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Free pluralsight course

master facial tracking in nuke

A free video course covering animation fundamentals

Facial tracking
this course will
teach you how to
reconstruct and
track a face

his issue, we’ve joined forces with Discover how to track the human face
Pluralsight (formerly known as Digital- and reconstruct it with ease and confidence.
T Tutors) to offer you a comprehensive First, you’ll learn how to prepare footage
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from our online Vault – for free. Simply visit to use NukeX’s camera tracker and how to author
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This course will take you through a unique point clouds in both Nuke and Maya. Finally, Peter is a cgi artist
facial tracking method with Facial Tracking you’ll learn how to create reference textures with many years of
and Reconstruction in NukeX. Learn how from footage using Nuke’s UV rendering. By experience in the film,
to reconstruct the actor’s face as polygonal the end of this course, you’ll have a better animation, and video
geometry in preparation for a larger VFX shot. understanding on how facial tracking and game industries.
There are many situations where a digital reconstruction works in NukeX. Software
double is needed, from replacing an actor required: NukeX, Maya 2017.
where a practical effect is too difficult or
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