Building a Custom Flare Tool in NUKE
In this NUKE tutorial, we'll learn how to create and use a powerful lens flare tool based on my popular FlareFactory tool. We'll be using traditional gizmo techniques as well as more advanced python coding. Software required: Nuke 8.0v5.
What you'll learn
In this NUKE tutorial, we'll learn how to create and use a powerful lens flare tool based on my popular FlareFactory tool. We'll be using traditional gizmo techniques as well as more advanced python coding. By the end of this NUKE training, you'll not only know how to create a tool of this type, but will be given a production ready flare tool with a handful of presets that I've used before on many commercial and feature productions! Software required: Nuke 8.0v5.
Table of contents
- Project Overview and Tool Goals 10m
- How the Basic Flare Node Works 12m
- Importance of Gathering Good Reference 11m
- Mocking up a Realistic Flare 17m
- Making the Flare Behave Realistically with Lens Effects 12m
- Designing the UI 12m
- Finish the UI of Our Flare Tool 12m
- Using Python to Create a Preset Button 11m
- Exporting Your Group to Create a Gizmo 7m
- Adding Your Gizmo to Your menu.py 13m
- Course Conclusion and Talking Knowledge Further 10m
About the author
Doug Hogan is the Compositing Supervisor and a Senior Lighter currently working at Reel FX Creative Studios in Dallas, with over 10 years of professional experience working in the Visual Effects industry. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006 with a major in Visual Effects and a minor in Film & Television, Doug started his career working for VFX studios in both the United States and Canada, doing exciting feature film and commercial work, and establishing a solid foundatio... more