Introduction to Compositing

Thank you for the quick reply.

I’ve downloaded and installed Gizmo central again, but still can’t figure out what to do with the file or program. It only displays options to create toolbar.

It also displays this information:

#! /lot/s22/SWDEVL/SOFTWARE/linuxfc4_intel/nuke4.5/30/nuke4.5.30 -nx
version 4.5030
Gizmo {
inputs 2
help “EdgeExtend repeatedly blurs and unpremuliplies the image to extend edges outward while trying to preserve the original source colour”
addUserKnob {20 “” User}
addUserKnob {4 premult “input is” M {premultiplied unpremultiplied}}
addUserKnob {3 slices slices t “How many times the edges are blurred and unpremuliplied.\nThis is the fine control for slightly better quality. The current maximum is 10.”}
slices 5
addUserKnob {3 slice_width “slice width” t “Blur amount that is applied before unpremultiplying the result per slice.\nThis is the brute force control and should be kept at 1 if possible.\nOnly increase this if the maximum amount of slices (10) doesn’t cover the area you need.”}
slice_width 1
addUserKnob {7 blurResult “blur slices” R 0 10}
}
Input {
inputs 0
name img
xpos -590
ypos -509
}
set Na9023390 [stack 0]
Dot {
name Dot1
xpos -556
ypos 978
}
Input {
inputs 0
name matte
xpos -358
ypos -653
number 1
}
push $Na9023390
Unpremult {
name Unpremult11
xpos -468
ypos -509
disable {{parent.premult}}
}
add_layer {alpha rgba.alpha}
Copy {
inputs 2
from0 -rgba.alpha
to0 -rgba.alpha
channels alpha
name Copy2
xpos -358
ypos -516
}
Premult {
name Premult1
xpos -358
ypos -450
}
Shuffle {
black alpha
out2 depth
name Shuffle1
label alpha>depth
xpos -223
ypos -413
}
Unpremult {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Unpremult1
xpos -223
ypos -373
}
set Nab1bbfd0 [stack 0]
Dot {
name Dot2
xpos -189
ypos -214
}
set Na8025e80 [stack 0]
push $Nab1bbfd0
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
size {{parent.slice_width}}
name Blur1
xpos -25
ypos -373
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
alpha red2
out2 depth
name Shuffle3
label depth>alpha
xpos -25
ypos -333
}
Unpremult {
channels rgba
alpha depth.Z
name Unpremult3
xpos -25
ypos -293
}
Blur {
channels rgba
size {{parent.blurResult}}
name Blur10
xpos -25
ypos -241
}
set Ca931df28 [stack 0]
Merge2 {
inputs 2
A {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Merge1
xpos -25
ypos -218
}
set Na90fcd60 [stack 0]
Dot {
name Dot3
xpos 9
ypos -73
}
set Nab1552c0 [stack 0]
push $Na90fcd60
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue rgba.alpha}
size {{parent.slice_width}}
name Blur2
xpos 159
ypos -218
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
black alpha
out2 depth
name Shuffle5
label alpha>depth
xpos 159
ypos -180
}
Unpremult {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Unpremult2
xpos 159
ypos -140
}
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
size {{parent.blurResult}}
name Blur10
xpos 159
ypos -101
}
set Ca7bd2400 [stack 0]
Merge2 {
inputs 2
name Merge2
xpos 159
ypos -73
}
set Na954fda8 [stack 0]
Dot {
name Dot4
xpos 193
ypos 103
}
set Naadbde20 [stack 0]
push $Na954fda8
Shuffle {
in2 depth
alpha red2
out2 depth
name Shuffle2
label depth>alpha
xpos 342
ypos -24
}
Unpremult {
channels rgba
alpha depth.Z
name Unpremult4
xpos 342
ypos 16
}
set Na8a1be00 [stack 0]
clone $Ca931df28 {
xpos 342
ypos 68
selected false
}
Merge2 {
inputs 2
A {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Merge3
xpos 342
ypos 103
}
Dot {
name Dot5
xpos 373
ypos 226
}
set Nac033810 [stack 0]
push $Na8a1be00
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue rgba.alpha}
size {{parent.slice_width}}
name Blur4
xpos 503
ypos 23
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
black alpha
out2 depth
name Shuffle4
label alpha>depth
xpos 503
ypos 65
}
Unpremult {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Unpremult5
