Hey guys,

Output_Pipe Gizmo: (in case you want to organize your scripts in a similar way)
Output_Pipe_v01_

Here is the script I was using so you can review:
06 3d Camera Projections_ALY_v06_forWeb.nk

Here I reproduce video-copilots “3d compositing” tutorial # 6 in nuke. I am using card3d’s instead of regular cards.  Here are some Spark Notes on the video:

Recap, Things to Remember

1.) use card3d instead of card where you can – renders a lot faster (no scanline renderer)

2.) The uniform scale of the card expression is:

.49152*-translate.z

3.) use an axis node to control the cameras pivot

4.) premult the depth from the card3d by the alpha

5.) set merges to “also merge” the depth channel, to layer the depths

6.) us the focal plane setup in the zblur and animate the focus plane,
depth of field and maximum for a shift focus

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In the “Uniform Scale” of Card or Card3d:

Type this Expression:

(Camera1.haperture/Camera1.focal)*-translate.z

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The Default Settings of a camera in Nuke are always the same,
even when the project settings global format changes.
The cameras h-aperture and focal length are always:

h-aperture: 24.576

focal lenght: 50

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The first part of the equation gets simplified by us since it is
always the default and only changes if we import the camera
or change it ourselves.  Therefore the new equation is:

0.49152*-translate.z

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Took a little bit to figure some of this out, I can probably say it’s easier to do this tut in AE, but then again there is a lot of power coming out of the card system in nuke.  At least you can reproduce the results! To each his own.  I really hope you guys can use this info, especially the equation!

Cheers,

Tony Lyons

Demonstrating how to do camera shake inside of Nuke, as well as Introducing my Motion Tile Gizmo.  I really enjoyed making this one because of the problem with having no motion tile option in nuke, then problem solving the best way I could.  I think that this tutorial is a great example of why I started this series, to bridge the gap between AE and Nuke and to come up with clever solutions to problems like missing tools.

You can find the video footage I was using here:

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/camera_shake_with_wiggler/

Download the Motion Tile Gizmo:
Motion_Tile_v01

Thanks so much for watching!  If you have any questions you can leave a comment or email me at CreativeLyons@gmail.com.

Cheers,

Tony Lyons

AE to Nuke: 03 Old Film Look

Here I’m covering how to do the Old Film look Effect in Nuke, using elements from VideoCopilot.net as a guide.

You can get the elements for this tutorial, or watch it for AE here:
http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorials/old_film_look/

Here is a link to the Nuke script I used, which you’ll just have to download those .mov files and hook them up to get the full result:

AEtoNuke Old Film look nk script

Thanks for watching, more to come!

Tony Lyons

A quick overview of bugs Nuke has with .mov files, and how to work around them if you must use them.

It is always a better choice to convert to an image sequence.  Read nodes will get bogged down when rendering because the .mov reads can only be single threaded, where as an img sequence can use multiple threads when rendering, making speeds much faster.

brief overview:

1.) hide the postage stamps on the reads of .mov files if nuke is crashing and freaking out
2.) when rendering, if you receive a .tmp error and runs through the timeline without rendering anything, try checking “render in background”
3.) use img sequences in nuke when you can

Best,

Tony Lyons