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Course content
A total of 73 videos are split into different sections that build on one another. All the videos will have logical naming and are numbered to make it easy to find exactly the ones you want to follow.
Chapter 1. Introduction to Nuke. Interface. Operating principles, formats and basic operations. Rotoscope. Tracking point and planar. Cleanup.
(7 lessons, 3h 37m total duration)
Nuke Fundamentals.
Rotoscoping organic motion using manual and planar tracking technics. Rules and Workflow.
Rotoscoping of fury dog.
2d motion tracking - different types of using.
Planar Tracking Behind Overlapping Objects.
Clean-up using Smart Vectors.
Typical beginner’s problems.
Chapter 2. Channels and layers. Operations with channels. Assembly of passes. Working with time.
(11 lessons, 2h 49m total duration)
Time Nodes - distorting time (slowing down, speeding up, reversing clips).
Time nodes - Tips and tricks for static shots.
Layers and channels - basics. Shuffle and Copy nodes.
Premult and Unpremult nodes. Working with different channels.
Working with Renderpasses. Rebuild beauty, Technical renderelements - AO, Normals.
STMap node and UV pass for remaping.
Depth Z pass. DOF and environment fog.
Types of motion blur. Motion vectors.
Shot finalizing. Grain, Chromatic Aberration, Lens Distortion, Light Wrap.
‘Effect only’ checkbox. Denoise node. And other important nodes for working with channels.
Conclusions.
Chapter 3. Color correction. Assembly of FULL CG shots.
(10 lessons, 3h 33m total duration)
Color management in Nuke. Basic color nodes.
Compositing - working with numbers. Rules and principles.
Comp of real shot. Live footage and cgi renders.
Full cgi shot compositing.
Working with color - tips and tricks.
Grain.
Color grading tools - pixel analizer, curvetool, scopes.
Grading of real shots.
OCIO and ACES color management inside Nuke.
Conclusions.
Chapter 4. Keying. Working with greenscreen. Advanced keying techniques.
(12 lessons, 3h 39m total duration)
Basics of Keying. Keyer node.
Keylight. Working with real shot.
Despill methods. Shot finalizing.
Expression node.
Keying of real shot using Primatte node.
IBK Gizmo and color nodes.
Real shot keying using different keyers. Keymix node.
Keying of problematic shot.
Complex method of keying with perfect rear.
Tips and tricks.
Rear and markers preparation for supervisors.
Markers removing techniques.
Chapter 5. 3D in Nuke. Working with geometry, cameras, projections, particles. 3d tracking (matchmove) in Nuke. Fundamentals of 3d shading. Model Builder. Cleanup based on 3D space in Nuke. 3d stabilization and relight.
(13 lessons, 3h 51m total duration)
Basics of 3D in Nuke.
Project3d node.
Camera tracking.
Using STmap for avoid blurring source.
Model Builder.
3d stabilization.
3d Relight. Position pass. PositionToPoint node.
How to bring 3d stuff and animation from 3ds max into Nuke.
Particles - basics.
Particles - dust in air.
Particles - trees population.
New USD 3d system.
Chapter 6. Features of Nuke Studio. Script optimization. Particles system. Basics of Scripting in Python. Creating your own nodes, gizmos. AI tools.
(12 lessons, 3h 3m total duration)
Toolsets. Working with examples and creating your own nodes.
Introducing to Nuke Python Scripting.
Adding new tools and Gizmos inside Nuke.
General Tips and Tricks how to work with Nuke scripts.
Working with heavy nodes.
Morphing and Warping using SplineWarp tool.
Grid Warp tool.
Grid Warp Tracker.
Nuke Studio.
AI tools. Training Networks to Replicate Effects. Creating Mattes Using CopyCat.
Upscaling and denoising with AI tools.
Chapter 7. Stereo compositing. Techniques for converting 2d images to 3d. Deep compositing.
(7 lessons, 3h 10m total duration)
Theoretical part of the stereo compositing.
What is “disparity” and “parallax”?
Matchmove in stereo.
Working on a real shot in stereo.
Techniques for converting 2d images to 3d.
What is deep composition? In what cases does it simplify tasks?
How to create deep passes correctly so that Nuke can work with them correctly?
Analysis of the main nodes for deep compositing.
Creation of a shot based on deep elements.
Using deep composition in projects.
Chapter 8. (Bonus, free for “Base” and “VIP” plan).
Techniques that help you create a nice demoreel, breakdown list, and resume.
How is the computer graphics market works? Where does the money come from?
Tips and recommendations how to sell yourself in the CGI market, how to develop further, where you can find customers.
Useful tips from the experience of teachers when working with large projects.
List of resources where you can search for jobs and projects.
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26 сен 2024
