I just released a new course, and best of all, it’s free! Check out The Math of Comp here: https://learn.benmcewan.com/math_of_comp This course aims to share knowledge that will deepen your technical understanding of Nuke in an easily digestible way,...

I’m excited to announce that I have just released a new course, aimed at introducing Compositors to GitHub! If you are unfamiliar, Git is a powerful version control system, which supports the backbone of most modern VFX pipelines. Compositors like yo...

Compositing CG renders into a plate with a rack focus can sometimes be tricky to get right. However, your defocus has to match perfectly, otherwise the illusion falls apart! Manually creating keyframes and adjusting curve slopes can be a bit cumberso...

Jedediah Smith has been burning it at both ends in VFX for 10 years. He’s worked as a Compositor, a VFX Supervisor and many roles in between. Self-taught since his origins in the wilderness of Alaska, he has a massive fascination for the intersection...

Nuke’s merge node has 30 operations, and finding a Compositor who has utilized them all would be a difficult task. However, I want to shed some light on two merge operations that are incredibly useful, and don’t get as much love as they should. The m...

Nuke scripts often start out as well-intentioned, clutterless masterpieces that even Marie Kondo would be proud of. However, endless revisions and client notes in the heat of a deadline often cause tidy Nuke scripts to unravel into unintelligible, sl...

Josh Parks is a Senior Compositor at Important Looking Pirates. He’s worked in Film, TV and Advertising. Since starting in the industry, alongside compositing, Josh has been privately coaching students to VFX supervisors, as well as lecturing at univ...