Making 3D Lightning in Nuke using Blinkscript.

When Foundry introduced Blinkscript for Nuke, I thought there would be an explosion of new tools being created by the community, in the way that Matchbox did for Flame. While a few select users embraced it, the learning curve is a bit steep, and the learning resources scarce. Many compositors have asked me to write [...]

By |2020-01-25T06:59:58+00:00January 25th, 2020|Nuke, Tutorials|12 Comments

Make a custom advanced Keyer using STMap.

Even though it’s the compositor’s bread and butter, Keying can still be a particularly painful subject. I’ve been pulling keys for over a decade, yet it is often scarier than comping a full CG realistic shots with projected matte paintings and volumetric smoke. One can never have too many tools on their belt for pulling [...]

By |2023-06-11T18:53:14+00:00June 24th, 2019|Nuke, Tutorials|20 Comments

Playing with Higx PointRender

For the very few of you who have missed it, the talented Mads Hagbarth recently released his Higx PointRender. While the tool is not free, it’s pretty affordable compared to what some others might charge for tools that can accomplish this much. There are a few video tutorials on the official website, plus some experiments on [...]

By |2019-05-15T02:54:34+00:00May 13th, 2019|Nuke, Tutorials|5 Comments

Level up your Python game

This post if for the artists who have been dipping their toes in the water of Python development and are considering taking it to the next level. We will cover some of the points that differ between an artist/amateur level of development and an entry TD level.  I’m covering quite a few subjects in this [...]

By |2018-09-14T04:06:37+00:00September 12th, 2018|General, Python, Tutorials|1 Comment
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