Practical Use Cases For All The Merge Operations In Nuke
⭐ A deep dive into the merge operations of the Merge, ChannelMerge, MergeExpression, and PSDMerge nodes…
⭐ A deep dive into the merge operations of the Merge, ChannelMerge, MergeExpression, and PSDMerge nodes…
This is a Companions Exclusive Guide
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The topic of this guide was suggested by a member of our Companions community:
“A deep-dive into all the different Merge- and ChannelMerge-operations - with a focus on when/why to use which, using typical real-world-examples and best-practices.“
– And, we’ll even go a step further:
In addition to the Merge and ChannelMerge nodes, we’ll also take a close look at the MergeExpression and PSDMerge nodes to fill the gaps in our knowledge and solidify our understanding of merging and merge operations (a.k.a. blend modes).
Here’s a quick overview of what we’ll be covering:
First, we’ll take a look at each of the 30 different merge operations (i.e. compositing algorithms/blend modes) of the Merge node.
We’ll go through how they work, and show plenty of examples of what they can be used for when compositing.
The merge operations of the Merge node.
Next, we’ll take a look at each of the ChannelMerge node’s 14 different merge operations, explaining how each of them work and how they can be used in real-world compositing scenarios:
The merge operations of the ChannelMerge node.
Then, we’ll look at the MergeExpression node, which essentially has no limit to the number of merge operations that you can create. And, we’ll go through how you can make your own custom merge operations that are fine-tuned exactly for your purposes, with practical examples, using this node.
And finally, we’ll dive into the PSDMerge node, which has 25 different merge operations, and take a look at how it all works under the hood:
The merge operations of the PSDMerge node.
The various merge operations in these four nodes can be used to create all kinds of effects, but most compositors only know how to use a few of them.
This guide will empower you to use all of the merge operations in your compositing workflow – step by step building a deeper and deeper knowledge of compositing, with tons of detailed tips, tricks, and practical examples along the way.
You will, without a shadow of a doubt in my mind, take your compositing skills and understanding of the craft to the next level with this guide.
