Vector Tools for Nuke : Part 2: Tutorial
To complement last article about the Vector tools, I’m going to post 4 mini-tutorials to inspire possible uses for these Tools. […]
Vector Tools for Nuke : Part 1: The Math
I just published a suite of Vector tools on Nukepedia (Download and Quick description here). In this post I will to run the more nerdy of you through the math involved, in part 2 I will include mini-tutorials of example usage of these tools. […]
Nuke for Beginners: The Shuffle Node
People getting started with Nuke, even experienced Compositors coming from other software, often seem confused about the Shuffle Node. Prerequisite knowledge The first thing to understand, is that in Nuke you're not limited by 1 RGBA layer. You will sometime see the word Channel and Layer used interchangeably (example: Multichannel EXR), I prefer to use Channel [...]
Making your own Matchbox Shaders for Flame: an introduction to GLSL.
Until very recently, I thought making a Matchbox for Flame would be a long and painful task. I had looked into it a couple years ago when the documentation was very limited, and gave up without really giving it a chance. I looked into it again a couple of weeks ago, and discovered that I [...]
Adidas Superstar Originals
Adidas Superstar Originals, post-production and VFX at Fin Design+Effects in Shanghai and Sydney.
Nuke Tool – Rounded Rectangle + Tutorial
I was reading the excellent blog DoingThatWrong by Dan Sturm (who I don’t personally know) and saw his article about Rounded Rectangles. As I was reading the article and downloaded the tool, I wondered how I would have made a similar tool, and how to get around the limitations Dan is pointing out in his article. My [...]
CGStudioMap is back! Now Open-source.
Some of you may remember CGStudioMap, which used to be the most comprehensive database about CG studios around the world. It shut down a bit over a year ago, and it's been missed dearly by many. Some tried to imitate it, with more or less success, but now, the real thing is back. The Team [...]
Coca-Cola T-Rex
The first collaboration between MPC Shanghai, MPC London and MPC Bangalore. We created a full CG dinosaur, digital matte paintings and assembled it into this cool commercial in just a few short weeks. It was an interesting challenge to figure out the best workflow between 3 different locations in 3 different time zones. […]
HDR pack #2: Christmas lights and studio apartment
Here are 3 more HDRI for your lighting needs. They are full 360×180 degrees, 8K and 9.5K wide, .HDR format. Download for free below. […]
Nuke & Python: Making your first functional plugin: Node colors presets. Part 2/2
Last week I wrote about how to make your first little plugin for Nuke using Python. It was a good start but it was missing a few functions to be fully done. The biggest issue was that once a preset is created, you had no way to edit or delete it, without going to change [...]