Contract Digital Matte Painter — Remote AU Considered

Rising Sun Pictures Pty Ltd; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 67,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Rising Sun Pictures Pty Ltd is seeking a skilled VFX compositor for a short-term contract, ideally based in Adelaide or Brisbane, with possible remote work within Australia. The role focuses on painting, texture work, and environment integration for feature production pipelines.

You will work on photo-real matte paintings, texture builds, and colour grading, coordinating with departments to deliver robust, optimized assets for review and approval. Immediate start for a 3-month engagement.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in visual effects software and compositing workflows.
• Experience with texture painting and environment integration in a production pipeline.
• Understanding of colour management and review processes in VFX pipelines.
• Ability to work across Windows, Mac and Linux platforms.

Responsibilities

• Paint photo-real matte paintings and texture maps to brief.
• Build textures that integrate into the environment pipeline.
• Composite matte paintings against plate for review.
• Grade and manage colour per the pipeline.
• Optimise paintings for file size and render performance.
• Update leads on progress, blockers and risks.

Skills

Advanced Photoshop

Nuke

2.5D camera projection

End-to-end VFX pipeline

Strong composition

Cross-platform (Linux, Mac, Windows)

Tools

Photoshop

Nuke

Job description

Rising Sun Pictures Pty Ltd is seeking a skilled VFX compositor for a short-term contract, ideally based in Adelaide or Brisbane, with possible remote work within Australia. The role focuses on painting, texture work, and environment integration for feature production pipelines.

You will work on photo-real matte paintings, texture builds, and colour grading, coordinating with departments to deliver robust, optimized assets for review and approval. Immediate start for a 3-month engagement.