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An orange shape merged over sky three ways. Which one is premultiplied correctly?
Beliefs this course corrects
Screen is the best way to add light?
Truth: Nuke’s screen gives A+B−AB only when values are ≤ 1; above 1 it returns max(A,B), which clips HDR. For light, use plus.
Matching blacks = raising lift in a Grade?
Truth: Grade lift pivots at 1, so it also pulls highlights down (lift 0.1 turns 4.5 into 4.15). Use a toe that only touches the darks.
Add grain to every element along the way?
Truth: Grain goes on once, as the last node, per channel, blacks first; blue is usually the strongest.
Sky · VFX compositor (Nuke, Blender)
Course text is copied from the store (09_Sky_Store catalog.ts), not rewritten.