Getting Started with NUKE 5
In this series of lessons, we'll learn how to get started using The Foundry's compositing software NUKE. Software required: NUKE.
What you'll learn
In this series of lessons, we'll learn how to get started using The Foundry's compositing software NUKE. Using NUKE we can composite and create visual effects using a node-based pipeline which allows us to keep our composition flexible and editable at any point. We'll begin this project by learning the basics of reading-in external images and learning the various parts of the NUKE user interface. Then we'll do some basic compositing, masking, transforming, and color correction. We'll finish with a project to composite a 3D render and create an animated transition and finally render it into an image sequence. This series of lessons will cover the basic, everyday tools and techniques we use in NUKE to composite. With this basic overview of NUKE's workflows and tools, you will be able to begin using this powerful compositing software in your own production pipeline. Software required: NUKE.
Table of contents
- User Interface Basics and Reading Images into NUKE 6m
- Using the Merge Node to Composite Two Nodes Together 7m
- Using the Bezier Node to Mask the Effect of a Node 8m
- Using the Transform Node to Move Nodes in NUKE 7m
- Basic Color Correction Using the Colorcorrect Node 10m
- Using Merge Operations to Composite a 3D Render 5m
- Using a Constant Node to Mask a Merge Node and Proper Settings 9m
- Getting Started with Animation in NUKE 8m
- Rendering Images Out of NUKE 7m
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