Free Blender to Nuke Files: Stranger Things Cinematic Shot Comp
This is a full-tutorial project from MISSING PIXEL VFX that recreates a Stranger Things-style cinematic shot, rendered in Blender and composited in Nuke.
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CG Compositing projects for Nuke: 24 free project files with notes on what each one demonstrates, linked to their original sources.
24 free project files
Free Nuke 15.1 Scripts: Light Group / AOV Paradox (Tony Lyons)
These two demo scripts come from Tony Lyons' CG Compositing Series lesson 4.1 on the LightGroup / AOV paradox, saved in Nuke 15.1v4.
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Free Nuke 15.1 Demo Script: Light Groups CG Compositing (Tony Lyons)
This demo script, CG_Compositing_Series_LightGroups_Demo_v07.nk, accompanies lesson 3.1 of Tony Lyons' CG Compositing Series and was saved in Nuke 15.1v4.
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Free Nuke 12.2 Scripts: CG Refraction and Reflection AOVs (Tony Lyons)
These scripts accompany part 2.5 of Tony Lyons' CG Compositing Series on Compositing Mentor, which looks at the problem with refraction (transmission) and mirror reflection (indirect specular) passes and explores…
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Free Nuke 12.2 Scripts: CG AOV Rebuild with Albedo and RAW Lighting (Tony Lyons)
Tony Lyons shares these scripts for part 2.4 of his CG Compositing Series on Compositing Mentor, which goes down to the most complex category of material AOVs: albedo and RAW lighting.
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Free Nuke 12.2 Script: CG AOVs Direct, Indirect and SSS Rebuild (Tony Lyons)
This Nuke project file from Tony Lyons accompanies part 2.3 of his CG Compositing Series on Compositing Mentor. It moves into the intermediate level of material AOVs, breaking diffuse and specular apart into direct…
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Free Nuke Gizmo: N_RayReflect BlinkScript Raytraced Reflections (Owen Bulka)
N_RayReflect by Owen Bulka is a BlinkScript gizmo that performs single-bounce raytracing in Nuke, only requiring a camera, a normals AOV and an HDRI.
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Free Nuke 12.2 Script: CG Material AOVs Diffuse, Specular, Emission (Tony Lyons)
Tony Lyons shares this demo script on Compositing Mentor for part 2.1 of his CG Compositing Series. The script divides the beauty render into its three diffuse, specular and emission components and recombines them…
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Free Nuke 12.2 Script: Categories of Render Passes (Tony Lyons)
This project file belongs to lesson 1.2, Categories of Passes, in Tony Lyons' CG Compositing Series on Compositing Mentor, saved from Nuke 12.2.
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Free Nuke 12.2 Scripts: Multi-Pass CG Compositing Intro (Tony Lyons)
These project files open Tony Lyons' CG Compositing Series with lesson 1.1, What and Why, saved from Nuke 12.2. The lesson explains what multi-pass renders are and why compositors use them, and the three demo scripts…
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Free Nuke Script: Complex Shadows Compositing (Compositing Academy)
This Nuke project file from Alex Hanneman of Compositing Academy accompanies the 19-minute tutorial 'Compositing Complex Shadows in Nuke [Advanced]'.
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Free Nuke Script: Card3D + PixelsToPos (Compositing Academy)
This free mini project from Alex Hanneman (Compositing Academy) supports the YouTube tutorial 'Card3D + PixelsToPos [Beginners]'.
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Free Nuke 12 Course Files: Practical Compositing (Austin Meyers)
Practical Compositing in Nuke is Foundry's official multi-lesson course led by Austin Meyers, with project files made for Nuke 12.0.
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Free Nuke Toolset: cgRaw for CG AOV Compositing (PatrickZeller)
cgRaw by GitHub user PatrickZeller is a toolset for Nuke to help with CG render AOV compositing, which the author used on several commercial projects.
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Free Nuke Script: Procedural UI Screen Shot Tutorial (Josh Parks)
This free tutorial from Josh Parks at Compositing Pro comes with the Nuke script and graphic elements for building a screen UI shot.
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Free Nuke Scripts: AOV Templates, Deep Comp, Projections (lamakaha)
The NukeScripts folder of Alexey Kuchinski's lamakaha GitHub repository is a public collection of more than 100 Nuke setup scripts.
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Free Nuke Grade Matching Files: Foundry Webinar Practice (Josh Parks)
These are the project files from Josh Parks' (Compositing Pro) Foundry webinar on grade matching VFX elements in Nuke. The practice script Mountain_range_grading_practise.nk is set up for matching the colour of a CG…
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Free Nuke 6.1 Gizmo: P_Matte Position Pass Mattes (Ivan Busquets)
Ivan Busquets' P_Matte extracts mattes from images containing position data in any given coordinates, such as a P pass, worldP, position or pRef.
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Free Nuke Script: Compositing 3D Reflections (Compositing Academy)
This project file from Alex Hanneman at Compositing Academy accompanies the YouTube tutorial 'Compositing 3D Reflections in Nuke'.
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Free Nuke Workshop Files: Compositing in CG Multipass (LevelUp VFX)
These are the starter project files for LevelUp VFX's 'Compositing in CG' workshop, put together by Alex of LevelUp+ VFX.
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Free Nuke Gizmo: P_Mask Position Pass Masks (franklinvfx)
P_Mask by franklinvfx (F VFX) is a Nuke gizmo to create quick masks using the data contained in a World Position or Ref Position render.
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Free Nuke Project: UVs and UV Passes Script and Assets (Compositing Academy)
This Compositing Academy download includes the files that go with its YouTube video on UVs and UV passes in Nuke. The page describes it as a free script and assets to play with, so the UV pass workflow from the video…
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Free Nuke Script and Renders: Blender Position Pass Practice (Compositing Academy)
Compositing Academy pairs this download with a written tutorial on X about using a position pass rendered in Blender. The 192 MB download includes some practice renders and a Nuke script for beginner and advanced users.
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Free Nuke Template: Blender Cycles AOV Passes Rebuild (FreddyMakesaMovie)
FreddyMakesaMovie shares a Nuke template for compositing Blender Cycles renders using EXR AOVs. It reconstructs the beauty pass by combining the Diffuse, Glossy, Transmission, Emission and Volume passes in the correct…
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