Remote Senior Compositor: Photoreal VFX & Tracking Pro

Crafty Apes LLC; Rapid City (SD); On-site; USD 55,000 - 96,000; Full time

Job summary

Crafty Apes LLC in Los Angeles seeks a Mid to Senior Compositor for a contract position. You will seamlessly integrate live-action layers, tackle shots end-to-end, and extract mattes from blue/green screens, ensuring color, lighting and depth are photo-real.

Collaboration with coordinators and supervisors is essential. You should have 3–5+ years of VFX compositing experience, strong tracking skills, and proficiency in Nuke and Photoshop, with Boujou/Syntheyes/Mocha and

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years (Mid) and 5 years (Senior) of compositor experience in episodic or feature VFX.
• Excellent tracking and blue/green screen compositing.
• Proficient in Nuke and Photoshop.
• Experience with ShotGrid software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Integrate layers of a live-action shot.
• Handle shots from start to finish: roto, tracking, paint, animation, and element creation.
• Extract mattes from blue/green screen photography.
• Maintain attention to color, color-space, and lighting.
• Composite multi-pass CG elements to create photo-real shots.
• Maintain clean and efficient script organisation.
• Communicate progress of work to Coordinators, Producers, Leads and Supervisors.

Skills

Nuke

Photoshop

Tracking

Blue/Green Screens

Tools

Boujou

Syntheyes

Mocha

Primatte

Keylight

Ultimatte

Job description

Crafty Apes LLC in Los Angeles seeks a Mid to Senior Compositor for a contract position. You will seamlessly integrate live-action layers, tackle shots end-to-end, and extract mattes from blue/green screens, ensuring color, lighting and depth are photo-real.

Collaboration with coordinators and supervisors is essential. You should have 3–5+ years of VFX compositing experience, strong tracking skills, and proficiency in Nuke and Photoshop, with Boujou/Syntheyes/Mocha and