Nuke 101: Professional Compositing and Visual Effects
Product ID: 87285330
This start-to-finish, complete guide to Nuke will give you the foundations on the state-of-the-art visual effects software used by professionals in the film and television industries. Along with the hard-won advice and techniques from expert compositor and teacher Ron Ganbar, each chapter covers a complete lesson in the fundamentals, with step-by-step instructions included so you can easily follow along and start using the program right away. The projects used throughout the book are based on real-world examples of professional productions and project files are included with each chapter so you can work through all the examples. After discovering how to use the tools and understanding the compositing workflow, you’ll learn about basic and advanced compositing techniques, color correction, RotoPaint, keying, and tracking, as well as more advanced topics such as CGI and the 3D engine. In addition, you’ll learn about: • Working with nodes and process trees • Using CGI passes in Nuke to control 3D render looks • Camera Tracking techniques to combine 2D and 3D elements • Camera Projection to turn a single frame into moving images • Gizmos and all about creating your own tools in Nuke • Stereoscopic compositing Ron Ganbar has been a compositor since 1996 and visual effects instructor since 2001. He currently works on a variety of projects as a gun for hire as compositor, consultant, VFX supervisor, and trainer. Ron was made a “Teacher’s Trainer” by Apple for Shake in 2005 and has written, taught, and evaluated courses for the National Film and Television School, Apple, Peachpit Press, Westminster University, and others. "As both a talented compositor (with years of in-the-trenches experience) and an excellent teacher, Ron Ganbar has the unique ability to make even the most difficult concepts crystal clear. If you want to get up and running with Nuke as quickly as possible then start by buying this book!" —Ron Brinkmann, author of The Art and Science of Digital Compositing Review: Awesome - This is great source of artist who want to become a good compositior Review: Four Stars - Good book for a beginner but for more insights I would recommend Digital Compositing with Nuke by Lee Lanier.
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 55 Reviews |
A**H
Awesome
This is great source of artist who want to become a good compositior
R**T
Four Stars
Good book for a beginner but for more insights I would recommend Digital Compositing with Nuke by Lee Lanier.
A**H
Good book
Great book
R**R
NUKE 101 Second Edition is an excellent book, hands down
NUKE 101 Second Edition is an excellent book, hands down. It covers everything from the beginner to the intermediate/advanced user including some of the most advanced operations NUKE and NUKE X have to offer. NUKE 101 Second Edition is clearly written, easy to follow and filled with tutorials that are based on scenarios that are commonly seen and created in film and vfx productions on a daily basis. Mr Ganbar has obviously great knowledge and passion for this art and it shows in this, his second edition of NUKE 101. NUKE 101 Second Edition will never be far from reach for both my continual training in one of the most complicated and amazing software programs I have ever used. I highly recommend it. Richard Turner
J**R
The Best Nuke Book Available
I use this book as a key textbook to each postgraduate visual effects students. This is the clearest and best written book if you want to learn Nuke (and I have assessed them all).
G**Y
Item received the day before the delivery date and that was awesome. All that is left now is to read ...
This item cane so fast that the delivery status still says "On the way" even though I am holding the book right now. Item received the day before the delivery date and that was awesome. All that is left now is to read and practice with this book and I am sure it will be great before I have to first addition. So let's get to it.
D**E
Nuke 101
Ottimo libro per chi vuole iniziare ad usare Nuke. Chiaro nelle spiegazioni. Consigliato
Y**F
Buen libro para comenzar
He comprado este libro con la intención de repasar ciertos aspectos básicos que aprendí en un curso hecho recientemente y me ha servido a la perfección para mi propósito. Aún siendo el libro de hace varios años, contando con que las versiones utilizadas pueden no coincidir y por esta razón haya cosas que varíen (localización de botones y herramientas), no es problema ya que en el libro se explican cosas que actualmente se utilizan en el día a día. Esto por un lado está bien, pero a mi gusto es tan básico, no profundiza en ningún apartado (cosa que entiendo porque sino se extendería bastante) y puede que si ya llevas un tiempo con el programa es posible que no aprendas nada nuevo. Con el libro se añade una carpeta de materiales por cada capitulo, cosa que se agradece para seguir las instrucciones desde que realizas la compra y no perder tiempo en buscar recursos adecuados para seguir el curso. El único pero que encontré, es que el último capitulo del libro, en el cual se utiliza la herramienta de texto del programa, no se puede realizar si posees una version non commercial del programa, ya que la misma utiliza un sistema de encriptado de textos. En definitiva, buena compra si vas a iniciarte o quieres refrescar alguna herramienta básica dentro del programa, como era mi caso.
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