Post-Production Finishing Artist for AI-Generated Anime Short — Shot Restoration and Compositing

Post-Production Finishing Artist for 3-Minute AI-Generated Anime Short I am producing a roughly three-minute, mature dark-action anime short made from multiple AI-generated video clips. The individual scenes are already edited and narratively complete. I need an experienced post-production finishing artist to make the film visually consistent and repair degradation introduced when the final frame of one generated clip was used as the starting reference for another clip. This is not a standard live-action colour-grade job. The footage contains 2D anime-style characters, weapons, armour, mud, atmospheric effects and detailed linework. Some adjoining clips differ in sharpness, colour, contrast, character detail and texture quality. Work required The selected artist will: Match colour, exposure, contrast and black levels between adjoining scenes. Reduce visible quality drops between generated clips. Restore softened linework and facial detail without creating oversharpened or realistic-looking skin. Improve temporal consistency and avoid flickering details. Match grain and texture across the film. Conceal difficult scene transitions using appropriate editorial or compositing techniques. Perform limited tracked compositing or masked cleanup where character details visibly change. Repair selected high-attention areas such as eyes, hands, hair edges, armour and weapon details where reasonably possible. Preserve the existing anime character designs and overall dark visual style. Deliver a clean final master without changing the timing, storytelling or character performances. Important limitations I understand that details completely redrawn by the AI may not be recoverable through sharpening alone. Please identify which problems can be repaired through restoration and colour work, and which would require manual compositing or frame-level cleanup. Do not apply automatic frame interpolation, excessive sharpening, realistic face restoration or major generative redesign without approval. Software and experience Please apply only if you have strong experience with some combination of: DaVinci Resolve Adobe After Effects or Nuke Rotoscoping, masking and motion tracking Video restoration Animated or illustrated footage Topaz Video AI or equivalent restoration tools Experience finishing AI-generated animation is highly desirable, but a strong animation-compositing or restoration portfolio is also acceptable. Source material I will provide: The current three-minute edit Original individual scene exports Clean reference frames from higher-quality scenes Before-and-after examples showing the quality mismatch Notes identifying the most important problem shots Character and weapon reference images where relevant The artist must work from the original files rather than downloaded or recompressed social-media copies. Deliverables One finished three-minute master in the original frame rate and resolution High-quality ProRes 422 HQ or DNxHR master High-quality H.264 viewing copy Consistent colour and texture across all scenes Up to two reasonable revision rounds Project file or clearly documented final workflow, to be agreed before hiring No music changes and no alteration to dialogue or sound effects unless separately approved Paid test Before awarding the complete project, I would like a paid test using approximately 5–10 seconds covering one difficult scene transition. The test should demonstrate: Colour matching Restoration of the degraded clip Stable results during movement Preservation of anime linework A clean transition between the two scenes Please state your fixed price for the paid test. When applying, answer these questions 1)Please provide before-and-after examples of animation, restoration, compositing or difficult colour-matching work. 2)Have you worked on AI-generated video or animated footage? 3)How would you approach repairing a clip that has softer linework and slightly altered facial and hand details? 4)Which software and restoration models would you use? 5) Would you recommend a fixed project price or hourly contract, and why? 6)Approximately how many working days would you require? Are the editable project files included in your quote? Please begin your application with the words “anime finishing” so I know you read the full description