Ben's Comp Newsletter: Issue 030
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Hey,
I'm nearing the end of crunch time on my
current project at work, and can't wait to
share a new project with you soon! In the
meantime, I hope you'll find the contents of
this newsletter issue as helpful as I
do!
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JOÃO SITA // VFX
Supervisor
João is one of those rare
people who is the trio of super talented,
humble & incredibly inspiring all at the
same time. His long and diverse career in
VFX spans a variety of Commercials, TV and
Film projects, and has taken him from his
home country in Brazil, all the way to
Canada, where he now works at Framestore
Montréal.
I had the pleasure of working with João at
Image
Engine, where he shared some
valuable lessons, and helped me along my
never-ending journey towards becoming a
better artist. He was gracious enough to
share an insightful interview with me, which
I'm excited to share with you!
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Script Cleanup
One
of the more annoying tasks Compositors
have to face is cleaning up and
converting their Nuke scripts into a
stereo-friendly version. Simon
Jokuschies, the man behind Cragl VFX
Tools, made this useful tool
that helps you find and delete any nodes
that aren't contributing to the output
of your Write node.
Check
out the demo video here.
In addition to this, there's a simple 3-line
Python script you can run in Nuke's
Script Editor that will find
& delete any disabled nodes:
for i in nuke.allNodes():
if i.knob('disable').value() == 1:
nuke.delete(i)
(If you use this snippet, I recommend
typing it out yourself rather than
copy/pasting, as it's far more likely to
stick in your brain!)
These two things have also saved my sanity
after inheriting messy Nuke scripts from
other artists!
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Autolife
It boggles my mind that some Compositors
still drag unused rotoshapes outside the
working format & let them sit there not
doing anything. Setting the lifetime
parameter on all rotoshapes & paint
strokes will ensure Nuke only processes them
when needed, and subsequently speeds up your
Nuke script!
This tool, originally created by
Dylan Palmboom and
updated by Johannes
Masanz, offers an easy way to
set a rotoshape's lifetime to the range
between the first and the last keyframe of
each shape, with a keyboard shortcut
(Alt+L)!
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The Learning Curve - Chasing Stars
I scrolled past this article on LinkedIn
last week, found it quite inspiring,
and immediately wanted to share it with
you!
Xavier
Martín writes about his thought
process behind "learning & adapting
to new technologies", and how that
translates to a tradition of pushing his
own boundaries and creating a new CG
Sun every year.
If you only take one thing away from this
newsletter issue, make it this.
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Did you find this
newsletter informative?
Have you created, or do
you know of any
outstanding
Gizmos, Python
Scripts or Tutorials
that you would like to
share with the global
Compositing community?
Please send
me an
email, and I
will do my best to
include it in a future
issue of this
newsletter.
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