NK707: Deep Compositing in Nuke
At Compositing Academy, we prioritize practical, hands-on expertise. Alex, having honed his skills at renowned studios such as Weta, ILM, Sony, and MPC, infuses the course with real-world techniques and insights.
Through this course, you'll navigate the depths of deep compositing, engage with premium CG assets in hands-on projects, and unlock techniques that have shaped blockbuster films.
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!
Series Length
5 Hours +
Difficulty
Advanced
Assets Provided
Scripts, Projects, CG
Email Support
If you need it!
Interesting Projects
Digestable & hands on project based training for feature films.
Learn the WHY
This isn't a whitepaper - learn important concepts as they apply to practical workflows!
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.
Layering Tricks and Techniques
Learn Depth Management, and visual layering techniques to push your comps to the next level
Workflows and Optimization
Deep Files are notoriously big and slow. Learn to save time working with them!
Script Asset Management
Learn to use dozens of assets blended into a final CG Scene.
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!
SCRIPTS to learn from!
One of the best ways to learn is by following other's scripts!
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 anyone can build the shot for themself, and recruiters will know you actually did the shot (not copied).
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.
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
- Course Updates
- Email Support from a Senior Compositor
- Project Files and Video Streaming
This is an online course with all of the content provided, you can learn at your own pace but also have support if needed.