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Gunpowder Cuts Digital Rendering Time and Cost Google Cloud Instances With 4th Gen Intel Xeon Cpus Accelerate Rendering Performance Compared To Previous Instances.
2023 To say that digital visual effects (VFX) had an impact on movie making would be a tremendous understatement. Digital VFX was a paradigm shift. It introduced entirely new ways to tell stories and provide viewers new experiences. From Star Wars to the latest Avatar movie, with each new evolution of the technologies behind digital VFX, movies (and television, streaming, gaming, commercials, digital art—all motion media expressions) give the artists behind digital VFX creative ways to take us to new worlds.
Whether at home, in the gallery, or in the theater, viewers want rich experiences. That means taking the next digital VFX project to a new level. And that requires computing—sometimes enormous amounts of computing. Yet while news headlines often boast how movie budgets have gone sky-high, effects budgets are still tight, competition among effects studios to produce them is fierce. The cost and efficiency of the computation behind the effects must follow suit.
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OVERVIEW As a Technologist at Gunpowder, you will have the opportunity to work closely with top-tier creative clients, supporting a diverse range of technologies.
Gunpowder aims to break the traditional mold of systems integration by fostering strong relationships built on trust, common sense, and technical excellence.
Gunpowder aims to break the traditional mold of systems integration by fostering strong relationships built on trust, common sense, and technical excellence.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Interface directly with customers to address various technical, workflow, and creative issues, enabling them to focus on their core expertise.
- Work with a diverse clientele, including large multinational corporations and individual creative professionals, each facing unique challenges.
- Provide support for cloud platforms.
- Perform administration tasks for Linux, Windows, and OS X systems.
- Develop and maintain scripts using Python & BASH
- Offer expertise in VFX pipelines, workflows, and creative suites to provide efficient solutions.
- Implement and maintain remote solutions, such as PCoIP, to support clients.
REQUIREMENTS
- Strong working knowledge of working with Cloud Providers.
- Proficiency in Linux, Windows, and OS X systems administration.
- Intermediate to advanced Python & BASH scripting skills.
- Familiarity with VFX pipelines, workflows, and creative suites.
- Strong knowledge of scale-out systems, including render farms, storage, compute, and networking.
- Experience with remote solutions, such as PCoIP.
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