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Learn the DEEP COMPOSITING workflow used at every major studio, including Weta, ILM, and Sony Imageworks.
NK707: Deep Compositing in Nuke

NK707: Deep Compositing in Nuke

By the end of this course, you'll be able to combine dozens of CG layers, FX volumes, and live action plates with correct depth, without rendering a single holdout matte. You'll learn the exact deep workflow Alex used on feature films at Weta, ILM, Sony, and MPC, applied to premium CG assets in hands-on projects.

What You'll Be Able to Do

Comp Without Holdouts Merge CG characters, environments, and FX with pixel-accurate occlusion, and stop waiting on re-renders when layouts change.
Integrate Volumetrics Place smoke, fog, and fire so they wrap naturally around characters and sit at the right depth in the shot.
Nail Tricky Edges Keep edges clean on hair, motion blur, and semi-transparent elements where traditional mattes fall apart.
Be Ready for Studio Shows Walk onto a deep pipeline show with the confidence to hit the ground running from day one.
Gain a Valuable skillset and get your hands on PREMIUM Assets

Why Deep?

Deep Compositing was invented to allow artists to layer together complex volumes, particles, or overlapping CG elements. This is a common workflow on feature films!

Film Level Assets

It’s one thing to read about a topic - and another to get hands on practice and have a workflow established. Gain experience with our hands on training through multiple projects. You can use our shot on your reel!

Scripts, Assets, and Training

We provide everything you need to understand Deep Compositing.

This is not only a DEEP course, artistic tricks and techniques for layering complex CG shots are also a large part of the training included.

Having assets is useful - but knowing how to creatively assemble them is the skill we teach!

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Series Length

5 Hours +

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Difficulty

Advanced

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Assets Provided

Scripts, Projects, CG

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Email Support

If you need it!

 
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What's Inside?

Deep Compositing in Nuke

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Interesting Projects

Digestable & hands on project based training for feature films.

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Learn the WHY

This isn't a whitepaper - learn important concepts as they apply to practical workflows!

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Artistic Methods with Deep Tools

Deep is another tool in the toolbelt. But you're here to make images. Haze, Height Fog, Contrast, and more.

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Layering Tricks and Techniques

Learn Depth Management, and visual layering techniques to push your comps to the next level

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Workflows and Optimization

Deep Files are notoriously big and slow. Learn to save time working with them!

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Script Asset Management

Learn to use dozens of assets blended into a final CG Scene.

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VFX Asset Library Included

Compositors are asset assemblers, and we give you all the pieces. Fire, Smoke, Sparks, Particles, and more. More importantly, techniques to bring them together!

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SCRIPTS to learn from!

One of the best ways to learn is by following other's scripts!

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Your Instructor

Alex Hanneman

Alex is a Senior Compositor with experience working on numerous feature films. He has worked at top VFX studios worldwide - including Weta Digital, Industrial Light and Magic, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and more

 

FAQ

Who should take this course?

  • Artists seeking experience with Deep Compositing and have little experience doing so
  • Artists looking to improve their reel with a CG Shot
  • Students who have an intermediate understanding of Nuke already (Can be found in earlier courses)
  • VFX Artists in Adjascent Disciplines (FX or Lighting) who want to incorporate Deep into their workflows

Requirements for this Course

  • 150GB of Storage recommended. The project is a 100GB download - Deep files are big. If you do the shot, you need storage to save precomps as well.
  • Sufficient internet speed to download 100gb of files. They're split into 10GB chunks for convenience.

    Approximate Download Time: 10mbps SPEED download of 100gb = 22 hours, 100mbps SPEED download of 100gb = 2.2 hours download

  • (ALTERNATIVE OPTION) - If you don't want the 100gb project, we've separated the course to have a "lite" version as well, so you can still learn all the concepts on 1 frame of the shot.
  • 16GB Ram Minimum, 32GB-64GB Recommended
  • Nuke Non Commercial (It's a Free Download)
  • SSD Recommended for hard drive storage. Read / Write speeds with deep can be heavy. You can also use an external SSD with USB 3.0

What if I have a question during the course?

You can send emails to have email support, normal response time is 3-5 days.

Can I use the feature film level shot in my reel?

Absolutely. We provide a general template and layout, but we do not provide the script for the final composite as shown in the shot. This is so you can build the shot for your demoreel, and recruiters will know you actually did the shot. Having a complex CG Deep Compositing shot can help you get hired at top VFX Studios - because you'll be coming in with Deep Compositing Experience that many compositors do not have.

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Ed Gordon★★★★★

Professional Compositor

This course goes well beyond Deep setups and introduces workflows that will be used every time you have Nuke open. An excellent course that emphasizes smart artistic choices over tool wizardry.

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Vikram Dutta★★★★★

VFX Artist

You can search however you want, but this is the best course/tutorial for deep compositing out there. After this course, I feel confident about deep. Many well-explained techniques you can add to your arsenal.

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NK707: Deep Compositing in Nuke

$549

$549

One-Time Payment
- In Depth Deep Training
- Course Updates
- Email Support from a Senior Compositor
- Project Files and Video Streaming
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This is an online course with all of the content provided, you can learn at your own pace but also have support if needed.