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27-1014.00 — Special Effects Artists and Animators

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Technology Skills
Computer aided design CAD software
  • Autodesk 3ds Max Design
  • Autodesk Alias Design
  • Autodesk Alias Surface
  • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
  • AutoDesSys form Z
  • solidThinking
Configuration management software
  • Perforce Helix software
Desktop publishing software
  • Adobe InDesign
  • QuarkXPress
Development environment software
  • Adobe ActionScript
  • Adobe AIR
  • C
  • Code libraries
  • Component libraries
  • Crytek CryEngine
  • DX Studio
  • MaxScript
  • Maya Embedded Language MEL
  • Unity Technologies Unity
  • Unreal Technology Unreal Engine
  • XML User Interface XUI
Document management software
  • Adobe Acrobat
Enterprise application integration software
  • Extensible markup language XML
Graphical user interface development software
  • Figma
Graphics or photo imaging software
  • Ability Photopaint
  • ACD Systems Canvas
  • Adobe Creative Cloud software
  • Adobe FreeHand MX
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe ImageReady
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Ambient Design ArtRage
  • Apple DrawBerry
  • Aqsis Renderer
  • Autodesk Combustion
  • Autodesk Maya
  • Autodesk Mudbox
  • Autodesk SketchBook Pro
  • Autodesk SoftImage
  • AutoQ3D
  • Blender
  • Bohemian Coding DrawIt
  • Bunkspeed HyperDrive
  • Bunkspeed HyperMove
  • Caligari Corporation trueSpace
  • Celsys RETAS
  • Character Studio
  • Cheetah3D
  • Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
  • Corel Painter
  • Cybermotion 3D Designer
  • DAZ Productions Bryce
  • DAZ Productions Carrara
  • e-on software Vue
  • Electric Rain Swift 3D Xpress
  • Freeverse Lineform
  • HASH Animation:Master
  • Indigo Renderer
  • Inivis AC3D
  • Luxology Modo
  • Luxrender
  • MagicTracer
  • Massive Jet
  • Maxon BodyPaint 3D
  • Mental Images Mental Ray
  • Microsoft Expression Design
  • Nevercenter Silo
  • NewTek Lightwave 3D
  • Next Limit Maxwell Render
  • NodeBox
  • NVDIA Gelato
  • Pixarra TwistedBrush
  • Pixelmator
  • Pixologic Zbrush
  • Quad Software Grome
  • RealFlow
  • Satori Paint
  • Serif DrawPlus
  • Side Effects Software Houdini
  • SideFX Houdini
  • sK1
  • Skencil
  • SmithMicro Anime Studio
  • SmithMicro Manga Studio
  • SmithMicro SoftwarePoser
  • SplutterFish Brazil
  • Sunflow Render System
  • Three-dimensional graphics software
  • Trapcode Particular
  • Trimble SketchUp Pro
  • Two-dimensional graphics software
  • VectorDesigner
  • Xara Designer Pro
Object or component oriented development software
  • C++
  • jQuery
  • Object-oriented programming languages
  • Python
Office suite software
  • Microsoft Office software
Operating system software
  • Apple macOS
  • Microsoft Windows
  • UNIX
Presentation software
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
Process mapping and design software
  • Microsoft Visio
Spreadsheet software
  • Microsoft Excel
Video creation and editing software
  • Adobe After Effects
  • Adobe Director
  • Adobe Premiere Pro
  • Apple Final Cut Pro
  • Autodesk 3ds Max
  • Autodesk MotionBuilder
  • Chaos Group V-Ray
  • Maxon Cinema 4D
  • Pixar RenderMan Studio
  • TechSmith Camtasia
  • YouTube
Web page creation and editing software
  • Adobe Dreamweaver
  • Google Sites
  • Social media sites
Web platform development software
  • Adobe Flex
  • AJAX
  • Cascading style sheets CSS
  • Drupal
  • Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
  • Extensible hypertext markup language XHTML
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • JavaScript
  • Microsoft Silverlight
  • PHP
Word processing software
  • Microsoft Word
Tools Used
Digital cameras
  • Panoramic digital cameras
Graphics tablets
  • Digital paper
Personal computers
Pressure stylus
  • Digital pens
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