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Creating a Live Action Composite from Various Elements in NUKE

Throughout these lessons we'll delve into the steps required to create a live-action matte painting and initial composite. Software required: NUKE 8 and Photoshop CS4.

Sean Amlaner - Pluralsight course - Creating a Live Action Composite from Various Elements in NUKE
by Sean Amlaner
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Throughout these lessons we'll delve into the steps required to create a live-action matte painting and initial composite. This will include how to create live-action elements using both rotoscoping and keying techniques in NUKE as well as how to extract sections of digital images within Photoshop. By the end of the course, you will have created a fun and absorbing live-action composite created from various assembled elements. Software required: NUKE 8 and Photoshop CS4.

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Sean Amlaner - Pluralsight course - Creating a Live Action Composite from Various Elements in NUKE
Sean Amlaner

Sean has worked as a Senior Digital Compositor for feature film visual effects studios such as Sony Pictures Imageworks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Technicolor, Rhythm & Hues, and many others.

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