Day 1: UI Transplant
Interface overview, parity between Nuke and Shake UI
Node matching – translating Shake’s node names and interfaces to Nuke
Composite operators in Nuke
Color correction in Nuke
Caching and proxies
The curve editor

Day 2: Nuke-enhanced workflow
Working with color profiles
Multi-channel support, or why “I don’t need no stinkin’ mask input”
Nuke-native keyers
Working with expressions
Gizmos – Macros by any other name
Stereoscopic workflow

Day 3: Nuke’s 3D workspace
Fundamentals of Nuke’s 3D environment
3D navigation and the viewer
Cameras, lights, primitives and material properties
Image-based mesh displacement
Importing non-trivial meshes
Pan N Tile workflow

In addition to the sample content, course participants will receive a Nuke Quick Reference Guide (and possibly a bag of chips).

Dates for Los Angeles:
September 3-5 (Wed-Friday)
September 15-17 (Mon-Wed)

Cost: $850

About the instructor:
Damian Allen is president of Pixerati LLC, a Los Angeles-based visual effects design and consultancy corporation. He has designed and directed projects for Apple Inc., British Airways, Coca-Cola Amatil, Toshiba, Epson, Pfizer, Duran Duran, and several other multinational financial and telecommunications companies. Damian consults and lectures around the world on visual effects theory and technique, and is the author of three books on the subject, including The Encyclopedia of Visual Effects Techniques (Peachpit, 2007, ISBN: 0321303342).

About Pixerati LLC:
Pixerati is a high-end visual effects, 3D animation, and motion capture studio and consultancy firm, servicing Los Angeles and Orange Counties in California. For more information visit www.pixerati.com.