Graphics Programs Reference
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Tip
All nodes can have thumbnails. You can turn them on and off by se-
lecting a node and using the Alt/Option-P hot key.
8. MakesureyouareviewingWrite1intheViewerandthenclickthePlaybuttonto
play forward. When you're finished, remember to click the Stop button.
9. Also, when you're finished, uncheck Read File.
For those who have a licensed copy of Nuke, perform the next couple of steps.
10. Select Write1 and press Alt/Option-F on your keyboard to load Write1 into
Framecycler. In the Flipbook panel that opens, click OK.
Thisshouldhappenveryfast.WhenloadingaWritenodeintoFramecycler,Nuke
doesn't render a flipbook, but rather looks at the File property for a file name and
path and loads that instead.
11. Press Play and watch your work. When you are finished, quit Framecycler.
So, not too shabby. You still have a little work to do. If you look carefully, you
might notice that the doll's feet are actually on top of the front edge of the artist's
toolbox instead of behind it, so the doll does not yet appear to be inside the tool-
box. Another problem is that around halfway through the shot the background
darkens, something that youshouldmirrorinthedoll.Let'stake care ofthedoll's
feet first.
Delving Deeper into the Merge Node
To cut the doll's feet so the doll appears to be behind the front edge of the artist's toolbox,
you need another matte. You will learn to create mattes in Chapter 6 . Until then, you will
read the matte as an image from the disk.
1. While hovering over the DAG, press R on the keyboard to create another Read
node.
2. In the File Browser that opens, navigate to the chapter02 folder and double-click
mask.tif to import that file.
3. Select Read3 and press 1 on the keyboard to view this image in the Viewer.
What you see in the Viewer should be the same as FIGURE 2.40 . You now have a
red shape at the bottom of the image. Mattes are usually white, not red. How will
youusethis?Doyouneedtokeyitperhaps?Let'stakeabetterlookatthisimage.
Figure 2.40. The matte image looks like this.
 
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