Working Outside The Box
⭐ From flickering lights to ultraviolet-keying, let's look at the VFX problems caused by – and the solutions dependent on – the world outside the human spectrum…
Nuke
Tutorials, tools, and content related to Nuke and compositing.
Combining Projections In Nuke
Get complete object coverage and avoid texture stretching by combining multiple projections together…
Compositing Smoke In Nuke
15 tips & tricks for compositing smoke in a realistic way…
(Un)Archiving Nuke Scripts
Best practices for (un)archiving Nuke scripts or packaging them up for sending to another vendor…
Advanced IBK Keying Techniques And Setups In Nuke
⭐ With these advanced techniques and setups, the IBK will become one of your most powerful allies when keying…
How To Calculate Reference Frames In Nuke
Choose your own reference frame for any animated transformations by using some basic maths…
Fresnel Reflections In Nuke
How to create more realistic reflections in Nuke…
How To Create A Sense Of Depth In Your Composite
⭐ An important part of your job as a compositor is to make 2D images look and feel real and three-dimensional to the audience. And to build believable composites you need to be able to recreate the sense of depth…
Deep Holdouts Using Geometry In Nuke
The DeepCrop node in Nuke is severely limited for isolating specific areas of your Deep render. Here is a more flexible technique…
3D To 2D Tracking In Nuke
How to create 2D tracks using a matchmove camera…
Motion Blur Masterclass For Compositors
⭐ A deep dive into how motion blur works, the way cameras operate in the real world, and advanced techniques for dealing with motion blur in Nuke…
Advanced Retime Artefacts Cleanup Technique In Nuke
Automatically reproject whole-number frames to paint over decimal frame retime artefacts…