VFX Layout Artist — Camera & Set Layout (Remote AU)

Rising Sun Pictures; Adelaide; Hybrid; AUD 65,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work within Australia

Job summary

Rising Sun Pictures in Australia is seeking a Layout Artist to create and deliver camera rigs, tracks and matchmoves for VFX sequences. You will set up complex sets, design shots from briefs, and ensure continuity across mono and stereo plates within our layout pipeline.

Ideal candidates have strong Maya and Nuke skills, experience with lidar/Photoscan, and familiarity with 3D tracking tools. This is a short-term 3-month contract with remote work considered within Australia.

Qualifications

• Maya and Nuke expertise required for layouts and composites.
• Familiarity with lidar and photogrammetry technologies.
• Experience with camera tracking tools and workflow integration.
• Understanding lens calibration, projection and distortion.
• Strong sense of proportion, depth and physical space in layouts.
• Knowledge of modelling, rigging and compositing techniques.
• Understanding of the VFX pipeline and post-production handovers.

Responsibilities

• Create and deliver layouts, including camera rigs, tracks, matchmoves and basic composites meeting briefs.
• Set up, maintain, dress and deliver complex sets and environments.
• Design shots based on previsualisation, storyboards or briefs.
• Create layouts and camera solutions for mono and stereo plates within the pipeline.
• Diagnose and resolve roadblocks affecting layouts, camera solutions and renders.
• Collaborate with senior artists to meet creative and technical goals.
• Ensure layout orientation and continuity align with scene requirements.

Skills

Maya

Nuke

Lidar

Photoscan

3D-Equalizer

Syntheyes

PFTrack

Camera projection

Focal length

Lens calibration

Proportion depth space

VFX pipeline

Post-production

Tools

3D-Equalizer

Syntheyes

PFTrack

Job description

Rising Sun Pictures in Australia is seeking a Layout Artist to create and deliver camera rigs, tracks and matchmoves for VFX sequences. You will set up complex sets, design shots from briefs, and ensure continuity across mono and stereo plates within our layout pipeline.

Ideal candidates have strong Maya and Nuke skills, experience with lidar/Photoscan, and familiarity with 3D tracking tools. This is a short-term 3-month contract with remote work considered within Australia.