Introduction to Nuke: Learning the Basics | Nuke Tutorial

Introduction to Nuke: Learning the Basics | Nuke Tutorial

August 26, 2021
ActionVFX Staff

Learn Nuke's user interface and the basics of node-based compositing in Nuke.

Nuke is considered the industry standard for compositing and professional visual effects work, and there's no better time than now to begin learning!

In this tutorial, we're going to give you an introduction to Nuke, node compositing, and more basics that you need to know.

This tutorial covers:

  • What is Nuke? (Node-based vs layer-based compositing)
  • Nuke's user interface
  • How to import (Read) footage in Nuke
  • How to use nodes in Nuke
  • How to export footage in Nuke

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