Everything else is the same between the lights except the radius setting. In this image I only used one light with sharp, dark shadows.

This will be useful for both Depth of Field (yeah) and lights that have the 'Radius' setting modified, WHICH WILL BE USED QUITE A LOT TROUGH THIS GUIDE. This will increase your rendering time, but it shouldn't hit it too hard. In there change the samples of 'Depth Of Field' to 512. You'll need it for better camera samples, and it gives you settings to use with your camera (Which I will explain what to do with when we actually get on the subject)Ĭamera Samples can be selected by Right Clicking your viewport, selecting 'Render Settings' and in there you should see this: 'Why do I need to do this? It is just so much easier to move the camera without it being an animation set' Now if you want to move the camera around, you have to have the cameras Set selected for movement. If you haven't done anything yet or that was empty, you can just spawn a new camera by doing the same thing, but instead of going in to Existing Elements, click on 'Create Animation Set for New Camera'. In there select the camera (It should be the only thing available) and you should have a new Set for the camera. If you spawned in an model, or created a new camera in 'Change Scene Camera', you'll have to Right Click in the Editor, and click on 'Create Animation Set(s) for Existing Element(s)' as shown in here: For that we need to create a camera in the Animation Set Editor Now that's out of the way, lets focus on some camera settings.

These are described later in this chapter.'Hey so I loaded in this void map and I cant see anything did my sfm broke or-'

Picking the screen color may be enough for a lot of keys, but there are many more tools within Nuke that can be used to tackle more complicated shots. Switch output from Final Result to Composite to see the foreground keyed over the background. In many cases, this is all you need to do to perform a key, since selecting the screen color creates a screen matte and despills the foreground. Picking the screen color also sets the Screen Balance. In the Viewer, Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Alt+click and drag a rectangular area over the blue pixels as shown below. From the Keyer menu, apply Keylight and attach a Viewer.Ĭlick the color swatch next to Screen Color to activate the eye dropper. The figure above is the blue screen foreground that should be composited over the background shown below. Quick KeyĬonsider this shot from The Saint, pictures courtesy of CFC and Paramount British Pictures Ltd. This section explains how to use the blue/green screen keyer, Keylight, in Nuke.

How to keylight 1.2