Tech project NjN (Technical Disrector)

Technical Director- is a common job title in computer animation and visual effects companies. Some companies use the title "TD" for several different jobs:
Lighting TD- Is responsible for lighting and rendering 3D scenes
Character TD- Is responsible for rigging a character with a skeleton, clothing, hair, and deformation controls.
Shared TD- Is responsible for writing and adjusting shade’s to determine the appearance of models, and prepare objects to be painted by the texture painters.

TD are involved with modeling and in early stages of productions in addition to effects animation or Pipeline TD is the developer architect that links all the building in the early stages in designing the building. Even though there’s many meanings to TD if someone doesn’t specify then it’s just lighting and rendering.

TD positions require a balance of artistic sensibilities, technical savvy, a fresh eye, and good problem-solving skills for the many complication that come with the role. A few TD's are programmers, but most are not. Many TD's know how to write scripts in different scripting languages, such as MEL, Tcl, Perl, or Python. Almost all TD's are able to work with different operating systems, including being proficient with common UNIX shell commands. Among the TD's that have scripting or programming skills that very with different projects , most spend their time working on specific characters or shots, and only doing scripting or programming when needed to speed up their work or solve a production problem.

The work that many TD's do in lighting and rendering is similar to the work of the "Director of Photography" (or DP) in live-action film production. If not , the name TD can be a bit misleading, and some studios don't even use the meaning. At some companies, the person lighting a shot would be called a Lighting Animator or simply a Lighter, instead of a Lighting TD. People rigging characters are sometimes called a Rigger, Puppeteer, Physiquer, Technical Animator, or other titles instead of Character TD. Because of this, some companies will never list a help-wanted ad for TD's. A TD by any other name is still a TD, though, and they still need to hire people with similar skills for any computer graphics production.
Though there’s not a huge list of responsibilities a TD must make sure that lighting, character, and 3D renderings all blend in together to make a good shot that either still or live actions but in most cases live action.
Average income- 86,000 a year

Education- 5 year Bachelors of Science degree

Some attractive aspects of TD’s are that you get the opportunity to work on a lot of challenging projects, all to make a great scene in a movie or show. Of course there will be negative and attractive aspects to the job. The negative aspects are that you have to work on a single project for extended periods of time due the precision work. The attractive aspect is that you are given the oppertunities to become very creative and to use many elements to make a great scene.
　
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