Matchmove/Layout Artist

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🔥 35 minutes ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

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📋 Description

• Perform 3D camera tracking and matchmoving based on live-action footage. • Recreate camera movements, lens characteristics, and object movements. • Create accurate 3D scene layouts from live-action plates, including cameras, reference geometry, and element placement. • Establish accurate scales, orientations, and spatial relationships within 3D environments. • Build and adjust the geometry required for camera tracking, scene reconstruction, and downstream departments. • Prepare clean, organized, and technically accurate scenes for handoffs between departments. • Collaborate with compositing, animation, FX, lighting, and other departments. • Identify and resolve tracking and layout issues. • Follow production standards, naming conventions, and pipeline requirements. • Meet production deadlines while maintaining a high level of quality.

🎯 Requirements

• Previous experience in Matchmove, Layout, or a similar role in visual effects. • Strong understanding of 3D camera tracking and scene reconstruction principles. • Good knowledge of camera and lens properties, including focal length, lens distortion, and perspective. • Strong understanding of 3D space, scale, and spatial relationships. • Experience with reference geometry and proxy modeling. • Ability to analyze live-action footage and accurately reproduce it in a 3D environment. • Excellent problem-solving skills and a strong attention to detail. • Ability to work independently and as part of a team. • Strong communication and organizational skills. • Experience with 3DEqualizer, Maya, or equivalent matchmove software. • Familiarity with Nuke and basic compositing workflows. • Knowledge of Maya scene preparation and 3D production pipelines. • Experience with lens distortion workflows is considered an asset. • Experience working on feature films, episodic television, or high-end VFX productions is a plus. • Understanding of photogrammetry and environment reconstruction. • Knowledge of Python or scripting for workflow automation. • Familiarity with USD and modern VFX production pipelines. • Experience working with both camera tracking and object tracking.

🏖️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement • Full-time employment

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