Digital Compositing Essentials
Learn Nuke compositing for beginners taught by VFX experts
Take your first steps toward a career as a compositor for film and games
Get started in Nuke with training and feedback from professional compositing artists. You'll learn rotoscoping techniques and how to integrate live-action green screen footage with digital assets, creating a VFX shot from scratch.
Why study compositing with us:
- Learn industry tools and techniques
- Receive mentorship from VFX artists with real-world experience
- Gain access to thousands of ProductionCrate assets
- Choose 1-on-1 or small group classes (max. 4 students)
There’s never been a better time to learn Nuke: Most films, TV series, commercials, and cinematics require a higher number of compositors per project compared to any other creative or technical department.
Your pathway to the industry
This short course forms term one of the Foundations course, so on completion, you'll be a quarter of the way through! Continue you're learning journey towards an exciting career in the industry by enrolling into the Foundations Career Track.
Sean Amlaner
Sean's worked at Walt Disney Animation, Technicolor VFX, and Sony on 100+ films and TV projects. Credits: Star Trek: Picard, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Avengers: Infinity War.
Dept. Head of Nuke Compositing
Known for Thor: Ragnarok
Genevieve Camilleri
Gen is an Oscar-nominated VFX Supervisor & Compositor who has worked at ILM, Mill Film, and Animal Logic. Credits: Love and Monsters, Doctor Strange, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Mad Max: Fury Road.
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for Love and Monsters
Brittany Piacente
Brittany has 50+ film & TV credits to her name including three Star Wars films, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Black Panther, Mad Max: Fury Road, Blade Runner 2049.
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for Loki
Jai Kenway
With a background in compositing, design, motion graphics, animation and 3D, Jai's work can be seen in Ant-Man and Wasp, Thor: Ragnarok, and Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
Josh Parks
Based in London, Josh has worked at MPC, ILM, and Double Negative on films like Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, Ready Player One, The Jungle Book, The Martian, and Spectre.
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Jason Gottlieb
Jason is a Compositing Supervisor and Senior Compositor for TV. Credits: The Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Bones, Criminal Minds, Empire, Ozark, Prison Break, and The Tick.
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for The Tick
Joel Delle-Vergin
Since scoring his first compositing role on Iron Man 2 for Double Negative, Joel's been nominated for two VES awards and worked as an Additional VFX Supervisor for The Mandalorian.
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for The Mandalorian
Azra Alkan
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for The Flash
E Lee
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for Carnival Row
Romina Rabti Zolpirani
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for Marvel v Capcom: Infinite
Dana Passarella
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for The Umbrella Academy
Tim Parsons
Mentor of Nuke Compositing
Known for Obi-Wan Kenobi
My only regret is that I didn't do it sooner!
My mentor helped me accelerate my learning with our weekly meetings. Once I completed the course, I was left with great portfolio pieces for my showreel and given free ongoing help by a Career Development Manager, who helped me polish my resume and LinkedIn profile to help kickstart my career.
Picking CG Spectrum has been the best decision I have ever made.
My 1-on-1 compositing mentor was fantastic and I could not have asked for anything more so in tune with the VFX Industry. I have learned so much.
Along with learning Nuke, I learnt a lot about the industry.
I studied VFX Nuke Compositing in CG Spectrum. I really enjoyed it and got very good experience in Nuke. The syllabus and materials are excellent and give a strong foundation in Nuke. They have very professional instructors whose work is prominent in big blockbuster movies.
The flexibility and online approach really worked for me.
Having a mentor that works in the industry facilitated both guidance and support in the weekly submissions. Their critiques guided my skill set and put me in front of the competition by helping me learn to troubleshoot from my mistakes.
Your mentors are there to help you succeed!
I've been studying for almost a year now and have had people reaching out to me for jobs, which I never thought I'd have! Your mentors will know the people you need to know to in order to help you get your foot in the door.
CGS was the most organized, polished-looking program to learn compositing.
In VFX, all of these skills change so much, so often, that getting taught by someone who is actively a pro in the field makes a whole lot of sense.
