Beginner's Guide to NUKE
In this series of NUKE tutorials, we will take an introductory look into NUKE and compositing so you can learn essential terms and definitions, and build a solid foundation in computer graphics. Software required: NUKE 6.2v1 and up.
What you'll learn
In this series of NUKE tutorials, we will take an introductory look into NUKE and compositing so you can learn essential terms and definitions and build a solid foundation in computer graphics. We will start off by covering what compositing is and what a node is. We will then take a look at reading images into NUKE so you learn how to begin work on your own projects. After that, you will learn to use the common nodes to build NUKE node graphs. And to wrap up the series of tutorials, we will go over how to write your projects out of NUKE to show the world what you have accomplished. This series of step-by-step videos were developed with artists new to NUKE in mind so we will be moving at a steady, easy-to-follow pace making sure you understand terms and basic techniques. Software required: NUKE 6.2v1 and up.
Table of contents
- What Is Nuke? What Is Compositing? 7m
- What Is a Node? 9m
- What Is a Node Property? What Is the Properties Bin? 6m
- Reading Images into NUKE and Project Settings 9m
- What Are Merging and Alphas? 7m
- How Do We Move Images in Our Frame? 5m
- What Is Rotoscoping? How Can I Create an Alpha? 8m
- What Is Color Correction? 7m
- Writing Images out of NUKE and Next Steps 8m
About the author
Along with creating and recording training, he also used to manage the support team and work closely with the production development team at Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. He began his career working freelance and quickly realized that he wanted to find a company where he could use his talents to help people succeed in the CG industry. Chris has likely watched more Pluralsight creative training than anyone on the planet, and its evidenced by his Einstein-sized brain and encyclopedic... more