Nuke UtilitiesVolume 6 – Keying

Admittedly, if you look at the keyers that are included with Nuke out of the box, it’s a who’s who of clipping tools: Primatte, Ultimatte, Keylight & IBK, plus Luma, Difference & Co. However, as everyday working life throws all kinds of challenges at us, there are also some clever little helpers that we want to take a look at here.

By the way, all the footage is from my workshop on Nuke at FXPhd(www.fxphd.com)- and if you enter the code "DPFXPHD20" by the end of January 2024, you can get your membership for 20 per cent less - and of course there are many more great tutorials! Always a balancing act, especially with blonde hair ...good spill suppression PxF - Kill Spill When it comes to pulling a key, Nuke provides you with a whole cornucopia of tools. When it comes to editing the corresponding fill, however, things get pretty meagre. The Hue Correct Node is the closest thing to a proper despill tool, but it's anything but intuitive. However, as is so often the case, the community has responded and there is a large, colourful bouquet of gizmos that can take over the tasks. In the last issue we already looked at "Despill to Colour", today we're looking at "PxF Kill Spill" from the Pixelfudger Suite by Xavier Bourque. This is not only characterised by a really clear, simple interface, but above all by a tutorial tha...


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