Remote Digital Matte Painter — VFX Texture & Compositing

Vfxwire; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 55,000 - 110,000; Full time

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

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.