Ben's Comp Newsletter: Issue 034
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Hey,
After months of tireless work behind the
scenes, my Python
for Nuke 101 course kicked off
this morning for people who pre-ordered it,
and also for existing Patreon
supporters. If you missed out, it's not too
late to sign up!
This issue of Ben's Comp Newsletter shines a
light on Falk Hofmann, and
some of the incredibly inventive tools he's
coming up with!
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FALK HOFMANN //
Compositing Supervisor
"I am Falk Hofmann and a
compositor for roughly a decade. Since a
couple of years also TD and recently I
joined RISE FX | Berlin as Compositing
Supervisor. Besides that, I like to play
around with my Raspberry Pies, occasionally
writing Android apps and be outside in the
garden. A personal aim is to bring these
three together and enjoy them all at
once."
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Node Linker
If you've been reading Ben's Comp
Newsletter for a while, you may have
seen my node instancer tool from Issue
026.
I recently discovered that Falk
had already taken this concept
and done so much more with it!
"Instancing", or linking copies of nodes
is a great idea, as you're only reading
in & processing that same data once.
Subsequently, you also save time when
updating renders to a newer version, as
you only have to update one Read node
vs. many scattered throughout your Nuke
script!
Check out the demo
video to see more.
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Align Motion
As demonstrated in the GIF above, this tool
is an incredibly creative and intuitive way
to align nodes in Nuke's node
graph. Check out the demo
video to see this tool in
action.
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Camera Shaker
Another cool idea from
Falk: a focal-length-aware
camera shake tool, which utilizes animation
curves based on tracking real-world plates.
I really appreciate the real-time preview in
the GUI, as you are able to quickly get an
idea of the characteristics of each camera
shake, and can assess if it will work for
your shot or not.
Check out the demo
video here.
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High Dynamic Range: Preparing for
Cinematic Change
As Falk demonstrates, there
are some incredibly savvy people in the
entertainment industry who are pushing the
boundaries of what we're creating, and how
we're creating it.
I've been wanting to share this talk by
Michael Cioni and
Aaron Kroger for a while.
They outline how the industry is changing
& adapting to new HDR
standards in both new technologies and
improved workflows, and provide easily
digestible technical information to
demonstrate how we work now, and how we'll
be working when HDR workflows become the
norm.
It's a brief, but great look into one of the
many directions our industry will inevitably
travel in the near future.
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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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