MASTER THE COMP
VFX supervisor Hugo Guerra shares how Nuke became a pivotal part of his work, and how the tool has evolved over his career
NAME
Hugo Guerra
JOB TITLE
Director and VFX supervisor
STUDIO
Rebellion
WEB
hugo-guerra.com
Can you tell us how you got started using Nuke and how you’ve used it over your career?
I’ve been compositing since 1999. I started in Portugal with After Effects and became a motion graphics artist working on commercials and short films. In 2006 I moved to Sweden and started learning Shake and Fusion because After Effects can only do so much. I first heard of Nuke in 2005 in a Cinefex article about the work of Digital Domain. It looked so futuristic but at the time it was only available to Digital Domain. I was so happy when it became available to the industry in 2007. I’ve now been using Nuke in production for 14 years.