From the course: Nuke Essential Training (2014)
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Clone and Reveal - Nuke Tutorial
From the course: Nuke Essential Training (2014)
Clone and Reveal
The RotoPaint node has very capable clone and review tools. Now, cloning is to copy pixels from within the same frame, where a reveal is to copy pixels between two different frames. Now, these could be two different frames from the same clip, or between two different clips. We'll start by adding our RotoPaint node. I'll select my Read node, come up to the Drawing tab. Now, here's RotoPaint but it has that P here, which means there's a hotkey or keyboard shortcut. So I'm going to use that. Cursor down here in the Node graph, and I'll just type P. We'll start by selecting the Clone brush, which is to copy pixels from within the same frame. We'll click on Clone. And you can set a number of parameters up here before you even start. For example, if you're painting a static background plate, and you want your brush strokes to be alive for the entire length of the clip, you would come up here and select, All Frames. If you're painting on individual frames of a clip, then you would leave it…
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