Introduction The expression node in nuke is a bit of a mystery for most people, but it's incredibly powerful. Often its used for patching data passes with simple if/else statements, but here we'll go from first principles, work up to some long forgotten high school maths to do some silly tricks, and finally put it all together to understand how a P_matte ...

The original version of this article can be viewed here As a compositor, one of our daily tasks is to integrate plates of elements (dust, smoke, fire, water etc.) into our shots. Rarely do we get plates that were filmed specifically for the exact shot we are working on, so we rely on libraries of pre-filmed (stock) elements. The problem No matter ...

Introduction In this article for today, we will see step by step way how I have created one of the iconic shots for movie The Admiral / Michiel de Ruyter. The entire shot creation took 2 weeks. I have not been given any instructions nor boundaries by ProgressiveFX for which I have created the shot, so I could really unleash my imagination ...

Das Element We talk to Jonas Kluger, creator of Das Element Jonas Kluger is the author of “Das Element”, an element library manager specifically targeted toward VFX. Intro It is obvious that you put a lot of thought, know-how and experience into “das element”. Can you tell us a little bit about your background and your industry experience ...