Nuke 101 : professional compositing and visual effects / Ron Ganbar.

By:

Ganbar, Ron [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: San Francisco : Peachpit Press, 2014.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: p. cmISBN:

9780321984128 (pbk.)
0321984129 (pbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

700.72 GAN

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	Clonmel Library Main Collection	778.53 GAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		30026000070168
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	778.53 GAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	2	Available		39002100469197

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

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, colour 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

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

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Ron Ganbar has been a compositor since 1996 and visual effects instructor since 2001. He currently works with Crew972 animation studio (www.crew972.com)., whose client list includes The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers Animation, Electronic Arts and Aardman Animations. Ron has been a compositor since 1996 and a compositing and vfx teacher since 2001. 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.