SOFTWARE: NUKE
HOW CAN I KEEP MY NODE GRAPH ORGANISED IN NUKE?
Elhan Buraj, Tirana
Nuke provides many ways to keep your Node Graph organised
Mike Griggs replies
For many artists, having a node-based workflow such as the one in Foundry’s content creation application Nuke is a delight of bespoke workflows that lend themselves to the artist’s way of working, and speeds up their work exponentially. For many other artists, a node-based workflow is a nasty tangle of spaghetti only used by aliens. It continually gets in the way of them creating their work.
The thing about these opposing views is that both are true, the only difference being that the artist who likes a nodal workflow has accepted that the initial setup process can be slow. When it has been set up though, the node-based devotee saves and organises those tedious tasks in a way that creates a toolbox of custom nodes and workflows ready to go in just seconds when the need arises.