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Tutorial of the Month – Nuke Expand Edges or how to get rid of outlines

Ok, here we go, another Keying Tip, which I have to use sometimes to enhance Edges. This is a nice trick especially when dealing with lower quality material, like DSRL greenscreens, where Edges often tend get jaggy or you end up having black or white outlines. So let’s start

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Nuke Tip of the Month – Even out Greenscreen

This is one of the tricks that comes in handy, whenever you have to deal with an unevenly lit green- or bluescreens, but it has to be said, that this is not a one click solution …it will just bring you closer to the desired result. First of all check out your material for the [...]

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Nuke Tip of the month

Finally the Nuke Tips are back, hell yeah ! It is a busy time, but I found some time to write a new article. Inspired by Steve Wrights’ Book “Digital Compositing for Film and Video” I want to show you how to create your custom despill Operation inside Nuke.

Nuke useful scripts, gizmos and so on

Well, I did work on my scripting skills and I really want to share it. This will be the start of a new series, that will be updated as often as I find time. All the scripts and gizmos I will share are production tested and found useful. Go on and read more

Nuke Render Script for MacOSX Terminal

UPDATE The Script is now for NUKE 5.1V3 the current Version of the compositing APP. Description: I have done a little Apple Script for rendering out Nuke scripts in the OSX terminal. Simply drag your script on the icon and it will start to render. Hope that one helps to make your work with Nuke [...]

Tut of the month: Nuke – Stereo3D inside Nuke

Hi,it has been a while since my last tutorial. I’m really busy at the moment but I couldn’t resist on testing the new stereo3D abilities in Nuke. And I was so impressed by the result, that I desided to write a short tutorial on how to create your own stereoscopic scene inside Nuke5. Take a [...]

Tutorials of the month: Nuke Customization

It is time to post a new tutorial, and this time I want to give you some tips on doing customization for a better workflow. As you probably know, Nuke is based on the programming language TCL, and with the help of some scripting knowledge you can easily set up some hotkeys or preferences. Now [...]

Tut of the month: Nuke – Stabilize using the Reconcile 3D Node

I got really good feedback especially on the Reconcile3D Tutorial, so I decided to continue this with another tip of the month. This time I want to use matchmoving data to stabilize my footage. So for the 3d matchmove I usually use Pftrack, which is simple and really solid. You can use whatever software you [...]

Tutorials of the month: Handy Nuke Tricks

This month I decided to show you some tips and tricks that will help you working with Nuke. So let’s start with a question I got yesterday pointed on the creation of a ramp: 1. How can I make a 2 colored ramp ? The answer is easy but a little bit weird. Instead of [...]

Tutorials of the month Nuke Reconcile 3D

So welcome to my first tutorial on Nuke. I hope I can continue this monthly, so that you will check this site regularly! Why have I chosen Nuke and why the Reconcile 3D node for my first tutorial ?? Well this is pretty easy to explain. Nuke is my favorite compositing tool, first because of [...]