Integrating Titles into Footage in NUKE
In this series of tutorials, we'll learn how to composite a text title into background footage. Software required: NUKE 6.1 and up.
What you'll learn
In this series of tutorials, we'll learn how to composite a text title into background footage. This is a common task for show openers or to add extra information into your shot. We'll begin the tutorials by importing our background plate and creating the text we'll integrate. Then we'll track the footage and attach our text. We'll then learn how to combine various nodes to make our text look more three dimensional. Then we'll take elements from our background and layer them into our text to create the illusion that the text is in the scene. We'll finish by doing a quick color correction to complete our shot! Software required: NUKE 6.1 and up.
Table of contents
- Importing and Setting up Our Composition and Text 4m
- Tracking Our Plate Movement and Adding It to Our Text 5m
- Creating a 3D Lighting Effect Using a Subtle Emboss 7m
- Creating a Drop Shadow Using Transform and Blur Nodes 5m
- Using a Luma Keyer to Isolate Our Plate Shadows for Layering 7m
- Creating Static Shadows Using Our Tracker and a Roto Node 9m
- Rotoscoping Our Arm Shadows 7m
- Rotoscoping Our Body Shadows 5m
- Filling in Our Shadows with Color Corrected Text 7m
- Color Correcting Our Background for Increased Contrast 5m
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