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Sai S.

Irvine, California

$28/hr
5.0
29 jobs

Nuke Compositing Artist with extensive experience in high-end commercials and film projects. With a deep understanding of advanced compositing techniques, photorealistic VFX integration, and color correction, I have worked on projects for top-tier brands and collaborated with industry leaders such as Nvidia, Harbor Picture Company and David Yurman. My expertise includes seamless CG integration, multi-pass compositing, and complex cleanup work, ensuring cinematic-quality final frames. I thrive in fast-paced production environments, solving creative and technical challenges efficiently to deliver outstanding results.

  • Animation
  • Compositing
  • Tracking Studies
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Premiere Elements
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Nuke
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Blender
  • Unreal Engine
  • Product Design
  • Commercial Design
Karine S.

Glendale, California

$30/hr
4.9
190 jobs

Photorealistic 3D Visualization | Interiors, Exteriors & Furniture for High-End Projects I create photorealistic interior, exterior, and furniture renderings for architects, designers, and brands who need visuals that look built—not conceptual. I help architects, interior designers, and brands present their ideas with cinematic, photorealistic 3D visuals—before anything is built. With 12+ years of experience in architectural and product visualization, I specialize in: • High-end interior & exterior renderings • Furniture & product visualization for manufacturing and marketing • Accurate materials, lighting, and scale for real-world execution • Shop Drawings My visuals are used for: ✔ Client approvals ✔ Investor & marketing presentations ✔ Production-ready visualization ✔ Websites and online stores I combine strong design knowledge with technical precision, ensuring visuals are not only beautiful, but buildable and believable. If you need refined, realistic visuals that elevate your project, I’d be happy to help.

  • CGI
  • Photorealistic Rendering
  • 3D Modeling
  • 3D Rendering
  • High-Quality Rendering
  • Furniture Design
  • Visualization
  • 3D Architectural Visualization
  • Architectural Rendering
  • Corona
  • Furniture
  • Interior Design
Darren P.

Los Angeles, California

$35/hr
4.9
32 jobs

Visual effects expert and CG artist with extensive experience working on various television series, music videos, short films, and short-form digital content. 💥 VFX : Compositing, Keying (Green Screen), Motion Tracking, 3D Animation, and more 🖼️ Photo Editing: Expert in photo manipulation, retouching, and creating high-impact visuals. - Expertise across industry-standard VFX/photo editing software - Collaborative and Detail-Oriented - Effective Communication and Feedback Handling

  • 3D Animation
  • Visual Effects
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Blender
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Photo Editing
  • Image Editing
Peter P.

Los Angeles, California

$85/hr
4.9
5 jobs

Experienced VFX Artist and New Media Specialist with over 15 years in the industry. Former Head of VFX at Pomp&Clout, proficient in Houdini, Blender, Cinema 4D, and After Effects. Skilled in green/blue screen compositing, 3D modeling, and AI-driven technologies including Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI.

  • CGI
  • 3D Animation
  • 3D Rigging
  • Visual Effects
  • Motion Graphics
  • Compositing
  • Spark AR Studio
  • Lens Studio
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Houdini
  • Blackmagic Fusion
  • Stable Diffusion
  • 3D Motion Tracking
  • Motion Capture
STEVE N.

Glendale, California

$60/hr
4.8
19 jobs

Are you looking for high-performing videos that convert, engage, and scale your brand? I help businesses create scroll-stopping ads and cinematic brand content designed to drive results across all major social platforms. ⸻ 🌟 About Me I’m Steve Nazari, a Los Angeles based creative producer and founder of Botwürx, a full-service production studio specializing in tabletop product commercials, direct-to-consumer ads, and high-speed motion control visuals. Over the past decade, I’ve helped brands of every size, from startups to national names, I bring their products to life through compelling storytelling and powerful visuals. My work has appeared in campaigns for: • Liquid I.V. • Poppi • Hint Water • Haagen-Dazs • Wienerschnitzel • Humm Kombucha • Kettle & Fire ⸻ 🎥 What I Offer Whether you’re looking to launch a new product, build awareness, or scale performance marketing, I can help develop and execute a creative strategy that fits your goals. My expertise includes: ✅ Creative Direction & Storyboarding – transforming product insights into cinematic ad concepts. ✅ Full-Service Video Production – from pre-production to post-production, including studio shoots and motion-control robotics. ✅ Direct-to-Consumer Video Ads – optimized for Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and Amazon. ✅ Tabletop Product Cinematography – beauty, food, beverage, and lifestyle. ✅ Video Strategy & Content Planning – helping brands identify which content performs best for conversion and scaling. ✅ Editing, Color, and Sound Design – delivering polished, ready-to-run assets. ⸻ 📈 Why Clients Hire Me Clients hire me because I understand both the art and the strategy of video marketing. I don’t just make beautiful videos, I make videos that perform. Every project begins with your brand goals in mind: conversion, engagement, and long-term scalability. If you need someone who can think like a strategist, execute like a filmmaker, and deliver like a partner invested in your success. let’s talk. 🧠 Keywords Video Production | Commercial Video | Product Video | Brand Video | Video Strategist | DTC Video Ads | Social Media Ads | Tabletop Product Video | Product Cinematography | Food & Beverage Ads | Lifestyle Commercials | Motion Control | Creative Direction | Storyboard | Brand Content | Post Production | Video Editing | Video Marketing | Video Campaign Strategy

  • CGI
  • 3D Animation
  • Visual Effects
  • Video Commercial
  • Video Advertising
  • Video Production
  • Short Video Ad
  • Video Animation
  • Video Ad
  • Product Video
  • Video Marketing
  • Video Camera
  • 3D Product Rendering
  • 3D Product Animation
  • Motion Graphics
Kevin C.

Santa Monica, California

$35/hr
4.4
6 jobs

CG Artist with diverse experience working in several software packages Maya, Max, Houdini, Vray, FumeFX, Real Flow and other high end proprietary packages. Visual effects / Unreal artist forJurassic World VR Expedition, Mass Effect ride and Assasian's Creed VR Experience. Additional background as a Producer for visual effects and animation production. Architectural designer...with 20 years experience in Archicad BIM modeling, documentation and visualization. FumeFX artist on the Hunger Games franchise creating & designing the fiery logo featured in all the Hunger Games movies and the end credits of Hunger Games Catching Fire film fire work included all the the motion posters, theatrical posters, merchandise and commercials. Other projects I worked on include The Flash, SuperGirl, and Destiny Game cinematics.

  • 3D Design
  • 3D Modeling
  • 3D Rendering
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Unreal Engine
  • Autodesk 3ds Max
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Archicad
  • Maxon Cinema 4D
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Native BIM Source File
  • Houdini
  • Twinmotion

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