Digital Matte Painter / DMP Artist

Vfxwire

Adelaide

Hybrid

AUD 55,000 - 110,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Vfxwire in Australia is seeking an experienced Digital Matte Painter for a short-term contract through end of 2026, ideally based in Brisbane or Adelaide; remote within Australia considered.

Key duties include painting photoreal matte paintings and texture maps, building textures for the environment pipeline, compositing with plates, color grading per pipeline, and optimizing for render performance, with progress updates to leads.

Qualifications

Advanced Photoshop
Working Nuke skills
2.5D camera projection
End-to-end VFX pipeline knowledge, including handovers between departments
Strong composition and attention to detail
Cross-platform: Linux, Mac, Windows

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 RSP's pipeline
Optimise paintings for file size and render performance
Update leads on progress, blockers and risks

Skills

Photoshop

Nuke

2.5D projection

VFX pipeline

Attention to detail

Cross-platform (Linux/Mac/Windows)

Job description

We're looking for an experienced Digital Matte Painter to help on our current shows! This will be a short term contract until the end of 2026, ideally based in Brisbane or Adelaide. Remote may be considered within Australia.

Key Responsibilities