Ben's Comp Newsletter: Issue 046
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Hey,
This week's newsletter contains a
bunch of technical knowledge.
Enjoy!
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Expression Node Collection.
Nuke's
Expression node can be super useful
when you know how to harness it's
power, although it often gets
overlooked by many Compositors.
Thankfully, Andrea
Geremia has put
together a collection of tools and
examples of what can be done using
the Expression Node (including
some inspired by yours
truly!).
While the Nukepedia page has a bunch
of examples, you should check
out the full tutorial on
Andrea's website for a more
in-depth look behind how these many
expressions are working.
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Back to Basics: Common errors when
creating a gizmo.
Creating
gizmos, no matter how simple, and
even if just for your own use, is a
good way to speed up the way you
work. Saving one or two clicks on
many tasks, on many shots adds up
over the course of a day! Although,
there are some things to keep in
mind when doing so.
I wrote a quick tutorial over on my
blog to run you through these
things!
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Particle Lighting in Nuke.
Let's
face it, particles in Nuke kind of
suck. You can do a lot with them,
although it takes way too much time
than we have in production to create
anything great. That's why I
appreciate presets like Jiacheng
Xu's Nuke
Particle Lightning
setup!
Check
out the demo
video
here.
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CG Cinematography Book.
Every
discipline of visual effects artist
should have an understanding of how
light works in the real world.
Especially in Compositing, having
both a scientific & creative
understanding of how light interacts
with everything in reality will aid
you in creating shots that are more
photorealistic.
Just
four weeks ago, Christophe
Brejon de
Lavergnée
released an amazing resource on CG
Cinematography -- an extensive book,
which you can read online for
free, which provides an
in-depth look at the theory and
principles Christophe has learned
spanning his 8-year career as
(primarily) a lighter working in
film & animation.
I encourage you to sit down and read
one chapter every day, and open your
mind to Christophe's
teachings!
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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 reply
to
this email, and I
will do my best to
include it in a
future issue of this
newsletter.
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Support on Patreon
Thankyou
to the following
supporters
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Adam Kelway
Adrian Winter
Anton Moss
Gary Kelly
Hugo's Desk
Julien Laperdrix
Kim
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Lee Watson
Michael Loithaler
Tiscar Coig
Vincent Desgrippes
William Towle
+ 2
others...
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