Intermediate Nuke
Taught by Sean Devereaux
- Course Number:
- NUK204
- Software Version:
- 6
- Original Run Date:
- January 2010
- Duration:
- 7 hours 40 minutes
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Deveraux is our lead Nuke professor at fxphd. He has been using Nuke since 2000, working as a compositor at Digital Domain on Hollywood blockbusters such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas, I, Robot, and Star Trek: Nemesis. Using a variety of compositing packages, his freelance work has taken him to ILM (Transformers), Hydraulx (Rise of the Silver Surfer), and others.
course syllabus
Class 1
An in-depth look at Nuke 6's RotoPaint tool, covering everything from soup to nuts.
Class 2
Inside NukeX's Camera Tracker and Lens Distortion tools and how to use the data they collect in production.
Class 3
Fun with Gizmo's! We'll create and customize a "film look" gizmo, learn a little python and even customize nuke's menus and toolbars!
Class 4
A two part lesson on keying in nuke with a difficult shot. This lesson focuses on keylight and the mind set when approaching a difficult key. Part two will final the composite and go through assembling a key from multiple keyers.
Class 5
Part two of our multi layered keying lesson. This lesson goes beyond theory and into practical production problem solving to final an above average difficulty shot.
Class 6
Multi-pass compositing! The joys of controlling just about everything in the comp and how to maintain all those extra channels and layers properly and efficiently.
Class 7
Multi-Multi-pass compositing! Way beyond just diffuse, reflection and specular passes. Full relighting and retexturing in nuke using normals and uv passes.
Class 8
Super Pan N Tile Setup: Feature film level quality tiles supplied and ready for your imagination. This is a massive 18 tile, 300 degree, multi tiered system that will wow your friends and influence your employers.
Class 9
Matte Painting 3D Extraction: How to bring life into you static, placid and all around flat image.
Class 10
Final touches, grain matching and tips tricks featuring The Foundry's Furnace Core!