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Average Pay

Special Effects Artists and Animators

$99,800/yr
Across the U.S.

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Career Outlook
Special Effects Artists and Animators

BelowAverage

New job opportunities
are less likely
in the future.

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Typical Training

Special Effects Artists and Animators

Typical training
at entry is a

Bachelor's degree

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      Digital cameras
      • Panoramic digital cameras

      Graphics tablets
      • Digital paper

      Personal computers
      • Personal computers

      Pressure stylus
      • Digital pens

      Technology
      Computer aided design CAD software
      • AutoDesSys form Z
      • Autodesk 3ds Max Design
      • Autodesk Alias Design
      • Autodesk Alias Surface
      • Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D
      • solidThinking

      Configuration management software
      • Perforce Helix software

      Desktop publishing software
      • Adobe InDesign
      • QuarkXPress

      Development environment software
      • Adobe AIR
      • Adobe ActionScript
      • 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
      • ACD Systems Canvas
      • Ability Photopaint
      • Adobe Creative Cloud software
      • Adobe FreeHand MX
      • Adobe Illustrator
      • Adobe ImageReady
      • Adobe Photoshop
      • Ambient Design ArtRage
      • Apple DrawBerry
      • Aqsis Renderer
      • AutoQ3D
      • Autodesk Combustion
      • Autodesk Maya
      • Autodesk Mudbox
      • Autodesk SketchBook Pro
      • Autodesk SoftImage
      • 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
      • 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
      • NVDIA Gelato
      • Nevercenter Silo
      • NewTek Lightwave 3D
      • Next Limit Maxwell Render
      • NodeBox
      • Pixarra TwistedBrush
      • Pixelmator
      • Pixologic Zbrush
      • Quad Software Grome
      • RealFlow
      • Satori Paint
      • Serif DrawPlus
      • Side Effects Software Houdini
      • SideFX Houdini
      • 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
      • e-on software Vue
      • sK1

      Object or component oriented development software
      • C++
      • Object-oriented programming languages
      • Python
      • jQuery

      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
      • AJAX
      • Adobe Flex
      • 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

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