GEORGIA, USA: Compositor & Digital Matte Painter: MID-SR

barnstormvfx; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Extended health benefits

RRSP program

Job summary

Barnstorm VFX, a Los Angeles-based studio with operations including Atlanta, seeks an experienced Nuke Compositor and Digital Matte Painter to join our team. You will integrate production footage with advanced compositing techniques, and craft photorealistic digital paintings for diverse projects.

Applicants should have 5+ years in a photo-real VFX setting, strong Nuke skills, and a reel demonstrating Digital Matte Painting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in a photo-real VFX environment; episodic experience preferred.
• Advanced knowledge of Nuke compositing.
• Portfolio demonstrating Digital Matte Painting and related work.
• Ability to work quickly and accurately in a high-volume environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to interpret supervisor notes.

Responsibilities

• Integrate elements with production footage using rotoscoping, keying, painting, tracking, and other compositing techniques.
• Collaborate with leads, supervisors, and artists across departments to meet tight deadlines.
• Create photorealistic digital paintings and environment elements using 2D/3D tools including camera setup, projection modeling, animation, and light passes.
• Blend textures, painted elements, and 3D assets to design immersive digital environments with projection mapping and advanced layering.
• Maintain consistent lighting, depth, perspective, and color across final shots.
• Combine traditional painting with technical skills in photography, modeling, and digital design to develop 2D matte elements.
• Work with VFX Supervisors to optimize workflows and ensure plates align with concepts and timelines.
• Deliver high-quality work and troubleshoot technical problems on assigned shots.
• Execute clients' vision to the highest standards.

Tools

Nuke

Mocha

Silhouette

Job description

About Barnstorm

Barnstorm is an Emmy and VES-nominated visual effects studio based in Los Angeles and with operations in Vancouver, Montreal, Atlanta, NYC and the UK. We provide photo-realistic visual effects for a variety of episodic and select sequences in feature films. We pride ourselves in our artists’ talent and dedication to producing world-class visual effects.

Who You Are

You are an experienced Nuke Compositor and Digital Matte Painter ready to jump into an exciting studio environment with a wide variety of projects. You have an advanced knowledge of Nuke Compositing techniques and a firm photographic grasp of light, depth of field, distortion, and motion blur. You have a strong creative vision and can add photo realistic Digital Matte Paintings with speed and precision. In addition to speed, you have the ability and passion to work on anything from paint outs, rotoscoping, and set extensions, to creating beautiful photo-real digital matte paintings.

What You’ll Do

• Effectively and seamlessly integrate elements with production footage, using rotoscoping, keying, painting, tracking, and other compositing techniques
• Along with Leads, Supervisors, and other artists, collaborate with other departments to complete assigned tasks under tight deadlines and fast turnaround times.
• Craft photorealistic digital paintings and environment elements that align with the project's visual style; using a blend of 2D and 3D tools including camera setup, projection modeling, animation, and light passes
• Blend photographic textures, painted elements, and 3D assets to envision, create, and design immersive digital environments using techniques like camera animation, projection mapping, and advanced layering.
• Seamlessly integrate your work into final shots, maintaining a consistent sense of lighting, depth, perspective, and color throughout the composition
• Fuse traditional painting techniques with technical expertise in photography, modeling, and digital design to develop both 2D matte elements
• Collaborate closely with VFX Supervisors to identify efficient workflows and ensure every plate aligns with creative concepts and production timelines
• Deliver consistently high-quality work and troubleshoot technical problems on assigned shots.
• Execute clients' vision to the highest standards.

What You Bring

• 5+ years working in a photo real VFX environment; episodic experience preferred
• Advance knowledge of Nuke
• Mocha, Silhouette, experience preferred
• Demonstrated Digital Matte Painting on reel
• An ability to work with speed and accuracy in a high volume environment
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, fast changing
• Resourceful and able to take on all levels of task responsibilities from low to high and start to finish.
• A thorough understanding of both feature film and television VFX production pipelines
• An ability to interpret supervisor and client notes quickly and independently

About This Role

Note: At this time we are only accepting applications from those artists legally eligible to work in the USA.

Project and staff positions available with extended health benefits and opportunity to participate in RRSP programs. Benefit plans are dependent on the local plan offering and employment status. Barnstorm VFX is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive team that provides a meaningful work environment free of discrimination and harassment. We seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. Indigenous people, people of color, people of all genders or non-genders, and people with disabilities of all types are encouraged to apply. We thank everyone for their interest and application, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.