Nuke Essential Training

Nuke is essential to a career in visual effects (VFX). Learn the essentials of 2D and 3D VFX compositing—including keying, tracking, rotoscoping, and rendering—in Nuke.

Introduction

• Get started with Nuke

1. The Nuke Interface

• Tour of the interface
• Use the Viewer: Part 1
• Use the Viewer: Part 2
• The Viewer playback controls
• The Timeline
• Project settings
• Build node trees
• Work with Properties panels
• Adjust node parameters
• Keyframe animation
• The Dope Sheet
• The Curve Editor
• A workflow demonstration: Part 1
• A workflow demonstration: Part 2

2. 2D Compositing

• An introduction to channels
• 2D Viewer wipe controls
• Transform images
• Corner pinning
• Reformat images
• Color correcting
• The Roto node: Part 1
• The Roto node: Part 2
• Rotoscoping
• Rotoscoping: Part 2
• Rotoscoping: Part 3
• Mask operations
• Change clip timing
• Merge images
• Composite multipass CGI
• ChromaKeyer basics
• Tracking basics

3. 3D Compositing

• Overview of 3D compositing
• The 3D Viewer
• Built-in geometric primitives
• Lights
• Cameras
• Learn how to make a 3D scene
• Transform geometry
• The Phong shader
• Material properties
• Project textures: Part 1
• Project textures: Part 2
• Camera projection
• Deform geometry
• Render 3D scenes: Part 1
• Render 3D scenes: Part 2

Conclusion

• Next steps