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Texturing, Shading & Rendering

A skill group in Creative, Media & Design › Animation, 3D & Visual Effects: 40 skills, 40 of them carrying a SynapseScope Skill Rating, named in 14,155 open US roles at the latest reading.

SkillOrganisation ratingOpen rolesMedian salary
RenderingMaintain7,184$97,500
3D RenderingMaintain1,539$127,500
Chaos Group V-RayMaintain1,277$82,500
Substance PainterMaintain950$82,500
Real-time RenderingInvest887$152,500
KeyShotMaintain494$107,500
UV MappingMaintain492$47,500
USD Look Development with Hydra RenderersInvest429$137,500
Texture MappingMaintain306$167,500
ArnoldMaintain118$127,500
Texture PaintingMaintain100$72,500
3D Gaussian SplattingInvest96$192,500
Real-Time Engine Shader AuthoringInvest90$212,500
Pixar RenderMan StudioMaintain53$72,500
Cloud and Distributed Render Pipeline ManagementInvest33
In-Camera VFX Environment AuthoringInvest32$132,500
MaterialX Shading Graph AuthoringInvest16
Mental RayMigrate13
2D RenderingMaintain11
Next Limit Maxwell RenderMaintain10
MariMaintain7
Neural Radiance Field (NeRF) Scene ReconstructionInvest6
Real-Time Rendering OptimizationInvest6
Autodesk VIZMigrate1
Digital TexturingMaintain1
EEVEEMonitor1
Maxon BodyPaint 3DMonitor1
Surface ReflectionMaintain1
Unreal Engine Cinematic ProductionInvest1
Aqsis RendererMigrate
Bunkspeed HyperDriveMigrate
GPU Path-Traced Rendering OptimizationInvest
Generative AI Texture SynthesisInvest
Indigo RendererMonitor
LuxCoreRenderMonitor
LuxrenderMigrate
NVDIA GelatoObsolete
Real-Time Foliage and Environment ScatteringMaintain
RealFlowMaintain
SplutterFish BrazilMigrate

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