Nuke Tutorial - Roto Tips and Tricks

Roto - it's the the node you love to hate. Professor Paul is here to help you hate it a little less.
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[@joshmethven4710]

Thanks Paul - really appreciate the time in explaining common flaws in learning roto. Very helpful - just earned yourself a new sub!

[@AllThingsFilm1]

I was a roto-master in Nuke for years. It got me a lot of work because I was very good at it. Thanks to outsourcing, I hardly do any roto work anymore.

[@JoshuaBates01]

Any tips for breaking into the industry as a compositor? I've started learning Nuke this month to become more competitive, in addition to extensive AE experience. Any other software I need to learn or would you recommend just trying to 'master' Nuke?

[@shaunfontaine8687]

@@JoshuaBates01 If you want to work as a professional compositor, you need to know Nuke, so yeah stick with it.

[@emilianosuhner8845]

Oh man I love these tutorials! Thank you so much for doing this!

[@splinter353]

Thank you so much for these tutorials Paul , i've learned so much , many thanks to you !!

[@oliverstar1175]

another amazing well made educational tutorial, fantastic work! :)

[@Luckyj714]

This was phenomenal. Thank you!

[@DefiantFilmsTV]

This has so many awesome tips, thank you sir! Very useful!

[@AllThingsFilm1]

I completely forgot about the range selection for the "ripple" button. Thanks for the heads up. I will definitely save myself even more time now.

[@hknysv9840]

Glad to see you again, as you are one of the best tutors in Nuke.

[@PDeNigris]

Thanks!

[@IanZainea1990]

turn off outlines, but turn on the matte overlays, that's when that is helpful, so the spline isn't covering/obscuring your edge, especially useful in B-splines. Turning off points, good for when using the transform box. Gets rid of feather handles and the yellow dots, can help focus on just the spline line. Not saying I use it for that really at all, but can be good for that.

[@PDeNigris]

Good stuff, thanks for sharing those tips!

[@Silverrunner99]

Paul. You're a legend. Thank you.

[@PDeNigris]

Only in my own mind. Thanks.

[@shadowcasterstudios4042]

Thankyou this is a very professional level tutorial ,, i would consider this a lecture

[@Myrocooly]

You're amazing ! Thank you!

[@arieltafel4155]

Awesome! Thanks!

[@JPEdits2604]

I havent started my comp module yet at the institute Im studying, however making my own work. And these tips were amazing! Chatter and ripple!! Omg that would have helped so much, but definitely will going forward. Thanks mate!

[@PDeNigris]

Glad to hear it! Good luck with your studies.

[@shoneph2010]

Thank you for sharing this

[@SeanAriez]

That ripple tool just needs a pixel no. falloff over time feature and it will be fantastic

[@phsin767]

Very helpful!

[@MohamedAlaaEzzat]

great tutorial keep going, please

[@saeedzare2410]

cool tutorial

[@chickenlover5361]

thank you!

[@offshot1st]

Ive tried using a similar workflow due to it calculating motionblur in the roto node shapes vs adding timeblur after HOWEVER I found - if your working on cloth for example - where its likely you will need to add points etc as you go - it doesn't create the point on the spline in the correct place relative to the frame your viewing. - if I have the expression connected to a folder onside the roto node. ima assuming due to the order of transformations Basically making it a bit redundant for anything other than solid shapes that arent rotating. Im wondering if youve run into this? Because until I can solve that im gonna have to continue to use matchmove. Or silhoutte lol Also ripple change doesnt seem to work on multiple points at once like in silhoutte either.

[@akhilelvin927]

Sir im great fan of ur work i hav doubt when i use roto spline on hair it becomes blur and i cant do clearly and how to use sharpen node in nuke for blur frame

[@johnvfx143]

Nice lessons. Question: When using overlapping roto's, what merge do you use so the overlap areas don't become more saturated? I remember having this issue while taking a class and not being able to fix it.

[@PDeNigris]

Usually Screen. And when in doubt... Clamp!

[@Vondoodle]

Hi - I see some artists move all points instead of the whole shape for a transform - what is standard practice? Any suggestions

[@avi20693]

Sir please do wire removal tutorial

[@lockinvfx]

Hey Paul!

[@PDeNigris]

Hey!

[@vijayyt5810]

Hi, how to create extended clean plate in nuke plz, tell him sir..

[@PDeNigris]

Have you looked at this one? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iX-8pGygj5eYebM

[@MONEYVAL9]

How do i prevent the warbling in my roto?

[@PDeNigris]

Look at the section that starts around 17:00, I address warbling there.

[@akhilelvin927]

Ripple edit is good or not cuz when i used it didnt work evry frame

[@PDeNigris]

Ripple edit is good... but it could be better!

[@GarethOwenFilmGOwen]

Mocha pro is the way forward to roto ;p

[@PDeNigris]

This is a Nuke tutorial. There are plenty of Mocha Pro tutorials out there. And just because Mocha Pro exists doesn't mean Nuke artists don't need to know how to roto in Nuke. I have had plenty of shots where Mocha doesn't track properly or otherwise isn't useful and Nuke's Roto node is the more expeditious solution.

[@GarethOwenFilmGOwen]

@@PDeNigris Am surpized Nuke dose things the hard way when doing things like Roto, Doesn't have anything like rotobrush or powermesh inbuilt then give the user the choice to use both Every program has presets, Even houdni then it gives you full control of everything

[@PDeNigris]

NukeX has SmartVectors and Planar Tracking. They can do a lot of what PowerMesh can do. As for AE's RotoBrush... that isn't ready for prime time, I don't care how much hype Adobe puts behind it. It does not have the precision needed for motion picture or TV work. It is a tool for amateurs, plain and simple. Nuke is a tool for professionals.

[@ww2-epicbattles]

I will never understand roto in nuke.

[@PDeNigris]

I bless the rotos down in Africa