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Modelers at Sony Pictures Imageworks create and build 3D models for characters and environments, developing technical drawings and collaborating with teams to meet deadlines.

As a Compositor, you will integrate various layers of visual elements to create final images, ensuring they meet artistic direction and efficiency targets.

Create, model, and animate character features like hair and cloth, meeting deadlines and collaborating with the team while coding utilities to streamline processes.

Designs and implements lighting for characters and environments, ensuring continuity and meeting art direction while developing technical solutions.

Create final look-developed assets and lighting setups for production. Write or modify RenderMan shaders, define render passes, collaborate with lighting leads and texture artists, develop standard lighting rigs, implement assets technically and artistically, and report production issues with creative solutions. Provide a demo reel.

Create and refine materials and shading for characters, environments, and props. Collaborate with texture and asset teams, follow art direction, solve shading/rendering issues, optimize scenes, and iterate based on feedback to ensure consistent looks across lighting scenarios.

The role involves creating and refining animation production pipelines, managing scene dependencies, and collaborating with teams to resolve technical issues. Strong programming skills in Maya and Python are essential, along with experience in VFX production.

Develop, prototype and maintain animation tools and scripts; optimize animation workflows and scenes; support artists across the production pipeline; author documentation and training; collaborate with pipeline, supervising animators, and other departments to implement best practices and resolve technical issues.

Support and optimize high-end animation pipelines and workflows. Develop and maintain scripts, tools, and utilities (primarily Python). Troubleshoot artist issues, collaborate with supervising animators and pipeline teams, author training materials, and implement workflow optimizations to improve efficiency across productions.