, NetBackup, Open Oiffice, MS Office, VMware, xCat, ClearOS, Dovecot, Postfix, vsFTP, OpenSWAM, CloneZilla
  • Strong working knowledge of Python coding and Linux shell scripting


To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume with a link to your online website/portfolio to:

toronto-resume@spinpro.com

Hardcopy reel submissions to:

SPIN VFX TORONTO
ATTN: RECRUITMENT DEPT.
620 KING ST. WEST
TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA
M5V 1M6

www.spinpro.com

Due to the number of anticipated responses, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Salary to be discussed during interview process.

NO PHONE CALLS OR DROP-INS PLEASE.

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Mar 21

3D Models: Human Anatomy

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Textured 3D-models of human internal anatomy. The product contains 3D-models for female and male. Use these royalty-free objects

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Mar 21

Green screen fix or paint?

Posted in: NUKE from The Foundry
Hey,

i’ve removed green screen with ultimatte, but all the motion blur is mixed with the green screen, is there a way i can make the motion blur come back without the green showing or a way i can make the motion blur solid?spill suppress just makes it grey… or do i need to paint back objects?

i originally thought i could do a roto around the object and put a solid color in behind my green screen work and blend it in however the layers are not merging well probably due to grades/color correction. :/

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