Hasta La Motion!

– Render Technical Assistant

Spin is located at:

620 King St West
Toronto, ON
M5V 1M6

www.spinpro.com

Software Requirements: Maya, Qube

Summary:
Support the studio rendering requirements during off hours by prioritizing element passes, monitoring the render farm and responding to issues related to rendering.

Duties and Responsibilities:
– Review daily render requirements with lighting department
– Render queue management
– Troubleshoot any technical problems with render
– Work with systems department to ensure render farm is operating at expected efficiency
– Disk space management

Requirements:
– Working knowledge of Maya essential
– Working knowledge and/or experience with Qube render management software
– Must be proactive and able to learn quickly
– Attention to detail is crucial
– Knowledge of the various 3D lighting passes is an asset

Start Date: Monday August 22
Duration: 3 to 6 month contract
Salary: discussed during interview process

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

toronto-resume@spinpro.com

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

NO PHONE CALLS OR DROP-INS PLEASE.

How to set manually distance between two trackers for 3D (for example I have two points tracked but in Max they are very close to each other – i would like to set them manually that distance between them is 2m – not 10 cm like in Max scene)

I’ve been asked to present a 3-day workshop on visual effects filmmaking for 10 students. I’ll be mainly be using AE.

Here is what I’m thinking of initially:

Day 1 (3 hours):
– For the first day, it will be mainly an intro, presenting slides, fundamentals, examples ..etc

Day 2 (3 hours):
– On the second day we will have an intro to AE and will do small tutorials together to learn the basics.

Day 3 (3 hours):
– On the last day we will create a project, something simple like shooting one of the students and adding background and effects, they will see me creating a whole project from scratch. At the end we will have a short 30min Q&A.

The outline above is by no means fixed, but just an idea of what I have on mind. I haven’t taught before and this will be my first experience. So I’m totally a noob.

I would be grateful hearing your comments and thoughts in order to improve on this. Also any good books or sites where I could get some starting point on the material to present ?

Much appreciated.