Ben, how do I use $gui when rendering locally?
In Nuke, you’re able to dynamically change any knob’s value depending on if you’re looking through a Viewer in Nuke’s…
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Ben’s Comp Newsletter Archive
In an effort to clean up the blog and make it more browseable, I’ve removed a lot of the newsletter-based posts. You can…
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The Math of Comp: Free Course!
I just released a new course, and best of all, it’s free! Check out The Math of Comp here:…
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GitHub for Compositors
I’m excited to announce that I have just released a new course, aimed at introducing Compositors to GitHub! If you are…
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Automatically matching a plate’s rack focus.
Compositing CG renders into a plate with a rack focus can sometimes be tricky to get right. However, your defocus has to…
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INTERVIEW: Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Smith has been burning it at both ends in VFX for 10 years. He’s worked as a Compositor, a VFX Supervisor and…
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Disjoint-over and Conjoint-over, explained.
Nuke’s merge node has 30 operations, and finding a Compositor who has utilized them all would be a difficult task.…
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Back to Basics: Pre-comp more efficiently.
Nuke scripts often start out as well-intentioned, clutterless masterpieces that even Marie Kondo would be proud of.…
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