Granted, I know f###-all about AfterFX, but isn't pausing Nuke's viewer and creating a new Viewer tab essentially the same thing as a snapshot?
On Sep 2, 2011, at 5:16 PM, Nathan Hackett wrote: > the transition from AE to nuke is hard cause it is really changing the way > you think about comping... you no longer have fx filters, you build your > filters. Nuke gives you the ability to really deal the the hardest problem > cause you have the ability to build every part of your comp and by doing > this, you understand what each node is and what needs to be done to a shot. > AE is great for what it is, but nuke will make you a better compositor. If > you learn nuke, you will understand how comps fit together and that is golden. > > When I first moved form AE to nuke I found that simple things like mattes > were really hard for me to get my head around, but also my keys were better > than they had ever been. > > The thing with nuke is.... it takes time.... the foundry tutorials are great, > they help you understand what nuke can do. > nuke can also desaturate something pretty fast... read-saturation-write > > although i do wish nuke had the snapshot button. > > do some tutorials and you will love or hate nuke > n > > kezly87 wrote: >> Good day all! >> Before I start this topic (also my first), I wish to make it clear that I am >> not ranting, or trolling, or moaning for the sake of it, I'm a brand-new >> user to Nuke, and I just don't get it. >> >> I'm looking to hopefully get into the FX industry one day, and have noted >> that a lot of advertised jobs say "must have experience with Nuke", so I >> downloaded the personal learning edition of Nuke yesterday, and have spent a >> whole 30minutes on it so far (I do intend to spend more), and it just seems >> long-winded and tedious so far. >> I've been using After Effects for my digital work for about 5 years now, and >> obviously I'm going to be biased towards that as it's what I know and >> understand, so I will give you an example of what I found rather frustrating >> about my first experience in Nuke. >> >> Scenario 1: Take footage, desaturate it, and play it back. >> >> After Effects: Import footage, drag and drop 'black and white' fx on top, >> hit render button. >> >> Nuke: Import footage (I couldnt figure out how to do this. I found 'import >> script', 'import image', 'Import project', but no 'import video'. So I just >> ended up dragging and dropping a file in from windows explorer). > Drag on >> saturation node > connect footage output to node input, connect node output >> to viewer input > desaturate > attempt to play back, but video is fuzzy and >> plays about 4fps with no sound. >> >> It's not the computer (before anybody suggest my machine isn't powerful >> enuogh), it's a 4.3Ghz i7 with 2gb Nvidia quadro semi-pro graphics card and >> 16bg of Ram. >> >> So what am I missing here? If Nuke is an industry standard program, why (in >> my opinion) is it so long winded? >> >> Like I mentioned before, I'm very interested in developing my skills in >> this, I just wanted to question it first. >> >> Nice to meet everybody! >> Kez >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users _______________________________________________ Nuke-users mailing list Nuke-users@support.thefoundry.co.uk, http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
