Cinematic compositing comes down to three specific skills: Seamless Integration, Atmospheric Depth, and controlled Light / Color.
Learn the proven pipeline to blend these elements into a single, cohesive image. We replace trial-and-error with a reliable system, giving you the specific techniques pros use to create polished, portfolio-ready results.
Stop guessing. Learn the cinematic formula used by industry VFX pros to seamlessly blend numerous elements.
Hover over a pillar to reveal the workflow.
Master edge blending, light wrapping, and perspective matching to stop your subjects from "floating."
Use utility passes, haze, and volumetrics to physically place your actor inside the environment.
Re-Lighting and Seamless Element Interaction across the scene
Your Instructor
Alex is a Senior Compositor with experience on numerous feature films. He has worked at top VFX studios worldwide — including Weta Digital, Industrial Light & Magic, Sony Pictures Imageworks, and more.
Professional grade plates, multi-light passes, and elements.
Artists creating seamless blends between live-action talent and full CG environments.
Compositors scripts with interactions between multiple render passes and elements.
Those layering interactive moving lights, heavy fog, and precise depth cues for cinematic volume.
Artists wanting to generate custom FX (like embers and dust) directly inside Nuke.
Compositors utilizing 3D projections and decimated geometry for physically accurate placement.
Mastering optical artifacts, light wraps, and the "last 20%" that makes a shot photoreal.
THE "AH-HA" MOMENT
I was working on Avengers: Endgame, and I remember there was one artist's work that was constantly referenced as the gold standard.
When I finally opened their script, I expected to find complex math or secret tools I'd never seen before. Instead, I found simplicity.
I learned that it wasn't about the nodes they used. It was about how they layered the contrast and how they made the elements interact.
They didn't just stack footage; they wove the light and dark levels together so the CG and the plate felt like they existed in the same physical space.
That specific approach—mastering the interplay of contrast and interaction—is exactly what this course is teaching.
— Alex Hanneman
- Caleb Spenrath
Lea A.★★★★★
Compositing Student
Honestly, in his online courses I learned far more than I did in most traditional seminars. If you really intend to get into Nuke — this is it.
Rishabh L.★★★★★
Worked as a Compositor at One of Us, MPC & more
Learnt so much more in this tutorial series — great content and a lot of tips and tricks which I did not know of before! The 3D series even though complex, the instructor teaches it in a very effective manner!
Hugo B.★★★★★
Compositor at Sony Pictures Imageworks
I've took other courses, and trust me whenever I have a question or something I forgot, I come back here. Thanks for all of this!
Dwayne B.★★★★★
Environment Artist | MPC & more
This course has provided plenty of insight into the process and some tips I would have never thought to use before!
