7 left for Bake-Off

The 7 films left in the running for the 2008 visual effects Oscar are Australia, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Iron Man, Journey to the Center of the Earth and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

Making A Rolling Film Strip

Is there a way to turn a single logo into a film strip that can be animated to roll across the screen… without additional plug ins?

Currently using CS3.

Thanks!

Fusiion compositors wanted must be toronto local

Compositor Wanted

Specializing in animation and visual effects for television and film Acme Pictures is currently looking for a digital compositor.

Responsibilities include:

l The ability to excel at tasks such as such as integration of 3d elements, colour correction, tracking,

l The ability to create a realistic look for your composites.

l Working closely with the 3D department on solving compositing issues(required passes)

l The ability to fully utilize 3D space in the compositing package.

Qualifications:
l Minimum of 2 years of production experience as a digital compositor.
l Demonstrated production experience with eyeon Fusion.
l A reel is required highlighting the candidates eye for realism, colour correction and 3D integration
l Candidate must have great communication skills, the ability to take direction and work closely in a team environment.
l Understanding of a 3D work flow is an asset.

Acme Pictures
535 Queen Street East Suite 5
Toronto, ON
M5A 1V1

Email: jobs@acmepictures.com

We accept links to hosted demo reels and resumes.
Please note if you send in reel and resumes the material will not be returned.

3D Digital Enviroment artists wanted must be toronto local

3D Digital Enviornment Artist Wanted

Specializing in animation and visual effects for television and film Acme Pictures is currently looking for a 3D Digital Environment.

Responsibilities include:

l The ability to create realistic digital environments from photo reference

l Model, unwrap and texture 3D assets

l Must be able to have organized scene files with our pipeline in mind

l Knowledge of projection mapping techniques

Qualifications:
l Minimum of 2 years of production experience.
l Demonstrated production experience with Autodesk Maya, Pixelogic Zbrush and /or Luxology Modo.
l A reel is required highlighting the candidates eye for realism, attention to detail and texturing examples.
l Experience with E-on Vue is an asset
l Candidate must have great communication skills, the ability to take direction and work closely in a team environment.

Acme Pictures
535 Queen Street East Suite 5
Toronto, ON
M5A 1V1

Email: jobs@acmepictures.com

We accept links to hosted demo reels and resumes.
Please note if you send in reel and resumes the material will not be returned.

Lighting and Render artists wanted must be toronto local

Lighting and Render Artists Wanted

Specializing in animation and visual effects for television and film Acme Pictures is currently looking for a Lighting and Rendering Artists.

Responsibilities include:

l The ability to light scenes using indirect lighting as well as traditional lighting.

l Tweak materials on a per scene basis

l Communicate with compositors to set up render passes as required

l Have completed scenes ready to submit to the render farm

l Must be able to have organized scene files with our pipeline in mind.

Qualifications:

l Demonstrated production experience with Autodesk Maya and mental ray.
l A reel is required highlighting the candidates eye for realism, attention to detail and various lighting examples.
l Candidate must have great communication skills, the ability to take direction and work closely in a team environment.

Acme Pictures
535 Queen Street East Suite 5
Toronto, ON
M5A 1V1

Email: jobs@acmepictures.com

We accept links to hosted demo reels and resumes.
Please note if you send in reel and resumes the material will not be returned.

Dynamics artists wanted must be Toronto local

Dynamics Artists Wanted

Specializing in animation and visual effects for television and film Acme Pictures is currently looking for Dynamics Artists.

Responsibilities include:

l Generating realistic a digital pyrotechnics library using Maya fluids, Maya particles and Afterburn for 3ds Max

l Creating environment effects such as dust, smokes.

l Creating dynamic interaction with the enviornment.

Qualifications:
l Good eye for realism.
l Demonstrated production experience with Autodesk Maya and Afterburn for 3DS Max
l A reel is required highlighting the candidates eye for realism, attention to detail and various dynamic simulation examples
l Candidate must have great communication skills, the ability to take direction and work closely in a team environment.
l 2 Years production experience required.

Acme Pictures
535 Queen Street East Suite 5
Toronto, ON
M5A 1V1

Email: jobs@acmepictures.com

We accept links to hosted demo reels and resumes.
Please note if you send in reel and resumes the material will not be returned.

3D animator wanted must be Toronto local

3D Animator Wanted

Specializing in animation and visual effects for television and film Acme Pictures is currently looking for a 3D Animator.

Responsibilities include:

l Animate with attention to weight and realism with emphasis on heavy vehicles.

l Animate camera’s with a cinematic feel.

l Animate camera’s with a dynamic feel.

l Must be able to have organized scene files with our pipeline in mind.

Qualifications:

l Demonstrated production experience with Autodesk Maya
l A reel is required highlighting the candidates eye for realism, attention to detail and weight animation examples.
l Candidate must have great communication skills, the ability to take direction and work closely in a team environment.

Acme Pictures
535 Queen Street East Suite 5
Toronto, ON
M5A 1V1

Email: jobs@acmepictures.com

We accept links to hosted demo reels and resumes.
Please note if you send in reel and resumes the material will not be returned.

I am VFX and 3d Animation Student

Hi i am VFX and 3d Student in India i want to make my career in Modeling , Dynamic’s and VFX , One of my Frient suggection is to do Advanced Animation and VFX Cources in Canada i dont know if Diplamo in Animation and VFX is Sufficient or i want to join Advanced cources in Canada

in My Institute they are teaching maya ,Combustion , accourding to limited lessons if i joined in Canada Animation school , i can learn accourding to production quality.:confused:

Discounted green screen footage for VFXTalk

Hello all-
I head up a stock footage company (Ribbit Films – www.ribbitfilms.com) and we provide pre-keyed green screen footage for motion designers.
In light of how many artists are currently working on their reels, we are discounting our library for VFX Talk members; you can license our clips for 50% off before January 18, 2009 using this VIP discount code: VTK1Q9W

We also provide some free green screen HD footage; click on "Free Clips" on the site or go to: https://secure.ribbitfilms.com/Ribbi…_register&lid=

If you have any questions, or suggestions, or just want to talk about shooting and keying chroma key HD, feel free to get in touch with me.

F5 RE:PLAY FILM FESTIVAL

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One of the driving ideals behind F5 is the celebration of creativity for creativity’s sake. Money might make the world go ’round, but it doesn’t necessarily help you jump out of bed every morning.

In that spirit, we created the F5 RE:PLAY film festival. We invited some of our favorite studios and independent directors to create short films ranging in length from 15 seconds to 2 minutes on the topics of rejuvenation, regrowth, rebirth and/or revival. There’s no real brief; we just want people to express themselves and stretch their wings a bit.

The films will be shown on the main stage at F5 between speakers, on plasmas around the F5 event space, here on Motionographer (after the event) and on the F5 website.

The RE:PLAY lineup is as follows:

  • Blacklist (Nanospore, Pistachios and Holbrooks)
  • Buck
  • Click 3X
  • Cody Cobb
  • Crush
  • Digital Kitchen
  • Imaginary Forces
  • Luis Torres/La Flama
  • Matt Lambert/1st Ave Machine
  • Not To Scale/Ubik
  • Ryan Rothermel/Sean Pecknold
  • Saiman Chow
  • Sehsucht
  • Shilo
  • Superfad

I’m really excited to see what everyone creates. Join us as we gather to revel in radness and restart our collective engine. Out with 2008, in with 2009!

Photo by escapehelicopter

Posted on Motionographer

F5 RE:PLAY FILM FESTIVAL