Nuke Utilities Volume 8 – Textures

You can have great footage under the pen – sometimes you just need a few extra details to give your comp the finishing touch. And so that we don’t all keep using Nuke’s own noise generator, this issue contains a small, fine collection of texture generators for Nuke.
Bright blue lightning bolt with multiple branches striking against dark black night sky background.

X_Tesla If you're currently working on the next dystopian streaming series or just like to let it rip, you'll love X Tesla by Xavier Martin. This beautiful gizmo generates a lightning bolt between two naturally animated points defined by the artist that would make Thor green with envy. In terms of adjustability, the tool is absolutely on a par with the competing product from a well-known plug-in manufacturer. Amplitude, number of spurs, frequency, glow, spread and much more can be customised, leaving nothing standing in the way of the next thunderstorm.

is.gd/x_tesla The link to the corner pin makes clean ups much easier. Grad Magic Next up is a real jack-of-all-trades - Grad Magic from Tony Lions. Grad stands for gradient. But anyone expecting just a colour gradient here is mistaken. When you open Grad Magic, you are immediately reminded of Nuke's Corner Pin Node: four dots can be moved through the picture to sample colours at their respective positions. Grad Magic thus creates a col...


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