xpos 503
ypos 105
}
set Na9577038 [stack 0]
clone $Ca7bd2400 {
xpos 503
ypos 174
selected false
}
Merge2 {
inputs 2
name Merge4
xpos 503
ypos 226
}
Dot {
name Dot3
xpos 537
ypos 321
}
set Na8a75c70 [stack 0]
push $Na9577038
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
size {{parent.slice_width}}
name Blur5
xpos 689
ypos 105
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
alpha red2
out2 depth
name Shuffle6
label depth>alpha
xpos 689
ypos 145
}
Unpremult {
channels rgba
alpha depth.Z
name Unpremult6
xpos 689
ypos 185
}
set Na955b3b0 [stack 0]
clone $Ca931df28 {
xpos 684
ypos 272
selected false
}
Merge2 {
inputs 2
A {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Merge5
xpos 689
ypos 321
}
Dot {
name Dot4
xpos 723
ypos 448
}
set Na90f9540 [stack 0]
push $Na955b3b0
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue rgba.alpha}
size {{parent.slice_width}}
name Blur6
xpos 856
ypos 200
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
black alpha
out2 depth
name Shuffle7
label alpha>depth
xpos 856
ypos 280
}
Unpremult {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Unpremult7
xpos 856
ypos 320
}
set Na954ceb0 [stack 0]
clone $Ca7bd2400 {
xpos 852
ypos 405
selected false
}
Merge2 {
inputs 2
name Merge6
xpos 856
ypos 448
}
Dot {
name Dot5
xpos 890
ypos 514
}
set Na9e39008 [stack 0]
push $Na954ceb0
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
size {{parent.slice_width}}
name Blur7
xpos 1042
ypos 320
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
alpha red2
out2 depth
name Shuffle8
label depth>alpha
xpos 1042
ypos 393
}
Unpremult {
channels rgba
alpha depth.Z
name Unpremult8
xpos 1042
ypos 433
}
set Naa31d1c8 [stack 0]
clone $Ca931df28 {
xpos 1046
ypos 484
selected false
}
Merge2 {
inputs 2
A {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Merge7
xpos 1042
ypos 514
}
Dot {
name Dot6
xpos 1076
ypos 579
}
set Nac0b4800 [stack 0]
push $Naa31d1c8
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue rgba.alpha}
size {{parent.slice_width}}
name Blur8
xpos 1205
ypos 440
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
black alpha
out2 depth
name Shuffle9
label alpha>depth
xpos 1205
ypos 466
}
Unpremult {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Unpremult9
xpos 1205
ypos 506
}
set Naad64d60 [stack 0]
clone $Ca7bd2400 {
xpos 1206
ypos 551
selected false
}
Merge2 {
inputs 2
name Merge8
xpos 1205
ypos 579
}
Dot {
name Dot7
xpos 1239
ypos 664
}
set Naa3fae68 [stack 0]
push $Naad64d60
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
size {{parent.slice_width}}
name Blur9
xpos 1421
ypos 506
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
alpha red2
out2 depth
name Shuffle11
label depth>alpha
xpos 1421
ypos 546
}
Unpremult {
channels rgba
alpha depth.Z
name Unpremult10
xpos 1421
ypos 586
}
clone $Ca931df28 {
xpos 1421
ypos 638
selected true
}
Merge2 {
inputs 2
A {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
name Merge9
xpos 1421
ypos 664
}
push $Naa3fae68
push $Nac0b4800
push $Na9e39008
push $Na90f9540
push $Na8a75c70
push $Nac033810
push $Naadbde20
push $Nab1552c0
push $Na8025e80
push $Na9023390
Switch {
inputs 11
which {{parent.slices}}
name Switch1
xpos 689
ypos 827
}
Shuffle {
in2 depth
alpha red2
out2 depth
name Shuffle10
label depth>alpha
xpos 689
ypos 865
}
Remove {
channels depth
name Remove1
xpos 689
ypos 905
}
Copy {
inputs 2
from0 -rgba.alpha
to0 -rgba.alpha
channels depth
name Copy1
xpos 689
ypos 960
}
Output {
name Output1
xpos 689
ypos 1290
}
push 0
Blur {
channels {rgba.red rgba.green rgba.blue depth.Z}
size 8.5
name Blur10
xpos 299
ypos -61
}
end_group

Still no idea where or how to get project files, if it is from this file.

I’m sorry, I don’t mean to spam this comment section with my troubles. Please help. I really want to do this course!