Nuke Workshop: Writing

Writing Files In Nuke

2nd February 2017

Within this workshop we learnt how to ‘write’ a composition which essentially exports the file as an image sequence or video. I had already learnt this in my own time figuring out how to work Nuke. However within this lesson I learnt about compression. I had exported my files as ‘movs’ which are video files; which I believed would be easier to edit in Premiere. Damien explained that Nuke is a poor compressor of data causing our work to lose detail and quality.

Within post production, quality is everything as this is the stage where the product is on its way to completion. Especially in visual effects where the effects need to appear to exist in the real world; even if the audience know it isn’t real. The solution to anti-compression is to export files as images to maintain the fullest quality. This can then be imported into premiere as an image sequence, still a video but without the loss of quality.

Therefore I learnt that an export of a mov file may be needed for quick response or reflection between a client, a quick and easy way to export and send compressed files. However for final production where quality is of the upmost importance, an image sequence is necessary.

After this workshop I will have to return to my own work, export them all as image sequences and import these new assets into Premiere for the final video.