VFX Compositing with Nuke: The Complete 2D Edition

VFX Compositing with Nuke: The Complete 2D Edition, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 4.7, with 31 lectures, 5 quizzes, based on 313 reviews, and has 1713 subscribers.

You will learn about Know what, when and how to do simple to advanced compositing in Nuke Know how to use The Foundry Nuke for simple to advanced compositing of 2D live-action shots Apply basic and advanced techniques in 2D compositing Know the tricks and cheats in optimizing Nuke scripts and your workflow This course is ideal for individuals who are Film students and graduates interested in visual effects post-production or Professionals from other industries looking to try some visual effects shots or Aspiring or new filmmakers working on their own visual effects film or Visual effects professionals who need to refresh their skills and have been out of the industry for a while or Students of my other VFX courses who want to enhance their skillset in visual effects or NOT for seasoned visual effects professionals who are currently in the industry It is particularly useful for Film students and graduates interested in visual effects post-production or Professionals from other industries looking to try some visual effects shots or Aspiring or new filmmakers working on their own visual effects film or Visual effects professionals who need to refresh their skills and have been out of the industry for a while or Students of my other VFX courses who want to enhance their skillset in visual effects or NOT for seasoned visual effects professionals who are currently in the industry.

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Summary

Title: VFX Compositing with Nuke: The Complete 2D Edition

Price: $59.99

Average Rating: 4.7

Number of Lectures: 31

Number of Quizzes: 5

Number of Published Lectures: 31

Number of Published Quizzes: 5

Number of Curriculum Items: 37

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 37

Original Price: $74.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Know what, when and how to do simple to advanced compositing in Nuke
Know how to use The Foundry Nuke for simple to advanced compositing of 2D live-action shots
Apply basic and advanced techniques in 2D compositing
Know the tricks and cheats in optimizing Nuke scripts and your workflow

Who Should Attend

Film students and graduates interested in visual effects post-production
Professionals from other industries looking to try some visual effects shots
Aspiring or new filmmakers working on their own visual effects film
Visual effects professionals who need to refresh their skills and have been out of the industry for a while
Students of my other VFX courses who want to enhance their skillset in visual effects
NOT for seasoned visual effects professionals who are currently in the industry

Target Audiences

Film students and graduates interested in visual effects post-production
Professionals from other industries looking to try some visual effects shots
Aspiring or new filmmakers working on their own visual effects film
Visual effects professionals who need to refresh their skills and have been out of the industry for a while
Students of my other VFX courses who want to enhance their skillset in visual effects
NOT for seasoned visual effects professionals who are currently in the industry

If you want to learn how to use industry-standard software, Nuke, to create fancy visual effects (VFX) shots, then you’re looking at the right course. This course will reveal the tips, tricks and applications of compositing in post-production visual effects – one of the final steps to finishing and executing any visual effects shot.

Learn How to use Industry-Standard Softwarelike a Professional.

Part 1 of a 2-part Nuke series using real live-action films as test shots for this course, learn by actually working on shots while following the course as a step-by-step guide to proper and professional compositing.

Why This Course?

Taught by a real professional in the visual effects and film industry who worked on actual Hollywood blockbusters
Step-by-step guide with practical and hands-on live-action shots to work on
Insights and know-hows that would save you time and money when working on your own visual effects shot
Major part of a series of other more advanced visual effects tricks, tips and methods
Includes up-to-date information and lessons on new additions and tools from The Foundry
Networking and open collaboration opportunities with instructor and students

Use the Tools that the 80% of the Pros Use in the Visual Effects Industry.

You will Learn How:

Compositing is applied in film and television
To do realistic compositing
To use Nuke for 2D composting in live-action films
To apply basic and advanced 2D compositing techniques and tricks
To apply effective and smart techniques of doing compositing

The best part about this course is that it’s going to cover all that you need to know about compositing in only the time that is necessary to get the lessons across – unlike those 15-hour courses where most lessons simply just go on forever, or exist for no reason.

If you are truly serious about learning how Nuke is used beyond the classroom, in a real-world setting similar to the studios, then this is the right course for you.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Compositing Basics

Lecture 1: Who am I and Who are you?

Lecture 2: What is Compositing?

Lecture 3: This is Compositing

Lecture 4: Software for Compositing

Lecture 5: Moving from After Effects to Nuke

Chapter 2: Getting Comfortable with Nuke

Lecture 1: Interface Basics

Lecture 2: Nodes not Layers

Lecture 3: Tabs, Panels, Windows

Lecture 4: Categories of Nodes

Lecture 5: Nuke's Capabilities

Chapter 3: 2D Compositing in Nuke

Lecture 1: Basic Compositing

Lecture 2: Green Screen, Primatte & Ultimatte

Lecture 3: Refining Mattes

Lecture 4: Shuffle, Copy, Premult

Lecture 5: Color Correction

Lecture 6: 2D Tracking in Nuke

Lecture 7: Set Extension (Part 1)

Lecture 8: Set Extension (Part 2)

Lecture 9: Creating & Matching Shadows

Lecture 10: Grain

Lecture 11: Log vs. Linear Images

Lecture 12: Rendering & Render Formats

Lecture 13: SHOT TRYOUT: Composite this!

Chapter 4: Shortcuts & Tips in Nuke

Lecture 1: Postage Stamp

Lecture 2: Groups and Backdrops

Lecture 3: Efficiency Hacks

Chapter 5: Compositing Summary

Lecture 1: Compositing Best Practices

Lecture 2: The War between After Effects & Nuke

Lecture 3: The Thing about Compositing

Lecture 4: Stay Tuned for More!

Chapter 6: BONUS

Lecture 1: Bonus Lecture

Instructors

Vicki Lau
Multi-Hyphenate Artist, VFX Pro, TEDx Speaker, Author

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 6 votes
2 stars: 3 votes
3 stars: 39 votes
4 stars: 107 votes
5 stars: 158 votes

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