Multi-Channel Compositing in NUKE
Pluralsight
Course Summary
In this series of lessons, we'll learn how to composite with the channels system inside The Foundry's compositing software, NUKE. Software required: NUKE 5.1.
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Course Description
In this series of lessons, we'll learn how to composite with the channels system inside The Foundry's compositing software, NUKE. We will start using a single multi-channel EXR file created in our 'Introduction to Channels in NUKE' course and finish with a composited render. We'll begin this course by learning how we can use the Merge node with a multi-channel pipeline. We'll then learn how we can isolate nodes such as color correct to only work on a single channel. After we merge our basic passes, we'll do some basic color correcting and masking. At this point, we'll learn how to use the Backdrop and Dot nodes to organize our node tree. After that, we'll add in the final passes and composite our render on top of a photograph while keeping our shadow. We'll then make final tweaks to our image and add a light wrap, erode, and grade node to make our two layers fit together better. This series of lessons will illustrate the basics of compositing a 3D render using the channel workflow inside of NUKE. For further information on creating and working with channels, check out our 'Introduction to Channels in NUKE' course. Software required: NUKE 5.1.
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Course Syllabus
Introduction and Project Overview- 1m 19s
—Introduction and Project Overview 1m 19sMulti-channel Compositing in NUKE- 1h 10m
—Overview of Channels and the Exr File 2m 49s
—Compositing the Indirect Lighting and Reflection Passes 5m 53s
—Color Correcting Specific Channels to Fix Issues 6m 18s
—Using Hue Shift to Change the Color of the Car 4m 1s
—Using Bezier Nodes to Mask the Hue Shift 4m 32s
—Organizing Our Node Tree with Backdrop and Dot Nodes 7m 13s
—Adding the Refraction and Shadow Channels 6m 14s
—Merging the Mustang with the Backdrop 7m 6s
—Combining Alpha Channels to Add the Shadow Alpha 4m 24s
—Adding a Lightwrap to Ground the Mustang 5m 35s
—Using an Erode to Fix the Black Outline 5m 10s
—Using a Grade to Match the Background White and Black 6m 4s
—Evaluating Our Composite and Tweaking Certain Areas 5m 30s