Become a digital surgery specialist — full set extensions, beauty work, and 100% placement guaranteed.
DigiAura's Advanced Paint & Prep with 100% Placement Assured program trains elite plate reconstruction artists capable of handling the most demanding cleanup work in feature film and premium streaming production. You will master full set extension using camera projection, advanced digital beauty work and cosmetic correction for high-definition close-up shots, procedural texture generation for large-area reconstruction, and complex multi-layered Nuke script organisation for shots combining roto, tracking, and paint. The 100% Placement Guarantee is DigiAura's firm commitment: every student who meets graduation criteria is placed in a professional VFX studio Paint & Prep role. The intensive paid internship included in this program provides production credits and professional references that make your portfolio immediately competitive.
Advanced Paint & Prep graduates from DigiAura are placed in studios working on commercial films, OTT series, and advertising campaigns. DigiAura's production studio relationships and internal placement team ensure graduates are connected to active hiring opportunities at the time of graduation.
This is the ultimate professional program for aspiring Paint & Prep Masters. If you are committed to the highest level of technical and artistic proficiency, this Advanced course provides the definitive route to a rewarding career, backed by our ironclad commitment: We guarantee 100% placement upon your successful graduation.
Become the artist who saves the shot. This is our master-level program for Paint & Prep, focusing on the most demanding tasks like full-set extensions and complex, moving-camera reconstructions. You will become a digital surgeon, flawlessly removing or recreating elements. This is your definitive route to a professional job, and we back it with a 100% Placement Guarantee for all successful graduates.
The Advanced Paint & Prep program transforms skilled intermediate artists into digital surgeons capable of handling the most critical and challenging footage in a feature film. We focus on the high-end, specialized work that demands creativity, technical mastery, and absolute perfection. You will be trained to solve visual problems that no other artist can, making you an indispensable asset in any VFX pipeline.
This master-level curriculum pushes beyond simple rig removal to focus on full-scale digital reconstruction and environment manipulation. You will specialize in:
The confidence we have in this advanced curriculum allows us to offer the 100% Placement Guarantee. Our training ensures you possess the speed, organizational discipline, and mastery over complex projection and reconstruction that studios require for high-level Paint & Prep roles.
This program includes an intensive Paid Internship period where you will work on production-level assets, applying your mastery to real studio demands. By the end, your portfolio will not just feature cleaned shots, but intricate, complex reconstructions and set extensions—proof of your expert-level problem-solving ability.
Enroll in the Advanced Paint & Prep Program today. Invest in mastery, secure your career, and become the elite artist who ensures the final vision of every cinematic shot is flawlessly realized.
The Advanced Paint & Prep course (with 100% Placement Assurance) focuses on full-set extensions, complex moving-camera reconstruction, advanced digital beauty work, procedural texture generation, and multi-layered correction scripts — work that is considered the highest tier of digital cleanup. You will handle the shots that require a combination of roto, tracking, projection, and paint that no single tool can solve automatically.
DigiAura guarantees job placement for all students who successfully complete the Advanced Paint & Prep with Paid Internship program. This means upon meeting graduation standards, the academy will place you in a professional VFX studio. The guarantee is backed by DigiAura's production studio connections and its track record of placing artists in leading facilities.
You will work on full set extensions where buildings or environments are extended beyond the filmed frame, complex digital beauty work including wrinkle removal and subtle facial enhancement, procedural texture generation for large reconstructed surfaces, multi-layered correction involving roto, tracking, and paint combined, and drone or wide-format footage cleanup requiring advanced perspective handling.
Advanced Paint & Prep graduates qualify for mid-level and senior VFX Cleanup Artist and Plate Reconstruction Artist roles at leading studios. With studio experience, advancement to Paint & Prep Supervisor is achievable. The advanced skill set also provides a strong foundation for moving into Compositing, where plate reconstruction is a daily requirement on complex shots.
The Advanced Paint & Prep program uses Foundry's Nuke (camera projection nodes, deep script organization, advanced grain management), Silhouette FX (detailed hero fixes, advanced roto-paint integration), and Mocha Pro (planar tracking for complex moving surfaces and deforming elements). Emphasis is placed on writing efficient, well-organized Nuke scripts that a supervisor can review and approve quickly.
