24 Feb 2013 
Posted by Animation Tutorial
Luma Pictures hiring Lighting Artists for their VFX studio
About Studio
Luma Pictures is a full service visual effects studio with facilities in Santa Monica, California and Melbourne, Australia. Staffed by a phenomenal team of artists, supervisors and technicians the company operates one of the most efficient production pipelines in the industry and has a consistent track record for delivering groundbreaking visual effects on time, on budget, and with exceptional service.
Founded in 2002, Luma has contributed to more than 80 films including such blockbusters as Oz: The Great and Powerful, The Avengers, Thor, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End. Luma has also worked with Joel and Ethan Coen on several films, including True Grit and Best Picture Academy Award winning No Country for Old Men.
With experience covering the full gamut of visual effects – digital environments, matte paintings, photo-real creature animation, fluid dynamics and crowd simulations – Luma has the talent and infrastructure to execute projects of any size and complexity.
Lighting Artist Jobs
Responsibilities
- Lighting look development for integration of CG elements into Live Action
- Lighting look development for full CG shots
- Creation of tools and scripts to facilitate workflow
- Develop methodologies for reduction of render time and improving quality of results
Qualifications
- Artist must know Maya and MentalRay extremely well
- Understanding multi pass 3D compositing required
- Knowledge of Renderman or Air a plus
- Artists must be able to take direction and work in a team focused environment, good communication skills are a must
- Strong time management skills and extremely organized.
- Solid work ethic and a positive attitude in the face of challenging situations.
- Los Angeles Residents or willingness to relocate preferred • Relocation assistance may be available subject to negotiation