The Secret to Perfectly Merge CGI with Live Action (Edge Extending)
This tutorial covers a technique using Nuke Edge Extending, and goes over the fundamental compositing concept. This applies to any render or CG from Blender / Unreal / Houdini - etc - whenever you are layering CG objects behind real footage you will encouter this problem. We'll go over the basic edge extend tool, if you're looking for more custom ones, check out Nukepedia. This tutorial is geared towards beginners, there are more advanced edge extend methods that we don't cover in this video, but this is great place to start to grasp the concept. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ✅PROJECT FILE, includes 1 hour more related to this tutorial demonstrating on more shots , as well as 25+ hours of more content in the Beginner Series The project with the CG crashed ship (shown briefly in this video) is now included in our Nuke Beginner Series, which is the best place to start if you want to learn VFX Compositing: https://www.compositingacademy.com/nu... ----------------------------------------------------------------- 👉Looking to make the jump from After Effects to Nuke? Our beginner series has an After Effects to Nuke chapter: https://www.compositingacademy.com/nu... 👉ADVANCED Courses and Creative Nuke Workshops: https://www.compositingacademy.com/nu... 💥Looking for VFX Assets like Sparks, Explosions, Energy Waves and more? https://www.compositingacademy.com/vf...
This tutorial covers a technique using Nuke Edge Extending, and goes over the fundamental compositing concept. This applies to any render or CG from Blender / Unreal / Houdini - etc - whenever you are layering CG objects behind real footage you will encouter this problem. We'll go over the basic edge extend tool, if you're looking for more custom ones, check out Nukepedia. This tutorial is geared towards beginners, there are more advanced edge extend methods that we don't cover in this video, but this is great place to start to grasp the concept. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ✅PROJECT FILE, includes 1 hour more related to this tutorial demonstrating on more shots , as well as 25+ hours of more content in the Beginner Series The project with the CG crashed ship (shown briefly in this video) is now included in our Nuke Beginner Series, which is the best place to start if you want to learn VFX Compositing: https://www.compositingacademy.com/nu... ----------------------------------------------------------------- 👉Looking to make the jump from After Effects to Nuke? Our beginner series has an After Effects to Nuke chapter: https://www.compositingacademy.com/nu... 👉ADVANCED Courses and Creative Nuke Workshops: https://www.compositingacademy.com/nu... 💥Looking for VFX Assets like Sparks, Explosions, Energy Waves and more? https://www.compositingacademy.com/vf...