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Digital Makeup in NUKE

by Alexander Eriksson

This course will teach you techniques for retouching skin imperfections and smoothing out skin in a similar fashion to traditional makeup, enabling you to perfect a model's face without re-shooting your footage. Software required: NUKE 10.

What you'll learn

The techniques used in this course will be used holding the highest standards and are the same you have seen the results of in big Hollywood film productions and fashion commercials. You'll make sure to keep photo realistic results, preserving lighting and the models real skin detail. In this course, Digital Makeup in NUKE, you'll learn techniques for retouching skin imperfections and smoothing out skin in a similar fashion to traditional makeup, enabling you to perfect a model's face without re-shooting your footage. First, you'll explore how to 2D track and how to work with camera grain. Next, you'll discover how to retouch imperfections and other problems areas. Then, you'll learn how to smooth out wrinkles and skin textures. Finally, you'll cover effective ways of integrating foreground and background images. By the end of this course, you'll know to easily remove skin imperfections, smooth wrinkles, and even know how to apply image elements. Software required: NUKE 10.

About the author

Alexander Eriksson is a Freelance Compositor and Digital Artist currently working for both feature film and high end commercial projects. His most recent work include films like "Man of Steel", "Gravity" and upcoming films "The Seventh Son" and "300: Rise of an Empire". He has also worked recently on commercials for Pepsi and BBC. Alexander has a background studying programming in C# and C++ but switched to digital arts after studying concept art and graphic design. After discovering visual effe... more

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