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Building a Custom Flare Tool in NUKE

by Doug Hogan

In this NUKE tutorial, we'll learn how to create and use a powerful lens flare tool based on my popular FlareFactory tool. We'll be using traditional gizmo techniques as well as more advanced python coding. Software required: Nuke 8.0v5.

What you'll learn

In this NUKE tutorial, we'll learn how to create and use a powerful lens flare tool based on my popular FlareFactory tool. We'll be using traditional gizmo techniques as well as more advanced python coding. By the end of this NUKE training, you'll not only know how to create a tool of this type, but will be given a production ready flare tool with a handful of presets that I've used before on many commercial and feature productions! Software required: Nuke 8.0v5.

About the author

Doug Hogan is the Compositing Supervisor and a Senior Lighter currently working at Reel FX Creative Studios in Dallas, with over 10 years of professional experience working in the Visual Effects industry. A graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2006 with a major in Visual Effects and a minor in Film & Television, Doug started his career working for VFX studios in both the United States and Canada, doing exciting feature film and commercial work, and establishing a solid foundatio... more

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