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Whether you're a novice compositor or a well-versed one moving over from After Effects or Shake, this is THE book for you to learn the ins and outs of the powerful compositing software, Nuke. In addition to covering all of the menus, buttons, and other software-specific topics, it also offers critical lessons in compositing theory, including working in 2.5D and stereoscopic 3D.
Through a tutorial-based approach, augmented by video footage and image files provided on the downloadable resources, this book will have you up and running in Nuke in just hours. The book features over 300 4-color images, industry insider sidebars, as well as an entire chapter dedicated to real-world Nuke case studies.
The downloadable resources files are available at http://www.focalpress.com/books/details/9780240820354/.
List of contents
Introduction, Chapter 1: Nuke Interface, Chapter 2: Transforming and Keyframing, Chapter 3: Bit Depths, Color Spaces, and Color Grading, Chapter 4: Alpha Mattes, Merging, and Rotoscoping, Chapter 5: Keying, Chapter 6: Manipulating Channels and Matching Artifacts, Chapter 7: Time Warping and Image Distortion, Chapter 8: Motion Tracking, Chapter 9: Working with 2.5D, 3D, and Stereoscopic 3D, Chapter 10: Optimization, Scripting, and New Techniques, Appendices, Index
About the author
Lanier, Lee
Summary
For novice compositors and veterans moving over from Shake or After Effects, this book is the essential guide for learning Nuke, the powerful, node-based compositing software and standard choice for the VFX industry. It provides a complete overview of the Nuke software, from an introduction to the user interface to more complex compositing tasks.
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"There really is Nuke and nothing else. Other products out there are dying or don't have a future. Nuke is really moving forward in a changing industry."--Lindsay Adams, lead compositor, Animal Logic, Sydney, Australia
