In this tutorial we will learn about the power of curves in Nuke and how we can utilize them for a photorealistic underwater look approach.
Certain Colors disappear at specific levels of depth and we can't mimic this behavior with our traditional linear depth pass treatment.
0:00 Welcome
0:46 Underwater Footage
1:14 Conventional Depth Treatment
2:42 Colors Underwater (Background Knowledge)
3:35 Curve Option A: RGB ColorLookup
9:25 Special Case Yellow
11:57 Curve Option B: HueCurve
18:05 Final Output
18:12 Bonus: Customizing Curve Names
19:55 Outro
SPLIT THE DIFF presents the new online course:
"MATH FOR ARTISTS - A Visual Dictionary For Compositors, Vol. 1"
https://learn.splitthediff.com/p/math-for-artists-1
BOOK Recommendation: The Complete Guide to Photorealism for Visual Effects, Visualization and Games
https://amzn.to/3vECOwq
Other book recommendations:
The Art and Science of Digital Compositing
https://amzn.to/3GU39Nn
Digital Compositing for Film and Video
https://amzn.to/3X1gsS1
The VES Handbook of Visual Effects
https://amzn.to/3X1mOAO
How to convert an image into Hue values (Split The Diff - Demystifying HueCorrect):
https://youtu.be/A8W6FuqTHHA?t=135
SPLIT THE DIFF blog post version of this tutorial incl. Expressions:
https://splitthediff.com/underwater-look
Official SPLIT THE DIFF Website with downloads and additional content:
https://splitthediff.com/
Underwater Clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAJjdA6b4Ts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM_RwdUi30Q
Music:
https://www.epidemicsound.com/