VFX/Computer Animation studios are made up of many different departments, each specializing in a specific task. For instance, most studios have modelers, riggers, animators and lighters. Large studios will have even more departments like layout, fx, matchmove, compositing, etc. The way that data is passed between these departments is called the "pipeline". My job is to write and support tools that help these artists in their daily tasks, and to make sure that these departments can work together efficiently.