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NUKE compositing

...with Rob Nederhorst

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Introduction to NUKE Compositing 1

NUKE, short for "New Compositor", began as the in-house compositing and effects application at Digital Domain, where it won an Academy Award(R) for Technical Achievement. NUKE is built primarily for visual effects film work at a variety of element resolutions and color spaces, all within a floating point 2D and 3D environment. This lecture covers the essentials of working with film-based and CGI elements in a professional, extensible and fast compositing pipeline. Utilizing many techniques for speed and efficiency, NUKE is able to provide rich output results and ultimate customization for the user. In this DVD, Rob covers all the major aspects of NUKE and reveals many areas where the casual user would not have known to go at first glance. Rob also provides sensible approaches for how to lay a good foundation for proper compositing in your own projects.

sRGB and You(and NUKE)
Getting to Know NUKE's UI
Getting to Know NUKE's Workflow
Understanding the Nodes
NUKE's 3D System
Creating Working Composites
Keying with NUKE

01: sRGB and You (and Nuke)
02: The User Interface
03: Image Formats
04: UI Customization
05: Operators: Image
06: Operators: Time
07: Operators: Channel tools
08: Operators: Color operators
09: Operators: Drawing
10: Operators: Filters

(about 390 minutes)

Introduction to NUKE Compositing 2

01: Operators: Keyers
02: Operators: Merge Operations
03: Operators: 2D Transformations
04: Operators: 3D System
05: Operators: Additional Tools
06: Compositing Process with Nuke

NUKE Compositing in Production

In this DVD Rob examines a professional compositing job from an actual commercial production performed at Sway Studio. Using D2 Software's award-winning NUKE, this lecture explores complex systems and approaches for compositing workflows. Rob explains the use of Pan and Tile environments, where 2D images recreate a full 3D environment. All aspects of the compositing process are discussed, including professional methods for pulling keys from difficult greenscreen material. Rob goes over a few methods in meticulous detail for getting a clean key, even when faced with heavy motion blur and significant spill. This lecture provides a seldom-seen look inside the compositing process to aid the viewer's development as a professional compositor.

Professional Production Methods
Pan and Tile Explained
Primatte Keying Technique

Automated Lens Flare

01: A Full Production Composite Examined
02: Primatte Keying Techniques
03: Custom Key Creation
04: Pan and Tile Explained
05: Full 360 Degree Panoramic Setup
06: Fixing Pan and Tile Tiles With Paint
07: Integrating Camera Data into Pan and Tile
08: Compositing 3D With the Pan and Tile Background
09: Adding In a Lens Flare Using 3d Data
10: Script Optimization Techniques

(about 210 minutes)

This video was added to our catalog on November 04, 2005 in Digital Art - 3D::Compositing & Camera Techniques.

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