Hasta La Motion!

I’ve already encountered two mistakes in chapter 2 and one I can’t get past. Basically I have 3 files being read into merge and write/viewer, but one of the files is an RGB that only has info in the r channel.

According to the book, when I enter R into the R,G,B and A channels inside the shuffle node this should allow me to take the info from red channel and force into the alpha channel. (Since the original mask file doesn’t have an alpha, and only has info in R, not G or B).

I need this to work as it’s a part of the mask I need to finish the composite but after following the instructions (listed above) and trying some things on my own, nothing happens.

Yes, this read file and shuffle are plugged into merge->write-> read->

:thanks: in advance!

In this series of lessons we’ll learn how to combine depth maps to create correct layering between two renders. This allows us to split out scenes into multiple render layers while keeping the correct pixels on top.

We’ll begin by taking a look at what is depth-based compositing or layering and why we would want to use it. Then we’ll learn about some of the downsides of using this technique. We’ll then dive in to Nuke and create a matte for our foreground layer using it’s depth map and the background depth map. We’ll then learn how to work with depth maps including combining maps from different scene scales, using depth-based layering to fix interpenetration issues and making depth maps human readable and error-free.

1. Introduction and Project Overview

3. Basic depth compositing in Nuke

5. Fixing interpenetration issues with depth compositing

2. What is Depth-based Compositing?

4. Dealing with different depth scales and values

6. Tone mapping and fixing incorrect depth image

please helpme….

I am transiting from AE to Nuke however i am having some dificulties fully understanding the merge nodes in Nuke.

I know this have been answered couple times now i guess however i couldn’t find anything while comparing it to the layers (specificly for the merge nodes)

… its a bit confusing for me atm working with more than 2 or 3 merges- any tips?

Thanks allot

However past the yeas andrew kramer at videocopilot.net helped allot by showing tutorials how to do awesome movie effects using AE with step by step tutorial..

So my question is is there andrew kramer for nuke :P? All i have found are eaither very simple or very complicated tutorials- actually techniques where do not show you the full effect ..

i look for some effects like this
creating explosion
replicating the mumia face
hitting a man with car
shooting
duplicating more people on one scene
time freeze
jedi fight
etc etc..

– these are all old and somehow basic stuff but however these kind of tutorials should move us to a whole diferent level in nuke for us the newbies

So i hope there is some rich resource for nuke as well.

Cause watchig tutorials like that you get the grasp of the concepts and ideas howto work on that platform, much faster, better and more fun ofc.

thanks allot!