Technical Artist in Shading and Effects

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For advanced technical artists

This certification is for game industry professionals who have 5+ years of experience in roles such as Shader Writer, Lighter, and Effects Artist.

Shading and effects artists are responsible for implementing the look, style, theme, and aesthetics of the game. Artists with these core skills implement real-time and baked lighting, create and customize shaders and rendering systems, and create particle systems and effects that interact with other assets. Please note that this exam will not be offered after February 2021.

Prerequisites

Experience in a video game development studio, with at least two shipped titles
5+ years of relevant professional artist experience
Strong knowledge of lighting techniques and workflows
Expert-level understanding of material authoring for physically based rendering pipelines
Expert-level understanding of color correction and post effects
Strong knowledge of photographic concepts

Experience writing shaders in HLSL, CgFX, and other shading languages
Knowledge of coding using languages such as C++, C#, or Unityscript
Strong knowledge of particle systems, dynamic simulations, and interchange formats such as Alembic
Fluency with asset-creation tools such as Adobe Creative Suite, Substance Designer, Substance Painter, Quixel Suite, etc.
Strong understanding of 2D and 3D math concepts

What’s on the Exam?

You can expect to see questions across these topics:

Tooling and pipeline
Rendering
Shaders
Particles and effects
Performance

Exam Details

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